Hello Derby Fans!
Jet City is excited to present our very first tournament: the Rainy Season Rumble! Happening March 21st-23rd, this round robin style event is co-hosted with Mob City Junior Roller Derby.
You can get tickets here! With 12 games happening across 3 days of non stop derby action, it’s an event that can’t be missed!
It’s almost the moment you’ve been waiting for: in just a few short days you’ll be able to watch hours of derby to your heart’s content. We are so excited to host some amazing teams, and to watch some fantastic derby!!
But putting on a tournament of this size takes a lot of human power, and today we’re going behind the scenes with Punk Martha Stewart. Martha has been involved with the team for several years and has held many support roles over her time with Jet City.
For this tournament, Martha is, “On the league, but not skating in the tournament. I’m excited to work a bout shift supporting the tournament and hopefully get to watch when my team plays.” Throughout the weekend you’ll be able to catch many of Jet’s players working shifts at the bout- from ticketing to the beer garden to selling merchandise and concessions- to more background tasks, such as providing refreshments for the officials or assisting visiting teams with the check in process. Whether you see us or not, it takes a lot of player power to put on a single day game, let alone a multi-day event, but playing or not we are all excited to represent Jet City in some capacity!
When the weekend is finally here, she is, “hoping to see a lot of people from the wider derby community in Seattle attending,” and while she doesn’t have any direct challenges for the weekend, “so many of my teammates (shoutout Mary, Bombshell, AK, Jack, and more!) are doing so much work to make this day a success.”
Martha especially wants derby fans to know, “How much work we put in! We set up and tear down the floor, organize all our concessions and sponsorship, make all our own MVP awards. It’s a lot but it’s all worth it.” Every time Jet City has a game, we need to make the floor skateable, and that means laying down hundreds of tiles– and then taking them up afterwards. Everyone on the team puts in hours of work beforehand to prepare for our regular season games, and this tournament is no different– and that’s not even counting the hours we spend practicing each week!
Finally, Martha predicts that sometime over the weekend, “someone will show up at Edmonds Community College instead of Everett Community College.” This is a good reminder to everyone– while we normally skate at Edmonds, because this tournament is multiple days we’re setting up at Everett Community College!
See you this weekend!
Hugs and Bruises,
Public Emily No. 1