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It's 'bout time! Green Mountain Roller Derby hits its home rink for the first time since 2019
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-05-17/green-mountain-roller-derby-first-home-match-since-2019-champlain-valley-expo(3:52 min. audio at link)
"Because there's not many other places where you can get, you know, the bejesus knocked out of you and feel really good about it.", Laura Ivins (aka Snatch McKraken)
It's 'bout time! Green Mountain Roller Derby hits its home rink for the first time since 2019
Vermont Public | By Mary Williams Engisch
Published May 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT
On a recent Tuesday evening, just as a spring thunderstorm rolled through Essex Junction, members of the Green Mountain Roller Derby team streamed into the Blue Ribbon Pavilion building at the Champlain Valley Expo for practice.
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Roller derby combines speed and bruising hits, as five skaters from each team score points by helping one of them, the jammer, lap members of the other team.
Green Mountain Roller Derby is getting ready for their first home game — or "bout" in derby vernacular — since COVID-19 upended their season in early 2020. On Saturday, they’ll take on Salt City Roller Derby from Fulton, New York.
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Vermont Public | By Mary Williams Engisch
Published May 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT
On a recent Tuesday evening, just as a spring thunderstorm rolled through Essex Junction, members of the Green Mountain Roller Derby team streamed into the Blue Ribbon Pavilion building at the Champlain Valley Expo for practice.
[...]
Roller derby combines speed and bruising hits, as five skaters from each team score points by helping one of them, the jammer, lap members of the other team.
Green Mountain Roller Derby is getting ready for their first home game — or "bout" in derby vernacular — since COVID-19 upended their season in early 2020. On Saturday, they’ll take on Salt City Roller Derby from Fulton, New York.
[...]