Tonight was a major night for roller derby in Arizona as three different leagues held events. In Phoenix at Arizona Roller Derby, the 1-0 Bruisers would take on the 0-2 Surly Gurlies while down in Tucson, the day started with an afternoon bout between the Tucson Derby Brats travel team, the Saddlebrats and the Los Angeles Junior Dolls, the little sister league of Los Angeles Derby Dolls. Then in the evening, Tucson Roller Derby had their season opener with 6 15-minute mini-bouts following the same schedule as the home team bouts for the rest of the year.

Derby lovers, here we are again. The derby season is about to get into high gear here in Arizona. TRD had a great way to open the month by showing evidence that your Michi needs to move to Tucson and attend the Helen Wheels school of skating correctly.

Let's talk derby. AZDD, AZRD, TRD and Brats!

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With half of the participating leagues being unranked in the 4th quarter, the organizers of the upcoming Four Cor

Derby Lovers...  here we finally are in 2009.  This is my first column for the new year. After I released the last episode of REAL Derby, I kind of took a little vacation from derby but now the vacation is over and it's time to get down with it.  The 2009 Derby Love Tour is getting ready to kick up this year.   Let's take our look around the leagues and see what's going on:

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Derby lovers, last Saturday I had an experience that I truly hope is a sneak preview of what is the come in our state’s derby scene. Last Saturday, I experienced a near-perfectly executed event. This event had pre-game drama, fun twists, fan involvement, some great roller derby and most importantly, fan involvement. Not only that, but a deserving charity was able to reap the awards. I am of course talking about AZRD’s charity bout from last Saturday. Congratulations to AZRD’s leadership team for putting this together. More about AZRD in this week’s column.

Arizona Roller Derby finished out 2008 with a very fun bout.  This bout was their annual holiday charity event which benefits the Arizona Law Enforcement and Fire Emerald Society, a statewide organization that supports first responders and their families.  

OK Derby Lovers..  As some of you know, I feed on derby drama.  Derby drama is what keeps things interesting in the Arizona derby scene.   Most of the derby drama is unpleasurable to talk about but I think in the spirit of the holidays and due to the fact that 2008 was a very rocky year in derby, I feel obligated to talk about the hottest drama taking place right now.  I am of course talking about HOLLY WOULD's ass.