HCRG
Roller Derby HARLOTS VS DAMES At the Waterfront
Last Hamilton game of the 2010 HCRG Home Season!
Home Teams Hamilton Harlots VS Death Row Dames
Sunday, August
15, 2010
Pier
8 Skating Pad (Behind Williams Coffee Pub)
47 Discovery Drive/Foot of James Street
Game starts at 3PM, Arrive early to grab a spot!
Admission is Pay What You Can – our gift to the fans!
Fun for all ages!
*Beer Garden * Concession Stand * Games for
the Kids*
HSR's Bayfront Bus #4 stops a couple of blocks away, the
Waterfront Trolley drops you right at Williams Coffee Pub.
Bring Your Own Chair - Decorate With Team/League Colours
for the Best Dressed Chair Contest! Hoot and holler for the
Harlots with a seat in devilish Black and Red, cheer on the
Dames with a Black and Blue or prison themed chair, or support
the league with a Gold and Black throne.
Rain Location Nearby: HCRG’s Practice Pad at Eastwood Arena
111 Burlington Street at Mary. If wet weather tells us we
should move indoors our websites will update you by noon,
and signs and volunteers will be at Pier 8 to direct you to
Eastwood.
Hammer
City Hosts Tri City (Kitchener, ON)
Roller Derby Double Header Saturday July 17
Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena
25 Hester Street (just off Upper James, near the Linc)
Doors Open 5pm
Dames VS Dishes 6pm
Harlots VS Tramps 8pm
Adults $10 Adv $12 Door Kids $5
Family Pass $25 (2 Adults 2 Kids)
Discount at the door with a non perishable food donation.
The Hammer City Roller Girls have played teams from London's
Forest City Derby Girls in the past, the last meeting of the
two was when the Death Row Dames met the Thames Fatales in
a close game at the 2009 Beast of the East Tournament in Montreal.
It was short and sweet, and ended up with the Dames pulling
off a win - but that was many derby bouts ago. Can the home
team in black and blue put the skaters from Forest City in
lockdown? Based on the efforts of the Dames at recent practices
with their sister team, the Hamilton Harlots, it's a safe
bet!
For adults, tickets are $10.00 in advance (This
Ain't Hollywood, 345 James St North) and $12.00 at
the door.
Children's tickets are $5.00 or free if under 4' tall. Family
Passes $25 (2 Adults and 2 Kids) available at the door.
Also for the kids, there will be a craft table, face painting
and half time contests. In the spirit of supporting those
less fortunate in our community fans are asked to bring a
non perishable food item to donate to our FOOD DRIVE.
After party at This Ain't Hollywood!
HCRG Eh! Team Returns From Milwaukee's
Brew Ha Ha Tourney
The Eh! Team spent their Victoria Day weekend in Milwaukee
at the Brew Ha Ha Tournament hosted by the Brew City Bruisers
featuring teams from the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's
North Central Region and guests.The team lined up against
higher ranked teams but gave it their best in two full length
games.
Game Results:
Saturday, May 22 - Grand Raggidy Roller Girls (Grand Rapids,
MI) 160 Hammer City Eh! Team 69
Sunday, May 23 - Ohio Roller Girls (Columbus, OH) 139 Hammer
City Eh! Team 61
Check out for a recap of the whole weekend.
While The Eh! Team is still looking for its first WFTDA-sanctioned
win, the squad plans to take what it learned at the Brew Ha
Ha to the East Coast Derby Extravaganza in Philadelphia, versus
all star teams from Suburbia (White Plains, NY) and Dutchland
(Lancaster, PA) Roller Derby leagues.
Here's members of the Eh Team with our Bench Manager Scotty
Ho Ficial and our dedicated fan from upstate New York, Scott
Dear (far right).
MOTHER'S
DAY MASSACRE IV!
The 4th installment of the Hammer City season on May 8 at
Dundas' Market Steet Arena was a great success. Many fans,
seasoned and green, eagerly welcomed the new rosters on both
teams - the skaters making their debuts in Hamilton were equally
happy to skate out to their home town crowd for the first
time. With all that pleasantry over, the game of hard hitting
roller derby got underway. Death Row Dames burst out of the
gate with a first jam 10-0, but after that the Harlots clawed
back and came out on top at the end of the first half. Leading
by a big margin coming into the final 30 minutes, the Harlots
continued their run no matter what the Dames threw at them.
