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P24 - GRANDSTAND - May 3, 2012
Hazy Demon and Mini Mayhem most valuable players
by Val Bridge Photos: ValsPix
wesome would be one word to describe the Central Coast Roller Girls’ Black and White All Stars’ bout held on Saturday, April 21, at the Central Coast Youth Club at Niagra Park. Despite a cold evening, attendance was at capacity anticipating what turned out to be a hard dual between black and white.
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Both teams skated out to rapturous applause and by the time the first jam started, the place was absolutely buzzing. It went up a few notches as the white team tried to defend from the front by forming a wall. There were a lot of heavy hits, with the black team’s West Side Gory absorbing a lot of heavy hits on her way to getting lead jammer. The white team’s captain, Ali-tude got completely smashed while her team mate, AllureNKill was sent to the penalty box. The Black team struck the first blow as they scored an 8-0 jam. The white team got lead jammer through Dobie Wan Kenobi but she was overtaken by her opposing jammer Ratbag who ended up outscoring her 4-1 as Dobie eventually called it off. The black team continued to turn the screw as Teeny Flirtini got lead jammer by going straight through the middle of the pack with Hazy Demon in close pursuit, but she soon got sent to the penalty box for track cutting. Psyclone Tracey smashed Teeny with a great last line of defence hit as the white team built a wall at the front of the pack to stop Teeny from scoring more points but they eventually found themselves out of play. Teeny called off the jam
just as Hazy Demon was making her way back onto the track as she picked up a 12-0 jam. The black team went with a no pack start as their jammer Mini Mayhem tore up the middle to get lead jammer to take advantage of the power jam. Mini Mayhem was doing well to avoid getting hit by Vixenation as Cherry smashed Matron of Pain out of the way to allow Mini Mayhem to get though and score a 10-0 jam. Teeny Flirtini took on Alittude in the jammer battle. The black team’s Lola Ebola launched herself at Alitude to try and take her down but Ali-tude kept herself up, however, she took a sharp turn around the bend and did her best Forrest Gump impersonation and kept going and almost landed in the black team’s bench. The white team continued with its tactic of having a wall at the front of the pack as both jammers went the opposite way in their quest to get lead jammer. West Side Gory went on the outside but Hazy Demon beat her by going on the inside. The black team’s BloodRed Penny put Hazy Demon on the floor with a great hit who called off the jam and picked up a 8-4 jam as she waved to the crowd while she skated past. The black team’s captain KiKi Chaos tried to restore some order by getting lead jammer and, after some great footwork, she managed to get through again before calling it off as the black team increased their lead to 41-14. The pack went with a slower start before Matron of Pain and MelTeaser were on their way. Cherry was skating backwards and organising her side like a conductor but that didn’t stop Matron from powering through on the inside as MelTeaser was
struggling to get through the pack. There was a massive collision as Matron, Lola and Cherry Chaser all fell which resulted in both Matron and Cherry Chaser being sent to the penalty box but there was a loud cheer from the crowd when it was revealed that Matron had scored an 11-0 jam to cut the deficit to 41-27. After a series of on-going battles, the white team went to the half tiome break with a lead 78-71. The white team started off the second half with their jammer and a blocker in the bin while the black team had a blocker in the bin. Hazy Demon came back on the track and managed to get lead jammer as some great defence by her blockers kept stopping Ratbag from getting through. There was an almighty hit which saw the entire black team go down along with Hazy Demon who was
then sent to the penalty box which allowed Ratbag free to pick up some points and she scored a 9-2 jam which tied the scores 80-80. Teeny Flirtini showed off her great jamming skills as she knocked down Cyndi Slaughter to get lead jammer. Unfortunately she called off the jam too late as Hazy Demon picked up some last second points as the black team held on for a one point lead. AllureNKill was imposing herself on Mini Mayhem as she started hitting her from the start of the jammer whistle but it didn’t work as AllureNKill found herself caught in the pack as Mini got lead jammer and picked up six points. The pack went for a slow start as the white team went with their tried and trusted wall at the front of the pack but West Side Gory managed to go straight through them but it was by illegal means as
she was sent to the penalty box. Her team mate Ratbag soon joined her when she managed to trip herself up and then got done for a low block. Apple Ya’Hair was holding back Cherry which allowed Ali-tude to get through and score a nine point jam as the lead changed hands again to give the white team a 93-90 lead. Lola was caught by Hazy Demon while Teeny Flirtini was bouncing off blockers like she was in a pinball machine as both jammers fell down while coming around the bend but Teeny found herself sent to the penalty box. The black team formed a wall at the front of the pack to try and stop Hazy Demon from getting through with Cherry behind them in the sweeper role as she took out Hazy Demon then MelTeaser got a hit in on her too. Ratbag got lead jammer as her team mate Teeny Flirtini tried to help break up the white teams wall at the front of the pack for Ratbag to get through and it ended up being extremely successful as Ratbag scored a grand slam to tie the scores 99-99. The black teams Hell’a Trix LeStrange was doing a great job cleaning up at the back and stopping AllureNKill which allowed West Side Gory to get lead jammer. She took advantage of two white team skaters falling and got past them as she picked up four points and called off the jam. The black team further increased their slender lead when Mini Mayhem picked up three points as Matron found herself stuck behind Ratbag which resulted in the white team calling a timeout. MelTeaser went to lay a hit on Dobie then ended up doing a transition move and stacked it but then her jammer stacked it over her but Dobie ended up calling
off the jam for a nil scoring jam. The jams were getting shorter in length as both sides tried to pick any points they could and then call it off before the opposition jammer could score any points. The bout was due another high scoring jam and it came for the white team in the form of Dobie. Cherry and her jammer were both sent to the penalty box and Dobie kept getting past the black team’s blockers one by one. By the end of it she clocked up a massive 18-0 jam to give the white team a 123-112 lead. Both sides formed a wall, the black team at the front and the white team at the back as both jammers Razooka Bazooka and Teeny Flirtini were stuck behind the opposing walls. Teeny Flirtini got through first and picked up three points for her side to cut the deficit to 126-115 with three minutes left on the clock. West Side Gory was close to getting through first and getting lead jammer but got pushed back at the last second as AllureNKill squeezed through the pack first. There were falls galore with the black team’s jammer and blocker sent to the box and were joined by a white teams blocker as AllureNKill picked up seven points. With 1:18 left on the clock Matron made the most of her power jam and all the gaps left in the pack. It didn’t even matter that some of her team mates were falling over themselves as she helped seal up a win for the white team with a nine point jam to bring the final score to 142-118 in what was a highly entertaining, edge of your seat bout. MVP’s were awarded to Hazy Demon for the white team and Mini Mayhem for the black team.