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Season Endings and New Beginnings

It’s been an eventful past two weeks for the GTA Rollergirls. As you’ve already heard from the venerable, the legendary, eSkimo Jo, the Chrome Mollys (with some help from visiting Debs) enjoyed a fantastic bout against Brantford’s Belles of the Brawl.

But the story you didn’t hear about was how the latest group of freshies faced the challenge of the dreaded Minimum Skills Test. And how a small, yet determined group emerged from the flames ever stronger, forged from fire-tested steel. Congratulations to the most recent skaters to pass their test! No doubt, their names will be forever immortalized in song. And by song, I mean post-practice karaoke. Read More »

From The Blog

“When I was a rookie Derby Skater…”

“When I was a rookie Derby Skater we didn’t have drop-in days. We just showed up and skated, and hoped some more people would join so you could scrimmage and maybe play a bout against another team one day.” I discovered roller derby at Toronto Roller Derby’s inaugural bout, June 16 2007 (Smoke City Betties vs. Deadly Viper Assassination Squad). … Read More »