Bloody Skulls : Mission Cléopâtre - Un match de roller derby au Caire

<p> A little more than one year ago, one of our skaters, Kouign Karnage, had the chance to train with <strong>the only roller derby team in Egypt, the Cairollers</strong>. When she was there she realised how difficult it was for those young women to follow their passion: high cost of the equipment, difficulties in finding places for their training sessions... But also dealing with prejudices and the disapproval of people around them, in a very conservative society. The result is, in 4 years of existence the Cairollers never had the chance to play an official match!</p> <p dir="ltr">  </p> <p dir="ltr"> <img alt="Cairollers-1486139953" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/390266/Cairollers-1486139953.jpg"></p> <p dir="ltr">  </p> <p> Since then, a crazy idea started growing among the Bloody Skulls… <strong>What if we all go to Cairo to play the first Arab-European match in the history of roller derby?</strong> This crazy idea will become reality on the 15th of April 2017. Thanks to you!</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Roller Derby: sport and solidarity</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong><img alt="Photo_groupe_bloody-1486556786" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/391670/photo_groupe_bloody-1486556786.jpeg"> </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> This bout will be above all a moment of sharing and solidarity, in the pure roller derby spirit! Since its creation, the Marseille Roller Derby Club has benefited from the help of other clubs in France (Amazones from Aix en Provence, Baywitch Project from Nice, DCCLM from Montpellier...)</p> <p> Now it’s our turn to help! The Cairollers, because of their isolation, don’t have the chance to count on other clubs in the cities nearby. That’s why, besides the bout, <strong>we want to participate to one of their training sessions </strong>to share our knowledge. Also, one of our referees will be with us to <strong>train some players in refereeing</strong>, which will allow the Cairollers to organise their future events without help from outside.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Clip__91-1486571877" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/391755/Clip__91-1486571877.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p> On request of the Egyptian players, we’ll also organise a collection of materials among French skaters. As the economic situation has significantly deteriorated in the last months, the purchasing costs of roller derby equipment doubled. A pair of skates is equivalent to two average monthly salaries!</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>A bout... and a documentary film!</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p dir="ltr"> In short, it will be a journey full of meetings and exchanges that will be immortalized by Kouign Karnage in a documentary… We’ll invite you to discover it as soon as it’s ready :-)</p> <p>  </p>