TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls
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TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls is an Austin, Texas
based all-girl banked-track roller derby
league. Founded in 2001, TXRD is one of several leagues considered responsible for the modern roller derby revival. It is skater owned and operated. In 2006, the Lonestar Rollergirls were featured in a 13-episode television series on A&E
titled Rollergirls
, which contributed to the renewed international popularity of women's roller derby.
Notably, TXRD is the only banked-track league to allow both fighting and a penalty wheel. Both are real and unscripted. While the level of athleticism has increased since the league's development, entertaining the fans is also a priority, and TXRD provides this in a way unique to their league and to the Keep Austin Weird
, do-it-yourself sensibility with which it was founded.
2011 Season Roster
. The Championship Cup has been named in her honor.
Calvello Cup Champions:
Current penalties include:
The original Penalty mistress, Amber Diva, died in 2003 as seen in the documentary Hell on Wheels. As part of TXRD's larger community outreach and philanthropy program, proceeds from the sale of Spank Alley tickets are donated to a trust for her son.
's "Say Something Nasty".
In 2006, A&E
produced the 13-episode series Rollergirls
, featuring the personalities and games of the 2005 season. The show focused primarily on the lives of Cha Cha and Venis Envy of the Putas Del Fuego; Punky Bruiser, Miss Conduct, and Sister Mary Jane of the Holy Rollers; Lunatic and Clownsnack of the Hellcats; and Lux of the Rhinestone Cowgirls. Many other skaters were highlighted.
Also in 2006, TXRD skaters Lux and Venis Envy were featured in the music video for The Flaming Lips
single The W.A.N.D.
on the album At War with the Mystics
.
Hell on Wheels, a documentary about the creation of the all-female roller derby league in Austin
, Texas, in 2001 that sparked the modern derby revival premiered in March 2007 at the South by Southwest
Film Festival. It focuses on the revival of the game via the original organization from which both TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls (banked-track) and Texas Rollergirls
(WFTDA flat track) arose.
Released in October 2009, the film Whip It! based on a book by former LA Derby Dolls skater Shauna Cross
featured both the league (in name) and the Holy Rollers (in name). Two TXRD skaters, Sacralicious of the Holy Rollers and Rocky Casbah of the Cherry Bombs, provided stunt work and cameos along with other skaters from across the country.
Beginning February 2011, TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls bouts will be broadcast on central Texas television channel KCWX
.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
based all-girl banked-track roller derby
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league. Founded in 2001, TXRD is one of several leagues considered responsible for the modern roller derby revival. It is skater owned and operated. In 2006, the Lonestar Rollergirls were featured in a 13-episode television series on A&E
A&E Network
The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...
titled Rollergirls
Rollergirls
Rollergirls is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website, the league was founded in 2001 and is run as a "skater-owned and operated" company...
, which contributed to the renewed international popularity of women's roller derby.
Notably, TXRD is the only banked-track league to allow both fighting and a penalty wheel. Both are real and unscripted. While the level of athleticism has increased since the league's development, entertaining the fans is also a priority, and TXRD provides this in a way unique to their league and to the Keep Austin Weird
Keep Austin Weird
Keep Austin Weird is the slogan adopted by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses in Austin, Texas. The phrase has long been believed to have been coined in 2000 by Red Wassenich, who says he made the comment after giving a pledge to an Austin radio station...
, do-it-yourself sensibility with which it was founded.
Teams
TXRD features six teams:- The Hellcats- '50s-style vixens who love their hotrods and switchblades
- The Putas Del Fuego- Cholas with a taste for blood and tequila
- The Holy Rollers- the baddest bullies in the Sacred Heart schoolyard
- The Rhinestone Cowgirls- Texas fillies that offer up the best in country-fried violence
- The Cherry Bombs- ruthless Rock 'n' Roll misfits run amuck
- The Hired Gun$- the alternate pool, ready to step in when someone takes a tumble
2011 Season Roster
| Hellcats | Putas Del Fuego | Holy Rollers | Rhinestone Cowgirls | Cherry Bombs | Hired Gun$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Sanchez (Captain) | Crybaby (Captain) | Anita Confess (Captain) | Kategory 5 (Captain) | Dawna Destruction (Captain) | Barberika (Captain) |
| Glitterotica (Co-Captain) | Hell's Belle (Co-Captain) | Natorious (Co-Captain) | Diablo (Co-Captain) | Honey Homicide (Co-Captain) | Rebelution (Co-Captain) |
| Dirty Blonde | Holly Peno | Hispanic Panic | Rollergazm | Rocky Casbah | Dot Stoyevsky |
| Mona Littlemore | Titz McGee | Lacy Bones | Motley Sue | Kate or Dye | Yeti Machete |
| Ditzy Von Tease | Chicle | Sugar Plum Fury | Sissy Spankit | Sacralicious | Speedy Nyx |
| Pain N. Simple | Lynnie Bruise | Grey Ghost | Dill Dozer | Ape Schit | Soviet Crusha |
| Mo' Furious | Maya Mayhem | Boi Division | Kitty Sue | Ethyl Murder | Sassy Squasher |
| Smitey Mouse | Greta Ground N' Pound | Rozy B. Hind | Junkyard Jess | Tear-A-Wrist | |
| Hot Ta'Wally | Adios Mija | Ghettostar Balactica | Dusty Doublewide | Kat Von Speed | |
| Smash-U-Delirious | Shanx-A-Lot | Candy Slam | Alley Bamazon | Bully Jean | |
| Mean Jolene | Nicki Ticki Timebomb | Mini Massacre | Truckstop Trixie | Annie Smokely | |
| Bloody Picka | Lyka Boss | Molotov Blocktail | Abbey Roadkill | Rice Rice Baby (injured Reserve) | |
| Attila the Nun (injured reserve) | Alison Chains (injured Resrve) |
Calvello Cup
Roller derby legend Anne Calvello, the "Demon of the Derby", was an inspiration to the founding members of TXRD. They maintained a close correspondence with her in the early years of the league, finally meeting her in person in 2005 during the filming of the A&E show RollergirlsRollergirls
Rollergirls is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website, the league was founded in 2001 and is run as a "skater-owned and operated" company...
