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On Saturday January 19, operating under their newly formed corporation, the Arizona Bruisers Roller Derby team have played their first public scrimmage against the Copper Queens of Tucson Roller Derby at a somewhat nippy Casey at the Bat.

The Copper Queens brought a short roster to Phoenix including Ferocious Oxide, Lavender Pitt, Dirty Teri, Cheap Ore, Kay Boom, Venus Dynamite, Blue Mauli and Pixie Axe.

Today in the Phoenix area, there are two exiciting roller derby events taking place.

Before that, we must mention that the RENEGADE ROLLERGIRLS have postponed their park demo bout "until further notice". Therefore, they will not be skating today.

BRUISER NATION SCRIMMAGE BETWEEN:
THE ARIZONA BRUISERS and
(TUCSON ROLLER DERBY) COPPER QUEENS
CASEY AT THE BAT (40TH ST-UNION HILLS)
4PM - INFORMAL SCRIMMAGE - OPEN - LIMITED SEATING

In a message on their myspace site, the Renegade Rollergirls have postponed their January 19th demo bout that was to be held at Coronado Park in Phoenix "until further notice".

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Bruisers announce league split from AZRD

by azdr - January 18, 2008 - 4:01pm

Arizona Bruisers LLC has issued a press release today to announce that they have officially split from Arizona Roller Derby and are now independent. The new Arizona Bruisers is being positioned as a national-level travel team.

The Bruisers was AZRD's first team and one of the first in the nation since the resurgence of the sport.

The team has stated that they have been scheduling monthly events as well as several "high profile" events" with various derby leagues across the country.

Tucson Derby Brats has announced that they will launch a new pee-wee league for girls and boys between the ages of 6 and 9. The league, tentatively called "Skater Tots" will play a minimal contact type of game similar to that played by the Tootsy Rollers out of Seattle.

Arizona Roller Derby (AZRD) has told the Arizona Derby Report (AZDR) that the make-up date for the recently rained out bout between the Brawlarinas and the Surly Gurlies will be on Saturday, January 19. Doors will open at 7:00PM and the bout will begin at 7:30PM. The bout will be at Casey At The Bat in Phoenix. This bout was originally scheduled on January 5 but was postponed. Advance tickets from the 1/5 bout will be honored.

Rain fell this evening over the Phoenix metropolitan area. At approximately 5PM this evening, AZRD had announced that the bout scheduled at 7PM between the #3 Surly Gurlies and the #4 Brawlarinas has been postponed due to rain. The AZDR did visit Casey At The Bat, the outdoor venue for AZRD bouts and found that while the rain had cleared, the track was not dry and it was not safe to bout.