Saturday night saw the opening game of the Roller Derby, Brisbane season between the 'Love Rockettes' and the 'Diner Might Dolls'. The event was held at the Brisbane Convention Centre and saw 4000 spectators line the derby rink! This was my first game and it was an eye opener! These girls are built of stamina man.....two 30min halves with a lot of argy bargy and tactics seeing me exhausted as a spectator about 20 mins into the first half.
The event was well organised, except for the lack of seating for more than half of the crowd. But the seating arrangement seemed to create some atmosphere, although having such an event at a traditional roller skating rink may have created the event atmosphere I was expecting.
Apart from being very athletic, the ladies were dressed to fit the game, with each team member having an individual name, such as 'Dead Meat' and 'Strawberry I Scream'. There were also a lot of tattoos, with one of the media groups covering the event seemingly an online tattoo tv channel.
Great night out for me and my mates. The next game is on 15 May, again at the Convention Centre. For $15 a ticket, I might just go along again.
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