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Roller Derby
Texies and the City
Richard Whittaker
Sun Feb 7, 1:03pm
Seems like Texas Rollergirl and Women's Flat Track Derby Association president Bloody Mary's wish that Austin would be really proud of this homegrown sport really got City Council's attention. First Mayor Lee Leffingwell declared Texas Rollergirls Day, now the city has entered into a new partnership for practice space with the local league.
Hustlers: London or Bust
Richard Whittaker
Sat Jan 30, 2:18pm
This year sees another first for Austin's Texas Rollergirls: The same league that played in the first modern flat-track Roller Derby interleague bout goes international when the Hustlers become the first U.S. team to play an intercontinental bout. They'd like your help getting there.
Spinning Wheels and Spinning Discs
Richard Whittaker
Tue Jan 26, 2:15pm
Break out the champagne, Roller Derby fans. Not only does Whip It, Drew Barrymore's love letter to Austin and the Lonestar Rollergirls, get released today on DVD and Blu-ray, but the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's fourth quarter rankings are out. No shocker, the nation's No. 2 team, the Texas Rollergirls reign in the South-Central region.
Whammy Round-Up
Richard Whittaker
Mon Jan 18, 2:23pm
With their 2010 season a little over a month away, the Texas Rollergirls put the skates to one side in favor of their dancing shoes for the annual Whammy Awards.
Flat-Track Fan Faves
Richard Whittaker
Sat Jan 16, 7:03pm
Time to break out the good wheels: Women's Flat Track Derby Association silver medalists the Texas Rollergirls hold their annual Whammy Awards on Jan. 17, The Score will be there to bring you all the results, but you can get involved now by voting in the fan choice categories.
Texies Into 2010
Richard Whittaker
Sun Dec 27, 3:32pm
, 2009
It's been a good year for the Texas Rollergirls: Women's Flat Track Derby Association south-central region champs, silver at nationals, and a mayoral proclamation recognizing their pivotal role in rollerderby (plus a Chronicle cover feature). Now the 2010 season calls.
Happy Derby Day (Video)
Richard Whittaker
Fri Dec 18, 12:51pm
, 2009
Recently, Texecutioner and Chronicle cover star Bloody Mary said she wished more people appreciated the importance of Austin's Texas Rollergirls to modern flat track derby. Looks like she got her wish. Yesterday (after a great performance in the council chamber by Vanessa Lively), Mayor Lee Leffingwell proclaimed Dec. 18, 2009 as Texas Rollergirl Day.
Lincoln, NEone?
Richard Whittaker
Wed Dec 2, 4:30pm
, 2009
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association 2009 nationals are still a fresh memory but, as noted in last week's flat-track Roller Derby feature, the WFTDA has confirmed that next year's finals, the Uproar on the Lakeshore, will be held in Chicago, Nov. 12-14, 2010. Now the locations for the four regionals have been confirmed.
Philly Finale
Richard Whittaker
Sun Nov 15, 6:26pm
, 2009
First, third, fourth, second. The Texas Rollergirls traveling team, the Texecutioners, wanted to bring the Women's Flat Track Derby Association championship, the Hydra, back to Austin, but took second place instead.
Texies Twice as Nice
Richard Whittaker
Sat Nov 14, 8:52pm
, 2009
"Two down," Hydra said, "One to go." The ex-skater after whom the Women's Flat Track Derby Association national championship is named was talking Texecutioner.
Texecutioners in Philly
Richard Whittaker
Sat Nov 14, 1:22pm
, 2009
Greetings from the Philadelphia, where the fastest and the finest in flat track roller derby have gathered for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's 2009 nationals, the Declaration of Derby.
Texecutioners Make Their Demands
Richard Whittaker
Tue Nov 10, 2:06pm
, 2009
Weekends don't get much bigger in roller derby: On Friday, the best teams from the Women's Flat Track Derby Association will meet in Philadelphia for the 2009 Declaration of Derby national finals. As befits the founding mothers of the sport, Austin's own Texas Rollergirls took the time to list their rider requirements.
