The Colonel’s Roller Derby Roundup

July 2008 Review

130 HRD’s Burlesque Brawlers
100 ACRD’s Bombshell Brigade

The Colonel checks in from Marfa regarding the Brawler’s win against a visiting Assassination City team.

 

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The Machete Betties held off the Psych Ward Sirens 77-76, despite a furious rally, Sunday night to pick up their first win of the 2008 Houston Roller Derby (HRD) Season. In the first bout of the night, the home team Burlesque Brawlers defeated the Assassination City Roller Derby’s Bombshell Brigade 123-100 to start off the memorable evening of roller derby at Verizon Wireless Theater.

The Betties and Sirens opened up the game by scoring seven points each in the first jam. But after another seven point jam by Chain Saw Chick, and a three point jam by Miss Lead, the Machete Betties took a 17-7 lead at the end of the fourth jam. 2007 MVP Mistilla the Killa came back with a 10 points in the fifth jam to tie it up. The game was still tied at the beginning of the ninth jam when Miss Lead scored ten more points to Carmen Geddit’s four points, and the team in Camouflage took a 35-29 lead. A five point jam by Scarlet O’Hurtya and a four point jam by Chainsaw Chick moved the halftime lead out to 44-29 in favor of the Machete Betties.

After a huge first jam of the second half by Betties all star The Prosecutor, when she scored 12 points while the Sirens were shutout, the Psych Ward Sirens began their astounding comeback to make up the 27 point difference. Mistilla the Killa, who was nursing a sore knee suffered in the Roll For a Cure tournament in May, only skated twice in the first half and scored 17 of her team’s 29 points. She jammed six times in the second half and picked up 34 more points. The Sirens’ blockers stepped up with some really tough defense and the team only allowed ten points in the next seven jams while picking up 31 points: the lead was down to 66-60.

In the next jam there was a scoring controversy. Originally Scarlet O’Hurtya was given eight points to Mistilla’s six points, when Mistilla was lead jammer. However after a long discussion between the refs, both captains, and the scorekeepers the Machete Betties points were reduced to three points for the jam. The Sirens had officially closed the gap to 69-66. In the next jam Miss Lead put pressure on Siren lead jammer Panty Raider, who cut the jam off with neither team scoring any points. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a link to the Colonel’s first Night Train Express beamed across West Texas and the Internet on May 27, 2008.

(I’ve excluded this file from the normal podcast feed.)

 

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Preview of the June 2008 bouts at Verizon Wireless Theater in downtown Houston, Texas.

Assassination City Roller Derby (Dallas, Texas) Bombshell Brigade
vs
Burlesque Brawlers (1-2)

Psyche Ward Sirens (1-0, 1-1)
v
Machete Betties (0-2)

(off this month - Bayou City Bosses (2-0, 2-1))

 

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Houston is the best U.S. city to live, work, and play according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. The magazine called Houston the “Comeback Kid” because of the area’s ability to battle back from the oil bust of the 1980s. Last year, Houston added over 100,000 jobs in the area, tops among all major metroplitan areas in the United State in job growth.

Personally, I think there is a direct correlation between Houston Roller Derby, and Houston becoming the “Best City” to live in in the United States. Ever since 2006 when I saw my first derby bout in Houston by HRD I have thought, Houston would be a great place to live. So I am giving a lot of the credit to the skaters and volunteers for HRD who make Houston such a fun place to visit.

See you June 8th! And if I weren’t in Dallas for a bout tomorrow, you know I would be checking out the Bayou City Bosses’ fund raiser.

Phil

In this new experiment in recording the podcast, we used Skype. It dropped out several times, and we finally succeeded on our third recording.

Bill Shirley discusses May’s bout with The Colonel who missed it.

73 Burlesque Brawlers
64 Machete Betties

86 Texas Rollergirls’ Honky Tonk Heartbreakers
49 Bayou City Bosses

 

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The Burlesque Brawlers came from behind Sunday night at Verizon Wireless Theater to win their first bout of the season over the Machete Betties, 73-64. In the first game, the Texas Rollergirls’ Honky Tonk Heartbreakers defeated the home town Bayou City Bosses, 86-49.

The Machete Betties opened up the first half with authority gaining a 17-8 lead after five jams. In the sixth jam, Audiomind scored eight points while Panty Raider (as Viet Thong) was scoring four to narrow the lead down to five points. During the rest of the half, both teams would play strong defense, and the Machete Betties would go into halftime with a 30-26 half. It looked like the short-handed Betties might be able to pull off a surprising victory. Read the rest of this entry »

[Edit: The Colonel didn't start this week, but should start next week]TOMORROW, Tuesday (5/20) will mark my debut performance of my weekly radio show on Marfa Public Radio, our excellent NPR affiliate out here in West Texas and next door to City Hall here in Marfa.

I’ll mostly be playing R&B tracks from the 70’s but also playing some hearty 80’s and 90’s Texas rock plus some Mexican rock crossover stuff from past and present. I will be the only live late night DJ on the air and my show will run weekly from 11PM-1AM CST on Marfa Public Radio.

Great news for all you computer nerds- the show and station are streamable at www.marfapublicradio.org Hopefully some of y’all will opt to listen as the studio is equipped with double turntables in addition to CD and cassette. I will be bringing bits and pieces of my extensive 45 and LP collection that I don’t get the pleasure of listening to nearly enough.

Feel free to call in to the station while I’m in the booth at 432-729-4578. I’m planning on a five to ten year lifespan for this show.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

(10) Bay Area Derby Girls - 99
(24) HaRD Knocks - 54

(11) Rose City Roller Girls - 154
(24) HaRD Knocks - 44

Sunday, May 11, 2008

(12) Minnesota Roller Girls - 97
(24) HaRD Knocks - 83

(–) OC Roller Girls - 76
(24) HaRD Knocks - 97

(These are UNOFFICIAL scores. The number in brackets is the teams
WFTDA ranking.)

Here’s a review of the 2007 Knockout bout vs Austin’s Heartbreakers. It was recorded and released just after the bout in June of 2007.

The Heartbreakers are about to visit again, so I thought you might want to re-listen.

 

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