Double Crossers

Jammer of the Year: Julia Rosenwinkel

Pivot of the Year: Karmageddon

Blocker of the Year: Georgia On Yer Behind

Rookie of the Year: Sunshine N Painbows

Hell's Belles

Blocker of the Year: Mya Ssault

Jammer of the Year: Shocka Conduit

Pivot of the Year: Pominatrix

Rookie of the Year: Phoebe Fi Fo Fum

Manic Attackers

Jammer of the Year: Zoe Trocious

Pivot of the Year: Mo Vengeance

Blocker of the Year: Bork Bork Bork

Rookie of the Year: Thievin' Tyler

The Fury

Jammer of the Year: Kola Loka

Pivot of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Blocker of the Year: Yvette YourMaker/Sargentina/Ol' Drrrty Go-Go

Rookie of the Year: SpartaKris/Janicide Joplin

All-Stars

MVP of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Jammer of the Year: Varla Vendetta

Pivot of the Year: Hoosier Mama

Blocker of the Year: Bork Bork Bork

Second Wind

MVP of the Year: Ska Face

Jammer of the Year: Ska Face

Pivot of the Year: Mo Vegeance

Blocker of the Year: Tamikaze

Windy City League MVP of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Jammer of the Year: Ska Face

Pivot of the Year: Jackie Daniels

Blocker of the Year: Bork Bork Bork

Hammer Rookie of the Year: Sunshine N Painbows

Referee of the Year: Dr. Vroom

Stat Person of the Year: CleoSmackYa Jones

Support Staff of the Year: Roe DeLeon

Skulls and Crossbones Award: Tamikaze

Seltzer Commissioner: Jackie Daniels

Tequila Mockingbird: SpartaKris

Most Improved: Phoebe Fi Fo Fum

Most Intimidating: Yvette YourMaker

Sweetheart: Zombea Arthur

Golden Tickets: Sunshine N Painbows

Sexy Back: Norma Lee Wright

Tournament season comes to an end this weekend, and the Windy City Rollers want to share the excitement with you all weekend long!

The Windy City Rollers All-Stars are ready to conquer Broomfield, Colorado this weekend as they head to the WFTDA Championships! Billed as Continental Divide & Conquer, the top three teams from each of WFTDA's four playoff tournaments will compete to be the 2011 Champion.

Can’t make it to Colorado? Come cheer on the All-Stars with the Windy City Rollers at our viewing party on Saturday, November 12^th. Grab your WCR gear and meet us at 2pm at The Shambles, located at 2050 W Division in Chicago.

The viewing party fun continues on Sunday at Francesca’s Forno, located at 1576 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. Sunday's Championships for 1st through 4th place starts at 3pm central!

Come watch the final day of tournament play with us and see who skates away with the Hydra Trophy and the title of being the #1 women's flat track roller derby team!!

Monday, February 14 2011 8:00 PM
21+ $14.00

Lincoln Hall

Come have a $4 Punch Drunk Love drink on Sailor Jerry from 9-11pm.

With an advanced ticket to this event, you will be able to buy one of our flatbreads and get another one on us!

No date? Who cares! Chicago Reader and 2nd Story have teamed up again this year for the ultimate Anti-Valentine’s Day event. Hosted by WBEZ’s Alison Cuddy (Eight-Forty-Eight), the evening will feature stories of love and dating in the Windy City performed by 2nd Story and a live set by the extrinsic pop duo My Gold Mask (dubbed a "band to watch" by Pitchfork).

Make eyes at the event? Have a Windy City Rollers derby girl deliver a personalized valentine for one dollar! Proceeds benefit The Anti-Cruelty Society.

Do you have a true-life story that’s up to snuff? Send in your submission! The “Best Bad Date” story will be selected by the Reader and 2nd Story and also performed at the Anti Valentine’s Day party.

The first 50 guests will receive a goody bag from the Pleasure Chest - ooh la la!

See you there!