. The Championship Cup has been named in her honor.
Calvello Cup Champions:
- 2002- Hellcats
- 2003- Rhinestone Cowgirls
- 2004- Holy Rollers
- 2005- Rhinestone Cowgirls
- 2006- Putas Del Fuego
- 2007- Holy Rollers
- 2008- Holy Rollers
- 2009- Hellcats
- 2010- Cherry Bombs
- 2011- Rhinestone Cowgirls
Penalty Wheel & Spank Alley
Rather than having skaters accumulate minor penalties throughout the game, as in other rule sets, skaters who have earned minor penalties are assigned a penalty through a spin of the Penalty wheel. The penalties themselves have evolved throughout the years from entertainment-only penalties to a mix of entertainment and point-loss penalties to solely point-loss penalties.Current penalties include:
- Long Jump
- Pillow Fight
- Arm Wrestling
- No Holds Barred, Two Lap Duel
- Tug of War
- Push Cart
- Relay Race
- Judge's Choice*
- *The Judge's Choice penalty is chosen by 11 fans seated in Spank Alley. Spank Alley seats are reserved for the winner of raffle tickets sold to fans throughout the game.
The original Penalty mistress, Amber Diva, died in 2003 as seen in the documentary Hell on Wheels. As part of TXRD's larger community outreach and philanthropy program, proceeds from the sale of Spank Alley tickets are donated to a trust for her son.
TXRD in film and television
Skaters and fans from TXRD were featured in the 2002 video for Nashville PussyNashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their musical style mixes boogie rock, Southern metal and psychobilly. Much of the band's lyrical themes mostly revolve around sex, drugs, drinking, fighting, and rock 'n' roll...
's "Say Something Nasty".
In 2006, A&E
A&E Network
The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...
produced the 13-episode series Rollergirls
Rollergirls
Rollergirls is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website, the league was founded in 2001 and is run as a "skater-owned and operated" company...
, featuring the personalities and games of the 2005 season. The show focused primarily on the lives of Cha Cha and Venis Envy of the Putas Del Fuego; Punky Bruiser, Miss Conduct, and Sister Mary Jane of the Holy Rollers; Lunatic and Clownsnack of the Hellcats; and Lux of the Rhinestone Cowgirls. Many other skaters were highlighted.
Also in 2006, TXRD skaters Lux and Venis Envy were featured in the music video for The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
single The W.A.N.D.
The W.A.N.D.
"The W.A.N.D. " is a song by The Flaming Lips, featured on their 2006 album At War with the Mystics.-Release information:...
on the album At War with the Mystics
At War with the Mystics
-At War with the Mystics 5.1:Like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi, At War with the Mystics was released as a special edition 5.1 CD+DVD-Audio mix on October 24, 2006...
.
Hell on Wheels, a documentary about the creation of the all-female roller derby league in Austin
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...
, Texas, in 2001 that sparked the modern derby revival premiered in March 2007 at the South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
Film Festival. It focuses on the revival of the game via the original organization from which both TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls (banked-track) and Texas Rollergirls
Texas Rollergirls
The Texas Rollergirls are a flat track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas, . The full trademarked name of the league is Texas Rollergirls Rock-n-Rollerderby...
(WFTDA flat track) arose.
Released in October 2009, the film Whip It! based on a book by former LA Derby Dolls skater Shauna Cross
Shauna Cross
Shauna Cross is an American screenwriter, novelist and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym "Maggie Mayhem", and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel Derby Girl, a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league...
featured both the league (in name) and the Holy Rollers (in name). Two TXRD skaters, Sacralicious of the Holy Rollers and Rocky Casbah of the Cherry Bombs, provided stunt work and cameos along with other skaters from across the country.
Beginning February 2011, TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls bouts will be broadcast on central Texas television channel KCWX
KCWX
KCWX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting on PSIP virtual channel 2 over their digital channel 5. The station is licensed to Fredricksburg, with the transmitter located in Albert, north of San Antonio...
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External links
- http://www.TXRD.com
- http://www.aetv.com/rollergirls/index.jsp