WIRD Freshmeat Intake
Love to skate? Love to hurt people in a team sports environment? Longing to assume a position of authority while wearing fetching stripes? Or perhaps just keen to get involved with one of the fastest growing sports on the face of the planet?
Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby is holding it’s next Fresh Meat Meet and Greet (tehehehe …pun) on Sunday 26th of February at the Wollongong University Sports HUB! Come along from 4-530. Meet your derby idols and other aspiring derby girls and find out whats involved. Alternatively, you can see what it takes to referee or get involved as a Non Skating Official (NSO).
Take a look at some testimonials from our last fresh meat intake
See you there!
WIRD 2012 Home Season!
Get ready because WIRD’s home season is about to kick off in a little under 2 months!
Season Dates
Bout 1 : Saturday 31st March ‘My Big Fat Derby Bout’
Bout 2: Saturday 28th April 2012 ‘The bold and the bruised’
Bout 3: Saturday 26th May ‘Illawarra Horror’
Bout 4: Saturday 30th June ‘Million Dollar Derby’
Bout 5 final: Saturday July 29th ‘There’s Something about derby’
Who will dominate 2012? Vixen or Viper? Come along to ‘My Big Fat Derby Bout’ on the 31st of March to cheer your favourite derby girl on. Old favourites and new faces will be making an appearance. Stay tuned for ticketing and venue information. GO WIRD !
Bout 4: War of the Wheels Recap
Last Saturday the 15th October the 4th Bout of the WIRD home season took place: War of the Wheels. The masses flocked to Berkeley to cheer for the fearsome Vixens and the formidable Vipers. Despite the fact that the season had already been won by the Vixens, the competition was no less fierce. The added feature of skaters from Central Coast and Sydney leagues made for an interesting game. Due to injury the Vixens welcomed SRDL skaters Fiesty Cuffs, Liv Vicious, Stockard Slamming, Bacardi Bruiser and Deby Does Damage into their ranks. Meanwhile the Vipers replenished their numbers with Xanadon’t, Tomahawk Geronimo, Thunderslut and Womb Raider. This bout was easily the closet of the season, with the crowd on the edge of their seats the entire time. The game was one of big hits, superior teamwork and lightening quick jamming. It wasn’t until the final 10 minutes that the Vipers were able to race away and snatch their first victory of the season. Final Score: 135-96. Vixen iKandy and Viper Chakram were awarded game MVPs. Big Thanks to the skaters from SRDL and CCRG for skating with us!
Bout 4 MVPs Chakram and iKandy
Skater of the Month: Janis Job’em
WIRDNEWSBLOG is proud to announce Wird’s skater of the month for September: Janis Job’Em. Janis is an integral part of Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby, she is captain of our travel team, the Steel City Derby Dolls, as well as co captaining the Vixens along with Demander. Janis is also part of the training committee, co ordinated the Steel City Derby Dolls travel team uniforms and manages to inspire the entire league with her positive attitude, commitment to the sport and fierce derby skills. Congratulation Janis!
WIRD Supporter: Natalie Parkes, Graphic Designer
Bon vivant, social butterfly and all round party girl…. three phrases that suite Natalie Parkes perfectly. Nat has been responsible for the last WIRD bout poster and is currently working on her second, managing to cram considerable graphic design skill into her busy schedule. Nat is an avid derby fan, finding herself in the crowd at many derby bouts… only time will tell if she will pull on some skates and heed the derby call. We got in contact with Nat and asked her to answer some vital questions for WIRDNEWSBLOG.
Best thing about being involved with WIRD.The people – everyone is super nice and supportive and willing to give people a go (especially novice graphic designers)
Favourite WIRDo
If I don’t say Senor Whippy I could be in trouble… (Whippy is a WIRD ref and Nat’s brother)
Favourite post bout drink
vodka coke
Possible derby name
Jackie Own-asses
Favourite Quote
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” Mark Twain”
WIRD Scarborough Arts Fest and Crown St Mall
The Wirdoes will be out and about today at Scarborough Arts Show from 11am and at Crown Street Mall’s Community Booth from 10am. Come along, say hi, chat to your favourite derby girl or ref and buy tickets to Bout 4: War of the Wheels.
