UPDATED! The Fury's speedy jammers and experienced blockers trounced the Hell's Belles rookie squad by a margin of almost 100 points. However, in their second game of the season, the potential of many new Belles skaters began to shine through, showing promise for their young team.

UPDATED! The two winning teams from Bout 1, the Double Crossers and the Manic Attackers, went head to head in the first game of Bout 2. With the score close for much of the game, the Crossers' solid pack control brought them to victory.

Hermione Danger is in her second season with the Windy City Rollers and is one of the captains of the 2010 Hell's Belles. Learn more about her motivation and plans for the team this year!

Since June of 2009, when the Manic Attackers dethroned Hell’s Belles and took the Ivy King Cup as champions of Chicago’s Windy City Rollers, questions have swirled in anticipation of wholesale roster changes across the four home-league teams. How would the Belles fare, returning just two skaters with a full year’s experience? Did all-world Fury jammer Kola Loka lose a step while out last year on maternity leave? Who among last year’s up-and-comers would break out as new stars? How would Grand Raggedy transfer Jackie Daniels look? And, most intriguing of all, would Chicago fans turn out in big numbers to welcome the new season? Questions answered.

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Game 1: Hell’s Belles vs Double Crossers
Game 2: Manic Attackers vs The Fury
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Game 1: Manic Attackers vs Double Crossers
Game 2: Hell’s Belles vs The Fury
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Game 1: Hell’s Belles vs Manic Attackers
Game 2: The Fury vs Double Crossers
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Game 1: Manic Attackers vs The Fury
Game 2: Hell’s Belles vs Double Crossers
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Game 1: Hell’s Belles vs The Fury
Game 2: Manic Attackers vs Double Crossers
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Game 1: The Fury vs Double Crossers
Game 2: Hell’s Belles vs Manic ...

WCR Defeats Rose City in Front of Record Crowd, 113-73
By Mike Ondolences
Portland’s Rose City Rollers visited Chicago on Saturday night to take on the Windy City Rollers All-Stars, the 2009 North Central Region champs. Rose City, eliminated in the Quarterfinals of the Western Regionals, may have hoped to slip in under the radar and catch the All-Stars focused forward on WFTDA Nationals next month. Three quarters of the way through the bout, the teams were knotted at 70, but a group of four-year starters took over the pack late in ...

Check out Fox Searchlight's website to see how Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It, is helping spread the word about roller derby and the WCR. Thanks to Allied Advertising for making much of this possible! Our gallery full of pics taken by Gil Leora can be seen here »

Last week, the WCR All-Stars, along with a legion of leaguemates and fans, traveled up to the Twin Cities to assert their regional dominance. This week, they returned-- job done.
The WCR All-Stars had three games at the Brawl of America and booked three big wins: first a quarterfinal against host Minnesota Rollergirls (155-25), second a semifinal against Cincinnati (163-36), and a championship win over Madison (150-56).
Read more about the winning weekend at our blog.