This week The Windy City rollers turned heads at NBC Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times for their City of Chicago honor while Time Out Chicago snapped some great photos from Bout 4!

NBC Chicago

What You Don't Know About Mayor Daley, Roller Skates, and Derby Burns

The Rollers, the women’s roller derby revivalists, finally got their due from the city of Chicago on Wednesday, when 48th Ward Ald. Mary Ann Smith introduced this resolution honoring the team: “WHEREAS, the sport’s popularity lost momentum after the 1970s until two women, Elizabeth Gomez a.k.a. Juanna Rumbel, and Kelly Simmons a.k.a.Sister Sledgehammer, founded the Windy City Rollers in 2004 and revived the sport in Chicago.”

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Chicago Sun-Times

Windy City Rollers Honored

Chicago's only nationally ranked women's flat track roller derby league was recognized Wednesday by the City of Chicago. A resolution at the City Council meeting — sponsored by alderman Mary Ann Smith (48th Ward) — honored WCR for ''enriching the City of Chicago and the nation with their sportsmanship, civic involvement, and empowerment of women.''

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Time Out Chicago

Rolling on

The Windy City Rollers season continued—with Bout 4, a double-header naturally, at UIC Pavilion on Saturday, April 11th. The Fury crushed the Manic Attackers 110-85 and the Double Crossers defeated Hell’s Belles 158-75.

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