Roller derby is on the rise with Glasgow girls on track for US
trip  Clad in gumshields, knee pads and helmets they huddle
together in their roller skates ready for that starting sound.
The referee barely has time to put down her whistle and they are
off, whizzing around the track, blocking, nudging and jostling
for the lead.  The matching shirts create a team dynamic but
each player manages to keep their own identity through colourful
socks, plaited hair, tattooed arms and even panda and skeleton
style shorts.  Members of the Glasgow Roller Derby are in
training.  Some for this weekend’s encounter against the
Brighton Rockers, others for up and coming intra-league
tournaments. The top flight are preparing for their very first
year competing at the East Coast Derby Extravaganza in
Pennsylvania.  With a rebrand, international outing and a slot
at the Glasgow Science Centre's Body Works exhibition among the
achievements in 2013 so far, Scotland’s first flat track roller
derby league is gaining momentum and bec