The Windy City Rollers ( WCR ) did not have the showing they were hoping for at the annual Women's Flat Track Derby Association's ( WFTDA's ) 2009 National Champions in Philadelphia—which ended its three-day run Nov. 15—as the Oly Rollers from Olympia, Wash., claimed the title. But the Rollers already are looking forward to 2010, especially the next WFTDA National Championship which, it was just announced, will be held Nov. 12-14 at the UIC Pavilion, 525 S. Racine.

Check out more coverage of the Windy City Rollers in the media.
First, a podcast interview with Shocka Conduit from Chicagoist.com: http://chicagoist.com/2009/11/09/chicagoist_podcast_119_-_beauty_mee.php
and here, a video featuring many Windy City skaters from Chicago Revealed: http://www.youtube.com/chicagorevealed#p/u/6/KY9GHoiNdbg

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 »

Our next round of tryouts will be Nov. 7 and Dec. 5, 2009.

With the release of Drew Barrymore's Whip It (TODAY! GO SEE IT!), the Windy City Rollers have been all over the news lately!
Today's Chicago Tribune:Not to mention, they're good. Like national-title good.
Yesterday's Red Eye:Chicago's Windy City Rollers work hard to make roller derby synonymous with Chicago.
WCR skaters review Whip It in TimeOut Chicago:They got the heart of it right.
So go see Whip It this weekend! Maybe you'll meet some WCR skaters out there in the audience too!
And come to our October 17 bout! It's our last home bout of the ...

Check out this promo video for Whip It (opening tomorrow!!):
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/3919

Drew Barrymore rolled into Chicago this week to promote her upcoming derby-themed movie, Whip It! One of her many stops during her busy promotional tour included singing the 7th inning stretch at Tuesday night's Cubs game, and she invited the Windy City Rollers to sing along with her. Check out the clip featuring Drew Barrymore, Athena DeCrime, Julia Rosenwinkel, Val Capone, Slammah Montana, Donna Party, Rose Feratu, and Ruth Enasia.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6igk1VKBuw
Photos:http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/3874

Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNhnYTjmANg
And don't miss all of the hard-hitting action this Saturday at the UIC Pavilion!

Our championship game was mentioned in today's Sun-Times Quick Hits section. Check it out here:
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/quickhits/1633040,CST-SPT-1hit22.article

Windy City Times did a cover story on our own Malice with Chains, check it out here:
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/images/publications/wct/2009-06-17/current.pdf
And reposted here as well:
http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/component/content/article/51-2009/245-out-roller-derby-girl