Monthly Archives: February 2011

Austin Derby Brats Spring Session is Full!

Our junior derby program is more popular than ever this year! Unfortunately this means that we’ve exceeded our enrollment expectations and can no longer take any more skaters into the league. We will be offering 3-hour junior derby bootcamps one day in June, July, and August. The 2011 Fall Session will be during September through [...]

Hustlers come out on top in Texas Rollergirls’ opener

By Beck Wise, with additional reporting by Phil Arnold Photos By Bill Smotrilla, Felicia Graham, Nadia Caffesse, and Steve DeMent! PRESS COVERAGE: YNN – News 8 Austin Austin360.com Rue89 In front of a record-breaking crowd on Sunday night, the Texas Rollergirls kicked off their 2011 season with a round-robin mini-tournament at the Austin Convention Center. [...]

Weekend schedule

There is SO MUCH going on this weekend in the wonderful world of the Texas Rollergirls! The Austin Chronicle is doing a special feature on each of the four home teams. Check out the first interview with Shank, captain of the Hotrod Honeys. Tune into Austin’s ESPN radio Friday morning at 9am to hear interviews with [...]

Governor’s Cup results; first home bout this weekend!

Texecutioners are Gov Cup Champs! The Texecutioners played a weekend full of derby at the Governor’s Cup in Beaumont, Texas and came away the champions! They first took on the Big Easy Rollergirls of New Orleans, LA on Saturday evening, and won that game 384-7. Sunday morning the Texies beat Houston Roller Derby 197-71, and [...]

Pep Rally at the Jack!

Join us for our season kick off pep rally on Friday, February 18th at the Jackalope (404 E. 6th St.)! We’ll have the Jam City Rollergirls Wii video game to play, and we’ll be giving away some awesome stuff. The fun starts at 5:30pm and will go until 8:30pm. There will be $2.50 pints and [...]

Texecutioners defend their title in The Governor’s Cup this weekend!

WATCH ALL THE ACTION LIVE @ DerbyNewsNetwork.com!! The Texas Governors Cup is a 2-day flat track roller derby tournament that is sanctioned by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Starting in 2006, the Governors Cup evolved into defining the best of Texas roller derby teams. Teams from Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Beaumont, and [...]

Flat-track skates into the Convention Center

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Interview with Belle Starr

I got the chance to sit down with veteran Texas Rollergirls skater Belle Starr and ask her some questions about this awesome sport of roller derby. Enjoy! Keep an eye out here for more video interviews as our 2011 season progresses! -bexcalibur

Enrollment is now open for the Austin Derby Brats!

Enrollment is now open for the Austin Derby Brats, Texas Rollergirls junior roller derby league. The Austin Derby Brats invite girls of all skill-levels between the ages of 8 and 17 to join. Practices are on Thursdays from 6 to 8:30 pm and Sundays from 9:30 to 11 am at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex [...]

Hustlers triumph over Arizona’s Tent City Terrors

The Hustlers traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to take on Arizona Roller Derby’s all-star team, the Tent City Terrors, on February 5. The visiting team took an early lead on their way to a half-time score of 67-27. Despite a late rally by the Terrors in the second half, the Hustlers emerged victorious with a 142-91 [...]