Win tickets to our bout this weekend from AllOverAlbany.com

You can win a pair of tickets to our bout this weekend from our friends at AllOverAlbany.com

Head over to their website to check out their contest. Who will be the lucky winner?  St. Patrick's Day is coming up after all!

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2012/03/12/win-tickets-to-the-hellions-of-troy-roller-derby

New Logo!

The Hellions of Troy have a new logo! Isn't she beautiful? The logo was designed by local artist Jess Fink (note: some of the images on her website are NSFW).  Jess Fink...sound familiar? She's been feature on All Over Albany and threadless.  I bet you recognize some of her designs.

I'm so thrilled! I love her smirk. Hope you love the logo as much as we do.

In Case You Missed It - AOA Article on Roller Derby

AllOverAlbany.com, which I seriously love to pieces, recently posted an article by Liz, a new member of the AOA team. Liz also played roller derby in Illinois under the name "Bear Kylls".  !!!

The articled is called "How to behave (or not) at a roller derby bout", which includes some great advice. I also helped contribute to the article... just sayin'.  Make sure to check it out!

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2011/01/12/how-to-behave-or-not-behave-at-a-roller-derby-bout

Win Tickets to our Bout!

Our friends at Nippertown and All Over Albany (seriously, we love these guys) are giving away tickets to our next bout on January 15.  Check out their posts to enter to win!

http://www.nippertown.com/2011/01/10/win-free-tix-to-see-the-hellions-of-troy-on-saturday-11511 (winners selected and notified on Friday)

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2011/01/12/tickets-for-next-hellions-roller-derby-bout (You must submit your comment by noon on Thursday January 13, 2011. Winners will be notified by 5 pm on Thursday and must respond by 9 am on Friday.)


Good luck!  And stay tuned tomorrow to find out how you can save on tickets at the door on Saturday....

What I've Been Doing While I Haven't Been Blogging

Heyo! I am back. I'm gonna tell you about what I've been up to the past two weeks.

N(Sm)ashville
Last week I was in Nashville for turkey festivities and mini November vacation. You can read about my insane open skate experience here. While in Nashville, we also saw an NHL hockey game - the Nashville Predators vs. the New York Rangers!! The only hockey I've ever seen was the Albany River Rats, haha. This was fun to watch because all the skaters are so awesome! You would think that knowing how to roller skate would translate well into ice skating ability. Well, it does not for for me. I stink at ice skating. But these hockey players were awesome skaters. Backwards skating on ice like 23424 miles per hour!
The New York Rangers won the game 3 - 2 in overtime.  OH YEAH.

I did try to look up the Nashville Rollergirls, but it didn't look like they had anything going on last weekend.

Prepping for the bout this Saturday
Our next bout is coming right up! Did you enter to win free tickets from Nippertown and All Over Albany? Also, there's going to be a coupon in the Schenectady Gazette on Saturday for $2 off the price of an adult admission at the door. ;)

The theme of our bout on Saturday is Naughty vs. Nice. I'm on the Nice team. :) Tonight at practice I caught up on what I missed while I was away. It felt awesome to be back on my own skates.

Entering this contest
Win Roller Derby Workout exercise DVD from local blogger and derby girl, Lucy in Da Sky. Leave a comment on her blog for a chance to win the DVD. No skates required and your legs will never be the same. This workout DVD looks like it would even be good for non-derby people.

Friday
I think I am going to see Cold Spring at EMPAC. I have no idea what it's about, but there's gonna be some derby girls in it -- on SKATES -- so why not?