Never one to miss finding joy in the minutia of everyday life, Ada Hatelace wrote on Rose Feratu's wall, "The person next to me on the Purple line is editing a paper in German about 'Nosferatu, der Vampir'! I thought you should know." Rose liked this and wrote "What a fine upstanding citizen! Both of yous."

Come to the UIC Pavilion on Saturday, February 11 to see Rose Feratu, Ada Hatelace, and all the Manic Attackers take on the Double Crossers!

“I’m 2 for 2!” wrote Zombea, recipient of the League Sweetheart award for the second year in a row. League blocking practice went on as usual the day after the Ball, and Zombea began her campaign for Most Intimidating for 2012. Best Blocker Bork posted on her Wall “your tush deadlegged me so hard at practice on sunday. my thigh is squishy at the point of impact!” to which Zombea replied “MOST INTIMIDATING 2012!!!!”

Double Crossers
Breaker Breaker
Busty  Brabender
Cruel Whip
Nina Faile
Teddy Slams

Hell's Belles
Abita! Down
Eat My Schwartz
Minerva Damage
Trouble Helix

The Fury
Beaux Dozer
KWOW
Mimi MeOW!
Rusty Razorskates
Terror Byte

Manic Attackers
Funkadelic
Meanie Baby
Mobile Chernobyl
Outlaw
Puck Eruption
Ying O'Fire

Come check out all our new recruits and home team stars when our 2012 season begins on January 28, 2012 at UIC Pavilion!

Thanks to their derby background and excellent coaching from
Jack, Jason, and Rowena Countryman, they were able to stand out during
the competition. Congrats to these ladies for dominating in quad speed
on a national level!

Double Crossers staked out Cruel Whip and Breaker Breaker.

The Fury initiated Beaux Dozer, Brooke Fly, Mimi MeOW, Lynn E.R. Aggression, and Rusty Razorskates.

Hell’s Belles seduced Minerva Damage and Eat My Schwartz.

Manic Attackers committed Katzen Jammer, Meanie Baby, and Outlaw.

Additionally, congratulations to the following All-Stars for taking the Travel Team Only status:

Beth Amphetamine (Manic Attackers)
Georgia on Yer Behind (Double Crossers)
Norma Lee Wright (Double Crossers)
Sargentina (The Fury)
Tori Adore (The Fury)

2012 will also bring newly-elected captains to the mix.  Your 2012 Home Team Captains are:

Double Crossers – Joanie Utah & Abbey
The Fury – Kola Loka & Poppy Spock
Hell’s Belles – Mya Ssault & Deb Autry
Manic Attackers – Mo Vengeance & Bork Bork Bork

2012 already looks to be a treat!

Donate to the WCR team or even your favorite skater here.

April’s chock-full of derby!  We’re back this Saturday, April 9 for the first of two bouts this month.  Tickets are available HERE. Don't forget...you can park at the Bottom Lounge and take our party bus over to the Pavilion for the bout, and then back over to the Bottom Lounge afterward for the after-party, all for FREE! You can buy your favorite derby girl a drink with the money you save on transit.

When it comes to transit, Double Crosser Karmageddon is always on the go.  Quick-witted and quick-footed, this lady is bound to make you think twice about your actions…

Besides being a problem for opponents on the track, you were the Tournament Director for the 2010 WFTDA Championships here in Chicago last December, and you're also our Space Mistress.  You've been a captain of the Double Crossers, Administration Chair, and currently you’re a 2 year WFTDA Representative on the WFTDA Tournaments Committee that oversees the production of the Big5 tournaments (am I missing anything?)  What are your plans for the future, on and off the track?

When I started playing derby, I thought that five years would be the entirety of my derby career, and now I just see all the things that I want to attempt and accomplish in the next five. It's a bit sobering, actually, in no small part due to the fact that we don't know what constitutes a "normal" derby career length. Playing for 10 years?!  I don't look at it too closely, but I do think about it! There are so many new skills and strategies that emerge and evolve every summer and fall. I delight in the phenomenal game play and skills on display, showing how much farther our sport is evolving every week, every month, every year. I love the never-ending challenge of this sport--there is always something new to learn or refine.  I'm looking forward to helping my home team develop and refine the skills we need to work seamlessly together. We're a young team and have had a lot of obstacles and setbacks in the past year, but we're on our way to greatness!

Off the track, I'll probably continue to skirt the edges of responsibility within WCR and WFTDA and just be on the committees but not chairing them, etc...but we'll see. I can’t bring myself to say 'no' to derby and I love to organize. You can see how this could be a problem.

What was your sports background prior to joining WCR?

It's pretty casual and mixed-bag. I went to a really small high school where we had just one sport per season, so I wasn't very sporty! I ran cross-country and track once it became an option, and was on the pom-pom squad. In college I did taekwondo and some belly dancing (and if anybody tells you that's not a sport, they are a liar, that is a intense workout!), and then a lot of softball and beach volleyball leagues in Chicago. I competitively sailed for two summers on Lake Michigan right before I came back to roller-skating 5 years ago and ran out of time for any other sport.
Aside from being inspired by well-muscled thighs (droooool, and who isn’t?!), what do you do outside of derby, for work & play?

Oh man. First off, you have to admit that as inspiration goes, it's not a bad choice! Second, how about I tell you the things I'm willing to publicly admit?!   Let's be honest, there's not a lot of free time left after working full-time at prop trading firm and playing derby. I love to bake (and eat) any form of cake, cupcake, and cookie. I read a lot of books. I watch a lot of really horrifically bad movies that star sharks, robots, the undead, explosions, and Vin Diesel...as well as MGM musicals from the 1950s.  I ride my scooter everywhere as soon at it hits 60 and I spend the rest of my summer puttering in my yard in an attempt to prove that I don't kill everything that I plant.

What's your favorite WCR moment thus far?

It's so hard to pick just one, so I'll cheat and list two.

A favorite WCR-specific moment is from WCR's inaugural bout at UIC Pavilion.  Standing on the track before the doors opened, looking around at the empty Pavilion and imagining it full of energy and excitement from our fans and friends--it was humbling and utterly amazing that it was our new home. I still love to do that on game day; I can't imagine bouting anywhere else.

One of the most vivid and satisfying derby moments is, not surprisingly, related to Uproar.  I was trackside during the WCR game on Saturday at Uproar, seeing the Pavilion full of fans, feeling that intense wall of energy, and realizing just how big our sport has become.  It's stunning to see how far roller derby, and WCR, has come in 7 years. We're a real sport, created by our dreams and ambitions (and hundreds of thousands of hours of hard work) and it literally fills me with awe that I am part of this--that I'm part of a league that helps create and define this sport, pushing it forward into something bigger and better and unimaginable because there's no set blueprint for what will happen next.  That uncertainty and excitement has me falling in love with derby over and over again.

Oh my god, I am such a sap.  Time to go hit something!

Miss Demeanor and Z Nemesis joined the Double Crossers' machine.

 
Dawn Ting was drawn to the Hell's Belles' circle in hell.

 
Mekana Kill got locked up with the Manic Attackers.

Tryouts were held the next day... Congratulations also to these ladies, our newest Haymarket Rioters!

Wendy Vestevich
Randy Wakefield
Penelope Mulch
Nicole Kaestner
Jessica Morris
Nikki Carlton
Michelle Jaques
Abbey Henning
Jay Fancher
Linda Deviller
Josie Ferrel
Meredith Schwartz
Christina Kapler

The season's be half over but there's no shortage of excitement.  Stay tuned!