The recently reopened Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave. SW, will end the month on a rough-and-tumble note with the arrival of April 30's Saturday Night Roller Derby. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the action is scheduled to begin a half hour later. It can go to about 10:00 p.m.

The men's home team is the Puget Sound Outcasts who take on the Portland Men's Roller Derby. Our junior female team, the I-5 Roller Girls, all under 18, take on the Portland Rosebuds, a rival junior team.

"They can bump into each other but they can't tackle each other," said Josh Rhoads, a skating champ who owns the rink with his wife, Erin Venables. "It will be exciting. The last Rat City Roller Girl bout we held brought 600 people. The track they use is a small portion inside the skating floor."

Bleachers will be set up on the rink's perimeter. Black markings designate an oval track within the rink and in front of the bleachers, the size based on official Derby regulations.

Rhoads said to keep you eyes on Outcast star Mo Sanders, known on the track as "Quadzilla". He has skated over 30 years and has a line of skate boots called Antik, and also developed the line of Heartless Wheels, made specifically for Roller Derby.

"Mo Sanders a derby phenomena," said Rhoads. "He trained a lot of Rat City Roller Girls. He is a cleaver entrepreneur."

Check out our story on the opening of Southgate Roller Rink here:

http://www.westseattleherald.com/2011/04/10/news/update-slideshowsouthg…