Santas vs. Elves

I had an amazing weekend!
We went to the groves to get our citrus, attended the Christmas Parade, and watched Shae's first scrimmage as an Ocala Cannibal... but she was skating as an elf due to it being a Christmas scrimmage.

The scrimmage was to collect for Toys for Tots, and I saw several boxes of toys. Another option was paying $5 to go towards buying toys for the kids. Gals from around the state were skating in this bout, and it was a close one.

Most of my pictures looked like this...

I need a new camera if I'm going to photo speeding skaters!

There's my Shae...I mean Militant Bulstrode....in the silver shorts. Number 9 3/4

In the end the score was 188 to 190 with the elves in the lead!

I did get a pic of the OCRD afterwards....minus 2 skaters who were taken to the hospital for injuries. We wish Foxy and Lil Looney a speedy recovery! Broken bones take time to heal. As the MC pointed out...Roller Derby IS a contact sport, and injuries do happen.

and just in case I didn't get a good shot, or didn't get everyone in it....

Kyle took some great pics with Militant's camera. Every time he pressed the button one of the girls went flying....and he captured it on film.

You must be aware of flying skaters at all times!

It was awesome, and we can hardly wait for the season to begin next year!

I took a few pics of the girls during the parade, too.
I'll be back this week with parade, and orange grove pics!
It was a really fun weekend, and I spent yesterday napping, but it was so worth it!!! I had a blast this weekend!

Del