Home Bout THIS Saturday: Utica Clubbers vs. Garden State Rollergirls!!!

Just a reminder, THIS Saturday 7/17 CNYRD's Utica Clubbers will be taking on the Garden State Rollergirls of NJ. The bout is being held at JFK Arena in Rome NY (see map) The doors open at 6pm, and the first whistle blows at 7pm. Tickets are $10 in advance (until tonight!) at the Tramontane Cafe (Utica), Cafe Domenico (Utica), and Bill's Variety (Rome). Tickets can be purchased at the door for $12. As always, $1 of every door ticket goes to the YWCA's domestic violence programs. Ages 10& under, 65& over are FREE!

This promises to be a good bout. Garden State just recently graduated from the WFTDA apprentice program that CNYRD is also nearing completion on, and has similar experience and history. CNYRD's roster includes a few new faces to the Clubbers, and we are very excited to show them off:)

Come cheer on your Utica Clubbers and MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!

DJ Deaf Geoff will be spinning tunes, Your Boy S-Dot is announcing along with Ida Feltersnatch from Hellions of Troy.


Note: There is a visiting skater with a serious nut allergy, Please do not bring any nut containing products into the arena on bout day. We will be posting signs and making announcements also.



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CNYRD beats the heat, thank you ROME!

It's no secret that Central New York is experiencing quite the heat wave in the past few days. It was over 90F by noon on Tues 7/6, and we knew that our arena practice space was not going to be so nice to skate in later that evening for newbie practice. The vets were planning on doing some off-skates work at the arena, too.
Thanks to the awesome folks at the Parks and Recreation Dept in the city of Rome, we were able to swap our normal track time for pool time at the city pool right outside the arena doors.
It was a great way to end the hot, hot day, and was great exercise in place of skating.

A big thank you to Mike and the City of Rome, and also to our lifeguards who stayed late to let us swim, and had no idea what to do with a group of 30 rowdy rollergirls (and guys) (but we listened to them better than our own referees....hmmmmm:)

Next Home Bout: July 17th vs. Garden State Rollergirls

CNYRD's next home bout event will take place on Saturday July 17th as The Utica Clubbers take on The Garden State Rollergirls.
Garden State just recently graduated the WFTDA apprentice program into a full member league (congrads, ladies!), and CNYRD is right on their heels to graduate. This bout will pit the two, with similar timeline and experience, in a very well matched bout.

Tickets are $10 in advance and can be purchased online atTicketderby.com
Or in person at the Tramontane Cafe (Utica), Cafe Domenico (Utica), or Bill's Variety Store (Rome)

Tickets purchased at the door will be $12, with $1 of every door ticket donated to the YWCA's domestic violence programs.

Join CNYRD to watch Eastern Regionals 9/24-26!

We couldn't be more excited for September 2010! After our season closer on 9/19, CNYRD is going to start our off-season right, by going to watch some amazing roller derby- last year WFTDA's Eastern Regionals were in North Carolina, and none of us were able to make the drive. This year, they're right in our own backyard! The decision is not whether to go, it's simply who to cheer for!

Our good friends at Suburbia Roller Derby (Westchester, NY)
will host “Derby in the Burbs”, the 2010 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association
(WFTDA) Eastern Regional Tournament at the Westchester County Center in White
Plains, Friday, September 24 through Sunday, September 26, 2010. The tournament,one of the Big Five tournaments, will feature the top ten roller derby teams in the
WFTDA East Region, which extends from Montreal to North Carolina. The top three teams from this tournament will move on to the WFTDA Championship in Chicago in November.

You can see all the details as they are released at the Derby in the Burbs website,
www.derbyintheburbs.com


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If you, our wonderful fans, would like to come with us, please let us know. There will be plenty of carpooling opportunities, but get your tickets and make your hotel reservations early!

July 10th in Rochester: Blue Collar Betties vs Rottenchesters

Saturday, July 10th CNYRD's Blue Collar Betties will be traveling for their first official away game to participate in a double header event hosted by Roc City Roller Derby in Rochester, NY featuring home teams and B-teams from all over the state.

