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Raquel Bell (left), Erica Hartman and Jenny Wise, who are members of the Sugartown Rollergirls, run through a drill during practice on their self-built, banked-track rink at the Sugar Shack warehouse in Oxnard. The team is in its first competitive season, with home matches at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

Photo by Joseph A. Garcia, Ventura County Star

Raquel Bell (left), Erica Hartman and Jenny Wise, who are members of the Sugartown Rollergirls, run through a drill during practice on their self-built, banked-track rink at the Sugar Shack warehouse in Oxnard. The team is in its first competitive season, with home matches at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

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  • Raquel Bell (left), Erica Hartman and Jenny Wise, who are members of the Sugartown Rollergirls, run through a drill during practice on their self-built, banked-track rink at the Sugar Shack warehouse in Oxnard. The team is in its first competitive season, with home matches at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.
  • Tim Frye (left), coach of Sugartown Rollergirls, watches team members prepare for their upcoming roller derby match. Also watching the skaters (facing at right) is team co-founder Paula Gajefski.
  • Sugartown Rollergirls, in their first competitive season, practice for their upcoming roller derby match. The team has 30 members whose ages range from 18 to 44.
  • Cathy Hoffman (left), along with Raquel Bell, Jillian Bischoff, Falon Lopez and Amy Baniecki practice in Oxnard. Hoffman, Bell, Bischoff, Lopez and Baniecki skate under the names Cat Scratch Fever, Raq-n-Rolla, Miss VenHURTcha, Dienasty Dank and Crybaby.
  • Sugartown Rollergirls team members (from left) Cathy Hoffman, Falon Lopez and Jillian Bischoff practice for their upcoming banked roller derby match.

It's like football on roller skates on an inclined surface — at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. Banked-track roller derby isn't for the faint of heart, but it is developing a local following as an Oxnard team plays its first competitive season at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

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