On a cold but not as nippy night as the January bout, Arizona Roller Derby has played what some consider as a historic game as we saw the return of Trish The Dish and Ivanna S. Pankin who was the original Bruiser captain. They will take on the strongest team in the league, The Bad News Beaters.

The roster of the 2007 Bruisers recently split off from AZRD. Therefore, AZRD needed to compose a new team. Skaters were selected at random from the Brawlarinas and Surly Gurlies to play on this interim Bruisers team.

The Arizona Derby Report has been made aware of several derby related events taking place in both Phoenix and Tucson. With the timing of these events, it is possible for the hardcore derby fan to attend all of them.

The AZDR will be at these events, which we are billing as the "Arizona Derby Love Weekend".

It was an interesting night at the Castle Sports Club as the Arizona Derby Dames open up their 2008 season with a non-regulation event which consists of 4 "mini-bouts". These 4 mini-bouts are 10-minutes long and consist of 1-minute jams. Unlike other local leagues, AZDD does stop their clock between each jam, which allows them to use the full 10 minutes for game-play.

According to information received from multiple sources and then confirmed today by a MySpace bulletin, Arizona Derby Dames (AZDD) founder and Coffin Draggers team captain Suzy Homewrecker has announced that she will no longer actively skate for the league after the January 26 demo bout.

Suzy cites that her current work schedule does not permit her to continue skating for the league. Suzy has also obtained some art space in Downtown Phoenix where she will work on her Homewrecker creative work.

On January 19, it was a very chilly night at Casey At The Bat. So chilly that some skaters were warming up and even bouting wearing bandannas and other items to cover their faces. Fans were also very cold and we had noticed a declining number of fans as the night progressed despite the excitement of this bout. It was so cold, I dropped and slightly damaged my camera between the second and third periods. This bout is the first full derby bout in Arizona for 2008 and it is the make-up for the January 5 bout that was rained out.

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On Saturday January 19, operating under their newly formed corporation, the Arizona Bruisers Roller Derby team have played their first public scrimmage against the Copper Queens of Tucson Roller Derby at a somewhat nippy Casey at the Bat.

The Copper Queens brought a short roster to Phoenix including Ferocious Oxide, Lavender Pitt, Dirty Teri, Cheap Ore, Kay Boom, Venus Dynamite, Blue Mauli and Pixie Axe.

Today in the Phoenix area, there are two exiciting roller derby events taking place.

Before that, we must mention that the RENEGADE ROLLERGIRLS have postponed their park demo bout "until further notice". Therefore, they will not be skating today.

BRUISER NATION SCRIMMAGE BETWEEN:
THE ARIZONA BRUISERS and
(TUCSON ROLLER DERBY) COPPER QUEENS
CASEY AT THE BAT (40TH ST-UNION HILLS)
4PM - INFORMAL SCRIMMAGE - OPEN - LIMITED SEATING