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On January 19, it was a very chilly night at Casey At The Bat. So chilly that some skaters were warming up and even bouting wearing bandannas and other items to cover their faces. Fans were also very cold and we had noticed a declining number of fans as the night progressed despite the excitement of this bout. It was so cold, I dropped and slightly damaged my camera between the second and third periods. This bout is the first full derby bout in Arizona for 2008 and it is the make-up for the January 5 bout that was rained out.

(corrected to add missing jam)

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".

Only the extract could be recovered.

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.

The Arizona Derby Report (AZDR) has been informed this evening that the Arizona Derby Dames (AZDD) has denied our request for an agreement to provide the same level of coverage that we provide to every other league in Arizona.

While we know there were some who were in the league who supported our request, we are very disappointed at their decision. We will continue to provide limited information about the league in our reports, websites and blogs but unfortuantely we will not be able to provide the "Featured Bout" experience like you have been seeing for other leagues on the AZDR.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 9, 2008

ARIZONA DERBY DAMES: 2008 SEASON OPENER
5 TEAMS FOR 5 BUCKS!
Saturday January 26th at Castle Sports Club

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.