Sun State Roller Girls Roller Derby, Beenleigh Arena, Sat Aug 21
One of Brisbane’s three Roller Derby leagues, the Sun State Roller Girls, have a bout coming up on Saturday August 21 at the Beenleigh Arena. The Liquorice Short Shorts will take on the Golden Roughs.
This helmet-cam footage from the last SSRG bout, produced by YouTube user neongrain shows you what the sport looks like from the referees’ point of view:
If you want to know more about the rules, or how Roller Derby works, just watch this YouTube vid:
Tickets are $12.80 for adults and $10.80 concession if you buy online – click here to buy from the Oztix website. If there are any tickets left at the door on the night, they will be $15 adults and $12 concession. You can follow Sun State Roller Girls on Twitter, or join their Facebook group. There will be market stalls, food and alcohol available, but you’ll have to bring cash as there are no EFTPOS facilities.Doors open at 6.30pm, and a band will be playing from 7pm.
Picture by Sam Downs, from SSRG bout in June 2010
The bout is at Beenleigh Arena, 2 Milne St, Beenleigh, which is a couple of kilometres from the Beenleigh train station – click here for a Google Map, and click here to look up times of trains to get you to Beenleigh station.
Picture by Sam Downs, from SSRG bout in June 2010