London Roller Girls’ New Year’s Retribution was another sold out event, and the skating was harder and faster!!
Team Pink took a strong early lead in the first period and seemed unstoppable, gaining lead jammer and using it. At one point they were 14 points ahead, and finished the period 10 points in front. There was drama as early as the third jam, when Team Black’s Missyle Elliott cleared the pack and took lead jammer, only to be taken out by Team Pink jammer Correctional Felicity. Both jammers fell, and Missyle’s skate caught in the track rope, tearing it up as she scrambled to get back up! The track was fixed, and the bout continued, only for more drama to strike. The planned 2 x 30min periods were switched to 3 x 20min periods as Ana Ki from Team Black took a hard hit about 20 mins into the first half, and we soon realised she had injured herself pretty badly. An ambulance was called, and an amazing A&E nurse from the audience was there to assist the first aid crew. What a trooper—-her leg broke in 4 places :(
In the 2nd period Team Black staged a comeback, notching up an impressive amount of points as naughty Team Pink spent most of their time in the penalty box, sometimes skating 2 short. Penalty queen N-emma-sis visited the box a total of 8 times over the 3 periods, and Pink Captain Correctional Felicity at one point was sent off for a major foul, only to come back on the track and get sent off for another major foul ten seconds later! Team Black put in impressive line-up after impressive line-up to be 5 points ahead going into the 3rd period.
It was neck and neck in the final period, Pink catching up so the scores were even, then Black nudging ahead by one, then Pink….. The crowd were on the edge of their seats, it was too close to call - and then came the crazy jam where Kitty DeCapitate, running on pure adrenaline by this point, pulled out all the stops and scored 12 points (she says - “I was so exhausted and could barely see and my whole body was tingling, and I felt like I hadn’t even made one pass through!”). Team Black’s new girl wonder Grievous Bodily Charm was giving it her all, but was having trouble getting through the great defense of Team Pink—giving Kitty a double grand slam! The jam went for the whole 2 minutes, as no-one was eligible for lead jammer.
The next jam was the last. Correctional Felicity jamming for Team Pink stayed in the pack and acted as a fifth blocker, aiming to keep the jam dead, as far as points went. Team Black had nothing left to give, and the final whistle blew……. TEAM PINK WON 96-82!!
A big thank-you to everyone—-skaters, refs, support crew and THE CROWD! you were amazing and really cheered us on hard! we love that you loved it!!! We’ll see you again on March 29th for our next bout!
(All images by Tom Medwell)
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Drolma
Love the photos Great Job Tom i want to see more!