All I have to say is “WOW” I was surprised! I want to start off with my thoughts on the new venue. I was amazed at how many people were in the venue, that was insane (total count anyone?)! I have not been at the sports plant in such a long time, and there was not half as many people then, as I saw for this bout. Inside I was so enthralled by everything going on around me, I never saw the merch table. I was surprised that I never noticed it, I even looked glanced around for it once as well. I did like the program idea, concept, price, everything, that was a wonderful idea! Though I had heard of someone saying that they paid 5 bucks for a program? I also did notice a typo in the word “procedure” on page 6; though being on the Bulletin Board was hysterical!
However, one disappointment was the the intermission, last year’s crazy robot people performance to this year’s random kids hula-hooping. Honestly, even turtle racing would have been a stronger intermission. One thing Turn 2 enjoys is a good Dog for the bouts; this is hopefully something that will happen in the future, we had to switch to pizza. I was happy to hear of a great section reservation for us. And even more exciting was to have about 90% of The Hellbombers sitting with us during the first bout! How can we not love the Bombers?
I did notice the Sport court definitely  made the first bout seem slower than the pace I am used to. But after seeing Ida Bitter   Jam, “Damn that Girl has some speed”! I had also heard that speed was causing girls to slide, I have heard that rolling your wheels in comet could help that (though I am not sure of ill effects).

Now onto the bouts.

In the first bout where the Cleveland Steamers challenged the Hard Knockers, we had a bout of old skool vs. the new skool. Cleveland Steamers were deemed the underdogs due to the massive amount of veterans on the Hard Knockers. I was amazed at this new steam brewing from the bench! Killustrator, who has already made the travel team, seems to be a vicious force to be reckoned with. Take-Out making a huge name for herself, played extremely well. Though Take-Out made some funny mistakes on the track (you are not lead jammer!), I feel she has the attributes to be 2009 Rookie of the Year. I am pretty sure that every Hard Knocker felt the wrath of Halochic, gunning through the pack, smashing everyone in sight, surely she is going for hardest hitter 09′!  One of the craziest moments in the bout was when Rogue Cheddar got owned; after she fell she made almost every other person in the jam tumble as well! With the last Jam of the night approaching, The Steamers were holding what could be considered a comfortable 16 point lead. Rogue Cheddar stepped to the Jammer line and made the the whole Venue see why she was 2008 most feared, in the final two minute Jam she manage to pull a 14-0 Jam which frightened ever Cleveland Steamer as the the scoreboard kept chipping away at their lead. When the score board stopped just shy of a hard knocker win, the Steamers screamed with joy. Their new steam powered formula, smells like a winner.
In the second bout, The Pinups had the unfortunate date with the Hellbombers. In true Hellbomber tradtion the pinups were left battered and bruised, while the hellbombers tacked another notch on their belt. To the credit of the the pinups, these girls are skating with the least amount of skaters. Two skaters quit the league after the draft (painful), and they have three skaters on their injured list; Soul Eater (travel team member), Dagney Taghurt (travel team member), and Instaskater. This left the pinups with just ten skaters to take on the fifteeen hellbombers! Even with the odds stacked against the pinups, no one expected the bout to be a complete blow out. The hellbombers are such a solid team, even their rookies looked good! The pinups were forced to spread their team out so thin, I would rather seen the Pinups stack the deck every other Jam. Yes this would have really put a large strain on thier rookies, though I think it could help them accell later down the road (Sink or Swim). As sad as it was to see such a beating, you really got to see the skill set that the Bombers have attained. I also have heard from numerous people how they have instantly became Pinups fans, just for not giving up and love of an underdog (this is Cleveland)!

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