As the year winds to a close, your ever faithful derby league winds with it. The past year has been wrought with ups and downs, but we ended up here…Daft Punk….harder, better, faster, and certainly stronger. At our last business meeting, Thunder Lips graced us with this piece of prose. As our gift to you, we share a little of our hearts…
Twas a cold night in November back in two thousand and eight
when we sat around a table at Bravo’s looking at each other thinking ….“oh great!”
One glance at the tally, it seemed as though we would fall
For we had just enough skaters to train some new and wondered if we would bout at all!
Who could have known the hard work we had lying ahead of us all
Or the gifts we would find along the way some LARGE and some small
First was a group of fresh meat that we knew we had to get passed
There was Smax, and Cheese, Ate and Pants and of course Texas
It didn’t stop there; the next batch brought us Pippy and Freaky and XPresso
Was that it? ..you ask .. to which I say “Oh no, no!”
Booty, Miss Bea, and Pixie came from leagues around the globe
They came to Dominion looking for a new place to call home.
We kicked off our season with a rematch against DC
Ready or not, we gave it a try ,and it was an ass whooping indeed.
We didn’t stop there, it was on to Atlanta next
And, we saw something there that no one ever had…
It was a sport court track with a built in launch pad!
Though we lost that bout too, we really had fun
Drinking some Red, riding elephants, and a dance off that I think Duchess won!
The trend continued through our trip to ECE
The defeats, huge point spreads, and oh the sore knees.
It was there we turned a corner, and acquired a new male.
He could not hold it in any longer and had to let it wail.
“Look back!” “Pair up!” and “For Gods sake GO HOME!”,
“Get in and out, hit hard, stand up, be KNOWN!”
So Big Daddy joined us next and became our team coach
We trained like crazy, rebuilt a team..
and together we found hope.
A near loss against Duchland, down by just four
Left us hungry and ready for just one bout more
Another teaser for our team, a near win again the Bootleggers
It ended in a loss, but led to a pool party kegger
It was after that bout we picked up two bears.
One, just a wee little cub, and one huge, with lots of hair.
Thank goodness we had them at our trek to Regionals
For our fairy god mothers were prepared for it all.
New bearings and wheels and kind words for us too
It all helped us clean up our hurting “Boo Boos”
As we left Dorton after a weekend of strong play
It was hard to hold our heads up at the end of the day.
Fired up more than ever before
We kept pushing and trying and training for more.
We ended our season with a stellar bout
Twelve took the track that night and we had it out
Knoxville didn’t know it but they never had a chance
We, the All Stars had taken our stance.
It was victory for us, no other option would do!
So we were smart, struck hard and found our way home too!
Victory for a change
When we won that bout by 80 and the hard work was not in vain.
That’s the story of our team this year
I know it’s in a nutshell
It wasn’t all on the track that helped the DDG prevail
Our referees cannot be over looked
Nor, volunteers, announcers or teams that we booked
Our sponsors and fans, we do it for you
We couldn’t have gotten through this year if it wasn’t for all of you too
We lost some friends along the way
Due to ever changing lives…
Ho(fosho) went off to become a lawyer one day
The Navy took Ate down south
OSB is a student now – oh how we miss her mouth.
Tex is gone to Florida we miss her face already
Texas won the tug o war for Cheese; but to lose her, we just weren’t ready
Their being gone from us has left a small hole
For they became our sisters now when we will see them again, we don’t know.
But our family is still growing; we have new kids in the ranks
We’re smarter and stronger and we want to offer our thanks
To all who helped turn the league around.
The endless hours on the track,
Events like Jasonstock and car washes that broke our poor backs
It wasn’t all for not, we’re ready once again
To start a new season, with two teams this time
And do it all over in the year two thousand and ten.
Thanks to all our fans, our sponsors, our families, our staff, and the wonderful athletes that make this league what it is.
Happy Holidays to all!
Congratulations to our referees, Team Zebra, who were voted July’s Member Of The Month!
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