2010 CHAMPIONSHIP
OCTOBER 30

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October 30
2010 Championship
Queens v Bronx

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

The Canal Room, Manhattan

	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 — SEASON FINALE
GGRD RETURNS TO C.C.N.Y. FOR BRONX v QUEENS

The GGRD championship trophy — the Golden Skate — is on the line as the Gridlock and Pain bring the 2010 home campaign to a close.
(Photo: Raymond Haddad)

The finals will be at Nat Holman Gymnasium at C.C.N.Y. - a larger room to accommodate more fans! The Bronx is targeting a repeat championship and their third title overall; Queens is looking to snare the Golden Skate for the fourth time in GGRD's six seasons.

Additionally, the Queens of Pain and their fans will be battling to give their captain, Suzy Hotrod, a championship send-off. Suzy, the six-year GGRD veteran, is among a handful of skaters making their final home track appearances.

Suzy Hotrod takes her final GGRD home skate on Oct 30. Photo: Jon Tannen

Emotions will be at an all-time high come bout night, both on the track and in the stands, and with Queens ultra-motivated to send Suzy out with a championship, what happens in the first five minutes of the game could very well dictate the outcome. So for the Gridlock, their initial key may be to come out fast and take the crowd out of the equation immediately and make this just another night on the track.

'It's extremely important,' agrees [Bronx Captain Brigitte] Barhot. 'We can't let that infiltrate our plan, our strategy, our fight, our desire to win.'

- the bout preview by Thomas Gerbasi

Saturday, October 30th - at Nat Holman Gymnasium at C.C.N.Y.
138th street and Convent Avenue.
Take the #1 subway to 137th Street / City College,
then walk uphill east two blocks to the CCNY campus.
Doors at 6:30, first whistle at 8:30.
Metal detectors will be in effect.
VIP tickets are already sold out;
G.A. tickets are $19.99 in advance and $25 at the door.

The world-famous series of derby afterparties continues downtown, at Manitoba's - 99 Avenue B, btw 6th and 7th.

TICKETS GOING FAST — AVAILABLE NOW AT GGRDTIX.COM

The championship 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.

Come dressed as a superheroine, an intergalactic derby fan, or a zombiefied version of your favorite player! (Photo: Tizoc Gomez)

At halftime, the best costumes will battle in the league's annual Halloween Adventure Costume Contest, with Halloween Adventure gift certificates awarded to the winners!

Endthebacklog.org spreads awareness about sexual violence by shedding light on the hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits in police and crime lab storage facilities throughout the United States. These backlogged kits represent lost justice for victims of sexual violence.

The Bronx Gridlock and Queens of Pain will be warming up in EndTheBacklog.org t-shirts in support of healing and justice for survivors of sexual violence.

More information about EndTheBacklog.org will be distributed at the Championship bout and can be found at Endthebacklog.org

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 at the Westchester County Civic Center. Next stop: the WFTDA Championship in Chicago.

The Gotham Girls are three victories away from reclaiming the National title! As a #1 seed, the Gotham Girls All-Stars earned a first-round bye and take the track on Saturday morning, November 6th, at 10:30am Eastern time versus the winner of Texas / Bay Area.

Watch the live stream of this bout and the rest of the tournament on your browser at Derby News Network, all the way through to the 5pm (Eastern) finals. Click here for the full tournament schedule.

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.

Video game developer Frozen Codebase is proud to announce Jam City Rollergirls^TM, the first video game based on modern roller derby, featuring New York City's Gotham Girls Roller Derby as well as other WFTDA leagues. Jam City Rollergirls is an arcade-style roller derby video game developed for the Nintendo WiiWare^TM service. The game is planned for launch in 4th Quarter 2010.

Watch the new trailer of exciting game action, below:

Gotham Girls Roller Derby skaters and alumnae featured in the game include Suzy Hotrod, Bonnie Thunders, Kandy Kakes, Brigitte Barhot, Beyonsláy, and Cheapskate. You can do battle as these characters and make use of their attack skills as they compete on-screen against the Rat City Rollergirls, Mad Rollin' Dolls, Brewcity Bruisers, and Texas Rollergirls.

Check out screen shots from the game.

Jam City Rollergirls is the first-ever women's flat track roller derby video game; this game is a major step forward in the history of modern roller derby. The WFTDA and Gotham Girls Roller Derby join the ranks of the world's major sports entities with their own licensed video game franchise.

Roller derby is an extraordinarily athletic endeavor with intense excitement and real competitions, while maintaining its bold and brash edge. This game, with its explosive graphics and creative twists and charismatic characters, reflects that the extreme team sport of roller derby is both serious and fun.

For more up-to-the-minute updates on the game's release, subscribe to the Jam City Rollergirls' Facebook page. And stay tuned for local opportunites to play the game in person against the Gotham Girls!

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.

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. The October 9th doubleheader (Manhattan vs Suburbia and Brooklyn vs Providence) went up for streamed viewing last weekend - check out the replays, profiles and analysis!

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.