May is usually the start of spring, the start of warm weather, and here in the Nation's Capital, the month when the Ottawa leagues start their home bouting seasons, and this year was no different.
The Capital City Derby Dolls started off their season on the 3rd of May with a match against the Ithaca Blue Stockings at Jack Charon Arena, in Kanata. The game was a one sided affair, during which the Dolly Rogers dominated in a 217 to 64 victory.
And this past weekend, on the 25th of May, the Rideau Valley Roller Girls hosted their season home opener with a Double Header at the Barbara Ann Scott Arena, in Nepean. The first bout of the night saw the Slaughter Daughters overpowered the Kingston Derby Girl's Disloyalists by a score of 328 to 87. The second bout saw a local derby derby (the second one pronounced darby, and refers to a match against two teams from the same city) as the Riot Squad hosted the CCDD Dolly Rogers. This was an incredibly tight game, with the lead changing hands several times over the course of the two halves. In the end, the Dolly Rogers managed to squeak out a 161 to 131 victory over the Riot Squad. Don't let that 30 point gap fool you. Going into the last two jams of the night, there was only a 7 point difference in the scores, and both teams were on fire. Either could have won the game, and it came down to which jammer spent less time in the penalty box.
Coming up next month, CCDD have a game this upcoming Saturday, June 1st, against Forest City Derby Girls' Timber Rollers. The bout takes place at Barbara Ann Scott arena, in Nepean. For more information, you can check out their website, or visit their Facebook page.
On the 22nd of June, RVRG host another Double Header extravaganza as Toronto Roller Derby is coming down to visit, and bringing along a couple of their teams. The first bout of the night will have the Riot Squad take on the Smoke City Bettys, followed by the Slaughter Daughters against the Gore Gore Girls, a rematch from their first game at this year's Beast of the East tournament held last month in Montreal. The Slaughter Daughters were victorious in that game, the first of many that eventually saw them hailed as this year's Beast of the East champions.
Also starting next month, Ottawa Roller Derby is holding their summer Crash 101 course, a 9 week introductory class for Roller Derby beginners. More information can be found at their website.
The next episode of the Ottawa Derbycast podcast, and the first for this year, should be ready by the end of the week. Look for it to be posted sometime Friday.
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Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Thursday, 10 May 2012
May News Update
Hello derby fans.
The first weekend of May has come and gone, and along with it came an incredibly exciting bout in Kanata where the Capital City Derby Dolls' travel team, the Dolly Rogers, battled against Les Duchesses from Roller Derby Quebec.
For those of you who were lucky enough to watch it, you witnessed a tough, physical battle between the squads, who were meeting for the first time. These were two very evenly matched teams, and the lead changed hands several times throughout the bout, coming down to a 1 point difference in the scoreline at the end of the match.
The final result was shrouded in a bit of scandal and controversy, as the scoreboard showed the Doll ahead 109 to 104 at the start of the last jam of the evening, and Les Duchesses were only able to pick up 4 points, leaving them losing the game by 1 point. There was a quick recount of the scores at the end of the bout, however, and the final total turned out to be 111 to 109, in favour of the visiting team. It was a hard result to take for the Dolls, who stated that they would have (rightly) changed their tactics for the last jam had they known that the true score was 109 to 107.
It certainly makes for fine drama if they manage to arrange a re-match, reverse fixture in Quebec City sometime near the end of their bouting calander.
Next up for the Dolly Rogers is a trip to Alliston, ON to take part in Mother's Day Mayhem this upcoming weekend, where they will face the Renegade Derby Dame's Misfit Militia
In other away news, the Rideau Valley Roller Girls' travel team, the Vixens, were in Toronto this past weekend to bout against the GTA Rollergirls' GStars. It was a resounding victory for the Vixens as they finished the game with a score of 278 to 39.
This upcoming weekend, RVRG is hosting their first double header of the 2012 bouting season.
Wreck 'n' Roll takes place at the Barbara Ann Scott Arena, in Nepean. The first bout will have the Slaughter Daughters against the Hellions of Troy, from Troy, NY, while the Riot Squad take on the Tatas, from Sudbury, ON. Doors open at 6. Please refer to their event's Facebook page for further details.
