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Written by Erin Frustaci
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 |
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Sisters launch derby league in Fort Collins, first match in October
FOCO Girls Gone Derby.
No, they aren’t the subjects of drunken, crazed spring breaks in Mexico.
Instead of wildness on camera, the FOCO Girls Gone Derby spin seriousness into the sport of roller derby in Fort Collins.
“Roller derby may have had a reputation as being a joke with fake fighting, but that’s not what we are about,” said Tawnika Trevena, coach of the FOCO Girls Gone Derby.
Trevena and her sister Jerica organized the Fort Collins league in mid-January. The sisters come from a skating family, which owns Rollerland Skate Center in Fort Collins.
“At first I kinda just thought there is a need,” Trevena said. “It’s something everyone is doing and being a family business, we should get up on this. Now that I’ve been doing it for a while, I’ve found out how enriching it is for women. It gives them bonds outside their persona of moms and business women. It’s something they can do for themselves.”
So far, the team consists of about 18 ladies ages 18 and older, all from a variety of career paths. They practice twice a week, preparing for their first bout sometime in early October.
“These women are athletes,” Trevena said. “Some of them weren’t before, but they sure are now. These girls do go out there and train hard for two hours, working on technique as well as the contact portion of it.”
Roller derby has spanned generations and is a sport many people can relate to. However, it is also resonating with many for the first time.
“You get some people who look at you kinda weird, but once you start talking to them, they open up and their curiosity starts growing. We are lucky for the Denver teams because people have heard about them. They have helped pave our way.”
Erin Frustaci
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