Press Releases



THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEAM IN THE SAN ANTONIO MS WALK ON MARCH 3RD!
A BIG "Thank You" to all of you who supported our team in the San Antonio MS Walk on March 3rd!! Our team more than doubled our fundraising goal, reaching over $1,300 for the MS Society's research and services for those living with multiple sclerosis. We showed up early Saturday morning, which is totally anti-rollergirl, but it was a beautiful day in the Alamo City and we skated the 5K with the rest of the walkers, including many of the four-legged variety, battling the strong headwinds along the way. It was fun and for a very worthy cause - can't wait for the Bike to the Beach in October! Our Team Captain, Teri "Pain Jane" Garcia, is already training to SKATE the second leg of the 150-mile trek again this year. Proceeds from our September Championship Bout will go to the MS Society in support of her participation in this event. Good luck, Teri - you are an inspiration to us all!




ALAMO CITY ROLLERGIRLS ANSWER THE CALL TO SERVICE

Local roller derby league raising funds and skating in the MS Walk San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO , TX February 9, 2007 The Alamo City Rollergirls (ACRG) have registered as an organization for the upcoming MS Walk San Antonio presented by H-E-B and AT&T. The event will take place on March 3, 2007 at the AT&T Center and will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Lone Star Chapter. To date, the league has 12 members registered to participate, and they have achieved 75% of their fundraising goal of $500.

This cause hits close to home for the Alamo City Rollergirls, as one of their league members was diagnosed with MS twelve years ago. Although Teri “Pain Jane” Garcia has been diagnosed with this disease, she hasn’t let it slow her down. She works full-time as a Counselor at John Jay High School and plays the highly competitive contact sport of roller derby on the Dragon Divas team for the Alamo City Rollergirls. She also enjoys running, cycling and yoga to stay fit and healthy. When asked what motivates Teri to remain so active, she responds, “I ride, skate, run, and walk because I can. It's that simple. The fact that my body is capable is reason enough to celebrate.”

“We are so proud of Teri and her commitment to our league, both as a top skater and as our Charity Liaison,” said Megan “Megahurtz” Collum, ACRG Board President and Marketing & Public Relations Chair. “We felt Teri fit the bill perfectly as our Charity Liaison, given her participation with the MS Society’s many annual events and her work as a high school counselor. She is tuned in with the needs of our community and is always willing to go the extra mile, sometimes literally, to lend a helping hand.”

This isn’t the first time the ACRG has contributed to the MS Society, they also donated a portion of proceeds from ticket sales from the March Bout last season to Teri, in support of her participation in the BP MS 150 Houston to Austin Bike Tour last April. The league is again scheduled to donate a portion of proceeds from this season’s Championship Bout in September to the 2007 Valero MS 150 Bike to the Beach event in October.

Click Here to visit the ACRG Team Page for the MS Walk and help us reach our fundraising goal by making a donation online!

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Lone Star Chapter

The Lone Star Chapter of the National MS Society, the largest Chapter in terms of geography, population and monies raised, was founded in 1955 with a mission to provide direct services to people affected by MS and to fund research in an effort to find a cure for the devastating effects of MS. Currently, $4.5 million is being spent on research at medical facilities throughout our Chapter. Our Chapter serves 141 counties in Texas and services an estimated 17,000 individuals with MS, their families and friends, the professionals who serve them, and the general public.

For more information: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/txh/home/

Bout Recaps

10 February 2008 - Season Opener Recap

The defending Alamo City Rollergirls champions from 2006 had a
disastrous year in 2007 where they did not win a league game. The
main reason was a rash of injuries that would force them to have to
forfeit games, and play some games with only seven or eight skaters.
So the Prim Reapers were out to prove to themselves and to the league
in their first game of the year that they were in championship form.
They drove the point home with a 205-24 victory Sunday night in San
Antonio over the second place team last year, the Missyfits.

Things started poorly for the Missyfits as Captain Kitty Glitter, and
Co-Captain Dita Gone Rotten tried to put a double-team block on Prim
Reaper Tonya Hurting. The Reaper Captain stepped back and avoided
the attempted blocks which caused the two Missyfits leaders to
collide. Kitty Glitter injured her knee and had to miss the rest of
the game, and may be out for several months if not the entire season.

It was a tough start for a team that was determined to hit hard, and
be competitive against the Prim Reaper squad that was returning five
veterans out of their ten skaters. The Prims would start a
dismantling process that would begin the second jam after a scoreless
first jam. Rookie Dead Lee would score 13 points on her first ever
fully skated jam as the team in pink would take a 13-2 lead that
would never be lost. In fact there was only one other jam with more
points, the 12th jam of the first half where rookie Virulent Viv
would get lead jammer and score ten points, before handing the jammer
helmet cover off to Tonya Hurting who was pivoting. The 2007 league
MVP would score an additional five points giving her team a 79-15
lead. The Prim Reapers would shut the team in black and purple for
the rest of the half and take a 91-15 lead at half time.

