Hammer City Roller Girls

The Hammer City Roller Girls have kicked off their 8th season of roller derby in Hamilton, and the next double header is sure to entertain. Both the Eh! Team and the Harlots will face teams from the Glass City Rollers of Toledo, OH, USA. In the first bout of the evening, the chartered Eh! Team will take on the Glass City All-Stars in a WFTDA sanctioned bout, while in the second the Harlots will meet the Glass City Killer Bs.

This cross-border action takes place on Saturday, June 15 at Dave Andreychuk (Mountain) Arena, 25 Hester Street in Hamilton. Doors open at 5:00 pm with the first game at 6:00 pm and the second at 8:00 pm.

Get your tickets online and save $2 off the door price

Adults – $13 advance / $15 door | Kids under 12 years – Free

Tickets will also be available at local outlets soon. Stay tuned for updates!

Good stuff to know:
* The arena floor is now licensed – no more separated area. Sit trackside with a beer in hand!
* Concession stand
* For up-close-action, bring a chair and sit trackside
* Kid-friendly event, with a special activity table just for them
* Awesome HCRG swag for sale

The after-party will be at This Ain’t Hollywood, 345 James St N. Meet your favourite HCRG skaters! Admission is free with your bout ticket.

Our Other 2013 Home Dates:
* July 20
* August 17

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Hammer City Roller Girls fans were treated to a double dose of victory on Saturday, June 16, at Hamilton’s Mountain Arena, as both the Eh! Team and the Harlots racked up decisive wins over squads from the Royal City Rollergirls of Guelph, Ontario. The Harlots downed the Violet Uprising 328-168 while the Eh! Team defeated the Brute-Leggers 254-169.

The Harlots opened the evening with a strong first jam against the Violet Uprising, one of Guelph’s three home teams, and never looked back. The lineup featured a mix of veteran leadership – including Judge Jodie, captain Scooby Doom, and Miss Carriage in her first game ever as a Harlot – and first-year talent. On the jammer line, JJ Bladez showcased her speed while Lucky Lady Pearl impressed with quick movements and a crowd-pleasing jammer takeout. By the end of the first half, the Harlots were in command of the game, leading 167-54. Crunching hits by the unforgiving Peppermental, first-year standout Daisy Dynamite, and BC transfer Hart Knox in her debut for HCRG allowed the Harlots to continue racking up the scoreboard, despite the unrelenting tenacity of the Uprising’s key jammer duo of The Hellcat of Panar and Babe Le Strange. Fista Krusher also delivered some fearless jamming, in her first game for HCRG, while Miss Carriage showed the fans why she’s a triple threat with her keen track awareness, signature hip checks, and smooth strides with the star.

After the carnage of the first bout was cleaned up, it was time for Hammer City’s Eh! Team to deliver the goods. Mean Little Mama quickly took advantage of a penalty and put up 34 points in the first jam, and the Eh! Team were on the way in closing out Guelph’s all-star team, the Brute-Leggers. Oh! Henry wreaked havoc with her athleticism and backwards blocking, while veterans Bitchslap Barbie and ChainSAW Mary delighted in knocking green-hued skaters to the floor throughout the bout. The Eh! Team sat on a lead of 139-63 at halftime, rotating in solid jamming from JJ Bladez, Abba StabYa, Scooby Doom, and rookie Ginger Wylde. Fellow rookie Sox Maniac was poised in the pack, working smartly off the on-track leadership of pivots Whacks Poetic and Marmageddon. The Brute-Leggers never backed down from any challenge however, and delivered their own displays of strategic blocking (Archbitch of Slamterbury, Lady GoreJess) and gutsy jamming (Hot Cross Guns, The Hot Shemale) to answer back whenever the Eh! Team threatened to pull away. In the end however, the strategy and experience of Eh! Team made it a 2-for-2 night in the win department for HCRG.

HCRG would like to thank the usual suspects – fans, friends, family, Rowdy Rowdy Refs, visiting referees, NSOs, and volunteers – as well as the Royal City Rollergirls for coming to the Hammer for a fun- and tumble-filled fight on the track. (The Brute-Leggers, by the way, also killed it at the after party!)

Next up for the Eh! Team is the Ruckus in the Rustbelt tournament in Youngstown, Ohio on June 30. The Harlots return to action on July 21 at home when they face off against Tri City Roller Girls’ Total Knockouts from Kitchener, Ontario.

Video courtesy of the Hamilton Spectator

Hammer City — thank you for coming out and supporting the girls in black and yellow last Saturday! It was an exciting home opener double header against two squads from Roc City Roller Derby from Rochester. NY.