Billed as 'Global Harming', the event will feature Roc City's RottenChesters vs Blue Collar Betties at 6pm, and Roc City's 5-h8-5's vs. Ithaca's Bluestockings at 8pm.
The even takes place at:

Genesee Valley Sports Complex, 133 Elmwood Ave. Rochester

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Velveteen Fox at halftime
Afterparty at Sully's Pub-240 South Ave.

Presale: $10 general/$15 suicide
Day of: $12 general/$17 suicide
Kids $5, 3 & under free

Doors open at 5pm.

Link to Facebook event page to RSVP

Interested in a caravan with the team? Hit 'em up on their Facebook page and let them know you love 'em!

Bout Recap, 6/26/2010

On June 26th 2010 @ 6 pm the doors to the Kennedy Arena in Rome, NY opened to host CNYRD's Utica Clubbers VS. the ROC CITY RottenChesters of Rochester, NY in "Summer Crush", CNYRD's summer kickoff bout.

As everyone arrived they got to witness the new track setup of event lighting and a large rear projection screen courtesy of Entertainment Services of Rome NY, along with the band "Negative Truth" and music by DJ Deaf Geoff. The screen showed the Clubbers' new headshots by Ramon Aiello of Phodograph.com and also CNYRD's sponsors and recruitment info.

The barbershop quartet "Firestorm" sang the National Anthem to get the bout started. During the equipment check on the big screen was a demo of how roller derby is played.

The Clubbers jumped out to an early lead of 32 points over the Rottenchesters in the first few jams.

During the first period, as Murder Antoinette (Clubbers) rounded the first turn Poplockndropya (Rottenchesters) dropped her with a beautiful shoulder hit. Unfortunately Murder's left knee hit the concrete hard and she may have torn an ACL. Sic Lee Twist3d from the Clubbers also was faced with a knee injury which may be another ACL problem. Both ladies stayed out of the game in the second half but are recovering well.

Halftime ended with the Clubbers leading the Rottenchesters by over 40 points. As the second half got under way many skaters from both teams faced penalties
which caused the referees to have several meetings in center of the track.
The game ended with a final score of 165 Clubbers to 72 Rottenchesters.

MVP's for the night where awarded to Queen Kicktoria from the Rottenchesters and
to Farmer's Slaughter from the Clubbers, and both ladies received awesome MVP trophies made from re-purposed Utica Club cans in the shape of rollerskates made by CNYRD's own Chiropractor (see pic)

Overall was a great bout and both teams came together afterwards to celebrate at Delvecchios with a Caveman DJ and plenty of dancing fun

Pictures from the bout can be viewed with the links below. Please add comments to this log with any other media from the event you see. We love to have it all in one place. Thank you!

Ramon Aiello Photos

Rob Perry Photos

Andrea Kennedy Photos


Mitch McAllister Photos

Walter Romero Photos


Video by artisthoch62

Video by lpatriq2

THIS Saturday! Utica Clubbers vs. Rotten Chesters

This Saturday, June 26th CNYRD's Utica Clubbers will take on Roc City Roller Derby's RottenChesters (Rochester, NY) in "Summer Crush", our big summer kickoff bout. The bout is at JFK Arena, 500 W Embargo St in Rome NY. The doors will open to the public at 6pm, and the bout starts at 7pm.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Tramontane Cafe (Utica), Cafe Domenico (Utica), and Bill's Variety (Rome). Under 10 yrs old and over 65 yrs old is free!

This bout will mark some firsts in CNYRD history. We will have event lighting and camera/projection work from Entertainment Services of Rome NY, and we will be displaying our new headshots from Ramon Aiello of Phodograph.com for the Clubbers on the big projection screen.

The halftime band will be Negative Truth, and the National Anthem will be sung by Barbershop Quartet "Firestorm".

We have DJ Deaf Geoff providing bout music, and Harry Crumb announcing.

So come on out and enjoy the first weekend of summer with CNYRD and tell us who YOUR summer crush is!