In Pictures: Eastbourne Extreme Roller Derby 2024

Trainee Reporter

Published 23rd Jul 2024, 11:21 BST

Crowds flocked to the Eastbourne Extreme Roller Derby which took place over the weekend.

Eastbourne Extreme is Eastbourne's annual free Roller Derby tournament held at the basketball cage at Fisherman's Green on Eastbourne Seafront.

The event is run by Eastbourne Roller Derby and is attended by players from all over the country.

Run over two days, Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, both days kicked off with rookie games at 10.15, with the rest of the day featuring a mixture of intermediate and advanced games.

A roller derby bout is divided into two-minute jams in which each team fields five players. Among those five are a jammer, a pivot and three blockers. The jammers begin behind the rest of the pack and their goal is to lap the pack as many times as they can. The teams try to help their jammer through the pack while trying to stop the opposing jammer.

Run over two days, Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, both days kicked off with rookie games at 10.15, with the rest of the day featuring a mixture of intermediate and advanced games.