Power jams and strategic moves from sides changed the pace
of the play but the Harlots skated on to a158 -106 victory
The Dames may have lost this battle but they know they haven't
lost the war, and plan to kick it hard at practices ahead
of these two teams meeting again. In the meantime here are
some great pics from Derek Lang aka Bagel Hot!
REMAINING HCRG HOME SEASON DATES:
JUNE 19 - Teams/Times TBC
Dave Andreychuk (Mountain) Arena
25 Hester Street
Dames and Harlots Scrimmage at WINGFEST Sun June 13 3-4pm
JULY 17 - Teams/Times TBC
Dave Andreychuk (Mountain) Arena
AUGUST 15 - Teams/Times TBC
Eastwood Arena
111 Burlington Street East
Thanks and merci to
Montreal Roller Derby for hosting another amazing installment
of the Beast of The East invitational tournament. Both the Harlots
and Dames unleashed new rosters on the track, and here's their
team results:
Harlots VS Filles Du Roi
(Montreal, PQ) Loss 6-92
Harlots VS Slaughter Daughters (Ottawa, ON) Win 28-24
Harlots VS Gore Gore Roller Girls (Toronto, ON) Loss 45-20
Dames VS Venus Fly Tramps (Kitchener, ON) Win
63-6
Dames VS Green Mountain Derby Dames (Burlington, VT) Loss 15-29
Dames VS Chicks Ahoy (Toronto, ON) Win 42-34
Dames VS Contrabanditas (Montreal, PQ) Loss 64-11
Though our home teams played their last game on Sunday morning,
kudos to the HCRG's Rowdy Rowdy Refs and Stat Pack for representing
right on through to the Championship Game!
Hammer
City's Eh! Team recently rolled into Toronto to play a couple
of really exciting games against rivals new and old. We couldn't
take both of them but had a great time playing, thanks to
all our supporters in attendance. Check out the weekend recap
at
The Derby Nerdand watch footage at Layer9.
HCRG Eh! Team Quad City Game Results:
HCRG
Eh! Team vs Quad City
HCRG Eh! Team
115
104
TCRG All Stars
HCRG Eh! Team
87
89
ToRD CN Power
In other Eh! Team action, the squad also picked up a game
with Montreal's New
Skids On The Block the other week, falling
208-26 in that bout. The team in neon was just unstoppable
with their smart play and great hits, everyone's anticipating
a rematch.
HCRG
Eh! Team vs New Skids On The Block
HCRG Eh! Team
26
208
Montreal's Skids On The Block
The
HCRG Needs a Home!
Currently we have a long commute out of Hamilton to our
practice space and can only hold games locally when the ice
comes out of the city arenas - we'd love to house our own
track! We require 10 000 sq ft of flat surface (preferably
wood or concrete) in a free standing structure. Ideally this
building has 20ft ceilings and no pillars in the centre. Send
any information with available space to: info@hammercityrollergirls.ca
Eh! Team's
Minnesota Road Trip Recap
The HCRG Eh! Team has returned from it's furthest road trip
yet, where we competed against two teams ranked in the top
third of the WFTDA rankings.
We were thrilled to play our first 2 WFTDA sanctioned games!
The first game against the Minnesota Roller Girls All Stars
of St. Paul, Minnesota was played in front of 3500 spectators
at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium and the second was played across
the river in Minneapolis against North Star Roller Girls'
Supernovas early the next morning.
See links below for bout recaps courtesy of Derby News Network
and the MNRG. The games were tough and the scores do not reflect
the effort made or the skills learned on our part. Thanks
to our two host leagues for taking great care of us during
our visit, and the fans, friends, and family who supported
our efforts to make it to Minnesota.
The Eh! Team is back in training for its next game against
Fort Wayne, Indiana's Bomb Squad in February, 2010.
Minnesota
Roller Girls' All Stars (St. Paul, Minnesota) 195 Hammer City's
Eh! Team 46
Hammer
City's Eh! Team recently rolled into Toronto to play a couple
of really exciting games against rivals new and old. We couldn't
take both of them but had a great time playing, thanks to
all our supporters in attendance. Check out the weekend recap
at 
The
HCRG Needs a Home!
Minnesota
Roller Girls' All Stars (St. Paul, Minnesota) 195 Hammer City's
Eh! Team 46 
North
Star Roller Girls' Supernovas (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 140
Hammer City's Eh! Team 18
