Thoughts from Magnum

This weekend was a big derby weekend in St. Louis! On Saturday, the GateKeepers had a double header with the Arch Rival Roller Girls' local championship. For the guys, it was the second of three scheduled games between our temporary intraleague teams, the Force and the Dark Side. This bout proved to be much closer than the last meeting as the lead changed many times throughout. Down by one point with little time left of the clock, the Force got lead jammer the last three jams of the bout, held the Dark Side scoreless and scored 7 points to get them to the century mark and the victory. In the end, the Force won 100-94. I scored 45 points while jamming on Low Boys. The hard wheels definitely helped my legs survive the soft sport court... and ref the Championship bout directly after!

On Sunday the GateKeepers held a Recruitment Extravaganza to promote derby in St. Louis and Missouri. Skaters from Kansas City (guys), Springfield (guys and girls) and St. Louis (guys and girls) participated in the three team coed mash up round robin
scrimmages. A great time was had by all and in the end, the Red Team went undefeated. I was lucky to be apart of both the Force and the Red Team for the weekend.

In preparation for the amount of derby I was going to be playing, I practiced with Atom's new Poison wheels. The softness of the wheels made me work a little harder at practice which really strengthened my legs and endurance. Plus they grip flawlessly to the slick painted wood we practice on!

Rollercon is right around the corner and I look forward to playing with Team seXY as we try to win the rubber match against Team Awesome. I will also be captaining the Jocks during the coed scrimmage between the Jocks and the Nerds. July is an exciting month for derby!

Keep roll'n,

Magnum, p.i.m.p.
StL GateKeepers
Captain/Coach
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Atom Front Runner