But that's not all... that's right, there's even more derby action going on in Ottawa this weekend.
Ottawa Roller Derby are holding their first Black and White scrimmage of the year at Brewer Arena, just across the street from Carleton University. While this isnt a full blown bout, it does provide casual derby action as randomly selected lines of skaters (made up from ORD, CCDD, and our favourite visitors, the Limestone CrusHers) run through jam after jam. Its a nice, easy way to familiarize yourself with the sport of Roller Derby, especially for people looking to try it out.
They're even offering an Open Skate hour before the event begins where you can try on some skates and see what the girls have to deal with down on the track (non-contact, of course). Skate rentals will be available for the Open Skate hour. As always, Facebook holds the key (oh, and here's the Open Skate info).
Since we cannot be in 3 places at the same time (and as our host, the Emir of Istanbul, is providing announcing services for the Mother's Day Mayhem bout in Alliston), we will not be able to provide coverage of the two events taking place here in Ottawa. If some freelancers wish to provide match coverage, or do some journalistic work on our behalf, we would love to post some articles about them. You can contact us at ottawaderbycast@gmail.com if you're interested.
The first weekend of May has come and gone, and along with it came an incredibly exciting bout in Kanata where the Capital City Derby Dolls' travel team, the Dolly Rogers, battled against Les Duchesses from Roller Derby Quebec.
For those of you who were lucky enough to watch it, you witnessed a tough, physical battle between the squads, who were meeting for the first time. These were two very evenly matched teams, and the lead changed hands several times throughout the bout, coming down to a 1 point difference in the scoreline at the end of the match.
The final result was shrouded in a bit of scandal and controversy, as the scoreboard showed the Doll ahead 109 to 104 at the start of the last jam of the evening, and Les Duchesses were only able to pick up 4 points, leaving them losing the game by 1 point. There was a quick recount of the scores at the end of the bout, however, and the final total turned out to be 111 to 109, in favour of the visiting team. It was a hard result to take for the Dolls, who stated that they would have (rightly) changed their tactics for the last jam had they known that the true score was 109 to 107.
It certainly makes for fine drama if they manage to arrange a re-match, reverse fixture in Quebec City sometime near the end of their bouting calander.
Next up for the Dolly Rogers is a trip to Alliston, ON to take part in Mother's Day Mayhem this upcoming weekend, where they will face the Renegade Derby Dame's Misfit Militia
In other away news, the Rideau Valley Roller Girls' travel team, the Vixens, were in Toronto this past weekend to bout against the GTA Rollergirls' GStars. It was a resounding victory for the Vixens as they finished the game with a score of 278 to 39.
This upcoming weekend, RVRG is hosting their first double header of the 2012 bouting season.
Wreck 'n' Roll takes place at the Barbara Ann Scott Arena, in Nepean. The first bout will have the Slaughter Daughters against the Hellions of Troy, from Troy, NY, while the Riot Squad take on the Tatas, from Sudbury, ON. Doors open at 6. Please refer to their event's Facebook page for further details.
But that's not all... that's right, there's even more derby action going on in Ottawa this weekend.
Ottawa Roller Derby are holding their first Black and White scrimmage of the year at Brewer Arena, just across the street from Carleton University. While this isnt a full blown bout, it does provide casual derby action as randomly selected lines of skaters (made up from ORD, CCDD, and our favourite visitors, the Limestone CrusHers) run through jam after jam. Its a nice, easy way to familiarize yourself with the sport of Roller Derby, especially for people looking to try it out.
They're even offering an Open Skate hour before the event begins where you can try on some skates and see what the girls have to deal with down on the track (non-contact, of course). Skate rentals will be available for the Open Skate hour. As always, Facebook holds the key (oh, and here's the Open Skate info).
Since we cannot be in 3 places at the same time (and as our host, the Emir of Istanbul, is providing announcing services for the Mother's Day Mayhem bout in Alliston), we will not be able to provide coverage of the two events taking place here in Ottawa. If some freelancers wish to provide match coverage, or do some journalistic work on our behalf, we would love to post some articles about them. You can contact us at ottawaderbycast@gmail.com if you're interested.
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