It has been several months since I’ve put up a blog posting (or a podcast, come to think of it), so here’s a short write-up about what’s been going on.
The last two months have been incredibly busy, derby wise, with most weekends being taken up by either home or away matches. Some of you may know that in addition to running Ottawa Derbycast, I also take care of all of the home announcing duties for the Capital City Derby Dolls. This year I’ve somehow managed to do the announcing at all of their away games as well, not to mention covering every bout of the Too Fresh Too Furious tournament in Toronto last weekend (in the main hall, at least), and this several bouts for this upcoming weekend’s RDAC Eastern Championship tournament.
All in all, there have been a ton of games (7 weekends out of 10, with only 2 of them being home games). With so many games being played out of town, it has been impossible to attend any of the Rideau Valley Roller Girls’ bouts this year or any of the events that Ottawa Roller Derby has put on, and I’m worried that the posting is going to become too one sided. This venue is not meant as CCDD advertising, but is supposed to be an unbiased coverage for all roller derby in Ottawa. With that in mind, we're looking for additional people to help cover the events that I am unable to personally attend. Anyone interested in writing up a review of a past or upcoming event, please let me know and we'll add you to the list of blog writers, and get your writing out to our followers
With that out of the way, here are some derby events that are coming up over the next two weeks.
This weekend, July 21st, the Rideau Valley Roller Girls are hosting the Four-Wheel Fury double header at the Barbara Ann Scott Arena (2250 Torquay Ave). The Slaughter Daughters will be taking on the Venus Fly Tramps from Kitchener’s Tri-City Roller Girls, while the Riot Squad will face off against Kingston Roller Derby’s Disloyalists. The doors open at 6, and tickets are only $15 at the door. More information can be found at the event’s Facebook page.
Next weekend, July 28th, Ottawa Roller Derby is throwing another of their fabulous Roller Discos. The event takes place at Brewer Arena (210 Hopewell Avenue, right across Bronson from Carleton University). Doors open at 7pm, and its only $5 to get in. And if you don’t own a pair of skates, there will be some available for rental for a mere $10 charge. Again, check out their Facebook page for further information.
Last, but not least, the Capital City Derby Dolls travel to Guelph, ON this weekend to take part in this year’s Roller Derby Association of Canada’s Eastern Championships. This is a new setup for the old Canadian Women’s Roller Derby Association that ran last year’s Blood Spill on the Hill event. This year, RDAC are running regional championship tournaments in the West, Central, Eastern, and Atlantic regions, with the top two teams from each region travelling to a final 8 team tournament that will take place early next spring to crown the Canadian Roller Derby champions. Other teams included in the tournament are the Forest City Roller Girls (last year’s champions), the Royal City Roller Girls, GTA Rollergirls, Toronto Roller Derby, Renegade Derby Dames, and the Nickel City Rollergirls.
