Flat Tracker Roller Derby Queens bounce around in Castlegar
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Rossland’s Gnarlies Angels and the Babes of Brutality of Salmo continue to be the talk of the West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League following the latest stop on the tour Friday in Castlegar.
Gnarlies Angels took care of the Dam City Rollers while Babes of Brutality got past a short-staffed Lumber Jackies of Nelson in the second leg of Friday’s twin bill.
The Castlegar stop is the fourth of the season in the league.
Friday, the Gnarlies, with a few of key players resting, powered past the improving Dam City Rollers. Penalties proved to be the undoing for the Rollers, which continually found players jammers in the box instead of on the floor.
In the nightcap, the Lumber Jackies needed to use players from rival Killjoys for the match against the Babes.
The League is back in action July 8 at the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena.
Game action has the Killjoys meeting the Babes of Brutality and the Lumber Jackies up against Dam City Rollers.
This is the final regular season game of the season.
In Castlegar on July 23 is the first round of the playoffs featuring the fourth-place team in regular season standings meeting the fifth-best squad.
Semi Final round goes August 19 in Rossland with the second and third teams playing to see which club advances into the final September 10, also in Rossland.
Kannibelles fifth at Best of the West
The Kootenay Kannibelles — an all-star team of players from the West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League — made it look easy during the Best of the West Roller Derby Tournament Saturday in the Okanagan.
The Kannibelles defeated Saskatchewan 190-76 and Calgary 180-105 to finish fifth in the eight-team event.
Rules in a Roller Derby Game
Flat Track Roller Derby uses many of the same rules of the older banked track sport seen on television during the 60’s and 70’s.
Each heat begins with a pack of blockers lead by two pivots. The two jammers from each team, who score the points, start a 10 meters behind the pack and begin skating when the last blocker crosses the pivot line.
The jammers work their way through the pack of blockers to score points. However, only the lead jammer will score points.
The season opened in Rossland in April.
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