Are you ready for another weekend of derby madness? Amidst the action and antics of the annual Derby Daze of Summer fans will be treated to a double-header bout between teams from Washington, Oregon, and California. This Saturday, August 28th, the Atomic City Rollergirls Toxic Avengers from Tri-Cities, WA will be taking on the Lava City [...]
Diaries of a Wannabe Derby Girl: Tryouts & Boot Camp Lessons
Last Thursday, before the Hometown Throwdown, I went to the hangar and tried out for Fresh Meat. I was REALLY nervous beforehand, but I headed out early and went to the Oaks Park rink to warm up and practice a few basic skills. I tried some jump starts, snowplows, T-stops, and I tried working on [...]
Hometown Throwdown, Day 1 Results
The result from last night’s bouts were: Gotham 187 vs. Bay Area Derby 58 Rat City 155 vs. Wheels of Justice 111 For those of you interested in a recap of the bouts, head over to The Coroner’s Inquest where George breaks down Gotham and Rat City’s victories. Looking forward to WOJ bringing the heat tonight against [...]
RCR Opens its Competitive Program to Younger Skaters
As of today Rose City Rollers now allows 18+ year old skaters into their competitive training & play rosters. //
Diaries of a Wannabe Derby Girl: Last Day of Boot Camp and Tryout Preparations
Last Sunday was the final day of boot camp. We had Saul T. Scrapper with us again, and he helped us out with some basic skills and endurance as well as some hitting. //
Hometown Throwdown- tournament preview
I’ve got a fever. And the only prescription… is more DERBY! Our month-long wait will be justly rewarded this weekend with six bouts between some of the best all-star teams around. The Rat City Rollergirls (Seattle), the B.A.D. Girls (San Francisco), and the Gotham Girls (New York) will be making the trip to Rose City [...]
Countdown to Hometown Throwdown
I can’t promise to stop using words that end with “own.” This weekend Rose City will be visited by New York’s Gotham Girls, San Francisco’s Bay Area Derby (B.A.D.), and the Rat City All Stars for what has come to be known as Hometown Throwdown- 6 big bouts between 4 of the nation’s top teams [...]
Diaries of a Wannabe Derby Girl: Week 4
Ay! It’s been almost a week since my last entry… Sometimes life gets crazy and you get caught up in it all, but I’m back now so cheer up! First, I’ll need to catch you up on what’s happened since last time. At endurance last Sunday I wasn’t able to participate. Actually, I chose not [...]
Draft Time!
It’s that time of the season again…RCR home teams are analyzing their rosters and Fresh Meat-ers are anxiously awaiting a phone call saying they’ve finally been drafted to a team. I can imagine it’s a stressful time for all––including die-hard fans wanting to know what the hell is going on, and maybe even how the [...]
Ask Frisky: Can I Play Roller Derby?
Hi, I’m back! The Rose City Rollers skaters take July “off,” so no blog posts from me. “Irony quotes” because Fresh Meat and travel team skaters don’t take the month off from practice. Trust me, I haven’t forgotten what the hangar looks like. One of the most frequent comments a derby skater gets is “I always [...]