Hammer City’s Eh! Team lined up against the Roc City Roc Stars in the first bout, a WFTDA sanctioned game. With penalties on both sides, and an extremely hard effort put forth by both teams, the score was 265 – 133 in favour of Roc. This bout saw fan favourites Dicey and ChainSAW Mary return to the flat track, both of whom delivered solid games, and harder hits. There were some new faces taking the line for the Eh! Team for the first time on Home turf — congrats to Skarla #100 and Scooby Doom #K9 (Scooby also put up points on the board as a jammer for the Eh! Team).

The second bout of the evening was a nail-biter! The Hammer City Harlots hosted the Roc City B-Sides in an exciting bout that saw strategic play, close action, and more than a handful of lead changes.
Hammer City delivered great defence, and took advantage of power jams. JJ Bladez #5 had a 29 point power jam in the second half of the bout, which put the Harlots in the lead for most of the period. More congratulations to skaters who played their first home bout with Hammer City: Biggie Falls #666, Domino Brasco #131, Red Baron #1117, and Taco Bella #82. Look out for our fierce rookies all season!
With Roc City taking advantage of a power jam in the final jam of the game, the Harlots took a very narrow loss of 141-133. The next match in this new rivalry is certain to be epic.

Our next bout in Hamilton will be Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Dave Andreychuk (Mountain) Arena. The Hammer City Eh! Team will take on the Royal City All-Stars (Guelph). Stay tuned for more news and ticket sales. This is a bout you won’t want to miss!

Hammer City, break out your black and yellow as your favourite skaters return to the flat track for their 7th season of roller derby action.

In this season opening double header, both the Eh! Team and the Harlots will square off against squads from Roc City Roller Derby of Rochester, NY.

The action all goes down on Saturday, May 12 at Dave Andreychuk (Mountain) Arena, 25 Hester Street in Hamilton. Doors open at 5:00 pm with the first game set to start at 6:00pm and the second at 8:00pm.

Get your tickets online and save $2 off the door price

Adults – $13 advance / $15 door | Kids 5-12 – $5 | Under 5 years – Free
A portion of proceeds from the door will go to Volunteer Hamilton.

Tickets are also available at these local outlets:
- Freewheel Cycle
- Hammer City Records
- This Ain’t Hollywood
- Blackbird Studios
- Compass, McMaster University
- Varnetta (formerly Roughhouse Skates)

Good stuff to know:
* Licensed beer area, concession stand
* For up-close-action, bring a chair and sit trackside
* Kid-friendly event, with a special activity zone just for them
* Awesome HCRG swag for sale

The after party takes place at This Ain’t Hollywood (345 James St North, 19+) at 10:00PM, where your game ticket stub gets you into the venue to enjoy the DJs and a chance to meet skaters and officials. Plus local food truck rock stars and HCRG supporter Gorilla Cheese will be on hand to wow you with their amazing grilled cheese creations.

Our Other 2012 Home Dates:
- June 16
- July 21
- August 18

Buy season tickets, getting you into all FOUR games, and save!

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Fast skates, hard hits, rink rash and great feats of female athleticism are all part of this sport that’s taking the world by storm and spinning though all aspects of pop culture. Are you a talented artist and a die hard roller derby fan, or just fascinated by imagery that the revolutionary roller derby revival inspires? Then Friday, April 13th could just very well be your lucky day. This Ain’t Hollywood and Hammer City Records are hosting an Art Crawl night with the HCRG that will feature artistic interpretations of the sport, the women who play it and the officials that keep it rolling safe. The Hammer City Roller Girls will be on hand for this James Street North Art Crawl event, just ahead of the May 2012 home opener.

* Art work will be on display at This Ain’t Hollywood (345 James St. North) and Hammer City Records (228 James St N Basement @ Rear off Robert St)

* At 10pm, rootsy rocky The Saints Are Coming and surf trio The Dead Beat are set to take the stage at This Ain’t – Cover is Pay What You Can

* HCRG merch and tickets will be for sale

We are looking for roller derby-related art in all media that we can hang on the walls for the night and for a few weeks afterwards. Paintings, drawings, photos, original graphic art and ‘hang-able’ mixed media works will be considered.
Deadline for submissions/commitment is April 8, 2012.

For more information, email PR@hammercityrollergirls.ca for more info and shipping arrangements (pick ups in the Hamilton area and central-Toronto are possible).

On March 31st, and April 1st, the Hammer City Roller Girls are competeing in the 3rd Annual Quad City Chaos tournament hosted by Toronto Roller Derby. This exciting, action-packed weekend boasts some of the best Canadian Roller Derby teams, and plenty of WFTDA sanctioned action. HCRG will face off against teams from Ottawa, Toronto, and Kitchener.

