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December 13th
For those who aren't familiar with it or who didn't see Drew Barrymore's Whip It, roller derby is an awesome sport where girls race around a track on skates and beat the crap out of each other while doing it. Seriously, it rules. Speaking of rules, you can view the rules of the game here at the Derby Dolls website. They do a much better job of explaining it than I ever could.
The event itself was very well-attended, with people supporting both teams sitting at floor level or in VIP...
December 5th
Attention San Diego! We have updated our website with the first few bouts of our 2010 Season. Get ready for an exiting season like no other. The Banked Track is coming to Del Mar with the first bout on February 6th. Get your tickets early as the #1 Banked Track team in the world finally gets to show San Diego how we earned that title. The Derby Dolls are bringing you Flat and Banked track action this season. Don't miss out, get your tickets now!
December 2nd
The San Diego Derby Dolls will say goodbye to the 2009 season and hello to the holidays by hosting the Silicon Valley Roller Girls on Saturday Dec. 12 for a seasonal smashing of holiday roller derby action at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Each league is combining girls from two separate teams to make up the roster for this game. SDDD is bringing together their two home-B teams, the Hard Corps and the Diego Rollers, to create the Hard Rollers. SVRG is blending their travel-A team, the...
November 10th
The San Diego Derby Dolls are hosting a toy drive for Rady Children's Hospital. It is our goal to collect 250+ toys, one for every child in the hospital. We will have collection bins at our bouts on 11/21 and 12/12. Please bring a new unwrapped toy to support the wonderful children at Rady's, you will receive a raffle ticket as a thank you.
* Rady's cannot accept violent themed toys (ie. toy guns) and stuffed animals
* The toys must be new and unwrapped
* Toys will be...
November 8th
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut film “Whip It,” released to theatres in early October of this year, brought roller derby mania back to the mainstream. Taking it from the big screen to real life, the San Diego Derby Dolls (SDDD) are hosting Humboldt Roller Derby (HRD) Saturday Nov. 21 for some hard hitting roller derby action at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. SDDD’s Hard Corps will face HRD’s Redwood Rollers.
The Hard Corps will arrive in military garb. Anytime Hard Corps puts on...
November 1st
Don't forget to check out the article on page 36 of Novembers issue of the Military Press newsletter featuring your own San Diego Derby Dolls. And remember all you Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines the Derby Dolls give military discounts at all our bouts!
Click here to download a copy of the November issue.
October 23rd
Congratulations to the newest Derby Dolls that played in their first bout this past weekend up in Ventura. We sent some of our newest Dolls north to play the OC Rollergirls. Congrats to playing in your first bout, way to hustle.
Click here to check out some photos from the bout, courtesy of Kustom Kulture Photo.
October 22nd
October 20th
After playing each other on the flat track Saturday night CRG’s Black Sheep met up with San Diego’s banked track team, the Swarm, to compete on the banked track housed in San Diego’s downtown practice space. The roster for the Swarm is identical to the roster for the Wildfires, give or take a skater or two, giving the Swarm a chance to reclaim lost dignity from the night before. The Swarm made the most of their second chance, stinging the Black Sheep 181-64.
Between the two games,...
October 17th
The SD Wildfires are the #1 flat-track team for the SD Derby Dolls, but they ran into some Ohio rollers on Saturday night who were tough to stop. Cincinnati’s Roller Girls established an early lead and used some savvy lead jamming to shut down a San Diego comeback attempt, skating away to a 103-71 victory in front of a raucous and packed crowd at Wyland Hall.
“They had a strong pack up front,” said San Diego co-captain Bo Toxic after the bout, “they were good at breaking up our front...