The key for the white and pink clad 2006 champions was blocking that
freed up jammers to score a large number of points, while keeping the
opposing Missyfit jammers either in the pack or just plain off the
scoreboard. Alamo City's 2007 Best Blocker Shay Manyu, former all
stars Crash N Burnadette and Barbara Coa, along with Tonya Hurting
consistently opened up lanes for the Prim Reaper jammers. The
Missyfits hung in there as best they could, but were down to seven
skaters and the Prims would wear them down outscoring them 114-9 in
the second half.

The two top scorers in the game for the Prim Reapers were rookies
Dead Lee with 75 points, and Virulent Viv with 62 points, all from
unofficial statistics. Tonya Hurting would add 37 points, and Shay
Manyu would chip in with 20 points. In fact, one of the more
spectacular plays of the game would be Shay jamming in the 12th jam
of the second half, and completing a pack pass while ducking a high
elbow while going into a squat. Typical of the Prim Reapers effort,
someone would once actually knock Tonya Hurting down while she was
pivoting and she would race back through the pack and knock down the
Missyfit jammer before she could get out of the pack.

The leading Missyfit scorer was Jack the Biscuit with eights points,
followed by Steffen Wolf with seven points. Even though the
Missyfits struggled on the scoreboard, Toxie Plasmosis, Dita Gone
Rotten, and OOooo...Cucuy provided several big hits to prove that
they weren't going to quit until the final whistle sounded.

The next bout for Alamo City will be March 9th at Rollercade when the
Prim Reapers will take on the 2007 defending champion Dragon Divas.

Phil Arnold,
Austin, Texasi

18 March 2007 Get Luck with the Alamo City Rollergirls

Sunday’s Season Opener was as packed with high-energy roller derby action as it was with eager fans, hoping to “Get Lucky with the Alamo City Rollergirls”! The highlights of the night included outstanding jammer performances by the Missyfits’ Heidi Explosive (a rookie this season!), with a total of 44 points, and the Dragon Divas’ veteran jammer, Miss Treater racking up a total of 34 points.

On the darker side, the Missyfits’ Toxie Plasmosis wins the award for “most penalized” player of the game with 9 minor penalties, although Missyfits’ Co-Captain, Osa Peligrosa, takes the cake for her 5 major penalties, which ultimately resulted in her ejection from the game in the third period.

The Missyfits cut the Dragon Divas’ lead to less than 10 points early in the third quarter, but the altercation between Missyfits’ Captain Kitty Glitter and the Divas’ strong blocker, Mummy Dearest, led to an ejection of both players. With the Missyfits’ Captain and Co-Captain banned from returning to the game, the Divas took the opportunity to run up the score for a final 92-67 win over the Missyfits.

Next month the 2006 Champion Prim Reapers take on the Missyfits in the bout themed “Death, Taxes & Roller Derby”. Will the Missyfits and their promising new rookies defeat the Prims and prove that they are a team to be reckoned with this season? Or will the Prims, returning from last season with all but one of their veteran skaters, defend their crown and send the Missyfits back to their graves? Stay tuned to find out...

MEET THE PLAYERS THAT MAKE UP THE 2007 ALAMO CITY ROLLERGIRLS WITH OUR NEW MULTIMEDIA PROFILE COURTESY OF THE SA EXPRESS-NEWS!!!

Thanks to special guests the TEX PISTOLS, for their impressive Sex Pistols tribute performance at Sunday’s game.

Proceeds from ticket sales benefited the ALAMO BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION, who came out to educate our audience on the importance of early detection and breast self-exam. And huge thanks to THE MIX for hosting our OFFICIAL BOUT AFTER PARTY and the rest of our Sponsors AND FANS for their support of our 2nd Season as San Antonio’s original flat-track roller derby league! “Tough Love” the Alamo City Rollergirls

21 Jan 07, "Come and Get It" - Las Tejanas vs. assassination City

Assassination City of Dallas visited the Alamo City to take on Las Tejanas. Great fun and excitement, but Assassination City takes home the honor by beating the Tejanas 75 to 68. Congrats to Assassination City!


ACRG's Regular Season begins in March! Get ready for a great season as we begin on March 18!

Relive the Action!

Events
July Pre-Bout Party, July 6th @ The Industry

Pre-Bout Party, May 12@ Nice Rack Billiards

Pre-Bout Party, April 6 @ the Rock Bottom



January 27 @ the Venue