Merry Christmas!
It’s been a quiet year here at Wakey Wheeled Cats, but we’ve taken the time to focus on family, friends and learning new skills. We wish you all the best seasonal time you can have, and here’s to a better 2020!
January 2020 Recruitment Open Days
Want to learn roller derby? We can get you trained up! Come and try one of our taster sessions and decide if this fun sport is for you! We can get you kit to try out with, then if you decide to join we can help you to source your own. Where: Lightwaves Sports Centre, […]
Monthly Open Scrimmages
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a monthly scrimmage! They will run one Saturday a month from 11am – 1pm. We will be running WFTDA and OTA line ups, for anyone who is mins skills passed. If you are interested in taking part and you aren’t mins skills passed yet but […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Cats!
It’s been a memorable year at Wakey Wheeled Cats. Highlights include our British Champs games against a number of fabulous teams, our demos at the Moon festival in Wakefield in September, growing our membership with two intakes in January and June and our Nightmare Before Christmas themed scrim in November. We also celebrated our 10th […]
WWC Presents The Fightmare Before Christmas
WFTDA Aligned Tournament ** Ticket sales are now closed. Sunday 24 November Location: Lightwaves Leisure Centre, Lower York Street, Wakefield Facebook event Is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween film or a Christmas film? Lets fight it out on track in a WFTDA aligned roller derby tournament! Join us as 6 teams of ten take […]
Match Report: Wakey Wheeled Cats vs York Minxters
Wakey Wheeled Cats vs York Minxters, Sunday 4th October, York College, York Final score: Wakey 124 – York 157 By Sian Steen On the 4th August the Wakey Wheeled Cats travelled to York to take on hosts York Minxters in their final champs game of the season. The Cats had a strong start with Coral […]
Match Report: Wakey Wheeled Cats vs Roller Derby Leicester
Wakey Wheeled Cats vs Roller Derby Leicester, Saturday 15th June Final score: Wakey 390 – Leicester 35 By Sian Steen On the 15th of June, Wakey Wheeled Cats travelled to Leicester, to take on Roller Derby Leicester at their home venue. The Cats started out strong, sending out Coral McNulty who took full advantage of a […]
Match Report: Wakey Wheeled Cats vs Deathrow Hull
Wakey Wheeled Cats v Deathrow Hull, Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Sirius Academy, Hull. Wakey Wheeled Cats 162 – Deathrow Hull 219 By Sian Steen The Wakey Wheeled Cats took to the track again at the end of March, this time against Deathrow Hull at the Hull teams home venue, Sirius Academy. First line up […]
We Are 10! Celebrating a Decade of Derby
Photo credit: Real Time Events Words: Dan Millea, Helen Lindley A decade. It doesn’t feel that long! Roller Derby is so fun you don’t notice the time flying past as fast as some of those amazing jammers. April 14th marks our 10 year anniversary and what started out as a small group of friends with […]
Wakey Wheeled Cats v Grim Reavers Match Report
By Sian Steen Main photo credit: Real Time Events Wakey Wheeled Cats 112 Grimsby Roller Derby 185 This weekend saw Wakefield’s roller derby league the Wakey Wheeled Cats play their first British Championships match of the 2019 season. The Cats played The Grim Reavers of Grimsby at the Cats home venue, Dewsbury Leisure Centre, but […]