POST-SEASON SHOWDOWN
OCTOBER 9

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October 9
Post-Season Showdown
Brooklyn vs. Providence
Manhattan vs. Suburbia

October 30
2010 Championship
Queens v Bronx

East Region Champions GGRD All-Stars at WFTDA Championship, hosted by the Windy City Rollers

	W		L
Bronx Gridlock	2	-	1
Queens of Pain	2	-	1
Manhattan Mayhem	1	-	2
Brooklyn Bombshells	1	-	2

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THIS SATURDAY NIGHT — DOUBLE HEADER!
MAYHEM & BOMBSHELLS DEFEND GOTHAM

Double your derby pleasure — the Gotham Girls host out-of-town squads in two-fer showcase this coming Saturday night at Hunter College.

First, the Brooklyn Bombshells face a challenge from the "Pigeons" of Providence, featuring Craisy Dukes, one of the most dynamic and energetic skaters in the WFTDA's east region.

Above: Providence's Craisy Dukes (L) and Suburbia's Domestic Violet (R). Photos: Ziv Kruger, Megan Moss Freeman

Then the Manhattan Mayhem host the Suburban Brawl of Suburbia Roller Derby. Suburbia's All-Stars visited Gotham once before, in Spring 2009, when Dina Sore Jr., Suffah Kate, IV Drop, Domestic Violet, and other Westchester ladies pushed the Wall Street Traitors to the limit before falling in a 54-38 exhibition at LIU-Brooklyn.

"The thing that’s so different and why the Post-season Showdown is so wonderful is that typically you have a thousand people and a portion of the crowd is rooting for you and the other one is rooting for the other team, but for this, there’s a thousand people rooting for the home team ... when Montreal came [2008], they had, like, five fans — and they were the loudest fans ever — but they had to come and hear a thousand people screaming ‘Bombshells, Bombshells.’"

- Brooklyn Bombshell veteran Raggedy Animal,
  in this week's player profile by Thomas Gerbasi

Unite behind your GGRD teams and to wave good-bye to a handful of retiring Mayhem and Bombshell skaters making their last appearances on skates.

Saturday, August 7th - at Hunter College, 68th and Lexington.
Doors at 6:30, first whistle at 8:30.
Each bout will consist of two twenty-minute periods.
VIP tickets are already sold out; G.A. tickets are $19.99 in advance.

TICKETS GOING FAST — AVAILABLE NOW AT GGRDTIX.COM

The doubleheader will also be streamed live at Derby News Network, and will be broadcast two weeks later on NYC life (Channel 25 / 22 on Cablevision) as part of GGRD's regular programming schedule — now five nights a week at 1:30am.

Support Gotham Girls Roller Derby at our first-ever charity auction on Saturday night, October 16, at the unique location of Brooklyn Boulders.

The silent auction begins at 7pm. The roster of great prizes includes:

GGRD Coaching		The Onion		Vacation Timeshare
Private Class for 5		Issue Appearance!		Texas/S. Carolina/Mexico

 • Tickets to Broadway shows
 • Meal certificates from local restaurants
 • Rollergirl-made jewelry & clothing
 • Derby memorabilia
 • Original artwork
...and more!

A list of available items will be updated as it grows at www.ggrdauction.org.

Tickets are $25, of which $20 are tax deductible as a charitable contribution. Buy them now at www.ggrdtix.com.

Proceeds benefit the league and our mission to foster serious competition on a national and international level, along with the development of the physical and mental strength and independent spirit of amateur female athletes.

Food and beverages will be supplied by sponsors Brooklyn Brewery, Sailor Jerry Rum, and San Loco.


Brooklyn Boulders is at 575 Degraw, near 3rd Avenue and close to the Union Street subway stop on the D, N, and R lines. All proceeds benefit Gotham Girls Roller Derby, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Above: The GGRD All-Stars celebrate the league's third WFTDA East Region title in four years. Photo: Chris Chin

The Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars stormed through the WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament on September 24, 25 and 26 at the Westchester County Civic Center in White Plains, NY. Thank you, Gotham fans, for joining us for the weekend, and thank you to Suburbia Roller Derby for being terrific tournament hosts!

With sound defeats of Providence (314-14), Baltimore (223-86), and long-time rival Philadelphia (133-103), the Gotham Girls regained the region title and put the rest of the WFTDA on notice that the ladies from New York are ready to fight for the 2010 crown at the WFTDA Championship in Chicago (Nov 5-7). Hyper Lynx earned tournament MVP honors for her clutch jamming in all three contests. Video production from White Plains was managed by GGRD's own video crew; order your own DVDs of the derby action at the Gotham Girls' merch site.

Are you ready? Tryouts to be a 2011 Gotham Girl are coming up on November 20th, and the Gotham Girls are holding a series of basic training classes to get you steady on your skates.

Unsure if you want to go for it? That's okay; come get an intro to the basics - stops, starts, falls, turns, and good endurance form. See how you like it, and make some derby friends!

Learn more about GGRD's fall training and tryout programming in the Training section of the GGRD website.

Thank you, Gotham fans, for tuning in to Gotham's bouts on NYC life. The success of our first season of broadcasts has resulted in an exciting fall schedule change.

Starting this week, GGRD's 2010 bouts hit the city's airwaves five nights a week, Monday through Friday, at 1:30am on NYC Media's NYC life channel.

Stay up late with the Gotham Girls, and fill up your DVR with roller derby action! NYC life airs on Channel 25 both over the airwaves and on most regional cable carriers (Channel 22 on Cablevision).

At www.ggrd-nyclife.com, you can stream these same broadcasts from anywhere in the world.

Frederick Wiseman's hypnotic new film is about an Austin, TX institution: Lord's Gym, which was founded 16 years ago by professional boxer Richard Lord. People of all ages, races, ethnicities and social classes come to Lord's: doctors, lawyers, judges, businessmen and kids all learn to spar alongside fellow amateurs and trained professionals. Wiseman depicts the gym as a uniquely American melting pot, a place where people meet to talk and train, and shows us that all the world's a ring.

Directed by Frederick Wiseman; a Zipporah Films release. Opening October 22 at the IFC Center. For other release dates and more info, check out www.facebook.com/BoxingGymFilm.

Gotham Girls Roller Derby NFP, Ltd is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit corporation, and all donations are fully tax-deductible where permitted by law. Your donations will go toward continued production of our fierce and entertaining competitions, development of training and community outreach programs, and financing of travel for our athletes to represent the city on the national stage.