2010 AWARDS PARTY
SUNDAY DECEMBER 5

• Awards Party
• All-Stars: #3
• Brutal Beauty
• Jeer! Ref!
• Jam City Rollergirls
• NYC Life

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Bronx def. Queens in Championship Bout

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THE 2010 DERBY SEASON GOES OUT WITH A BANG
AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION

Who's League MVP? Rookie of the Year? Join Gotham's skaters, refs, jeerleaders, alumnae, volunteers, and friends at Canal Room to celebrate the season and fete the winners.

The party agenda includes individual awards, gifts for new skaters, tears for retiring skaters, medals for the champion skaters, plenty of surprises... and dancing!

Canal Room is in Manhattan at 285 West Broadway. The party begins at 7pm, with FREE Brooklyn Brewery beer from 7pm-8pm, and FREE food from San Loco while supplies last.

Music from DJs Shakey and Gefilte Funk. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Tickets available at ggrdtix.com.

This year's nominees are listed at the Gotham Girls' web site.

Above: The nation's top three teams: the GGRD All-Stars (at left), Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (center), and Oly Rollers (at right).
Photo: Joe Rollerfan

The Gotham Girls All-Stars finished their 2010 campaign by placing third at the WFTDA's 2010 Championship Tournament, hosted by the Windy City Rollers in Chicago.

If you want to win a WFTDA title, you've got to get through Gotham. The GGRD All-Stars continued their streak of either winning the tournament outright — as in 2008 — or losing to the WFTDA's eventual Champions — as in 2007 to the Kansas City Roller Warriors, 2009 to Olympia's Oly Rollers, and in 2010 to Denver's Rocky Mountain Rollergirls.

After enjoying a first-round 'bye' thanks to winning September's WFTDA East Regionals, the Gotham Girls charged through their first matchup of the weekend, handing the Texecutioners from Austin a 99-point defeat, 151-52.

The New Yorkers were then stopped in the tournament semi-finals by Rocky Mountain's impressive skaters, 113-79. Gotham moved on to the 3rd/4th place consolation bout, where they routed their long-time rivals, the Philly Rollergirls, 162-51. The victory over Philly was Gotham's seventh win in eight meetings between the squads, and Bonnie Thunders posted a personal-best 108 jamming points.

Rocky Mountain went on to defeat the Oly Rollers by one point in one of the most thrilling bouts in the young history of the sport. Read more about the tournament results at the Derby News Network and in the bout summaries by Gotham's scribe Thomas Gerbasi.

The GGRD All-Stars now take a well-deserved break after the year's 12-1 campaign. Since the beginning of 2007, the All-Stars' record stands at 36-5. The league fully expects to retain its status as a top national power in 2011 as it waves goodbye to a few key contributors but welcomes a group of dangerous faces to the ranks.

Brutal Beauty: Tales Of The Rose City Rollers tells the story of Portland, Oregon’s WFTDA league, the Rose City Rollers.

For more than a year and a half, an embedded film crew documented the thrills and spills of derby life. Through unlimited access to team bouts, practices and the private lives of the players, Brutal Beauty puts the viewer on the inside track. In their own words, the Rose City Rollers tell how roller derby saved their souls.

Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers is screening in New York City on Thursday, December 9th, at the 92Y Tribeca at 7:30pm.

Directed by Chip Mabry. For more previews and information:

Brutal Beauty website

facebook.com/BrutalBeautymovie

Want to get even closer to the game? Consider volunteering as a 2011 official. Work the scoreboards, time the penalties, start the jams, track the stats — and train to be a skating ref!

There are many opportunities to get inside the game with Gotham, both at home games and officiating for our neighboring leagues in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York State, and Long Island. Drop a line to refinfo@gothamgirlsrollerderby.com to start learning how!

Want to be part of the show?

GGRD Jeerleader tryouts are this coming Saturday, December 4th, at 2pm sharp at 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette Street (near Astor Place).

Dance and cheer experience are a plus, and enthusiasm is a must!
To sign up and get more info see the Jeerleaders' web site.

Got a funny idea for a big foam head?
Openings are available for 2011 mascots, too!

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 30th finals (Bronx vs. Queens) are up for streaming - 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.