Claudia Van Damage posted this on Yahoo! and I couldn't resist re-posting here. Carolina's Denise Lightning gets a little help from Princess America in the opening round of the National tournament last month. The title says it all.

Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Note: The following is an exact transcript of the live blog posted for this bout during the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Region Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. Click on "Read More" for the full post.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament, aka Heartland Havoc. The tournament will be held at Battelle Hall in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH, August 17-19. Prices are $25/day or $50 for the whole event. Get tickets online here. More info here.

The top four teams from this tournament will go on to compete in the National Championship Tournament in Austin, TX in September. Click here to see the lineup.

Everything you want to know about the rapacious day of derby known as the Bumberbout Invitational. Recaps, stats, photos, and more.

"How does one even begin to express their gratitude to all the amazing volunteers, medics, mascots, announcers, half time performers, fans, individuals and organizations that made this day in derby history such a success? The list of names and organizations to be thanked will continue to roll in...."

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The final results are in from yesterday's Bumbershoot Invitational in Seattle.

Third Place Bout:
Madison 96
Minnesota 50

Championship Bout:
Texas 74
Rat City 69

The Final Standings
1st - Texas Rollergirls
2nd - Rat City Rollergirls
3rd - Mad Rollin' Dolls
4th - Minnesota Rollergirls
5th - Kansas City Roller Warriors (-35)*
6th - Carolina Rollergirls (-41)
7th - Bay Area Derby Girls (-85)
8th - Boston Derby Dames (-106)

* Rank determined by score differential in pool bouts

So there you have it. Special thanks to all the people who kept in touch throughout the day and sent in updates! There will surely be several recaps and writeups of the tournament. We'll post these for your reading pleasure as they come up. Rock upon.

Results are in for the two pools at the Bumberbout Invitational taking place this very moment at Bumbershoot in Seattle. Here are the scores:

Pool One:
Boston 13 vs. Texas 56
Madison 41 vs. Kansas City 28
Texas 37 vs. Madison 12
Boston 18 vs. Kansas City 42
Boston 8 vs. Madison 47
Texas 62 vs. Kansas City 16

Pool Two:
BAD Girls 29 vs. Minnesota 53
Carolina 27 vs. Rat City 64
Minnesota 55 vs. Carolina 35
BAD Girls 13 vs. Rat City 68
BAD Girls 24 vs. Carolina 30
Minnesota 24 vs. Rat City 46

This sets up the hometown team against the Dust Devil champs in the bout for first place. Fighting for third will be two teams that just played each other, in the rain, a week ago.

Championship Bout:
Texas vs. Rat City

Third Place Bout:
Madison vs. Minnesota

Scores coming as soon as we get them!

The Bumbershoot Flat Track Derby Invitational is coming up fast and it looks like we finally have a schedule. It will be a brutal schedule with two pools and two final matches all in one day. Based on the schedule, it looks like pool bouts are 20 minutes and final bouts will have two 20 minute periods. More info coming soon. Read on for the pools and schedule....

A few months ago, Rat City's Hurt Reynolds wrote "no team from anywhere else has ever beaten *any* team from Austin since the dawn of modern roller derby." Well, those days of total Texas domination are finally over. At last night's Austin/Madison/Carolina flat track invasion, Madison's Dairyland Dolls defeated the Texas Rollergirls' Hotrod Honeys and the Carolina Rollergirls' travel team also bested Austin's Hell Marys. A double defeat for the queens of derby.

Could this spell the end of the Texas reign of terror? It's doubtful. No one has yet come close to taking on the all-star Texecutioners without having their pretty little asses handed to them. But it's good to see the competition stepping up. Any sport is a lot more fun when the outcome is not a foregone conclusion!