Top 10’s – West Bout Day 4 – The Blockers

As the Series progresses, we’re getting more detailed stats about both divisions, as as the season develops, we’re getting an understanding of the Stars of the Season! As such, we’ll try to break these analyses into Divisional summaries.

Our attention turns to Heartland Western Division. Bout Day 4 featured Milton Keynes Roller Derby edging Oxford Roller Derby and Severn Roller Torrent gaining a heavy victory over hosts Wiltshire Roller Derby.

As before, we’ll track points gained for the team when the blockers were on track to judge attack performance, points difference to reward defensive play and the number of jammer leads gained by that blocker.

Lead Jammers

A clean sweep for Severn Roller Torrent in Blockers gaining Lead Jammers status, which proved to be a theme throughout the day. Severn’s Maple Lethal topped the table, contributing to 19 Lead Jammers, the returning Helen Fury and Jedi Mistress take joint second.

Milton Keynes also featured heavily with four blockers in the top 10. A word for Oxford’s The Rack who makes her first appearance in the top 10 lists.

Points For

For points scoring, Severn again took the top three with Maple Lethal, Helen Fury and Jedi Mistress again placing 1,2 and 3. Celtic Tiger placed fourth, with an excellent performance for Oxford. Milton Keynes’ Betty Knox makes her second appearance in the tables this month, in 7th place.

Severn’s Scarlett Shadow contributed 102 points for her jammers as a blocker, and appeared in all three tables. This was coupled with an excellent jamming performance, underlining her all round skills. More on that next time!

Points Difference

Points difference shows value for jammers, deducting their points conceded from their points gained.

As always, this category highlights overall value and provides interesting reading. With their excellent performance against Wiltshire, Severn dominate this category, with Helen Fury coming out on top with a points difference of 194, Maple Lethal and Jedi Mistress in second and third. Respect again to Oxford’s Celtic Tiger, the only non-Severn blocker to appear in all three top tens for Heartland West Bout Day 4!