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Subscribe to the Rat City Rollergirls RSS feedRegistration is open for 2012 Makin’ Bacon Camp!
Are you interested in learning roller derby skills from the Rat City Rollergirls? Registrations are now open for the 2012 Makin’ Bacon Derby Camp. Sign up, and you will be able to experience four straight weekends of intense derby training at Rat City’s private practice facility, culminating in a final bout – with friends and family invited to come watch!
This camp is for both novice derby players, and beginning skaters, with separate sessions available for each. Whether you’re new on skates or fully comfortable on wheels, played a little derby or never even been in a competitive sport – all are welcome!
Full details are available here!
Rat City Rollergirls raise awareness for DAWN this Friday, May 4th at Sports Restaurant 7-9pm
Who would invite a Rat into their restaurant? Chef/author John Howie would, and with open arms. Of course, the Rats do have to meet certain standards – they should be female and on roller skates. Howie has invited The Rat City Roller Girls into SPORT Restaurant & Bar as co-hosts for a night of sips, snacks and signings to raise funding and awareness for DAWN, the Domestic Abuse Women’s Network. The event will be held on Friday, May 4 from 7 to 9 pm and tickets will include admission, two signature cocktails inspired by the Rat Pack, light appetizers, an opportunity to meet some of the team stars and a raffle for great prizes. Priced at $20 per person, $5 from each ticket will go to Dawn as will all of the proceeds from the $5 raffle tickets.
“The Roller City Rat Girls are an amazing group of female athletes,” says Howie. “They exert the same amount of energy to community outreach as they do to competing (which is considerable!). We are very excited to partner with them on this event as DAWN is a charity we both feel strongly about assisting.”
DAWN’s mission is to lead and support efforts in south King County communities to end domestic violence by providing the critical services and education for survivors to make informed choices about their future and engaging communities to raise awareness and take action.
To get things rolling, guests can purchase advance tickets over the phone by calling SPORT at (206) 404-7767 or in person at the restaurant, located at 140 – 4th Ave. No., Suite 130, Seattle 98109. Rat City fan favorite team members will attend in full regalia and be available for signings and fan photos. Tickets are limited.
Rat City Rollergirls Championship Bout, May 19th!
April’s exciting Rat City Rollergirls playoff action has finished up after a great night of roller derby. Playoffs done, Championships set!
We’ve got ourselves a couple of rematches from last year’s Championship bout! With wins in April, Danger and the TRs have punched their tickets to Champs!
Snappy summary if you missed the night’s events: in the early bout, overcoming an early run by the Wenches, Grave Danger took the win 177-110. The second bout was a very back-and-forth game but the Throttle Rockets came out on top over DLF at the end of 60 minutes: 162-118
Season 8, Bout 4 MVPs:
Derby Liberation Front: AviHater
Grave Danger: Iron Megan
Sockit Wenches: Sami Automatic
Throttle Rockets: Killah Kelly
But the excitement is not yet over – the stage is set for quite a championship bout as Grave Danger and the Throttle Rockets take play to the next level!
May 19th, Rat City will return again to KeyArena. First, the grunge match will feature DLF and the Sockit Wenches looking to finish with a big win – it may only be pride on the line, but don’t think that means they won’t be playing all out!
Then we move to the finale of the 2012 Rat City home team season – as April’s winners Grave Danger and the Throttle Rockets face off in the Championship Bout! Can Danger repeat as Rat City Champions? Or will the Throttle Rockets stop them, to hoist the trophy themselves? Make sure you’re in KeyArena to see it happen! Season 8 all comes down to this!
Tickets are available now on Ticketmaster.com or in-person at the Key Arena box office or Fast Girl Skates.
Rat City Rollergirls Season 8 Playoffs, April 21
Come one, come all to the Rat City Rollergirls Season 8 Playoffs, April 21 at 5:30pm!
Our favorite purveyors of saucy, cheesy, meaty carbs, Zeek’s Pizza, is the night’s presenting sponsor. In addition, Derby Liberation Front have partnered with the Marginal Way Skate Park, and RCRG will be donating a portion of the night’s proceeds to them.
Tickets are available now on Ticketmaster.com or in-person at the Key Arena box office or Fast Girl Skates.
Grave Danger Takes on Arizona!
GLENDALE, ARIZONA — ProRollerDerby announced today that its second installment of the ProRollerDerby Invitational series will be held at Jobing.com Arena on April 6 and 7, 2012. Four new teams have been invited to compete in modern banked track roller derby’s only pursed tournament.