As Flavorpill puts it:  "The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is currently 100-plus leagues strong (that's leagues, not teams) nationwide. So any skeptics who dismissed the circa-2005 roller-derby revival as trend-piece hype should really see the ladies skate and also catch director Chip Mabry's new documentary, Brutal Beauty. The film peels the curtain on one of those WFTDA leagues, the Rose City Rollers in Portland, Oregon, skipping clichés about white-trash irony and retro-fetishism to highlight the sport's very real sense of community, camaraderie, and empowerment. And kick-ass competition. Presented by CIMMFest and Chicago's own Windy City Rollers.”

Check out Lincoln Hall's event listing here for more info, including a film trailer, and we'll see you on the 7th!

That leaves South Central to choose its champions, with the Texas Rollergirls—last year's second place finisher and the godmothers of modern flat track roller derby—most likely to be the flag bearers for their region. Windy City fans had a sneak peek last month at the Texecutioners come-and-take-it attitude, particularly Bloody Mary, Sarah Hipel, and Olivia Shootin' John on the jammer line and Belle Starr and Lucille Brawl in the pack.

Texecutioners team co-captain The Angie-Christ taps the Kansas City Roller Warriors and the Dallas Derby Devils to join the Texecutioners in representing this perhaps less-heralded region. "South Central is unique in that we are so geographically isolated," she says. "Because we are so isolated, we have less of an opportunity to play other teams." She calls out Hall Balls and Annie Maul from Kansas City, the 2007 WFTDA champions, and Harazzis Mine, The Shocker, and Miley Virus from Dallas as players to watch for.

Dallas will need to move up one seed to secure their spot at the championship tournament. Angie-Christ says, "Dallas and Nashville is going to be a nail biter! I also think Atlanta will give KC a good game."

Watch the South Central regionals streamed live on DNN, and join the WCR for the final two games at our viewing party this Sunday 10/10 at the Paramount Room on 415 N Milwaukee Ave in Chicago. The bout for 3rd place is at 3:00pm and the bout for 1st place in the Western region will begin at 5:00pm.

This weekend, who's going to come out on top in the West? "I don't like to make predictions," says WCR All-Stars co-captain Varla Vendetta, "especially not at tournaments where the high stakes make underdogs capable of amazing things in the same way that grannies are capable of lifting cars off of babies in a rush of adrenaline during crisis. I would say it's going to be a tooth and nail fight for the three spots and it would be pretty hard to imagine Oly not claiming one of them. "

In arguably the most competitive region in the nation, the Oly Rollers are currently undefeated in a 20 game winning streak over two seasons and are the defending WFTDA champions. The team that downed Gotham, Denver, and Texas to take the Hydra in their first tournament season includes world champion speed skater Atomatrix on the jammer line, and former USA hockey teammates Sassy and Tannibal Lector in the pack.

"The rest of the west has a ton of equally intriguing talent," says Vendetta. "I don't know what it is about that area of the country, maybe the altitude along with the abundance of out-doorsy types, but there's some incredible endurance athletes out there."

"Windy City just played Rocky Mountain and we were all amazed by the well-orchestrated pack work they displayed. Of course sisters Deranged and Psycho Babble have made a name for themselves as standout technical skaters, but the entire team is filled with machines. I remember watching RMRG run a two jammer rotation in games during 2008. She Who and Frida Beater alternated for nearly the entire bout without ever looking remotely winded. Newly added Urrk'n Jerk'n and Amanda Jamitinya have added even more depth to the team that impressed coming out of Westerns last year. I also look forward to the return of the dynamic jamming of Whipity Pow who was sidelined with injury the weekend we played them."

RMRG's crosstown rival, the Denver Roller Dolls, finished third at last year's championships and have continued strong in 2010, according to Vendetta. She thinks that their controversial "slow pack" strategy will play somewhat less of a role in this year's tournament, as teams have adapted to slow pack play and are more able to quickly respond to keep the game up to speed. "However," she says, "they too have a very cohesive team that can adapt and speedy jammers that will likely make for tight games in this region."

