The league was started in 2007, by a group of founding members including Jackie Mason (derby name Jack Attack).[3] At the time, there were only two other roller derby teams in the UK: the London Rollergirls and the Birmingham Blitz Dames.
The team participated in the UK's first ever closed-door, interleague scrimmage (practice game) against Birmingham on 1 July 2007.[citation needed] They made history again later in the year when they played the Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz in Europe's first international bout on 14 October, which they lost 94-71.[4]
In 2009, the league presented their first home bouting season at the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green.[5] The league also hosted its very first intraleague bout on 27 February 2010, a closely fought bout between the Voodoo Skull Krushers and the NeanderDolls.[6]
Sept 17 Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz 76 : 81 London Rockin' Rollers
27 Oct London Rockin' Rollers 109 : 110 Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames
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