McLean County MissFits Bruiseletter 01-2013

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bows!" "Cutting the track!" "Back block!" These are just aw of the penalties that can send a skater to the penalty box,

sed on the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's (WFTDA)

es. You can't always knock down or pass skaters in any

ethod or direction you choose. Darn!

ere have been several WFTDA rules updates for 2013 which

l make it more exciting to watch and play. Here are the top

ree:

Blockers and Jammers will now start a jam on the same

whistle. Previously, the first whistle released the blockers

and the second whistle released the jammers only after the

last blocker crossed the pivot line. This new rule means no

more slow starts!

Minor penalties have been eliminated. Previously, there

were all sorts of minors for blocking out of bounds, elbows,

forearms, etc. Accruing 4 minors resulted in a trip to the

penalty box. A minor was called on a skater who caused anopposing skater to stumble, but not lose relative position

giving the skater who made the contact an obvious

advantage. Now, it is just majors that impact a skater's

position.

When skating back on to the track from out of bounds,

cutting in front of just one in-play skater (as long as it wasn't

the last line of defense) was previously a minor. Now it's a

major. No more cutting that one opposing skater who's

sharking the heck out of you and hitting you out of bounds.Packs are oin to have o back to hel their teammate.

Not much has changed in how a

Jammer can score points. She stil

get a point for every opposing ska

she passes after her initial pass. S

does, however, have to land a jumwhen passing an opposing skater

to be counted now.

So far, so good? There are many r

to understand and explore in the

of roller derby, so that it can be e

more entertaining for fans and sk

Let's dedicate the next Derby Rul

packs and the engagement zone.



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at is your derby name and number?

tweight Champ #008 (previously 0.08, but they took away the ".")

y did you pick those?

en I joined derby I was a super lightweight when it came to alcohol. It

a joke among my friends, so I just carried it over. I really didn't haveother good ideas. It's not terribly witty, but I don't mind being called

amp," which is what it all got shortened to.

en did you start skating?

arted with the Peoria Push Derby Dames March, 2010.

at position do you play?

stly pivot / blocker - I've been known to jam, but it's never pretty!

at do you love about derby?

at don't I love about derby? The people who have become my family

first and foremost. I love that the leagues are all involved in themmunity, giving back any chance they have. I love the physical activity

feeling like I've done something after coming out of practice. I love

comraderie, the bruises, the smelly gear...

you have any derby wives?

ve two derby wives - Silent Assassin and Machete Crocker, and one

effer - Dinah Demolisher.

e you had any real derby injuries?

o: what happened, what was hurt and how long were you off skates?

d my fair share of sprained knees, bruises, potentially a broken tail

e... but my biggest injury came almost a year ago now when I broke

dislocated my ankle. It happened when my fellow blocker took ap off of me during a scrimmage to catch the jammer we'd been

cking. I got twisted when I fell and pretty much broke my foot

Whoops! I was on crutches for 8 weeks after surgery and waited 3

eks after being allowed to walk before I strapped my skates back on. I

ldn't hold out any longer! About a month later, I was trying to play

in but decided to go through the Fresh Meat program to completely

abilitate and build my confidence. It's been almost a year and I'm

dy to play!

ich teams have you been affiliated with?

ayed for the Peoria Push All Stars and the Peoria Push Hard Knocks (a

me team) from 2010-2012 when I broke my ankle. So far with thesfits, I am privileged to get to play with the Wanna B's this coming

son!

Do you hope to be drafted to a home team as well as a travel tea

Discuss-which and why for each

Well, I just found out last week I made the Wanna B's and I am re

excited about that. I'm ready to start playing again in a competi

arena and I'm excited to play with a great roster! As for home te

just want to play. I'm not partial to a specific home team and I

wouldn't even mind farming to all the teams to get a feel for whe

best. All of the home teams are great though and honestly, I'm j

excited to play again!

Who are your derby heroes? (Or crushes:)

Silent Assassin is my local hero - I started derby before her andwatched her skills improve so quickly. She was a natural from th

beginning!

Bat-R-Up is another one. She plays for Old Capital City in Iowa.

brutal blocker, can block her way through as a jammer, and is a g

leader. She's impossible to get around on the track but the nices

person on the bench. She gives direction, talks calmly, and helps

not feel stupid even when you can't play to half her skill level.

Oh... I'll also always have a place in my heart for Paul Bunion. Sh

came to the Peoria Push from Dockyard in Washington. She hel

coach the Push. She made a huge impact on the league and the

in it.

Interview

Moxi

Thunde

Photo by

Jim Gard



ll us about your business.

