Saturday 16th February saw the second bout in the Auld Reekie Roller Girls 2013 home season, when the Skatefast Club (SFC) took on the Cherry Bombers (CB) at Meadowbank. It was the debut bout of the season for the Skatefast Club, and the debut game for some of SFC’s new skaters – from the SFC: LUruk-Hai, Slamboyance, and Pope John Brawl;
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The Bombers were defeated in bout 1 when they took on The Leithal Weapons, so they were all set to kick some SFC ass. As the bout started, in her debut SFC bout, Zillah stepped up to jam against CB Caitlin. Zillah fired off the line to take lead, scored two points and called off the jam.
Jam 2 saw SFC field Lilo and Stitches as jammer, whilst the Bombers sent in Circuit Breaker. Stitches shot through the pack and scored the first 4 points for the SFC before calling the jam. Jam 3 saw Skinner Alive jamming for SFC, and she was held back spectacularly by Grrsula, Demon Speeding and Et Tu Brutal, but Skinner managed to break the pack and scored another 3 points.
Both teams fought hard throughout the first half, and the Bombers saw some incredible jamming from Teenie Bash, who fought hard and scored well. Caitlin was also a stand out jammer in the first period, getting lead and scoring high. Zillah gained even more points for the Bombers during an amazing powerjam which saw her clear 15 points in a minute and a half!
A few jams later and the SFC was in a powerjam. The wall that Velosidy, Grrrsula and ParaBeat’emAll made was a sight to behold and had to be intimidating to the SFC jammer. But, Mo B Quick made it through though with some offensive help from Bint Imperial, and expertly called the jam off just as Circuit Breaker was released from the bin.
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The first period ended with the score at SFC 112 – 22 CB, though not before a tremendous display of ‘how to knock out a whole team’ by Crazylegs.
As we entered the second period, the Bombers were brutalised by Mallory Powers as she landed some serious hits. Jam 25 was another powerjam to the SFC, and Fanny Thunders showed just how good her blocking was as she held Mo B Quick back singlehandedly for long enough to allow Teenie Bash back on track.
Some amazing skating skills followed – Zillah avoided hits with insanely low body swerves, Tartan Tearaway put in some hard slams, Debris Harry caught jammers as they sped away and Slamboyance, Apocalypse Cow and LUruk-Hai made super tight walls.
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Towards the end we saw an amazing jamming debut from Pope John Brawl who was given the most stupendous cheer from the crowd as she took lead! Some jammer on jammer action ensued and no points were scored in that jam, and she headed back on for another go.
It all got very exciting as she was sent off, leaving the Bombers in a powerjam…and within 10 seconds, Zillah was sent off and Pope returned to change the powerjam in favour of the SFC. Two more jams saw more points for both teams, but the clock was ticking and as the final whistle blew, the score was set at SFC 251 – 72 CB.
The Bombers fought hard and played well, but the SFC were just too formidable on the day and they took an early lead and kept building points. Both teams were a dream to watch.
The Skatefast Club will next play the Leithal Weapons on March 9th, and then the HOME SEASON FINAL will take place on April 6th where all three teams will be skating: the top two battle it out for the coveted accolade of being Home Season Champions of 2013, while the third placed team will get to play a still unknown yet rumoured particularly interesting Scottish team.
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