It has been a great week for roller derby in Columbia. On Wednesday we got some love and promotion for our home bout from one of our newest sponsors, The Free Times."I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again Local Roller Derby Teams Throw Down on Sunday
By CeCe Brooks
Still looking for something to do with your dad for Father's Day? How about heading to "Who's Your Daddy?", the first-ever match between Columbia's two roller derby teams, Columbia QuadSquad and The Richland County Regulators. "
Friday night was Roller Prom at New Brookland Tavern.more enjoyable then that thing I got drug to in high school. I think the alcohol helped. And all the people not
taking themselves seriously. Scott Bilby, local photographer who has worked with the team before, took prom pictures.
Good times. Things I learned: I still hate full length gowns (no surprise there) and there are people in this world who have some how escaped learning how to do The Electric Slide.
Sunday, of course, was the main event. The ColumbiaQuadSquad finally took on hometown rivals, The Richland County Regulators. The State had a great write up today on the front page of the Life & Style section. I disagree with Life & Style, I think its pretty clear this coverage belongs under Sports, but I have no complaints about the article itself. The photo gallery is pretty good too. WLTX, channel 19, covered derby as well, with sports reporter Reggie Anderson conducting interviews with CQS Friday and showing a teaser on Saturday. The result is the video and article here. I like the video (since I'm in it ) and the article is ok, although definitely from the 'look at this weird thing' angle rather than an actual sports angle.
So, the results? CQS 168, RCR 60. I think bouting experience made the difference. RCR got a few good hits in but they seemed to be making the same types of mistakes that we made in our first couple of bouts. It's something that takes a little bit of time. We still spent more time in the penalty box than I'm happy with. We're switching to WFTDA rule set 3.0 over the summer which seems to be stricter on penalties so this is going to have to be a focus for us at practice. Perhaps the most memorable thing about this bout was the Holly Hunter - Mel Anoma leg whip. Holly and I have played around with it a little at practice but this was the first time we actually had the opportunity to try it in a game situation. To quote Patrick (aka Mr. Anoma): "That was the coolest thing I've seen in derby yet!" This one felt good.
I gotta say it was
Pictures are all over the place. Patrick's pictures are here. Pictures by A Boy Named Tsunami are here and pictures by Daniel Harmon (I think?) are here.
Thanks again for all the support Columbia!
Hugs & Shoves,
Mel Anoma
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