What a FANTASTIC night I had! Headed to Sydney Olympic Park for the second bout of the Sydney League Roller Derby with 3 great friends and (as I knew I would) I had an absolute ball!
Dressing up was a must - had my hair done today so it is now a nice bright red - then I donned some fishnets, long red and black striped socks, skirt and shirt and off to derby we went!
The first bout was a mini-bout (20min halves instead of 30 min) between Team Unicorn and the Western Sydney Boutlaws. I'm not a big fan of Team Unicorn because of (a) their name, (b) their logo/mascot (c) their supporters are just MENTAL (unicorn heads on sticks anyone?) but I gotta say, as a team, they are pretty awesome! They have some killer players on there, especially Winnie Bruise - she is an AMAZING Jammer, which in a way is surprising as she is quite tall. From my observations shorter gals make better jammers as they can duck and weave amongst the pack a biteasier, but Winnie is just so goddamn fast her height doesnt matter! the other players were fantastic as well, their names escape me and my program is not within reach and I am too cold to move to grab it so I will try to remember to blog about them another time! But the whole team were amazing. The Western Sydney Outlaws tried really heard, but it is obvious the skill level just isnt quite on par with the unicorns. In saying that they did a great job too, particularly the pack, they put a few great hits on the unicorns and I look forward to seeing them again at the next bout.
The second bout was the main event - the Screaming Assault Sirens vs the D'Viants. WOW what a game!!!! Right from the outset there was no way to tell who would win, the scores remained soooooo close the entire time that, as much as this is a cliche, it really WAS anyones game! I was rooting for the S.A.S and my two favourite players were Dizzie Borden (the captain) and Trippy Longstocking. Dizzie was a kick-ass jammer! more often than not at the beigining of the jam she would be behind the D'Viant's jammer but then out of no-where she would zip through, break through the pack and become the lead jammer! once she was in the lead there was no stopping her - great to watch! Trippy was a killer blocker - there was no getting past her, atleast not without copping a massive hit in the process!
The D'Viants had a fantastic team as well, particularly their captain Haterade - speed skater extrordinaire! some of the best jams were when the two jammers were Dizzie and Haterade - both such AMAZING jammers that it made for an action packed 2mins!
By the 2nd last jam the S.A.S were ahead by 2 points but then they didnt get their team onto the track quick enough (including their jammer) which resulted in there only being 2 S.A.S blockers on the track and no S.A.S jammer! Haterade was jamming for the D'Viants so she took advantage of having the track basically to herself (especially as she had no difficulty getting past the only 2 S.A.S blockers, no matter how hard they tried) and she clocked up a 25 point scoring jam! Completely changed the game! Even though in the final Jam the S.A.S were able to pick up a few points it was all over, the D'Viants won!
Then to top it all off after the game was finished an amazing roller skate cake made by the brilliant Planet Cake was rolled out onto the track, resulting in a massive food fight between the teams - looks like they had a great time, although I dont envy the cleaner having to clean squashed cake and fondant off the polished wood floor!
Fantastic night, so much fun was had - cant wait for the next one! Bring on June 4th!
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