Enchantment Under The Sea
A big, huge thank you to the awesome staff at Thee Parkside for hosting our annual Prom and being so spectacularly accomodating to us. There’s a reason Parkside is our favorite bar in the city. Thank you to Suite Treatments for the lighting and to our hard-working Events Committee for putting this beauty together. And thank you to our league members, volunteers, and FANS for one heck of a gosh darned great season! See you in 2012!
Now on to the Awards!
This is it! Skaters, this is your last chance to mingle with skaters from other local leagues and skate with B.A.D. Girls in our headquarters. December 17 will be our last Black and White Scrimmage of the year. Also, in the holiday spirit, please feel free to bring canned food which will be donated to the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
B&W Scrimmages are open to skaters who have passed the WFTDA minimum skills test and have scrimmage experience. 3 scrimmages per date: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
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Final Score: 136 – 74, Richmond Wrecking Belles
The fierce ladies of the Richmond Wrecking Belles are heading south to beautiful Santa Barbara for their final bout of 2011. Brawlin’ Betties are hosting at the Earl Warren Show Grounds in Santa Barbara. Gates open at 4:30pm, bout starts at 5pm. Tickets are $5.
Final Score: 161-142, Sacred City
The zombies of San Francisco ShEvil Dead have been eating lots of brains to prepare for their bout against Sacred City Derby Girls on Oct 22 at Roller King in Roseville, CA
Final score: 214 – 102 ShEvil Dead
Halloween is coming early this year with a bout between two teams who are too cool to be alive but too vicious to be dead. Antioch’s Undead Betties are battling BAD’s ShEvil Dead at Paradise Skate in Antioch. Doors open at 6pm. This bout will most likely sell out so buy your tickets in advance!
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The hippies of Berkeley Resistance are hopping into their VW bus and heading to wine country to kick some butt! Resurrection Roller Girls are hosting the bout at Cal Skate in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County. Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 at the door, kids 5-12 get in for $5, and kids 5 and under are free! Don’t forget to cheer for Berkeley! Viva! Viva viva!
The B.A.D. Girls will be slingin’ beer at Oakland Pride 2011 on Sunday, September 4, 11am-7pm. Come celebrate the diversity of Oakland and support the bewitching badasses of Bay Area roller derby.
East Bay Express, Ellen Cushing
Or, if you will, the top five things to do this weekend that aren’t Outside Lands.
The Golden Bowl
Just in case you needed any more proof that the Bay Area Derby Girls are fucking fierce: Less than three weeks after two of the local roller derby league’s players were robbed at gunpoint — losing thousands of dollars of team money…