http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ en-us punchymartin@yahoo.com 2007-10-05T09:24:26-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/016829.html Roger McCord, a blogger on MaineToday, put together a fantastic videoblog of our last bout with Pioneer Valley. Check it out at http://www.mainetoday.com/rogermccord/016800.html. Olive Spankins does a lovely helicopter spin on the floor as she calls off the jam! Don't... 16829@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Bouting 2007-10-05T09:24:26-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/016288.html Have you been yet? Good grief! Our first two bouts were incredible! Both were attended by over 700 people. And both were victories for Maine Roller Derby. Come and see our next bout October 6. Door are at 5 pm... 16288@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Bouting 2007-09-24T08:39:52-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/015522.html This Saturday (Sept 8) is Maine Roller Derby's first bout of the first season. I am so excited I might piddle. The league has worked so hard to make this happen. Hell, it took us a year just to get... 15522@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Bouting 2007-09-06T21:29:58-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/013534.html In our past bouts / scrimmages I've mostly concentrated on playing defensively - hitting the jammer and knocking her down or out so that she takes a long time to get through the pack or not at all. We've had... 13534@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Training 2007-07-04T14:39:04-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/013414.html I wrote a creative non-fiction piece for a Penn State University writing contest for alumni. Enjoy. I hope.... 13414@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ 2007-06-29T19:52:57-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/013352.html We've been recruiting since derby existed in Maine. I'm jealous of my hometown, Pittsburgh, where they started the Steel City Derby Dames the same time MRD started up and they have something like six teams. Maine just doesn't have the... 13352@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Derby Drama 2007-06-28T12:37:22-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/012749.html Predominately I'm a blocker. I play as pivot and outside, which means I usually rock out the front of the pack. I like it up there where I can see everything that goes on and wait for the jammers to... 12749@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Training 2007-06-08T17:47:49-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/012748.html The Game Quick definitions: bout - the entire game of roller derby (ie. match, game) period - there are three periods in a bout, these periods consist of unlimited jams jam - when gameplay occurs; can last up to two... 12748@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Training 2007-06-08T17:38:03-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/012662.html We have been confirmed that our official first season will be this fall at the Portland Expo. Dates include Sept 8, Sept 22, and Oct 6. Information about ticket sales, season passes, and bouting teams will be available within the... 12662@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Bouting 2007-06-06T16:34:03-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/012025.html If you have ever even amused yourself with the idea of joining derby or are interested in reffing or the game in general, you need to come to our recruitment day. We're going to scrimmage with our best players to... 12025@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Special Events 2007-05-17T15:08:34-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/011701.html In derby, it is incredibly important to fall small, meaning when you get knocked down or fall on your own accord, you don't take out anyone else on the way down. We practice a series of falls (single knee, baseball,... 11701@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Training 2007-05-08T15:36:32-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/011595.html Today marked our first outdoors practice of the season. Last year the girls practiced at an outdoors rink in Westbrook, near the Dana Warp Mill, and decided to do so again this summer. With my allergies, fair skin, and sensitivity... 11595@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Training 2007-05-05T12:10:49-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/011546.html Maine Roller Derby bouted Pioneer Valley Roller Derby twice (which I skated in both): once at Topsham Roller World (1/14/07) and again in Amherst, Mass (2/24/07). We were victorious in both bouts. Here's what we wrote on our myspace site... 11546@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Bouting 2007-05-03T18:45:54-05:00 http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/011545.html I thought about joining roller derby for months. I first heard about Maine Roller Derby this past summer when I was working for a local publication and receiving their press releases. “Whoa. That is so awesome,” I’d thought. I wanted... 11545@http://sports.mainetoday.com/vixenblog/ Derby Drama 2007-05-03T18:08:03-05:00