A Year on Wheels Team Belgium 2013-2014 . From Selections to World Cup .
Small in size,
big as$ team!
Our GoGoGent players met back Grace S.Melly from the Lowcountry Highrollers who introduced the roller derby in Belgium. When she knew that Belgium will take part of the RDWC, she organized with her team a raffle benefit for Team Belgium. Double dedicace to Grace S.Melly !
In 2008, a girl moved from the USA to Ghent, Belgium, taking along a lasting impression from a roller derby bout. This free-lance journalist wrote an article in the Flemish newspaper De Morgen about roller derby and included an open question to get in touch if readers were interested to form the first league in Belgium. A few daring girls got together in a pub in September 2008, not knowing one another, but they got hooked to this yet unknown sport. From september 2008 until june 2009, small steps were taken: some practices, some new friends joining. Another former roller derby skater in USA leagues Big Easy Roller Girls and Carolina Roller Girls joined the team as trainer around the same period. Gradually, a real team was forming. A newer member of that league, wanted to start something closer to her hometown, Antwerp. On the 4th of February 2010, the second league in Belgium was established. One of their members is now the founder of the league which was established one year later, in Brussels. It came only naturally that those three leagues shared their knowledge to the leagues that popped up all over Belgium; in Charleroi, Namur, Menen, Liège, Mons, Hasselt and Bruges. Belgium makes their debut into the World Cup and we are eager to put ourselves on the map. We might be tiny but we’ll make sure you’ll notice us! After a series of selections, going from coaches, manager, photographer to players, we’ve organized monthly practices. All Belgian leagues are literally very close : a small country facilitates practicing together, which can only benefit game play. Figuratively, we consider each other as real team mates, and translate that togetherness on- and off the track.
First training and coaches selection 22.09.2013
Wouter’s Collection
Rule #2 : Do not confuse track and swimming pool.
Rule #1 : There is no ball involved in roller derby.
Ian’s Collection
Oct. 2013
First Roster Headshots
#13
Missing players : C.C. Titmousse Double U Jay Elle Shi(zz)le Humpme Bogart Lilo & Stitches Pussy Pit Red Hellion Veronica Fever
#13 #13
THANK YOU, LickMyButton.com !!!
want to thank all the Belgian teams for their support* *with a special dedicace to mons/erdt
Track cut for NitroNetty. Power jam for Bicky Monkey !
First National Game against Team GERMANY
Sporthal Driebeek Gentbrugge, Belgium 12.01.14
Team FUN
Hipshot opens the score ! 4-0 for Team Belgium
Another power jam for Olga Volt
Halftime Score Belgium 79 - 83 Germany
NitroNetty is back on track
Power jam for FallWafal
Final Score Belgium 189 - 129 Germany
Aline Decat #6 Bhurt #88 Bicky Monkey #18 Bundy Nelson #1610 C.C. Titmouse #85 Charlie McHell #829 Cherry Moshpit #07 Daisy Destroy #8 Eve’il X #13 Evil Spin-Her #26
FallWafal #90 Guts’n Glory #68 Hipshot #89 Humpme Bogart #00 Lilo & Stitches #626 Majin Buu #10 Miss Miyagi #86 Olga Volt #44 Sandra Buttblock #36 Todestrieb #999
July. 2014
NSP189’s Collection
Second Roster Headshots
#6 Aline Decat
#88 Bhurt
#18 Bicky Monkey
#1610 Bundy Nelson
#85 C.C. Titmouse
#829 Charlie McHell
#7 Cherry Moshpit
#8 Daisy Destroy
#13 Eve’il X
#90 Fall Wafal #26 Evil Spin-Her
#68 Guts’n Glory
Coach Mister Grey
Coach Trick or Threat
LineUp Khada
Coach ey Mister Gr
Manager Whip It
Line Up Khada
#626 Lilo & Stitches #89 Hipshot
#00 Humpme Bogart
#86 Miss Miyagi
#44 Olga Volt
#10 Majin Buu
#36 Sandra Buttblock
#999 Todestrieb
Off-Skate by Khada
National Practice 15.06.2014
Sock Derby by Trick or Threat
On-Skate by Trick or Threat
On-Skate Dodgeball : Finally there IS a ball.
Hipshot on the jammerline
Second National Game against Team Holland
Sporthal De Rode Loop Merksem, Belgium 20.07.14
Powerjam for Belgium
The crowd is going wild !
We’ve got a lead change!
Halftime Score Belgium 86 - 61 Holland
Florence + The Machete on the jammerline
The Netherlands take a Team Time-Out
Final Score Belgium 149 - 122 Holland
Team France Team Germany Team Belgium Team Netherlands Team Wales Team Denmark Team Spain Team Portugal
First Game against Team Denmark
Salle Edgard Hismans Quaregnon, Belgium 06-07.09.2014
Final Score Belgium 82 - 79 Denmark
Semi-Finals against Team Germany
Final Score Belgium 105 - 264 Germany
Petite Finale against Team Netherlands
3rd Place for Team Belgium !
Final Score Belgium 202 - 142 Holland
Team France vs. Team Portugal
Team Wales vs. Team Holland
Team Germany vs. Team Spain
Team Portugal vs. Team Wales
Team France vs. Team Holland
Team Spain vs. Team Denmark
Team Portugal vs. Team Spain
Team Denmark vs. Team Wales
NELLE’s Collection
THANK YOU, S-ONE Helmet Co. !!!