Roller derby is one of the only modern day female sports that is not overshadowed by a larger more successful male counterpart. The rebirth of roller derby started as a grass root, do-it-yourself sport based on the old game. It’s now a widespread competitive sport phenomenon that has exploded from two leagues in the United States in 2003, to 1,082 leagues in 37 countries today. Modern derby differs from its 1970’s predecessor in that the games are no longer staged, scripted or predetermined.
Teams competing in the Glendale Invitational will include the Arizona Derby Dames of Phoenix, AZ; the Charm City Roller Girls of Baltimore, MD; the Orange County Roller Girls of Huntington Beach, CA; and the Rat City Roller Girls of Seattle, WA.
As was the case for the Inaugural ProRollerDerby Chicago Invitational in November of 2011, the 2012 ProRollerDerby Invitational live from Glendale, Arizona will feature teams from leagues who compete on both the flat track and banked track. The Arizona Derby Dames and the Orange County Roller Girls are their city’s premiere banked track roller derby leagues. Likewise, the Charm City Roller Girls and the Rat City Roller Girls are the premier leagues in their cities for flat track roller derby competition. This will be the first time that these four teams will meet each other to play a full length bout on roller derby’s most exciting stage, the banked track.
The ProRollerDerby Invitational event at Jobing.com Arena will feature two bouts each day of the tournament. On Friday, April 6 ProRollerDerby will feature a matinee bout between the Orange County Roller Girls and Charm City Roller Girls and an evening bout between the Arizona Derby Dames and the Rat City Roller Girls. On Saturday, April 7, the losers from each of Friday’s bouts will play each other for third place. The winners from Friday advance to the pursed Championship bout. These exciting matches will start at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. each day of the tournament.
To watch Grave Danger dominate the banked track watch here: justin.tv/prorollerderby
Rat City Tryouts! March 31!
Think you’ve got what it takes to roll with us? Well, it’s not too late to sign up for our next tryouts, this Saturday March 31!
Our tryouts will start at 10am and are run at our practice facility in Ballard. Expect a comprehensive skating workout and an offskates fitness test (so bring your sneakers!) After the sweaty portion of your morning, the tryout panel conducts short interviews with our candidates to learn more about you and what you’d bring to Rat City.
Sound like a good way to spend Saturday morning? Check out our tryouts page to get more information and register now!
See you on the track!
Grave Danger, Throttle Rockets win in March
Just when you think you’ve seen the best of the Rat City Rollergirls, BAM! the teams bring you action like none other. If you weren’t among the 5000+ fans who packed the Key on March 24, you missed a thriller… With two undefeated teams looking to take the top seed going into the playoffs and two teams fighting for their first win of the year, this was one for the books.
The early bout saw the Sockit Wenches take on the Throttle Rockets. The Wenches raced out to an early lead, but it didn’t take the TRs too long to fire up the afterburners and it was 77 TRs, 47 Wenches at the half. About 10 minutes into the second half, both teams lost key players to expulsions in Missile America and Trouble Loves Mimi. As often is the case, this was a game of power jams and capitalizing on them and the Throttle Rocket jammers spent a just a wee bit less time in the box and got the win.
Final: TRs 135- SW 107
The late bout was Grave Danger and DLF battling it out for top seed going into the April playoffs. While Danger drew first blood, DLF’s trajectory as the comeback kids over the past 2 season was very much the trajectory of the bout– whenever Danger made a move with a scoring run, DLF answered back with a run of their own. GD 55 DLF 35 at the half. Danger grew that lead to 35 points midway through the second half, but DLF swung back and took the lead on a 29-point romp by DLF’s Full Nelson, taking advantage of a power jam and a light Danger pack. But in the next jam with less that five minutes left, the ReAnimateHer came back from the dead (or, well, out of the penalty box), to get lead jam, put a few points on the board, and take back the lead for Danger. Back and forth a few a more jams with it being a one-point game with 19 seconds on the clock. ReAnimateHer got a quick lead and 4 more points to put the nail in DLF coffin.
Final: GD 122- DLF 117
Come back to the Key April 21 to see all four teams battle it out for a berth in Championship game. Grave Danger faces the Sockit Wenches again and DLF plays the Throttle Rockets!
S8B3 MVPs:
Sockit Wenches: Belle Tolls
Throttle Rockets: Skate Pauli Girl
DLF: Full Nelson
Grave Danger: Jerrica Kallio (nee Mona Agony)
Want to train with the Rat City Rollergirls?
Members of the Rat City All-Star team are hosting five monthly skill-specific clinics targeted to beginner-to-intermediate derby players.
Clinics are open to junior and adult, female derby players. Future clinics will cover other derby skills including jamming, blocking, walls, and strategy! Throughout 2012, the Rat City Rollergirls will be offering lots of training opportunities for experienced players and aspiring rollergirls alike with this series of skill-specific clinics, intensive bootcamps, and our annual pre-tryout Makin’ Bacon camp, so stay tuned for upcoming events!
