Steph joined the Brawlers in our second full recruitment day in 2012 and is a familiar face on our awesome B team where she's a budding jammer as well as a fantastic strategist and blocker. Steph is also a regular name on our A team charter and played her first A team game last weekend vs. Royal Windsor Rollergirls. Not bad to get a win in your first game, eh? Exciting!
When Steph's not contributing to league awesomeness on skate, she is a member of the Brawlers' Upper Management Committee (the Directors) making sure everything ticks over nicely day to day.
But that's enough of us gushing about Steph. Here she is in her own words:
Derby name and number: Steph Howarth #19
Preferred position: Blocker (although I do enjoy an occassional go with the star)
Likes: Stats, cats, breakfast, home storage solutions
Dislikes: 3D pie charts, dilly-dallying, feet
Worst habits: Believing that I'm right all the time
Theme song: Kenickie - Classy
Derby dream/goal: To keep learning and improving and working my way up to skating on the A team. Oh, and finally convincing everyone I know that roller derby involves neither a ball nor a stick.
Favourite player: I'm always totally in awe of Stefanie Mainey (gotta give some love to a fellow Stef/ph!). I've got a soft spot for Sandrine Rangeon too. Her mega jam from the 2012 WFTDA champs sticks in my mind. I remember being completely blown away by her.
Best derby moment/memory: Even though I've not been playing roller derby very long, I'm struggling to just pick one. Every time I learn a new skill, every time I get picked for a team, every time I land a good hit, every time I break through the pack - these are all amazing memories. But I think my favourite is the first time I put on a pair of skates at the Brawlers recruitment day in 2012 and thought to myself "hey, you know what, I reckon this could be pretty awesome". I've never looked back.
Photo taken by Adam Chard, Croatoan Design, at Tiger Bay Brawlers B team vs. Leeds Roller Dolls Whip Its, October 2013.