This two-day tournament will take place at The Bunker, 40 Carl Hall Road, Downsview Park, Toronto, ON.

Tickets can be purchased in advance, visit ToRD’s website for more information.

March 31: HCRG vs Tri-City (2pm)
March 31: HCRG vs Rideau Valley (5pm)
April 1: ToRD vs HCRG (4pm)

By: Biggie Falls

Whether you’ve been a roller derby fan for a decade, or are someone who is just hearing about it now, there is one thing that you need to know about this community… Roller derby parties are crazy!

This was more than evident at the HCRG year end party – PIRATES versus NINJAS. Every one of your favourite derby girls was there, dressed up and ready for combat. Whether they were looking for your bounty, or swinging nunchuks – they were ready to party! As in typical HCRG fashion, this party was held at This Ain’t Hollywood, on January 7th, 2011. As it turned out, a lot of the public was not prepared for what they might see on their regular Saturday night out with their friends.

The night started off friendly enough, sushi for the ninjas and pulled pork for the pirates, on opposite sides of the room of course. But soon it broke out into a full on ninja versus pirate battle! It seems to me like the ninjas won… but I may just be bias on that one. Although, there was one event that the pirates dominated in: The PvN limbo contest, with pirate Jewsy Flawless coming out on top!

Awards were given out to refs, vets and rookies alike to celebrate the many victories HCRG has achieved within the last year, both on and off the track. To end the night, our very own Hot Carl, presented an incredible display of fireworks for us… as you would expect during a Canadian winter, this caused quite a stir with the locals. But it was absolutely wonderful regardless!

If you’re going to take anything away from this story, let it be your new found love and admiration of derby parties, and make it your new mission to come out to an after-party soon!

2011 WHEELIE AWARD WINNERS:

Queen Of Jam-A-Lot
Bitchslap Barbie

Pack Leader
Eduskating Rita

Getting A Leg Up
Jewsy Flawless & Bean Stalker

Hammer City Spirit
Scooby Doom

Rookie of the Year
Naughty Bee

Purple Heart
Miss Carriage

Best Foot Forward
Miss Carriage

Crash Test Dummy
Lucky Lady Pearl

Stickin Around‘
Judge Jodie

Practice Pusher
Bam Bam Bigelow

Rules the Ruleset
Eduskating Rita

Hardest Hitter
Mean Little Mama

Miss Jeckyl/Hyde
Peppermental (Formerly Hammerhead)

Strategic Whiz
Whacks Poetic

Training Maven
Bitchslap Barbie

Merch Mover
Dark Passion Play

Game Day Mainstay
Peppermental

Gives Till It Hurts
Little Red Rollerhood

Working It
Wild Rice (Formerly Tempura Tantrum)

Funds Raised
Scooby Doom

Paperwork Pusher
Judge Jodie

Attendance
Bam Bam Bigelow

Participator
3 way tie! Dark Passion Play, Peppermental, Scooby Doom

REF AWARDS

Friendly Face
Deuce Willis

Ref For Hire
D-Minus

Certifiable Effort
Deuce Willis

Tightest Caller
D-Minus

NEWSLETTER

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The Hammer City Roller Girls are rolling in to the Sour Mash N’ Thrash at This Ain’t Hollywood. The fundraiser is on November 5th, doors at 9:00pm. Tickets are available at the door for $15.00 Featuring performances by White Cowbell Oklahoma, Ginger St. James & the 454′s, and Ninety Pounds of Ugly. Raffles, prizes, 50/50 draw, shooters, dancing and fun on tap! There’ll be a free jello shooter at the door (First come first serve). We’ve got some amazing prizes – including a Derby 101 pack and a $200 Roughhouse Skates gift certificate.

Thank you to our event sponsors: Jet Cafe, Nickelbrook Brewery, Roughhouse Skates, Shear Elegance, The Ship, WhereHeadsMeet, Copydog, Gorilla Cheese, Manifest Yoga, La Petite Spa, Modify your Closet, Hammer City Records and Bean Stalker!

See you there!

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BOUT BLANCHE – OCTOBER DOUBLE HEADER – VS HAMMER CITY!
ToRD challenges the Hammer City Roller Girls to not just one, but TWO bouts! The night opens up with the Smoke City Betties vs. the HCRG Harlots at 6pm, followed by CN Power vs. the Eh! Team (around 8pm).

Doors @ 5PM, bout kicks off at 6PM. Tickets available at the door!

The bout takes place in TORD’s new home, The Bunker, located at 40 Carl Hall Rd Studio 3 in Downsview Park, Toronto.