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UPCOMING EVENTS

Skate Salvage Tech Nite - 7PM Friday 25th March.

The amazing Ace Vegas will be coming down to hold a Skate Maintenance/Gear/Tech Talk.  A great way to learn to look after your skates and an opportunity to talk to Ace about your derby needs.  She will have some gear and cleaning kits for sale but if you want her to bring something specific down for you, call Ace and her team at Skate Salvage on 0451 823 756 and ask.

Social Disorder -Mini Bouts

Sunday 27th March - UltraViolent vs GangGreen

Sunday 3rd April -     MurdaMaids vs PainClinic

Sunday 8th May -      UltraViolent vs GangGreen

Sunday 22nd May -   MurdaMaids vs PainClinic

Sunday 29th May -    UltraViolent vs GangGreen


The first of these bouts start this week... So exciting!! We have HebeGB, PeeWee & Mitchslap kindly coming to Guest Referee our first one.!!  Bouts run from 7 - 7:35pm.


Level 2’s, 3’s and Bouter’s are all required to be at training 4 - 8pm on these dates.

When UV vs GG mini bouts are on, L3/bout training will be brought forward to 4-6pm.

To make these bouts work we have to help each other out and take on N.S.O (Non Skating Official) positions such as Penalty Timers (Sin Bin), Penalty Trackers, Scorekeepers, Scoreboard/Card Operators and Timekeeping. This is compulsory training to be eligible to play and helps skaters to gain a better understanding of all aspects of the game.  We would all love to turn up, skate and go home but we really need to pull together on this.  All levels are welcome to come and watch and cheer them on. Good Luck to all the teams!!! *Friends and Family are also welcome to attend these mini-bouts. We will ask for a small donation at the door to help cover the cost of refs, venue and medics.

Need a Medic Present at Mini Bouts - Know Anyone?

To ensure the safety of our skaters, we need to have a qualified medic at our mini bouts in the case of an emergency (hopefully won’t need to use them!). We have regulars we use for main bouts, but have to hire them for minimum of 4 hours which is costly and not needed for these events.  Are you, or do you know of anyone who may be willing and able to donate their skill and time for an hour on these dates? Please let us know ASAP.

Oceania Exhibition - 16th April 2011 @ Carrarra Stadium

The 2011 Oceania & Asia Pacific Championship is an annual event which features Artistic Skating, Speed Skating and In-line Hockey and this year it will be held on the Gold Coast! GCRD has been invited to open these games with an Exhibition Bout. Our Superstars from Pain Clinic and MurdaMaids will be taking centre stage to show ‘em how its done. .. Derby Style! You are invited to come and watch them represent and we will have details of time and cost available prior to the event.

TRAINING NEWS
Freshmeat

WELCOME to all our Freshmeat! You’re  getting faster and stronger every week and looking good out there on the track. Great work. Keep it up! We are currently improving our assessment structure and will let you know the criteria shortly. We have heaps of new and exciting training ideas to further  your derby skills and turn you all into lean mean bouting machines.  Just a reminder that you should all have your own gear by now as safety is a priority. Good to see you all at the BBQ last week too. Its also time for you to start thinking about your Derby Names!!!  Jump onto www.twoevils.org and use the search to add in your proposed derby name, if it comes up as “Low” match - your in business, if its “High” try again and play with spelling and hyphens etc. We are excited to see what you come up with!! See Ruby Slitter regarding names register.

Beach Sk8 - Tuesdays 10AM @ Coolie with Kat Da Brat & Nitro

All levels welcome! Come along for a street sk8, smoothie and a surf/swim with Kat Da Brat and Nikki Nitro. Bring all your gear, sunscreen and swimmers. Contact Kat for details as meeting places change from time to time as it may be at a skate park or a different beach track and to carpool. Kat 0407 914 633

Off-Skates Training - Wednesdays 6PM @ Southport Park with Mizzfit

All levels welcome. Fitness training with the queen of fitness Mizzfit. Meet at Southport Broadwater Park at the pergola at Anzac statue / BMX track end of the park. Bring your runners, water and a towel. Great group fitness activities and fun workouts.

Level 2’s & 3’s - Friday & Sunday

Drills, Skills, Thrills & Kills (Scrimmage) both sessions.

Trainers - Alice Affliction, Molly Malicious, Johnny Smash, Tonka Trix and Kat da Brat.

Introducing our Mentors such as Nitro, Jackal, Ram Jam, Gory Killmore, Cruel-Ella T’Kill and more TBA.

Training will focus on Agility, Balance, Endurance, Power and Strength - for Jamming, Blocking, Pack and Pivot.

Sunday training includes a Rules Sessions with Canibella.

The competitive year is warmin’ up now with a series of mini bouts, an opportunity for our passionate new blood to taste the intensity of bouting.  This will feed/freshen the fire and helps us build dedicated, experienced and fierce derby teams!

Looking for Refs

WANTED!!!!!! - calling all referees!!!! Have Ref and Skating experience or are willing to learn?  Maybe bouting isn’t  your thing but you still want to be involved with the league. Please contact Kat Da Brat with expressions of interest as we are always looking to fill these positions.

TREASURERS NOTES

Monthly Fees

Our monthly training fees are now $40 per month. All monthly fees are to be paid to Cougarrr at the beginning of each new month (alternately Ruby Slitter). This keeps our fees as simple as possible and  if everyone pays a monthly fee we can retain this price, otherwise its will need to return to $10 per session (which adds up as you progress and train 2-3 times per week). We have more members now and with extra training sessions/off skates training available, if everyone pays their monthly fees we can keep it affordable which benefits everyone.  Don’t forget to tick off your attendance at every session.

Fundraising

So we can keep our training fees low, we are looking for fundraising ideas. If you have any ideas how the league could do some extra fundraising, let us know! We are looking for new suggestions, so get your thinking caps on Derby Divas and bring your ideas. We are looking for a fundraising coordinator to take on this role shortly... think it is something you have a strength in?? See Cougarrr

ART/MEDIA DEPT NOTES

Bouting Player Profiles

In the lead up to the Oceania’s our Media Dept guru Bravetart will be organising some media releases and has asked that all Level 3 players put together a short profile and answer the following questions:

Full Name, Occupation by day, Derby name by night and Team name.

How long have you been playing roller derby?

What got you into roller derby in the first place?

What’s your favourite thing about roller derby?

What makes a good derby girl?

What makes us different from other women’s sports?

What makes us the same as other women’s sports?

Tell us something fun we may not know about you:

Please email these to Bravetart or contact her for more information .     nicole_kay13@hotmail.com

FOOTNOTES

Facebook Friends and Emails

We are a friendly bunch here at GCRD and encourage you to become facebook friends with your trainers, committee members, fellow league mates and derby crushes! The best way to feel “in the loop” and not miss out on social skates, gear for sale and share experiences is to regularly check your email. Currently we have a private page we use on facebook - GCRD Skaters. So if you’re not in this group, look it up and request to join so we can add you and share the GCRD love.

Committee Thank you

In the last few months we have been making some changes to the structure, implementing new training programmes and tackling problems we’ve had with our bout venue.  We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has stepped up to help make us a bigger and better league and also to each and every one of you for your patience and loyalty. This is an exciting time for us and we look forward to a bright future for GCRD.

You can help! If you have ideas, input and skills let us know and if you want to help but not sure how, we will soon be asking for volunteers with our Training, Art, Media ,Merchandise, Officials, Funding and Events Departments. No matter how much or little spare time you have, it is all valuable to us!!!

Have a Rockin’ week Guys and Dolls and keep a look out for the next GCRD Newsletter!

PEACE, LOVE and DERBY.