Kannibelles clean cars for International experience
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Kootenay Kannibelles — complete with six-foot-tall gecko and a fuzzy pink monster dancing and cheering at the four-way stop leading into Nelson — were out in full force Saturday raising money to defer cost for a 20-team tournament Women’s Roller Derby Tournament this weekend in Spokane.
The West Kootenay Roller Derby’s All-stars staged a car wash Saturday at the Nelson Ford Location to earn much-needed funding to go towards international roller derby domination.
The “Belles” are entering the tournament ranked sixth overall, and are looking forward to playing some of the pacific coast teams who bring both experience and an element of the unknown along with them.
The Kootenay team, with players on the roster from Nelson, Trail, Rossland and Salmo, is rebuilding with the loss of five players since Nationals, and this tournament will be an opportunity to gain experience and hone their skills in a short amount of time before the Western Canadian Divisional Tournament early this July in Fernie.
The Kannibelles would like to send out huge thank-yous to Nelson Ford for generously donating their lot for the car wash, to those who came and had their cars washed, and to the folks who just waved back and showed their support of the team.
Roller Derby is amazing and so is our community, thank you everyone!
We appreciate your support.
For more information on West Kootenay Roller Derby including scores and schedules, go to:
www.kootenayrollerderby.com
www.facebook.com/wkrollerderby
