Last Saturday I did some drills with the A Team which took me so far out of my comfort zone I may as well have been on a different planet. It brought it home to me just how much work…
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Diary of a Cadet
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Diary of a Cadet
So because of Life, the Universe and Everything I went back to training on Saturday after 5 weeks off. It was great to see my Dames again and I had no qualms whatsoever about putting my skates on and jumping…
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Diary of a Cadet
My posts so far have been about the skating and Derby aspects of being a Dame. But I also spend several hours a week, every week, in my role as a Director of Birmingham Blitz Dames, particularly on the finance…
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Diary of a Cadet
So being a Cadet is awesome, and whilst you’re not (yet) on the Bomb Squad or A Team, you do get to do some training with them and play with, or against them, in Intraleague. To celebrate the 50th birthday…
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Diary of a Cadet
So I passed my skating skills (just need my 27 in 5 now) and moved up into the heady world of the Cadets! Swiftly followed by managing to (probably) breaking my own rib with my elbow… I am that clumsy!…
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