Printing and Marketing Services has

o facilities - in Normal, and Peoria, Illinois, serving these

mmunities for thirty plus years. PIP strives to make our

ents look good to their customers by providing them

h professionally produced products and services.

hat products is your business best known for

oducing?

is known for traditional printed materials and services

small to medium sized businesses - stationery,

velopes, business cards, carbon-less forms, brochures,

. In more recent years our PIP facilities have addedde format products - posters, signs, banners, prints on

nvas, and computer-cut specialties. Other services PIP

ovides include bindery work, mailing services and web

e design, and PIP works with many clients on specialized

rketing programs. PIP also produces perfect bound

oks (paper backed books).

the Illinois State University campus, PIP is best known

our supplemental reading "packets," known around

mpus as "PIP Packets." Each semester PIP produces over

0 course packets with total packet copies running wello the thousands.

here is your business located (and what's like it being

rounded by students)?

is located on the second floor of Bone Student Center

the ISU campus in Normal, Illinois. PIP works closely

h many student organizations on their posters, flyers,

ndbills, event programs and other materials. PIP also

rks with university offices and departments on a wide

ge of materials and services for their needs. PIP works

h individual students to help them present theiro ects in a rofessional manner

What is one of the most interesting jobs you've had?

It's difficult to single out any one of the jobs from my

seventeen years with PIP. A fairly recent one that come

mind was working with a university professor who wan

to publish a book of her husband's poems and writings

her first visit she brought in a couple of file folders stuf

with many well handled pages of this material. We sca

it, converted it into a text document that she could edi

helped her set up the text document so the finished bo

would have the appearance she wanted. We worked wher on designing the book cover and saw the entire pro

through until her books were printed and bound. She w

delight to work with and I thoroughly enjoyed working

her on her important project.

So, PIP is the amazing printer for the MissFits (and we v

much appreciate it, as does the community we contrib

and support). What other charities have you contribute

to?

We appreciate the charitable work done by the Missfit

are pleased to help them. PIP works with many local no

profit organizations in a variety of ways. Campus stude

groups, offices and departments receive discounts and

sometimes-needed technical services on their projects

has traditionally also provided design, technical service

discounted work for churches and many local non-prof

including United Way groups and others. Our PIP group

a long tradition of and a strong belief in assisting many

community groups in these ways. On a more personal

many PIP-sters have volunteered countless hours outsi

work in support of a range of community organizationsthe years.



r those of you who are new to derby you will learn, eventually, that you will have a love/hate

ationship with it. I am proud to say that I am one of the original members of the Mclean County

ssFits, started in 2010. Hey, that’s awesome and I have loved and will continue to love this league

e moon! I put myself into this league to help it grow, and maybe I threw myself in a little too de

tarted to see the dark side, or rather the, I am losing my family side of it all. Derby is like a druu need it so bad sometimes. When you are in charge of so many aspects of the league, you begin to

urself without realizing what you’re doing to those around you. You know the ones that have alwa

en there and care about you the most. For some people this is ok, and becomes a change in life

perience and for most this is where they decide to stop derby and concentrate on family. For me t

s not an option. I love my family and I love derby so it was about to become a balancing act. Th

ignation of being the league’s VP was the beginning. So many thoughts, “how can they do it with

?”, “what if things go crazy?”, “will I be ok with not knowing all the ins and outs and decision

king?”, “oh and the meetings, lol, can they go thru all the meetings without me????” OF COURSey can, Camp! So I did it and now I can breathe again, I love derby more and my family loves having

ound. By that I mean not on my phone ALL the time when I am sitting in the same room as them

opped going to EVERY event and now pick a few. I am good with this and it keeps me out of trou

m four and a half months pregnant now and missing my skates more than you know. Travel team

youts just ended and wooo, that was great to be a part of. In the end, obviously my name was no

e 2013 list (I knew that) but damn it was hard to see. I am always on the list and I always get

rt of the team. OY!

am still an active member and will help in any way I can in this league. I am truly happy to know

en I am no longer pregnant anymore derby will still be there for me, and I will dedicate myself to b

e best skater I can be, while balancing my family life I think I owe it to derby, too, for making m

ster and I closer. He supports me and loves me and I love him so much. I have finally found the p

all of this and that’s super cool. So now it’s more of a love relationship with derby and life.

OXO

mp Rockurass



The final structure for the tryouts process inclu

number of ballots to be completed by the Training

Committee and members of the Board, Human Resour

and the Fresh Meat Committee for our newest skaters w

were trying out for travel teams. Skaters were assessed

according to not only skating skills at basic and advanclevels, but also rules and strategy knowledge, attendan

practice, bouts, fundraisers and league events, and over

attitude at practice and bouts, toward fellow skaters,

coaches, volunteers, and fans. After all ballots were

completed and collected, Ice, Champ, and I met to ente

scores for all skaters in each section, and calculated fin

rankings according to weighted factors voted upon by

league. It was an extremely exciting moment when we

were finally able to announce the 2013 travel team ros

to the league.

