Category Archives: Events

We’re all about Reel Change

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Have you heard about the Reel Change Film Frenzy that’s coming up in January? Ten filmmakers will be teaming up with ten non-profits to make some awesome short films highlighting the incredible creative talent and fantastic community spirit right here in Austin, Texas — and we’re one of the organizations taking part! Teams will have [...]

2012 Announcer Tryouts

We’re looking for a few good announcers for our 2012 season – could one of them be you? If you’ve got a passion for roller derby or announcing (or both!) come to our tryouts on Monday, January 16th, at 7pm at Scholz’ Bier Garden. This is an open invitation – we’re looking for energetic, outgoing [...]

2012 Governor’s Cup

Get ready to cheer on our all-star Texecutioners as they head to the 2012 Governor’s Cup, hosted by Assassination City Roller Derby, on January 28 & 29 at Fair Park Coliseum in downtown Dallas. Teams from Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma will be there – and you can be there, too! Buy tickets online now [...]

Whammy Awards

At the close of every season, the Texas Rollergirls have an awards party where we recognize outstanding players and volunteers from the season. The majority of these award winners are based on players voting for their league-mates, but we need you, our fans, to help us choose this year’s fan favorites! Vote for your favorite [...]

Texecutioners place third at Champs

Our all-star Texecutioners tonight took third place at the 2011 WFTDA Championship Tournament, after a hard fought battle with longtime rivals and #2 seed in the South Central Region, the Kansas City Roller Warriors. The final score was 136 Texas, 112 KC. To make it to the third place game, Texas dispatched the squad from [...]

Meet the Competition: North Central

The Naptown Rollergirls are hosting the WFTDA North Central Regional Playoffs, Monumental Mayhem, in Indianapolis, IN this weekend – and they have been busy, busy, busy whipping up some awesome preview videos for those of us who aren’t as familiar with our derby sisters to the north as we might be! You can head to [...]

JOIN US for a WATCH PARTY!

It’s Post-Home-Season Tournament Time! WATCH PARTY!! September 30 through October 2 to watch your Texecutioners compete in the south-central regional tournament in Kansas City, MO! We will be watching Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Fado Irish Pub starting Friday at 6pm (we’ll be there early to see our ladies in blood splatter warming up). Come [...]

Donate to the Texies

The Texas Rollergirls are a 501(c)(3) non-profit sports organization, which means that we rely on our own money and your generous donations to travel! As our all-star Texecutioners are getting ready to head to the South Central region playoffs, and then Denver for the 2011 WFTDA Championships, we ask that you please consider making a [...]

Tournament season is NOW!

Have you seen WFTDA’s “Big 5 Blog” yet? Tournament season kicks off TOMORROW with the eastern region’s Nightmare on 95 (in Baltimore, MD) and WFTDA have just launched a fantastic new blog with host-league profiles and interviews with participating teams. Today’s featured interview is with Fox Sake of the London Rollergirls, who’ll be entering Nightmare [...]

WFTDA to offer free online streaming of 2011 tournaments!

Can’t make it to one of the Big 5 tournaments this year? Fear not, derby fan, because the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is bringing the action live to your computer! WFTDA announced today that it has partnered with Blaze Streaming Media to offer free live streaming of all Big 5 Tournaments this fall. [...]