Trials and tribulations of Intraleague.
The Intraleague model of playing competitive Roller Derby has always struck me as rather odd. We train together as a single unit about 85% of the time, yet Roller Derby has this model whereby we then split into teams and play each other in front of an audience. I understand why it came about ...
PREastern Regional Playoffs: Part 1
I’ve got so much to say about my experience of Eastern Region Playoffs 2012, but it seems such a daunting task to summarise the entirety of the trip that I think I’m going to have to spread it out over a few posts. This first post is actually about Pre-Eastern’s and my preparation for what ...
Learning
I’m keeping this short and sweet today as I’ve been coaching 4 sessions a day for 3 days with one more day to go tomorrow at the AMAZING Derby Revolution in the BEAUTIFUL City of Gent in Belgium. I am mentally almost spent (hence all the CAPITAL LETTERS- I get enthusiastic when I’m exhausted), BUT ...
A Distant Cousin Part 2
Today we’re going to talk about bridging that gap with the US by learning from the best through watching footage. I remember the first time I saw a US game of rollerderby on TV. It was a Gotham Intraleague game that was being shown on some obscure Sky channel late at night and I’d trekked ...
Euro Crash
Last weekend was a weekend of epic proportions. Oh boy it was hard work for everyone within London Rollergirls to pull off such a massive bootcamp AND a massive exciting pair of bouts. Yet, we pulled together, worked together, and then skated for each other and that was worth the early mornings and long days ...
Anarchy: Euro Crash
This weekend London Brawling take on their first opponent of 2012. Team Euro Crash- comprised of some of the very best derby talent in Europe. I’m incredibly excited to be pitted against such amazing, talented skaters and seeing what our team can do. That pesky Atlantic keeps getting in the way of the travel team ...
Goodbye Canada!
I’m not in Canada anymore! What a weekend. Holy Guacamole! England placed 3rd IN THE WORLD. I was awarded Team England’s Most Valuable Player which is insane and awesome in equal measure. It’s all so overwhelming that I’m struggling to really find the right angle for this blog post. I think I may ...