Nationally Ranked Women's Flat Track Roller Derby

Media » All Posts

Posted October 12th, 2009

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

Posted October 2nd, 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 ...

Posted October 1st, 2009

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

Posted September 16th, 2009

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

Posted July 21st, 2009

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!

Posted June 22nd, 2009

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

Posted June 17th, 2009

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

Posted June 15th, 2009

Cafe Magazine recently did a great feature story on Juann Rumbel; check it out here!
http://www.cafemagazine.com/index.php/component/content/article/55-0905-features/174-rumbel-dish

Posted May 5th, 2009

Read up on The Chicagoist's coverage of the latest WCR bout here:
http://chicagoist.com/2009/05/04/folding_chairs_were_flying_and.php

Posted April 28th, 2009

The Windy City Rollers (WCR), Chicago's premier all-women's flat-track competitive roller derby league, has been ranked No. 1 by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in the North Central region. These rankings are released quarterly and are used to organize seeings for WFTDA tournaments. WCR is ranked at the top of the region's 19 leagues and above nearby roller derby leagues Detroit Derby Girls (Detroit, Mich.) and Mad Rollin' Dolls (Madison, Wisc.). The WCR is still in its home season, where its four home teams compete for the league ...