The 709 Derby Girls season is quickly coming to an end, so it seems like the perfect time to reflect on what’s happened in the past few months.

The biggest achievement of course, was our 2nd official bout at The Glacier in Mount Pearl. The Neversweets and Vaders Vixen’s battled it out in a nail biting match. In the end, Vaders Vixen’s came out the victor. Once again we give praise and thanks to all of our volunteers, refs, coaches and the fans. Simply stated – our fans are amazing.

As well, in August the derby girls teamed up with the delicious Burly Q Babies for a tag teamed burlesque show. A jam packed Rockhouse was hopping as derby girls and burlesque girls – shimmied and teased their way across the stage. Everyone was covered in glitter, sequence and feathers and everyone had an amazing night. Thank you to all the people who helped organize the event and extra thanks to Miss Jezebel – who was our amazing special guest.

Now before we close the 2011 season we have two final events. First up is an exciting night of recruitment. If you wanna be a derby girl, join us on Oct 26 for try-outs.  Read more here. Also – the 709 Derby Girls are helping out the community this Halloween by collecting food for the local food bank. Help out the community by taking part in Trick or Eat.  Check out this events Facebook page.

So as we hang up our skates after another amazing season lets take a moment to look back at 2011. We had our first bout, we had our first set of away matches in Moncton and we all received a million bruises. It’s been tough work and we’ve all received some brutal hits. But I think we can all agree that roller derby in Newfoundland and Labrador isn’t going anywhere. We look forward to new matches, new bruises and new amazing girls joining the league.

So lets take a glass of champagne/wine/gin/beer and give a big cheers to the 2011 derby season.

We did it girls. And we’ll fucking do it again.

Derby Love <3