Bitchy & Sleazy finished the race in around 2.31 - loads faster than we thought. Thank you very much to all our wonderful supporters - we enjoyed it so much we're going to do it again next year! Unfortunately Roisin and Kiki had to pull out earlier this week with injury/illness respectively - we wish them both a speedy recovery and are looking forward to skating with them in the near future.

Congratulations also go to friend of the Dames - Tallulah Trash - for an awe-inspiring time of 2.15.

Gooooo Dames!!!!

PS - it's not to late to sponsor us, or to come play Roller Derby! www.blitzdames.com

Four skaters from the Birmingham Blitz Dames Roller Derby team will be leaving their wheels at home and running 13.1 miles on Sunday 11th October to raise money for the Birmingham Women's Hospital.

Training Director Sleazy Rider, hard hitter Bitchy the Killer and star jammers Roisin Roulette and Kiki Kasplat decided just two weeks ago to step out and raise money for such an important local charity.

Please come and support us on the day, we will be easily recognisable running together in our bouting kit (minus pads and skates). Also, look out for many of our supporters and team mates in the crowd and come ask us what Roller Derby is all about!

The Birmingham Blitz  Dames are Birmingham's original all female, flat track competitive roller derby league and are currently ranked second in Europe. We are a diverse group of women from a variety of backgrounds, ages and ethnicities. Our members work or study in industries such as banking, bartending, teaching, law, therapy and art to name just a few. Although some of our girls are tattooed punks, the only requirement for skating with the league is that members must be over 18 and enthusiastic. We are literally training our members from the ground up, some having never skated before at all. We practice three times a week to take all members through their Basic Skills training and beyond, to prepare for competition. And we're not just training the women who skate on our teams, but we are also giving full training to our male and female referees and announcers.

Open practices run on the first Saturday of every month from 9.30am at Stockland Green Sports Centre. Please check out www.blitzdames.com for more details.

If you would like to sponsor us, donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Love 'n' slugs

The Dames