Team Germany vs. Team France
Team France won ERDT 1st Edition
Second National Game National Pratice against Team Holland 12.09.2014
Tour & Taxis Brussels, Belgium
Open Scrimmage
Sint-Jozef Gent, Belgium
Last Scrimmage before DALLAS
Brussels, Belgium London, England Dallas, Texas
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DART - Orange Line West End - Elm Street Crowne Plaza Downtown
Fountain Place (220m) Dallas, Downtown.
First Texan Breakfast at Ellen’s Dallas, Historic District
Meeting our future opponents
ShortStop and Omdahl Team Australia
Last Lunch at Gators Dallas, Historic District
The Mind of an Artist, Symphonic Mural. ÂŤThe artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.Âť
Dallas, Arts District.
Museum Tower (171m) Dallas, Arts District.
Dallas, Arts District.
Assassination Site Pres. John F. Kennedy. (Texas School Book Depository)
Dallas, Historic District. Bicky’s Collection
View from sniper’s perch. Gate’s Collection.
The Sixth Floor Museum Dealey Plaza.
Dallas, Historic District.
a scale model of Dealey Plaza created by the FBI for the Warren Commission investigation
The Thanks-Giving Square is a hidden gem in Dallas
Thanks-Giving Square Dallas, Historic District.
Comerica Bank Tower (240m) Dallas, Downtown.
Bank of America Plaza (281m) viewed from Pioneer Plaza
Dallas, Downtown. Nele’s Collection
Pegasus - 1939 For 50 years this Pegasus sat atop a Mobil gas station in Casa Linda in east Dallas where it was lighted and rotated. Before that, it was on display in the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. The original larger Dallas Pegasus on top fo the Magnolia Building was erected for the 1034 American Petroleum Institute convention. Pegasus was originally the logo for the Socony-Vacuum company of which Magnolia Oil was a part.
Everything is BiGger in Dallas.
Dinner at El Feniz Mexican Food Dallas, Downtown.
Protesters March Dallas, Downtown
Dallas protestors linked up to let their feelings be known in response to the lack of charges against a New York police officer who reportedly choked Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, which led to his death.
Children’s Health℠Holiday Parade Dallas, Downtown.
Pioneer Plaza, Cattle Drive Dallas, Downtown.
Team Belgium, Registration at RDWC HQ
Dallas,Downtown.
Meeting 02.12.2014 Crowne Plaza Hotel
Dallas, Downtown
Team Belgium, Pioneer Plaza, Cattle Drive
Dallas,Downtown.
Second National Game against Team Holland
Convention Center Dallas, Downtown
First Texan Practice 02.12.2014
First Texan Practice 02.12.2014
Team Belgium, Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
Second National Game against Team Holland
Convention Center Dallas, Downtown
Second Texan Practice 03.12.2014
Second Texan Practice 03.12.2014
Team Belgium, Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
Before the Storm 04.12.2014
Team Dedicaces
Before facing Greece. Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
First Pool Game against Team Greece
Gaspi Crew
THANK YOU for your support, Belgium !!!
Final Score Belgium 174 - 96 Greece
Before facing Australia Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
Second Pool Game against Team Australia
Namur Crew
THANK YOU for your support, Belgium !!!
Final Score Belgium 24 - 349 Australia
Off-Skate Twister Style 05.12.2014
Third Pool Game against Team Italy
Darty Crew
THANK YOU for your support, Belgium !!!
Final Score Belgium 273 - 86 Italy
Team Belgium, Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
16th Finals Game against Team Finland
Dallas Crew
THANK YOU for your support, Belgium !!!
Final Score Belgium 124 - 383 Finland
Co-Ed Scrimmage
Halle de la Glisse Lille, France
RDWC - Day 1 Other Countries
USA vs. The Netherlands Norway vs. Wales
France vs. Brazil Mexico vs. Colombia
Japan vs. Sweden Germany vs. Ireland
West Indies vs. Chile
France vs. Portugal Argentine vs. Denmark
RDWC - Day 2 Other Countries
Colombia vs. Greece Puerto Rico vs. Holland
RDWC - Day 3 Other Countries
Norway vs. USA New Zealand vs. Holland
Canada vs. Finland Australia vs. Scotland
Zuid Africa vs. Holland Portugal vs. Denmark
THANK YOU, Quad Roller Skate Shop !!!
RDWC - Day 2 Vagine Regime Expo Bout Pangina vs. Queerope
Vagine Regime Expo Bout
Team USA Expo Bout
RDWC - Day 2 Team USA Expo Bout
Stars vs. Stripes
Team Tattoo
Texan Sunset
Yes, there was natural light outside the convention center.
Nations Parade, Arena, Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
Nations Parade, Arena, Convention Center
Dallas,Downtown.
RDWC - Day 4 Juniors Expo Bout
RDWC - Day 4 MVP Expo Bout
Semi-Finals USA vs. Australia Canada vs. England
Finals USA vs. England
USA - RDWC Champions
Pre-After-Party at Gilley’s Honky Tonk Bar Dallas, Downtown.
the original mechanical bull,
El Toro,
featured in the movie
Urban Cowboy
After-Party at The Thrive Crowne Plaza Ballroom Dallas, Downtown.
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