"We'll give you the clothing off our back*" clothing swap.

(*for a small fee)

Date:	Thursday, September 10, 2009
Time:	7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:	Cagibi (the back room)
	5490 st.laurent

Fabulous clothing!
Yummy food & beer!
Party games!

Three of our favorite things! Are there enough exclamation points to communicate how excited we are?! Probably not!!!

We are raising funds to send our all-star team, the New Skids on the Block, to Tennessee in October for sanctioned bouts against both Nashville and Knoxville - and we need you our loyal friends and fans! Please spread the word!

Free entry - and because we are more fun than a proverbial barrel of monkeys, are you are guaranteed a good time just for showing your purty face!

You can swap some clothing, play some bingo and have some food and beer - all while helping us bring our special form of "je ne sais quoi" to the deep south.

-$5 for a bag of clothes, $3 for every additional bag.
-$1 for each bingo card

Beast of the East 2009

Passez deux jours avec des femmes du nord-est qui frappent fort, sont agiles sur leurs patins, et surtout, qui n’ont pas froid aux yeux!

La Bête de l’Est est un tournoi de roller derby à élimination double d’une durée de 2 jours et le plus important tournoi de roller derby de l’Est canadien avec 16 équipes du Canada et des États-Unis désirant toute le titre de « Bête de l’Est 2009. »

Ce sera la deuxième édition du tournoi, qui fut créée pour faire avancer le sport roller derby dans la région, mettant en valeur les habiletés de nos joueuses dans un week-end de derby intense et rempli d’action.

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Two days of hard hitting, hard skating, rough playing women from the north east!

The Beast of the East is a two-day long, double-elimination Roller Derby tournament, and the grandest Eastern Canadian Roller Derby tournament with 16 teams from Canada and the United States vying for the singular title of “Beast of the East 2009”. This is the second addition of the tournament, which was created to strengthen the sport of roller derby in the region, showcasing the skills of upcoming derby talent in an intense, action-packed weekend of derby.

Smackdown in Bytown, indeed!

photo credit: Vassilios Lanaris

Game report from the pages of Monsieur Dr. Johnny Capote, Sexpos Coach.

On January 31st 2009, the Bytown Blackhearts official home opener was held at the Norm Fenn Gym @ Carleton University, in Ottawa - their opposition was non other than MTLRD's newest travel team, the Sexpos. Both teams were excited to play before a sellout crowd.

The women came on strong, with Bytown laying a huge JTO (jammer take out) on Heartless Bitch in the first jam. However, a few smelling salts later, The Sexpos had a 10-2 lead after just 4 jams. Unfortunately, salts have a limited effect, and the Blackhearts eventually had a 12-0 run in two jams. It was 14-10 after six jams for the home team. The home crowd was wild. It's clear that derby will have a home in Ottawa long after this home opener.

After a few jams of evenly trading blows and points - the Sexpos picked up the pace and had a 20-2 run over the next six jams making, forcing the hosts to play catch up. By the half, it was 57-34 for the Sexpos.

The second half was, much like the first, crammed with big hits and big opportunities, made or missed, by both sides. The Sexpos continued to clog up the passing lanes, making it very difficult for the spunky and determined Bytown jammers to score. The final score was an impressive 108-65 for the Sexpos.

Cudos to the referee crew, which was short handed. The tight, haybail layden track, meant that the players decided the outcome of the match mainly in the pack trenches, and it wasn't easy to tell how much of it was clean. An awkward fall in the last jam by the Ottawa jammer, made the game finish much as it started - with a jammer on the floor - thankfully everyone was alright in the end.

As a Coach, I see that a sound foundation of derby playing can be found in the Bytown Blackhearts, which leads me to believe this young team will be a force to be reckoned with in the not too distant future.

As an aside, I believe the Sexpos also won the afterparty too (but honestly, who out-parties Montreal?). I faded early, coaches decision. Congrats to all!! Viva la derby, Ostie!!!

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