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Derby girls rock, roll and roughhouse for fun
sidelines proved a bit more of a challenge than she had thought. “It is harder than it looks. But it is not impossible. Before roller derby, I could not even stand on ice skates. All the time I was thinking, ‘Can I do it? Can I start? Can I get good at it?’ Now I’m a coach and I get to teach others.” Ottawa’s roller derby teams are always on the move, not just on the rink, but also in search of places where they can practise
and perform. Rockland’s Jean-Marc Lalonde Arena has become a “second home” for the Derby Dolls club as a venue for home games. Themain attraction for roller derby enthu- siasts is not the competition but the cama- raderie, both on the rink and away from it, with players from their own and rival teams. “Roller derby is exceptionally inclusive,” said Gerwing. “You don’t have to be good at it to have fun doing it.”
year in a row now that the Derby Dolls or- ganization has celebrated both the revival in popularity of the venerable sport of rol- ler derby and also its growth in the Ottawa area. This year the park and plaza outside of City Hall became an outdoor roller derby rink as members of several house league teams, both male and female, bumped and jammed at each other to score points while doing their laps. The afternoon also fea- tured a couple of “open season” sessions to introduce fans, both young and old, to both roller skating and roller derby. Alicia “Busterup” Gerwing is an ex-blocker and now coaches the young bloods of roller derby. She works as a legal assistant and a few of her co-workers are intrigued by her choice of recreationt for the past !ve years. The vivacious brunette grins as she confesses that what looked easy from the
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OTTAWA | The names on the jerseys are like something out of a Mad Max movie : Freaky Frieda, Bomber Barbie, Mad Min- nie, ThunderDon, DynaMike, Ramjit. On skates they are hell on wheels but outside of the rink they are doctors, lawyers, ac- countants, teachers, and some of the nic- est people you would ever want to meet. They are the kings and queens of Ottawa’s roller derby scene and while they may act rough and tough, all they want to do is get together for a bit of recreation, some good cardio exercise, and a lot of fun. Saturday of the long August weekend was Derby Day in the Ottawa area, the second
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