MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN SPORTS PROFESSIONAL

I played my first game at the Showground with ADRD and I fell flat on my face during warm-up. To date, my most embarrassing moment was the time. The last time I saw the inside of a gym was. Which fictional character best describes your personality? Summer from 'Rick and Morty' she's funny, always up for an adventure and sassy, headstrong character. It has been shortened now to Trashy or Trash.

When did you settle on your roller derby name, and was it a unanimous decision? It did take me a while to come up with a name coincidently at the time I attended a party with passion pop as my drink of choice for the night.Ī fellow skater suggested 'Thrashin' pop' and it kinda just stuck as I am partial to the delicious flavour that is pop and I'm an absolute pop baby in terms of music.

I played (fumbled through) my first game in late 2015 with the Rockabellas and Light City Derby. I watched the Salties plays the Mile Die Club at an ADRD event just after I had joined. Learning to be a ref has been the biggest learning curve turns out I don't know the rules as well as I thought – it's so much more intense watching from the outside. Previously I skated with the Salties for two years and the Wild Hearses for one. This year I have transitioned into a new role as a referee. Outside of derby, I'm a new graduate dental hygienist working within the Adelaide Hills and living with my best friend (and fellow skater) Ezekill (Erin). I was lucky enough pre-COVID to be skating with our B team which meant I was able to travel with the team outside of South Australia for tournaments. I started within a league called the Rockabella's Roller Derby League and now have been a member with Adelaide Roller Derby for three years going into my fourth. I have been involved with roller derby for around seven years now, initially starting the sport as a 'fresh freshie', as in I had never worn roller skates before. It’s incredible to say that in 2022.A post shared by Adelaide Roller Derby we profile referee member Thrashin' Pop. It’s embarrassing when you consider most studies on Gen Z (10 to 25-year-olds) show that between 10 and 15 per cent of the population thinks they may be LGBTQI+, yet there are more (LGBTQI+) people in countries where it’s illegal to be gay and you can be stoned or beheaded than there are in the men’s games of all major sports. “It’s not just tennis’ problem, it’s every major sport you can think of.

“We need to just try and work at grass-roots level to try to create that environment and hope those role models like Jake Daniels will emerge in tennis as well. “No doubt there have been some male players who have gone through their tennis career and hidden their sexuality, and they will probably not have achieved as much as they would have done,” he said.

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN SPORTS PROFESSIONAL

One area Pearson-Brown remains concerned by is the lack of out male professional players.Ĭiting the example of Blackpool footballer Jake Daniels, who was widely praised for revealing he is gay in May, Pearson-Brown expressed hope that tennis can be seen as a safe space whatever a player’s sexuality.

Most embarrassing moments in sports