http://www.mikedidonato.com/2010/03/08/international-derby/
http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com/2010/03/weekend_review_382010
Patience pays off in the long run. The ladies in Neon have been training and it showed this weekend. Not only did they travel up and down the east coast but managed to pull off 3 victories and looked like they wanted more. After looking at the faces of the Skids and the faces of their opponents it became clear that the Neon powered uniforms were putting out extra power this weekend.
Tired and happy, the ladies returned to the Great White north for a 2 week break before another long weekend or Derby action. This time facing their Canadian counterparts.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Coming storm
Ladies, tonight is the night of nights. You are on the eve of greatness to represent not only yourselves but your teammates on this short venture up and down the East Coast of America this weekend. My advice to you is to rest up for the weekend and take one day at a time when it comes. Put the game out of your heads until tomorrow and go out and eat with your friends laugh and love because this weekend belongs to you.
The Neon storm that is coming is something your adversaries don't expect from you. They expect to beat you and send you home to your loved ones dragging your feet. I say hold your heads high as you embark on this journey and remember its not you alone who is out there on the track, it is the lady next to you, in front of you and behind you in neon that represents something great in yourselves.
Don't stop Believing!
The Neon storm that is coming is something your adversaries don't expect from you. They expect to beat you and send you home to your loved ones dragging your feet. I say hold your heads high as you embark on this journey and remember its not you alone who is out there on the track, it is the lady next to you, in front of you and behind you in neon that represents something great in yourselves.
Don't stop Believing!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The coming storm of Neon
I'm proud to be managing the skids. They are a solid team of excellent players that just needed some direction in the right step and I feel Ive begun to provide them with that direction. Their Jammers are some of the best, their blockers work together as one unit while still being able to function as individuals.
The neon inspires me to drive myself and push myself past my limits and reach for new limits. The camaraderie of the team and my acceptance to it has made me feel like I have a home now.
Individually I could list the strength and weaknesses of each player but it is their strength in arms that makes them a fighting unit with spirit I haven't encountered since my Army days. It is the passion in their eyes and the sweat they put in and receive that drives me to push myself. it is their drive that drives me.
The coming storm of Neon is taking over the East coast as we travel to CT, DC and Suburbia. There is no doubt in my mind what the outcome will be. After witnessing them take on a team they knew they couldn't beat they held their own and proved themselves to be an adversary worthy of notice. This did not happen from me. It happened from each and every skater who took the track and looked at me with confidence that they knew where to be when to be there and who was to their left and right at all times.
It wasn't the payoff of a loss but the learning experience that they can carry with themselves of knowing that they took on impossible odds and stopped them dead in their tracks, if not for a minute but for a period. 30 minutes.
The wraith being unleashed this weekend is a precursor to the rest of the year. It is the year of Neon, the year that a team no one though could, will.
The neon inspires me to drive myself and push myself past my limits and reach for new limits. The camaraderie of the team and my acceptance to it has made me feel like I have a home now.
Individually I could list the strength and weaknesses of each player but it is their strength in arms that makes them a fighting unit with spirit I haven't encountered since my Army days. It is the passion in their eyes and the sweat they put in and receive that drives me to push myself. it is their drive that drives me.
The coming storm of Neon is taking over the East coast as we travel to CT, DC and Suburbia. There is no doubt in my mind what the outcome will be. After witnessing them take on a team they knew they couldn't beat they held their own and proved themselves to be an adversary worthy of notice. This did not happen from me. It happened from each and every skater who took the track and looked at me with confidence that they knew where to be when to be there and who was to their left and right at all times.
It wasn't the payoff of a loss but the learning experience that they can carry with themselves of knowing that they took on impossible odds and stopped them dead in their tracks, if not for a minute but for a period. 30 minutes.
The wraith being unleashed this weekend is a precursor to the rest of the year. It is the year of Neon, the year that a team no one though could, will.
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