Teams most likely to lift cars off babies include Rose City and Rat City, according to Vendetta. She says, "Rat City has been one of those teams that has been able to remain on or near the top of rankings since '07, despite frequent turnover of major players," she says. "They continue to bring in seasoned talent like Kamikaze Kim, formerly of Duke City and ReAnimateHer, formerly of Jet City. Rose City wow-ed the nation early this year, losing by just 8 points to Oly. They have some impressive skaters including Cadillac, Scratcher in the Eye and Smack Ya Sideways. They also have some of the sharpest uniforms in derby--just a personal favorite of mine!"

Making some noise going into the West regionals are the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, who in August took a nailbiter one-point win over Rat City and lost to a tough Rose City team the next day by a mere four points. "Their recent momentum may shake up the up-for-grabs spots at Westerns," says Vendetta.

Watch the West regionals streamed live, and join the WCR for the final two games at our viewing party this Sunday 10/3 at the Paramount Room on 415 N Milwaukee Ave in Chicago. The bout for 3rd place is at [6pm] and the bout for 1st place in the Western region will begin at [8pm.]

Last weekend's Eastern Regionals viewing party was such a success, we're doing it again this weekend for Western Regionals!

Please join us on Sunday Oct. 3 to watch the WFTDA Western Regionals, Rollin' on the River. We will be watching the final two games broadcast live via DNN at the Paramount Room, 415 N Milwaukee Ave. There will be drink specials and the full food menu available.

The WCR will be gathering at Paramount at 4:00pm to welcome our new Haymarket Rioters from tryouts a few weeks back.  The game for 3rd place and that coveted 3rd entry to Uproar on the Lakeshore begins at 6:00pm. The top two teams will battle it out for first place in the Western region at 8:00pm. Come get a sneak preview of the teams coming here to Chicago to determine who is number one at Uproar on the Lakeshore, November 5-7.  Come for the new faces, stay for the top-notch live derby.

Stay tuned for info on the final viewing party, the South Central region!

Now expect thunder and lightning in the eastern skies this weekend, as the tough teams of the East fight over the three coveted invitations to the championships. WCR interleague co-chair Jackie Daniels guesses that Gotham and Philly will be coming to dinner, but thinks it's a toss-up between Charm City and Boston.

Gotham's fearsome squad features some of the quickest and most agile jammers that now you see and now you don't, including Bonnie Thunders, who competed on a synchronized figure skating team in college, and veteran Suzy Hotrod. Daniels adds, "Kandy Kakes from Gotham is just an unbelievable defensive and offensive force out there."

According to Daniels, Philly's team of solid players and heavy hitters excel at any position especially the "hard working and darling" Teflon Donna. And she adds, "I have never been as beat up as when I played Philly, not even close."

WCR fans will undoubtedly remember jammer Flo Shizzle ("always a joy to watch, so much fun") from Charm City's visit to UIC Pavillion last summer and, more recently, Boston's beruffled Killary Clinton and Claire D. Way.

And who pray tell are the Cinderellas of the East? "I think Steel is doing well and will continue to impress," Daniels says, noting also that Montreal is making a tournament and Canadian debut at these regionals. "I expect we'll see great things from them--fascinating with their tough neon athletics."

The regional and championship tournaments will be broadcast on the Derby News Network, or you can even join the WCR at our viewing party this Sunday 9/26 at the Paramount Room on 415 N Milwaukee Ave in Chicago.  The bout for 3rd place is at 3pm and the bout for 1st place in the Eastern region will begin at 6pm.  Be there!

After watching the Windy City Rollers play at UIC Pavilion this Saturday the 25th, please join us the very next day on Sunday the 26th to watch the WFTDA Eastern Regionals, Derby in the Burbs. We will be watching the final two games broadcast live via DNN at the Paramount Room, 415 N Milwaukee Ave. There will be drink specials and the full food menu available.

The game for 3rd place and that coveted 3rd entry to Uproar on the Lakeshore begins at 3:00pm. The top two teams will battle it out for first place in the Eastern region at 6:00pm. Come get a sneak preview of the teams coming here to Chicago to determine who is number one at Uproar on the Lakeshore, November 5-7.

Stay tuned for info on viewing parties for the other two Regional tournaments as well!