CNYRD kicks off another round of new skater training

On Wed. 4/6 and Sat 4/9, CNYRD hosted two open house events in preparation for our new skater training series which starts Wed 4/13/11. We had a great turnout with 25+ new girls and a couple of guys ready to start skating.

You can view some of the photos here from Hispanic Attack:
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IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET INVOLVED!!!!

Basic skating class starts this week on Wednesday from 7-10pm, and runs Wednesdays 7-10p and Saturdays 10a-12p for 4 weeks at JFK Arena, 500 W Embargo St in Rome NY. The cost is $30 for the month. Rental gear (skates, helmets, pads, etc) can be used in any combination needed for an additional $5 per use.
Once basic skating ends on May 7th, the same time slots will be used for New Skater Training running for 12 weeks, the goal being to have all participants pass the WFTDA minimum skills requirements at the end of the 12 weeks, and hopefully be drafted onto a home team by August! The costs stay the same throughout, although those who move on to New Skater Training will also be expected to purchase their own insurance and gear relatively soon into the training.

Any questions contact recruitment@cnyrollerderby.com or check out our website's 'Interested?' page


Our next opportunity to learn from the ground up will start in September 2011, but we always accept transfer skaters from other leagues and those with prior non-derby skating experience if we can safely jump them into practices.

Bout Recap 4/2/2011: CNY All-Stars at Albany

On Saturday 4/2/2011 CNYRD's CNY All-Stars traveled to Albany NY to participate in a historic double header bout event.

The first bout of the night pitted the new Capital District Trauma Authority against our brother league, The Quadfathers, in the first ever men's roller derby bout between two NY based men's leagues. The Washington Ave Armory was packed, and it seemed that for some who were experiencing men's derby for the first time, it was shocking to see the big hits, hard falls, and aggressive play that the boys love so much. CDTA jumped out to an early lead, and despite the Quadfathers coming back to a small lead before the half, ultimately CDTA took the game 110-77. It was great fun for our players, staff, friends, and fans to see the guys take the track and do so well.

The main event started with CNY jumping out to an early lead. The first 6 jams of this game truly decided the outcome with CNY grabbing a solid lead and holding it the rest of the game;

The first jam saw Albany jammer Dottie Damage #10k thrown into the penalty box on a major track cut drawn by CNY blocker Moody Obsession, clearing the way for CNY jammer Spin Spin Sugar #230 to score a 15-0 first jam. The following 5 jams heavily favored CNY, as Albany was held to only 1 or 2 points as CNY continued to rack them up.

Ultimately, the CNY All Stars won this game on a combination of smart jam calling strategies, big power jams that saw the Albany jammer and sometimes multiple blockers in the penalty box, and excellent back-of-pack blocking courtesy mainly of Moody Obsession and Cereal Suicide, usually on alternating jams.

The final score was 135-82 in favor of CNY. This breaks a long awaited streak of CNY and Albany matchups going back to 2009 that always saw Albany as the victor, which culminated at last year’s Empire Skate Showdown when CNY lost 57-59 to Albany in a nail biter final jam for second place in the tournament.

This was also the retirement bout for Albany founder and star Dottie Damage #10k, who will be out at least the rest of this season, and we already cant wait to share the track with her again. Love you Dottie!

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Helmet cam video from Jam Ref Ludachris Speedhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
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Period 2 (coming soon!)

Photos by Sugar Daddy Part 1 Part 2
Photos by Hispanic Attack (coming soon to this page)
Photos by Nic Sammond Part 1 Part 2
Photos by Mel Mogensen

2011 After Party Sponsor: The Black River Ale House

CNYRD is excited to announce our 2011 season after party sponsor, The Black River Ale House at 1747 Black River Blvd in Rome.
The BRAH has a good sized parking lot off-street, a spacious bar area, pool table, darts, plenty of seating for lots of people inside, and a great outside patio that can hold quite a few.
They are doing drink and food specials for us all season, and there will be DJ music and plenty of rowdy derby people.

The BRAH is a simple drive from JFK Arena:

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There are plenty of hotels nearby for visiting folks too.

Check out these pics from the BRAH website

CNYRD is proud to announce our 2011 Non-Profit Partner!!!

Central New York Roller Derby is proud to announce that we have selected The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter as our 2011 Non-Profit Partner.
Each year, CNYRD selects a local non-profit whose goals are closely aligned with our own to work with throughout the season. As our 2011 Non-Profit Partner, The Arc will receive a portion of the gate revenue from each of CNYRD's seven home bouts. Staff of The Arc will also join us as our guests at special 2011 bouts.
CNYRD and The Arc share a spirit of community inclusion and a mission to provide athletic and recreational opportunities to people of all abilities.

As we did last year, $1 of each ticket sold at the door at our 7 public home bouts will be set aside for The Arc, and after the season ends in September we will present them a check with the total. We will also have donation cans available for fans that would like to give more.

Last year, CNYRD raised $1230.00 for YWCA of the Mohawk Valley's domestic violence prevention programs and presented them a check at their 'Take Back The Night' event last October. Our goal is to beat this amount each subsequent year.

