East Coast Cyclones vs Waterford City Viqueens

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of travelling to Greystones on the outskirts of Dublin to photograph the bout debuts of the Cyclones and the Viqueens. I'd already seen some of these skaters in action in Belfast as part of the all-Ireland rookie Blockopussy bout and was looking forward to testing out my new and improved derby set-up in a new venue. Accompanied by my favourite little photo assistant we had a great day out courtesy of the East Coast Cyclones and received a very warm welcome. In contrast to my first visit to photograph derby in Dublin last year, I was allowed fairly free access around the track and benches and the Refs and NSO's who travelled from Belfast had taped out two "Barbour boxes" in centre track, which were well used by both myself and another derby photographer. Anyway, the Viqueens edged out the Cyclones 212 - 167 in a well deserved victory in what was a pretty close-fought bout. Here's a few shots..........