OK derby artists and local artists alike. In a MySpace bulletin, AZRD has announced that they are looking for new logos for two of their teams, the Brawlarinas and the Bruisers. The winners will have their design debuted at the AZRD 2008-09 season opener bout, which has been announced for September 13, 2008. According to AZRD, the winning artists will also receive season tickets for the upcoming season as well as merchandise autographed by the team's skaters.

Well derby fans, welcome to a "no derby" weekend here in Arizona. Many of you get to celebrate a long weekend with Independence Day falling on a Friday this year. Let's poke our stick around the various leagues and get a glimpse on what is happening.

We have a flash final score from Bladeworld in Tucson:

WFTDA-INTERLEAGUE
(6) TUCSON ROLLER DERBY SADDLETRAMPS - 81
(26) PIKES PEAK DERBY DAMES SLAMAZONS - 94

Sloppy Flo did not skate tonight due to asthma. With all of the brush fires here in Phoenix and down in Tucson, I can totally understand any skater who is also asthmatic sitting out. Flo's presence may have helped TRD win this bout or at least narrow the margin.

The AZDR was not at this bout.

Well derby fans, as we come to an Independence Day break, the Arizona derby world has one more interleague and then after the holiday, we will countdown to Rollercon 2008. Unfortunately, I will not be able to go this year. Sorry, my real job does have to come before derby, even though I wish the situation was different.

Michi-chan Roller Sports Productions, operator of the official site for the Arizona Derby Report has converted to a new content management system replacing the prior web services that were mainly manual in nature.

The new site includes a database of bouts, statistics, historical information as well as information on upcoming events as well as places to skate.

And you all thought the 1979 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park was something strange in sports, check out what happened at TRD on Saturday (6-21-08).

Based on information received from Tucson Roller Derby and sources at the rinks, we have the following final scores from TRD:

BOUT 1
Vice Squad - 164
Iron Curtain - 14

BOUT 2
Copper Queens - 125
FT Waitresses - 73

ENOLA, PA - On Sunday, June 8th, Harrisburg Area Roller Derby held a double header in which their B-team, the Fallout Femmes took on the Mason Dixon Roller Vixens from Maryland and the Nuclear Knockouts went up against Pioneer Valley Roller Derby's Western Mass Destruction from Northampton, Massachusetts. It was the Fallout's first time playing as a team, and both Harrisburg teams claimed victory, with the Fallouts beating Mason Dixon 129-72, and the Knockouts beating Pioneer Valley 190-52.

On June 14th, 2008, Bloomington’s Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls (BHRG) hosted one of the Cincinnati Rollergirls’ teams in a bout dubbed “Scars and Stripes”, in honor of Flag Day. The Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls all-star team, The Flatliners, took the win 113-65 over Cincinnati’s Silent Lambs. The Flatliners had the home court advantage and a strong desire to take down the Lambs after a devastating loss to their league in Cincinnati last season.

PHOENIX, AZ - June 14, 2008 - The Castle Sports Club was definitely the Phoenix hot spot last night both outside and inside the venue. It's that time of the year when it's 105 degrees outside and inside, the swamp coolers at the Castle don't do anything but turn Arizona into Florida.

From what I could see, attendance was slightly down compared to previous bouts. I think the cost of gas is putting a crunch on some fan's derby dollars, but the die-hard fans were definitely there and there was definitely an audible roar along 19th Avenue last night.