Saturday 4/9/2011: Rome Wreckers vs Utica Clubbers

On Saturday April 9th, 2011, CNYRD will host the first in a series of intraleague bouts leading up to our season championship on July 30th. This bout will be a 'Friends and Family' event. What this means is that we invite you, our friends and family, to come watch with a suggested donation at the door of $3.

There are no programs, no food and drink for sale, no video screens, no vendors, no halftime show, no fancy introductions etc......this is bare bones roller derby. We run it as a regulation bout in every way, and we take it very seriously, but it is not a full production event. We *might* have league merchandise available for sale.

This is a great chance for you to see how the home teams stack up against each other for future games, and also a nice way to get to know your favorite players when there's not the craziness of a full bout to distract us. We will all get together after the bout at the Nail Creek Pub in Utica for an informal afterparty.



There will be 6 intraleague games total, a full double round robin, and the championship game. The dates and matchups of these games are:

4/9 7pm - Rome Wreckers vs Utica Clubbers - friends and family
4/30 7pm - Utica Clubbers vs Blue Collar Betties
5/29 12pm- Utica Clubbers vs Blue Collar Betties - friends and family
6/4 6pm - Blue Collar Betties vs Rome Wreckers
6/26 12pm - Blue Collar Betties vs Rome Wreckers - friends and family
7/2 6pm - Rome Wreckers vs Utica Clubbers 7/30 8:30pm - Intraleague Championship!

THIS Saturday!! Albany!! Double Header!!!!!

This Saturday is going to get WILD! The CNY All-Stars are hitting the road with our friends The Quadfathers to the Washington Ave Armory in Albany for a big event. The doors open at 5pm, and the first bout of the evening will be at 6pm as the Captal District Trauma Authority, Albany's first men's roller derby team, plays The Quadfathers. This bout will mark the debut of men's derby in the captial area, and the first public bout for CDTA. Come out and cheer for our boys in Orange as they square off against the new kids on the block. If you've never seen men's derby, this is THE bout to start your love affair with the sport off right!

Following the men's bout, CNYRD's CNY All-Stars will take the track vs the Albany All-Stars in a much anticipated re-match of the semi-final game of last year's Empire Skate Showdown in which CNY lost 57-59 in a nailbiting last jam. CNYRD and AASRD have competed very closely over the past 2 years, and we hope to walk away from this bout showing what kind of chemistry the new and improved CNYRD travel team has, featuring lots of new talent and transfers from multiple other leagues (plus fancy new uniforms courtesy of the support of the Nail Creek Pub in Utica!!!)

As the poster shows, tickets are $10 in advance HERE, or $12 at the door. It would be FOOLISH of you to show up and expect to get tickets at the door for this event. Dont say we didnt warn you. Buy 'em in advance and let's pack those stands with Utica! If you think UC hockey games get rowdy, you 'aint seen nothin' yet!

Bout Recap 3/19/2011: CNY All-Stars @ Lehigh Valley Hissyfits

All photos by Pete Rodriguez

We bring you good news: specifically, a 177-142 victory over the Hissyfits in the CNY All-Stars first game of the season.

This bout was a lively one! With a sellout crowd of the building's capacity of 600, by 5 minutes before the scheduled whistle time there were lines out the door, around the building, and through the parking lot for both the will call and ticket purchase lines. With bout staff doing everything in their power to get people in quickly, on top of dealing with all of our needs to get folks who made the drive from Utica in OK (thank you LVRG for helping us out!), we were able to get going 15 minutes late with no complaints from anyone involved....from what we could tell this crowd was INTO their derby! It was so loud from the fans that both teams were having trouble hearing whistles, and we all know a Fox 40 gets LOUD! It was a great time.

This bout was decided on power jams- but Gutshot, the All-Stars MVP, is the first to admit that it's the blockers who matter most during a power play. Gutshot scored 26 points in a power jam in the first half which contributed greatly to the All-Stars breaking ahead and gaining momentum.

“I didn't expect (to be MVP) because I thought that my blockers deserved it,” said Gutshot. “I would have been nothing without my blockers; almost all of my points were in power jams.”

The All-Stars were up by twenty at the half, and V-Diva put on a fireworks show in the final jam, scoring 30 points in a Lehigh Valley powerjam. It wasn't enough to close the gap, and the bout ended 177-142, but 30 points? We tip our helmets.

Parker Paxa Punch took home the MVP trophy for the Hissyfits. Parker has been a staple on the Hissyfits since 2009.

Didn't make the trip to Pennsylvania? Hoping we'll show up closer to home? On April 2, the All-Stars storm the Washington Ave Armory, where they'll take on the ladies of the Albany All-Stars. The two teams will meet for the first time since last year's nail-biting 59-57 semi-final game at the Empire Skate Showdown. We know a few fierce CNY skaters who are looking to avenge that loss, and you know our skates are actually powered by crowd noise (hint hint!)

Individual photos by Pete Rodriguez

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Check out this AMAZING stop-motion animation Pete made from his pics of the bout!!

Photos by Walter Romero

More pics to come! If you have any, please leave a comment with a link to the album for us!