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
Posted in Info, Meet the Dames, Q&A Tagged with: A Team, Birmingham, Blitz Dames, Blocker, Bomb Squad, cadets, Officiating, Referee, Roller Derby, Roller Derby UK, Skater, Skating, This Girl Can, WFTDA
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
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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Diary of a Fresh Meat – The Final Chapter
So I have passed my minimum skills and I have very mixed feelings about this. Firstly, as I scrimmed with the Big Girls and took part in a Cherry Popper the following week, I am very grateful to all my…
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Diary of a Fresh Meat – Episode Six
So my Fresh meat days are nearly over. Because I’m kind of obsessive I counted how many different ‘sign offs’ you need for your WFTDA minimum skills (not including 27 in 5). This totals 219 in total (73 skills to…
Posted in Info, Meet the Dames, Q&A Tagged with: Birmingham, Blocker, Bomb Squad, Cross Overs, Fresh Meat, Jammer, Roller Derby, Roller Derby UK, Rookie, Skater, Skating, This Girl Can