Quick Recap of First Two Bouts

March 2 - HoTRD vs. Green Mountain Derby Dames

HoT vs GMDD.  Photo by Sean Childs

Our first WFTDA sanctioned bout!  Against our great friends from Burlington, VT - the Green Mountain Derby Dames!
I was on the roster for this bout, however I ended up with a late case of the flu (!!!) and ended up having to miss the bout - I couldn't even go and watch.
GMDD is a strong team and was a good challenge for us.  The final score of the bout of 228 GMDD - 110 HoT.


March 23 - HoTRD vs. Roc City Roller Derby

HoTRD vs Roc City.  Photo by Kris Dreessen

This bout took place at RIT college - neat!  This is also where our former skater CrickHit goes to school - so we got to hang out with her that weekend.  She's skating with Roc City's B team... so awesome.  I wish I started derby in college!

Roc City took an early lead and racked up point quickly. The score at halftime was 211 Roc - 55 HoT. After a good peptalk in the locker room from coaching, we refocused and kept the damage minimal. Roc still took the win with a final score Roc 306 - HoT 126, but we were happy with the second half.  Roc also had perhaps the best hospitality ever - their skaters set up a potluck so there was tons of different and delicious food to enjoy after the bout.
Roc City also hosted a St. Baldrick's event that day - Jezibelle N. Hell participated - blog on that coming up soon!

Hellions head out to Rochester for a roller derby weekend

This weekend we are headed out to Rochester to take on Roc City Roller Derby.  It's a double header bout, more roller derby than you can shake a stick at!

Roc City B-Sides vs. NHRD Queen City Cherry Bombs @ 6:00 PM 

Roc Stars vs. Hellions of Troy @ 8:00 PM

Gordon Field House @ RIT -- Doors @ 5:00 PM

I totally love their bout art work!

Our last full length bout against Roc City was in 2011 against their B-Team , a close game! Hellions 85 - Roc City 92.  This time we're sending the Hellions for a sanction bout, which will count towards our WFTDA ranking.

I actually missed that game that year (I think I was on vacation?).  The last time I was in Rochester was for roller derby was for a newbie scrimmage with the Utica Roller Girls in 2010!  I think it was one of my first away scrimmages.  I specifically remember being afraid of one of their really tall skaters, GWAR (who still plays, I see).  I described her as "7 feet tall" in my blog post about the scrimmage, hahaha.  We will see if that is actually the case.

That weekend I drove out to Rochester with Kitty P and Reading Rambo and we stayed at Kitty's house.  The next day we went to the Lilac Festival.  It's one of my most fond roller derby field trip memories.

Catching up on bout recaps: HoTRD vs ROC City 7/23/11

Last month the Hellions traveled to Rochester, NY for roller derby! Oh so I hear - I was on vacation.  Boo, I like Rochester - I was out there last year in May to scrimmage with them.

It was a close game, the final score was Hellions 85 / Roc City 89.  We may meet Roc City again this weekend at Empire Skate Showdown on Long Island.

Anyway, here's a couple photos for ya from Hispanic Attack's photoset on Facebook.

Warm up

Delinquent Dollie lapping the pack during warm up.

Pre-bout.

Kitty earning lead jammer, as called by The Constable.