Bout 4: War of the Wheels
Get ready for some hard hitting craziness as Vixen and Viper take to the Track again in Bout 4: War of the Wheels!
Doors open at 6pm, first whistle at 7pm.
Tickets available online from http://www.showclix.com/event/74601
or in person from any of these locations:
Dicey Riley’s Hotel – 333 Crown St, Wollongong
Meakins Jewellers – 230 Crown St, Wollongong
Oak Flats Rollerskating Rink – 137 Industrial Rd, Oak Flats
Yakuza Tattoo – 297 Crown St, Wollongong
Karate School – 1/16 Durgadin Dr, Albion Park Rail
Pierce Express – 71 Burrelli St, Wollongong
Prepaid Tickets – $10 adult, $5 kids (6-12), free for 5 and under (+ additional booking fee for online tickets)
Tickets will be more expensive on the door so make sure you get yours early!
The Z report
Local up and coming jounralism student Marc Zanotti reccently interviewed two WIRDOES, Dee Collins (Janis Job’Em) and Holly Benstead (Canuckherblockoff) about their adventures in Derby. Check out his article at the Z report: http://thezreport.wordpress.com/category/news-articles/sport/
EERD finals
Demander, White Hawk and Dropbear wall up against the Dames
Last weekend, the Steel City Derby Dolls played off against the Newcastle Derby Dames for 3rd spot in the Eastern Region Roller Derby Tournament. The game was close, both teams displayed a more strategic approach to the track but Newcastle came out on top by a mere 31 points. The Dolls were overjoyed with their performance, demonstrating how far they have come as a team throughtout the year. Final score was Newcastle: 117 to Wollongong 86. For a more in depth recap check out: www.rollerderbyau.net
Two Weeks til EERD! Smackdown Sally Recaps EERD2!
Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby loves it’s fans. They’re devoted, loyal and make one hellava racket. WIRDNEWSBLOG is proud to introduce Smackdown Sally, an anonymous but devoted WIRD supporter and avid amateur derby reporter. While not the loudest voice in the crowd, Sally offers a trackside view of the last WIRD EERD game. Newcastle won by a mere 12 points making this game one of the most evenly matched contests of the ERRD tournament so far. Check out Sally’s recap of EERD2 (16th June) in preparation for the rematch on October 1. Will the WIRDos triumph? Or will they be overcome by the Dockyard Dames (not bloody likely! :)?
Sally Smackdown
ERRD 16th July 2010 WIRD vs NEWCASTLE
A one eyed account…
By Sallysmackdown Roller Derby Tragic.
Not associated with WIRD in any official capacity.
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The best damn bout I have seen in ages!
It had everything you want to see as a spectator; good hits, skilful jamming, tactical blocking, opposition whinging (lots of it) and dubious refereeing decisions.
WIRDOs you were amazing from top to bottom the team play was outstanding and with such a close result, well done!!!
The hits were bone crunching and I thought Janis Job’em and AVO had knocked Newcastle back up the highway and into another time zone with the way they were rocking the purple and yellows.
Sredy and Manic Bullet the jamming maniacs provided a slamming start and kept the points ticking over until the very end. It looked as though you were going to steal a solid victory until a controversial decision to put Manic in the penalty box with 4 mins to go all but sealed Newcastle’s win.
Vishious Ness and Courtney Lovebite combined beautifully to wall out the opposition jammers and keep the pack contained.
It was great to see combinations of new and veteran skaters working so effectively. The bench management was outstanding with solid combinations being utilised for the whole bout.
Although it was a closed bout everyone there was rapt with the spectacle and the athleticism displayed by the Steel City Roller Dolls.
Final Score Newcastle 115 – 103 WIRD.
I can’t wait for the next Vipers vs Vixens to get my next Wollongong Derby fix.
Oh and by the way, Go Vipers!!!!
Luv Yas…
Sallysmackdown
