Bout Charity — HopeKids

  At our Jan. 26 bout we’ll be highlighting local charity HopeKids, which provides ongoing events, activities and a powerful, unique support community for families who have a child with cancer or some other life-threatening medical condition. HopeKids surrounds these remarkable children and their families with the message that hope can be a powerful medicine….

Want half-price tickets to an AZRD home bout? Get the Groupon! The Groupon is $5 for one ticket (regularly $10 advance/$12 door), and you can purchase up to four. Tickets can be used at any AZRD home game for the rest of Season 10. And hurry up! Groupons don’t last forever …

BIG NEWS! Arizona Roller Derby has been included in WFTDA Division 1 play! Check out the new playoff/region structure here (PDF): http://wftda.com/files/wftda-competitive-divisions-system.pdf   From WFTDA: The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association will implement a new Competitive Divisions System in 2013, organizing WFTDA leagues’ chartered teams based on ranking rather than geographic regions. This system revamps the…

Saturday’s bout between the Surly Gurlies and Northern Arizona Roller Derby will be outdoors at the Anthem Community Park. Bout begins at 11 a.m. and the address is 41703 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway, Anthem, AZ 85086. View Larger Map

A few changes for the 2013 roster of the Tent City Terrors, the AZRD national-level team: Maria Montoya is now the team captain, with Pushy Tushy as co-captain. Amunisha, H Face Killa and The Grave Little Toaster have all been added to the team, and will now proudly sport the stripes!

For the second year Arizona Roller Derby has decorated a Christmas tree at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. All our teams were represented with handmade ornaments (and a helmet on top)!

The bout between the Bad News Beaters and NAZRD scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 1 has been canceled. It will be rescheduled at a date to be announced.

We’re saying goodbye to the Hot House this week and moving into our new, yet-to-be-named practice warehouse in Phoenix. Our new address is 4750 S. 32nd Street, Suite 103, Phoenix, AZ 85040 The cross streets are 32nd Street and Broadway Road. The warehouse is directly south of the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and south of…