Testing, ......testing,... 1...2...3...

90 girls turned up for testing last night, (official numbers of those who passed are still being collated.)

So much positive energy and encouragement from everyone involved, and of course that side dish of nerves. Check in went smoothly each person being assigned laminated numbers for their helmets or arms which were one of about 6 colours.

The idea being we split up into colour based groups, pink for the "boys" (refs hehe), red, yellow, orange, green, blue, and white (I think???) then took it in turns doing each drill at one of 4 stations. Each station had an administer to give a demo of what we must do, a group of assessors, and some helpers.

Stations consisted of :
General Skating on Track A assessing stride, posture, crossovers.
T-stops and Snow Plows on the far scoreboard side.
Squatting and keeping all wheels on the floor and Skating on 1 foot on Track B.
Weaving through Cones and Stepping.

Once everyone had completed the circuit of testing we used the 2 tracks to do 5 laps in 1 minute, and 25 laps in 5 minutes. Exhausted and relieved it was all over results were then given to each person in private. Always the hardest part of the evening, so many tummies churning in anticipation, yet the Adeladies thought of everything, supplying hugs & tissues for those of us who needed it.

So a few of you will be thinking what now??? If you didn't pass remember you can still be part of the greater derby community. We seem to be having an increasing number of places to skate, and people to skate with, so keep up the facebook groups and your skating!! Attend our bouts and public events we love your support, cheer, jeer, sell stuff at stalls or whatever it is you love to do for your favourite team....or dare I say league.

For those of you that didn't make it, big hugs, and MASSIVE props to you for trying in the first place! just don't quit now, I wanna see you back as "cured meat" for next season!!!