Flat Track Update
Richard Whittaker
Tue Oct 27, 4:31pm
, 2009
The Texas Rollergirls' home season may be over, but that doesn't mean all is peaceful in the land of flat track. First things first: You may have seen a billboard for the Mansion of Terror haunted house with a young woman being threatened by a ghoul: that's Scream Queen contest winner Big Nasty of the TXRG Rec'n'Rollerderby league. The woman, not the ghoul.
Meet the Real Babe Ruthless
Richard Whittaker
Tue Oct 6, 5:35pm
, 2009
As fits a film about Austin's other favorite sport, there's been a lot of derby love for Whip It. Tonight there's an opportunity to meet the real Babe Ruthless at the Alamo Ritz, and Wednesday night the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls will be ready for their close up.
One More Win Before Regionals
Richard Whittaker
Wed Sep 9, 11:35am
, 2009
On Sunday night, after the Texecutioners beat the visiting Bay Area Derby Girls, Texas Rollergirl Crackerjack grinned broadly. "Guess how many times I went to the penalty box?" she asked. "Zero!"
B.A.D. Girls go to Austin
Richard Whittaker
Sun Sep 6, 1:44am
, 2009
Interesting test for the Texas Rollergirls tonight: The Bay Area Derby Girls All-Stars, ranked #5 in the West, fly in to face the Texecutioners, currently #1 in the South Central region.
TXRG Still Number One
Richard Whittaker
Wed Aug 12, 4:10pm
, 2009
The national flat track Roller Derby season has begun in earnest as the Women's Flat Track Derby Association has posted the seeding for the 40 teams to make the upcoming regional tourneys (see the full list here).
Hotrod Two Times
Richard Whittaker
Fri Aug 7, 4:08pm
, 2009
Sunday's Texas Rollergirls championship ended the way most fans expected: With the Hotrod Honeys taking the title for the second year in a row. But more fittingly, it ended the only way it really could, with Barbarella of the Hustlers and Honeys captain Cat Tastrophe shoulder to shoulder on the jam line for the last time ever.
Texas Rollergirls Retirements
Richard Whittaker
Thu Aug 6, 10:06am
, 2009
Sunday night's Texas Rollergirls' doubleheader was a night of two distinct halves. The championship bout was a fascinating clash of styles, as the Hotrod Honeys took the title with an 88-24 win over the Hustlers, while the third-place playoff saw the Hell Marys push the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers through a nail-biter, ultimately falling short 43-45 on the very last jam (full recap tomorrow).
Flat-Track Finale
Richard Whittaker
Sat Aug 1, 8:00pm
, 2009
Can it really be the Texas Rollergirls championship bout already? Yup, sad to say, flat-track Roller Derby fans, Sunday night sees the last league play of the 2009 season.
Lose the Battle, Win the War?
Richard Whittaker
Wed Jul 8, 4:10pm
, 2009
Call it what it was: A dry run.
Independent (Roller) Women
Richard Whittaker
Sat Jul 4, 3:07pm
, 2009
There's nothing to finish off the Fourth of July weekend like some flat track roller derby, courtesy of the Texas Rollergirls.
Derby Me Two Times
Richard Whittaker
Fri Jun 19, 1:18pm
, 2009
The big roller derby weekend just got a little bigger. Aside from the long-awaited banked track tournament (come back later this afternoon for an interview about the event with TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls' April Ritzenthaler, aka La Muerta), there's some flat track action tonight, courtesy of the magic of the interwebs.
Flat-Out on the Track
Richard Whittaker
Wed Jun 10, 8:19am
, 2009
Back in Home-Team Colors
Richard Whittaker
Fri Jun 5, 5:30pm
, 2009
It's been two months since the four teams of the Texas Rollergirls faced each other on the track. After touring team the Texecutioners handed out a frankly mind-blowing 451-8 defeat (yes, the Score had to double-check that result from several sources) to the Oklahoma Victory Dolls, the league teams line up at home this weekend.