Mar 24: Blocking – Learn the art of one-on-one blocking. Know when to hit and when to sit. RCRG All-Star Shorty Ounce will share some tips and help you with the fundamentals of one-on-one blocking. Shorty is known for her quick plow stops and ability to hold back a jammer by herself at the front of the pack. We’ll work on timing and control and using the angles of the track to your advantage.
For tickets and info: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/218903
Rat City Rollergirls are back at KeyArena March 24th
The third bout of the season is presented by Seattle Goodwill, and with two teams undefeated and two teams raring for their first win of the year, the competition will be fierce.
Our first bout of the night will be the Sockit Wenches and Throttle Rockets vying to see who’ll be first to break their losing streak and gain some momentum going into Bout 4. Derby Liberation Front and Grave Danger will face off in the second bout. Both teams are 2-0 and they’ll be facing off to determine which team will go into the playoffs with the top seed.
The National Anthem will be sung by Chris Ballew from the Presidents of the United States of America!
A portion of the proceeds from the evening will go to Old Dog Haven that was selected by Grave Danger. And as always, Rat City Rollergirls are sponsoring a food drive supporting the Ballard Food Bank. Please contribute if you can!
Saturday, March 24, 2012 @KeyArena
Doors, 4:30 :: Opening Ceremonies, 5:30
You don’t want to miss this! Get tickets today! For more information go to www.ticketmaster.com
Referee Clinic with Rat City Rollergirls’ Rat Finks-April 1st
Rat City Rollergirls’ Rat Finks will be hosting a clinic for skating officials on April 1 from 8 am to 4 pm at Rat City’s training facility, aka “The Rat’s Nest” in Seattle. Clinic instructors include long time veteran referees and WFTDA Certified Officials such as Eric RAWK, Curtis E. Lay, Hangin’ Chad, and Inspector Parts. Clinic topics include head reffing, skating skills, position specific skills and impact assessment.
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The clinic curriculum will be specialized to the needs of those attending and will end with a scrimmage between Rat City’s own Derby Liberation Front and a visiting team. Come learn with the best in the business–Rat City Rollergirls Referees!
Tickets are $40. For Tickets and info go to: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/230659
DLF, Grave Danger Win Again in February
Bout 2 saw rematches from last July’s Season 7 Championships, and with the same results– Grave Danger and Derby Liberation Front leaving the track with wins while the Throttle Rockets and Sockit Wenches taking home losses. After B2, both DLF and Grave Danger are 2-0, and the TRs and Wenches are 0-2.
The early bout, DLF v. Sockit Wenches, was a heck of a lot more aggressive and competitive than the final score of 194-88 would suggest. The Wenches showed the punishing, physical play that fans (and their opponents!) expect from them but DLF had phenomenal teamwork and was able to capitalize on power jam opportunities to take home the win.
The second bout was a rematch of the Season 7 title game, with the Throttle Rockets looking to avenge that loss against 2011 Champions Grave Danger. And, for the first 20 minutes, it looked they’d be able to get it, with the TRs rocketing out to a big 51-22 lead. But it truly was a game of momentum and it swung back and forth for the whole 60 minutes with ties and lead changes in each half. And at the last whistle: 137 Grave Danger, 102 Throttle Rockets.
Next month, we’ll see DLF and Grave Danger face off to see who’ll stay undefeated in 2012 and Sockit Wenches and Throttle Rockets play to fight for their first win at the Key this year. See you on March 24!
Rat City’s next bout will be on March 24th, for the final match-ups of the round robin. The Sockit Wenches and Throttle Rockets will both be on the hunt for their first victory, and Grave Danger and the Derby Liberation Front will battle to see who will leave undefeated.
We’ll See You on the 18th!
If you weren’t at the Rat City Rollergirls 2012 Season Opener on January 21st, you missed out…but lucky for you, the next bout is less than two weeks away! Mark your calendar and get your tickets now!
Our second bout of the season will see Rat City’s four home teams battling it out again, as the Derby Liberation Front finds out if it can carry the momentum from January’s last-jam win to beat the Sockit Wenches, and the Throttle Rockets look to avenge last season’s loss to Grave Danger in the Championship bout!
The National Anthem will be sung by our very own Tempura Tantrum from Grave Danger…and Diverse Harmony (GLBT youth choir) will sing during halftime!
Saturday, February 18, 2012 @ the Key Arena
Doors, 4:30 :: Opening Ceremonies, 5:30
Check out the Date Night and Family 4 Pack Specials from Ticketmaster – http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F00475BF3CA5F73?artistid=1280819&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=102.