It took months to plan, train for, and execute thtryout process, but in the end I think that we have

successfully developed a fair and accurate system for o

league to use in the future. As is always the case in rol

derby, this was a learning process for all involved, and

sure we will have some tweaks to the system in season

come. Although the tryout process was stressful at tim

am proud of what we accomplished with our initial run

this new method, and our travel team rosters for the 20

season look pretty darn amazing if you ask me. I think

MissFits, on both A & B Teams, are happy with the re

and ready to work hard to make this season one toremember. I would like to thank my fellow Training

Committee members for working so hard to make this

success for our league, and I’d lik e to congratulate all o

my derby sisters for working your tails off to increase

skills and up your game for the upcoming season. Now

let’s skate about it!

On December 12t

& 16t

, 2012, the McLean

unty MissFits held our first ever tryouts for A & B travel

ms for the upcoming season. It was quite a journey toure out how this new tryout system would work, and this

how it all went down.

In previous years, our A- and B-level travel teams

d been decided in various ways. The first year, a poll

s sent out to rank each and every skater in order, and the

p 14 were included in our Allstar roster. The second

ar, skaters were nominated and voted on by the league to

captains for the Allstar team and those three skaters

ose their team. The B Team was then comprised of the

aters not included in the A Team draft, and they then

minated and voted on their team captains. Each of thesestems had obvious flaws, so this past year my co-head of

e Training Committee, Ms. Ice Hurt, had the brilliant idea

create a new, fair, comprehensive system to rank skaters

cording to a variety of important factors that would

ntribute to which team they were placed on. This system

came known as our travel team tryouts.

Throughout the process of working out this new

out method, communication was essential. Our league

ach at the time, Ms. Lightweight Champ, met with me

d Ice to discuss initial plans regarding factors to

termine ranking for skaters, including skills testing and

her assessments such as attitude, attendance, and league

presentation. Champ also began working on an Excel

ogram to run skaters’ scores through at the conclusion of

outs. The Training Committee then held multiple

eetings to discuss ideas regarding basic and advanced

lls testing, as well as details about additional

essments that should be included in the tryout process.

ter we had comprised our ideas, Ice created an initial

ite-up about tryouts to send to the league’s Board of

rectors. There were many suggestions, questions, and

ustments to follow, but in the end we came up with a

orough and fair tryout system.



The McLean County MissFits are a 100% volunteer, skat

owned and operated roller derby league, fostering the s

of roller derby in the greater McLean County, Illinois Ar

We are always looking for new volunteer referees, non-

skating officials, jeerleaders, and other volunteers. We a

welcome new sponsors; no contribution is too small!

If you are over 21 and interested in getting involved in r

derby, please contact us at mcleancountymissfits

mail.com

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___ Mollz Deep A. Anti-Money Laundering Investigator

___ chAos B. ISU Sociology student

___ The Notorious L.I.N. C. Lunch lady/cake decorator

___ Pelvis Bruisely D. Nutrition student/bartender

___ Hoarecane Katrina E. Montessori preschool teacher

___ ParaNorma Smacktivity F. cosmetologist

___ Brown Sugar Bombshell G. home day care operator

___ Assail'ya Skanks H. Engineer at CAT

___ Snotface I. Elementary School Teaching assistant and

paint your own pottery aficionado

___ Lightweight Champ

J. Biology grad student

r s : J , D , C , F , G , E , A , B , I , H

tured Skater Interview, continued from page 2…What is your best derby moment?

erall? Putting together a bout in 2 weeks that raised over $27,000 for IL Cancer Care. Seeing the giant number on

ck before we presented it was absolutely amazing and made me feel like we were actually doing something huge,

eveloping the sport in Peoria and central IL and supporting the community. For the Missfits? I helped coach them

r first bout ever against the Decatur league and they won! It was a tough battle and it was my first time really ev

ching derby, but they trusted me and they worked their butts off for the victory. They got the memo that it was r

by and not a tea party =)

a new skater for the MissFits, what are some of your goals for the 2013 season?

2013 I want to improve my endurance, become a better jammer (which I hope to be able to do with the B's), get

witching between offense and defense, improve my footwork / agility / ability to turn both directions and other b

anced skills. I want to build comraderie with a team and keep loving the game. 2013 will be a great season - I'm r

w long do you think you will play roller derby?

ahaha - well, I survived one broken ankle and I always said I'd play until my body gave out. We'll see about that

ugh. I can tell I'm not getting any younger and my knees can't take too many more falls, but I'm not ready to hang

skates. Even if I can't play, I want to stay involved. Derby latches onto your soul - it's the sport, the speed, the hit

nets, the floor burn, the sweat and tears that go into it that keep you involved. You want to see it not only live, b

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