100 gold piece prize fight

by Juno lister

Following the dissapointing news that his shop Neyk Sports was burgled, San Pedro Prize fighter Cenzu Gonbailas held a press conference at his shop on the High Street. Gonbailas a black belt in the San Pedrian martial art Haq Al-bala was angered so much by the fact that his store was broken into that he has pledged to fight in the pits once more .
The sight of Gonbailas running through the dusty street of San Pedro followed by a hoarde of young San Pedrians screaming and shouting his name is a sight ...........yet to happen........... Gonbailas regularly dishes out his trademark Gonad flick trick to any heckler that dares disturb his strict training routine.that and the fact he smells and none of the kids like him. He is however a very popular chap amongst the men that congregate in the bars around the town square and for a pint he will perform his other trademark the Gonbailas Stumble. Gonbailas used this technique for the first time against Ganni L-Loki who had Gonbailas on his last legs and just as he moved in for the kill Gonbailas stumbled forward into L-Loki and headbutted him sending him to the ground. Since then Gonbailas showboat's this stumble and as the pints come flowing they get more and more theatrical. His promoter Joey Di Fazer took time off from his market stall to explain

"Ehhh Cenzu is de best fighter in da Valroma he has done lots of styles of fightin like boxin and de kickin boxin, Tee kwen doo and of course Haq Al-Bala. I am going to put a purse of 100 gold pieces forward for any fighter who will beats Gonbailas......I will keep my money and many fighters will lose deir reputations. I expect every San Pedro man , woman, child and goat to support our hero"

.....so far no one has taken him up on the deal.

Due to the fact that Nejk Sports have no yellow materials for the San Pedro Rams Bloodbowl team kits they will now be playing in green. The guards trail of the twin yellow lines has lead them to Butterfly Street in West side Valroma where they have questioned at length San Pedro's most famous son Charlie il-King the co-proprieter of the Dragonfly tavern. Interrogation took place at the pub late into the night and involved loud raucous singing and dancing.

Padre Hilario is on the scene and we are awaiting a report back from him but so far his reports have been incomprehendible

Padre Hilario's Sunday Service

Translated by Juno Lister

Hi There Sports fan,
San Pedro's finest prize fighter Cenzu Gonbailas has been seen out pounding the streets this week ......you mean he is actually running I hear you say? No he was literally hitting the street with his fists following the news that his sports wear shop........Neyk Sports was burgled last weekend. No money or valuables have been stolen but only yellow material and paint. Cynics are pointing the finger at the Banda Filomarnika San Pedro who are rumoured to be unhappy that the San Pedro Rams are to play in the Yellow of Banda San Pedro as agreed when their representative Blood bowl teams met last month to decide the team and colours.
San Pedro Guards are following a few leads. Sergeant Garzia said that they have found a trail of two yellow lines painted on the streets of downtown Valroma. He also said how impressed he was with the Valroma City Guard stopping carts from driving over the evisence and fining anyone stopping anywhere near them.

picture: two of San Pedro's finest on the case

Endzone's Newest Sports Correspondent

by Juno Lister

Padre Hilario is the latest roving reporter to join the Endzone team.
One of San Pedro 's clergy he will keep us abreast of what is going on in the that strange little village behind the mountains. He will be the first on scene travelling with the Rams as they come into the city to test their skills against the finest Bloodbowl teams in the duchy. He will make it his point to ensure The Rams' spiritual needs are catered for whilst on tour.....even in Butterfly Street ....ahem.
Hailing from San Pedro himself Padre Hilario, a fully ordained man of the cloth, has often come into dispute with his superior Padre Zammitello for failing to wear his robes and putting closed signs on his chapel at the bottom of the High Street when major sporting events are taking place.

We tried to get a comment from the newest member of our team but unfortunately when we turned up at the chapel we could see through the window that his dog-collar and robe were hanging up with a sign on the door saying

"Closed ....go bless yourselves "

It may be pure coincidence but there was indeed donkey racing taking place in the village at the time

Behind the Mountains or Wound up The Wall ?

By Juno Lister

Hi there bloodbowl fans today I bring you this report in the far far south from the village of San Pedro. Although often described as behind the mountains the village is in fact on a plateau halfway up the Western Wall. It's human population are simple folk who speak in a completely different dialect to the rest of Valroma. I am here to bear witness to the fact that Bloodbowl has spread even to the outer regions. Bloodbowl or Bladbowel as it is known here is played between two teams which are representatives of the two band clubs that grace the streets of San Pedro at Festa time.

As I approached the village along a dusty winding path I could see the domed shaped church surrounded by yellow block brick houses,all sporting huge flag poles with either yellow or green flags attached. Yellow , the colour of the Banda San Pedro whose club house or Kazin is situated on San Pedro High Street and the green the colour of Il-Banda Filomarnika San Pedro whose rather grander Kazin is situated right next to the Church of San Pedro.

The one Bloodbowl pitch is a white gravel affair called Il-Grownd Patcho-Grasso. Today the two band clubs were playing head to head. Most of the village turned out and the hand-held whistling fireworks were only drowned out by the thunderous petards exploding over head as the two teams prepared to engage in what were trials for the first ever San Pedro Bloodbowl team to be known as The Rams. To coincide with the two bloodbowl teams joining forces the two bands played jubilous marches throughout the event.

The Valroma Bloodbowl Commission kindly sent Rack Myley their top referee to officiate this event. What followed was a highly charged game of bloodbowl somewhat lacking in skill but these rather stunt, barrel-chested men were full of enthusiasm. Rather strangely the yellows won by two touchdowns to nothing, both scored by catcher Mikiel Mufsid. Mufsid once had a trial with a team in Valroma city before Blodbowl was legal but the Guards raided the team before he could play and he fled back to San Pedro .I spoke to Mufsid who said:

" I am glad to be part of de team. I wish we had a trower to help me but I will do all de running and de linesmans dey will keep de udder players away from me eh!"

As the Yellows won it was decided that the San Pedro Rams would play in yellow with green trim. The team chosen by veteran underground bloodbowler Carmel il-Buzu who will be the head coach is as follows:

1 Mikiel Mufsid catcher
2 Bertu il-Bokser lineman
3 Kalcidon il-Fatat lineman
4 Pietru il-Hafi lineman
5 Nikol il -Gard lineman
6 Cenzu il-Bari lineman
7 Wenzu l-Haxxej lineman