Have you checked out our Facebook page? We post a lot of great information, photos, contests and more! Go “Like” it!
Fans, Skaters: Take the 2012 WFTDA Survey By Feb. 15th
It’s survey season again! Starting February 1st, WFTDA is conducting our third annual demographic survey of skaters and fans. Enter a drawing to win a WFTDA Coffee Mug and t-shirt! Five winners from each survey will be selected at random after the surveys close and will be notified by email.
The main goals of this survey are to compile demographic information from both skaters and those who love roller derby. This allows the WFTDA to track the changing makeup of the sport, and your participation will help the Rat City Rollergirls, other leagues, and the WFTDA as a whole. The 2010 and 2011 association-wide results are available at http://wftda.com/sponsors/2011-demographic-information.
For those of you who either watched any of the WFTDA “Big 5″ tournament broadcasts, or even attended them in person, there’s a separate Tournaments and Broadcasting Survey available this year. This second survey will help with planning for the 2012 tournaments.
You can find the survey at http://wftda.com/survey, and it will be available through February 15th.
DLF, Grave Danger Win at the Season 8 Opener
If you weren’t at the Key Arena on Saturday night, you missed out on the first bouts of the Rat City Rollergirls Season 8! DLF and Grave Danger ended the night with wins, while the Throttle Rockets and Sockit Wenches will surely be looking to get their first “W” in February.
The opening bout matched up Derby Liberation Front and Throttle Rockets. DLF looked to have carried the momentum from their grudge-match win last July through through the off-season to take the win over the TRs, Season 7′s runners-up. This was a back-and-forth nail-biter for the whole 60 minutes, but DLF sealed it in the last jam for a final of 146-137.
The second bout pitted the 2011 RCRG Champions, Grave Danger, against 2010 RCRG Champions, Sockit Wenches. The Wenches got on the board first with a crowd-pleasing return of powerhouse jammer Anya Heels, but from the second jam onwards, Danger held lead until the last whistle, 136-86 final.
MVPs were awarded to Derby Liberation Front’s Full Nelson, Throttle Rockets’ MaxMillion, Grave Danger’s Mona Agony, and Sockit Wenches’ Anya Heels.
Also, congratulations to the ten new Rat City skaters who made their Key Arena debut on January 21:
Derby Liberation Front: Chelsey & Full Nelson
Grave Danger: Kutta Betch, Nehi Nightmare & Trouble Dutch
Sockit Wenches: Death by Dollface, Kitty Kabooty & Sun Shiner
Throttle Rockets: Dawn Solo & Panda Beer
Our next bout is Saturday, February 18th, as DLF takes on the Sockit Wenches, and the Throttle Rockets go up against Grave Danger.
Season Eight Programs
Hey Rat City Fans!
Did you know that for Season 8 we are going to have a full page, full color 2012 Commemorative Bout Program at the door for $5!! It’s chock full of articles and photos of your favorite skaters, and if you are one of the first 500 through the doors at KeyArena on Saturday, January 21st, you will also receive a FREE Chinook Book Phone app!
Season 8 Gets Underway on January 21st
The wait is almost over – Rat City Rollergirls will kick off Season 8 on January 21st! See your returning favorites, along with up-and-coming new stars, as roller derby returns to Key Arena in less than two weeks!
The evening’s first bout will feature everyone’s favorite derby revolutionaries, the Derby Liberation Front, taking on the black and silver of the Throttle Rockets. The action won’t stop there, as the second bout will see the Sockit Wenches revved up and ready to take on last year’s champs, Grave Danger! Every bout this season counts toward the standings, so the action will be fierce – you won’t want to miss this exciting season opener! Get your tickets now!
Doors at 4:30 pm, opening ceremonies at 5:30 pm.
And don’t forget our AFTERPARTY, hosted by Hula Hula Lounge at 106 1st Ave N., with drink specials for all Rat City fans! See you there!
SHOW US YOUR CANS
Hey fans! Help the Rat City Rollergirls support the Ballard Food Bank with your donations of canned food items, non-perishable goods, and cash. The first 250 Fans will receive free Thundersticks to cheer on your favorite teams and skaters!
WANT TO GET IN FREE?
Do you want to watch the next Rat City Rollergirls bout for FREE? Do you want to earn cool, limited-edition Rat City gear? Then sign up to volunteer with us!
Producing a Rat City Rollergirl event is no walk in the park. There is A LOT of behind-the-scenes work that goes into it. That’s why we are so appreciative of the time and services Rat City Rollergirl volunteers put into our organization – we could not kick ass like we do without the dedication of our volunteers!
Please contact our volunteer staffing coordinator, Tempura Tantrum, at volunteer@ratcityrollergirls.com to be contacted for future volunteer opportunities.
