April 26, 2011 at 12:43pm
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BOUT ONE: Tide Pool vs. Death Drops
After two completely sunny and much needed spring days, Tacoma's Dockyard Derby Dames had a hard time selling out Pierce College's Health Center last Saturday for their double header of bouting between the best-of-the-best rollergirls.
Opening for the main event was DyDD's B-team, Tide Pool, which consists of some of their strongest skaters from all four original DyDD teams. Up against Centralia's Rainy City Rollergirl's Death Drops, the Tide Pool had no problem wiping the flat track with moisture left from what was once a "rain drop" from Centralia.
The second jam of the bout began rare with no lead jammer, ultimately leaving the girls with no one to call off the jam and skating the full two-minute time limit. Apparently that was just the calm before the storm. Jammer (and my favorite skater) Misty Miyagi began jam three in the penalty box, but busted out like lightening as soon as her time was up. Seconds after she whizzed by, Miyagi was lead jammer, taking no prisoners and getting Tide Pool's scoring off to a furious start.
From there it was a textbook ass-kicking. My friends Liesl and Melanie discussed potential roller derby sponsorship ideas (sports bras and thigh-glide, in particular) while I noticed a few areas with room for improvement:
The award for best roller derby entertainment of the evening goes to Crack Attack of Rainy City's Death Drops. I applaud your attitude, your tight silver shorts and your extremely visible asscrack.
FINAL SCORE - DyDD Tide Pool = 137, Rainy City Death Drops = 50
BOUT TWO: Wave of Mutilation vs. Terminal City Rollergirls
After a smooth 20-minute halftime between bouts, the action began again with Dockyard Derby Dames' All-Star travel team, Wave of Mutilation, facing off against Vancouver, B.C.'s Terminal City Rollergirls.
Let's be honest here. Most roller derby spectators hit their girl-slamming quota by the end of the first bout. Most people leave, just as I wanted to do (and did at last month's Season 5 opener), after the first bout. But since I was assigned to cover the entire event I felt obliged to not leave early this time around and to do my duties as a top-notch sports writer. (Stop laughing!)
OH BOY was I ever glad I stayed. Holy Toledo, Batman - that was the BEST bout ever!
I cannot begin to put into words how fist-clenching, gut-wrenching and eye-popping this duel became. I think I can speak for the rest of the crowd when I say I was on the edge of my seat, if not standing up, for the rest of the night.
DyDD's Snickerbrutal showed her tumbling prowess, Skate Paulie Girl pulled out all magic jamming skills and Betty Drillder repeatedly lead her pack with a vengeance.
The penalty box had never seen more action than on this blistery spring night, and with 8:41 left, Terminal City's #77- Rollergirl was kicked out of the bout for good. Grand Slams (five-point and over jams) and Power-Jams were achieved at an alarming rate and at one point Terminal City's #44 luludemon had no competition with almost all of DyDD was in penalty.
Jams were short and sweet, injuries were aplenty, ice packs were flowing, and pissed-off skaters were in full force. Let me break down just how awesome the scoring was in the last 20 minutes of the bout:
20 minutes left on the clock - DyDD= 49 points, TC= 104
13 minutes left - Hope is on the way
9 minutes left - DyDD= 97, TC = 110
3:06 left - DyDD = 105, TC = 111
FINAL SCORE- DyDD = 125, TC = 118 121
See what you missed by leaving early?!
Oh, and to top it off, as the DyDD were continuing to score as the final clock ran out, the jammer for TC, #44 luludemon, took a critical hit - providing the evening's most jaw-dropping injury. In the end, you couldn't help but wonder how much of it was dramatized. I caught some of it on video... now you tell me how much of the attention might've been milked.
Lesson learned: Never again leave before the end of the second bout.
LINK: Photos from the bouts
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Comments for "DOCKYARD MINUTE: Never, EVER leave a DYDD bout early" (7)
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Cole'd Hearted said on Apr. 26, 2011 at 12:57pm
This is how we know that Derby is like NO OTHER SPORT the silence alone is perfection to the respect of each other! We risk it all for a sport no one pays us to do: blood, sweat and a damn good adrenaline keeps us coming back every day! She took a hella hit and bounced up like a Blammer!<---- look it up!
Hit-O-Honey said on Apr. 26, 2011 at 1:12pm
Thank you for this excellent write-up! I'm glad you were able to capture Dockyard in all their fishnet glory. The final score was actually closer than the score you have listed. It was DyDD: 125, TCRG: 121.
Steph DeRosa said on Apr. 26, 2011 at 1:44pm
My apologies to Hit O'Honey. Complete freudian slip/candy withdrawal.
Skate Pauli girl said on Apr. 26, 2011 at 1:59pm
Thank you, Steffie!! Great article! I saw you Saturday, but you didn't see me waving, because you were busy filling your mouth with ice cold beer!
Ps- When is Doxy going to out you, closet rollergirl? ;)
Steph DeRosa said on Apr. 26, 2011 at 2:32pm
Hey, Hit - I knew that! I remember writing down the 118, waiting for the official's final score, and then saying to myself, "I gotta remember - 121!" Good lord, that's the last time I drink beer at a bout and try to write about it afterwards. My top-notch sports reporting is at risk when I do that. Besides that, I missed sweet Skate Paulie waving at me. Sheesh!
Benjamin Toombs said on Apr. 27, 2011 at 9:36am
The second bout was amazing. I'm still not over it.
Cia said on Apr. 27, 2011 at 2:09pm
just what we all LOVE when we get injured in the middle of a jam, ALL SILENCE and the whole crowd focused on you with a camera [sorta] in your face.
NOT
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