Gotham Girls Roller Derby

There's a lot more action in the Power Rankings this month as teams start to kick off their seasons in earnest. We’ve got our first ranking debut of the year, and another team returning after a lengthy absence. Want to skip the reasoning and jump straight to rankings? Go on then.

ATLANTA, GA -- On Sunday afternoon, 1E Gotham became the first team to ever win the WFTDA's championship trophy in consecutive years when they defeated 1W Oly in the WFTDA Championships final for the second year in a row.

ATLANTA, GA – The favoured Gotham squad will defend the WFTDA Championship tomorrow following a 221-120 win over Denver. Denver exhibited spirited defence and, especially when they had a full pack, were often able to contain Gotham’s jammers – but it took them the better part of the match to get a handle on Bonnie Thunders, and at that point it was just too late.

ATLANTA, GA -- In the final quarterfinal bout of the 2012 WFTDA Championships tournament, 1E Gotham rolled to an expected big win over 3NC Naptown, running up a 205 margin of victory by a final of 316-111. Naptown had particular trouble with the penalty box, giving up 37 minutes of penalty time against 23 for Gotham -- they also lost their jammer 7 times against 4 for Gotham.

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LINCOLN, NE -- The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association tonight conducted a random draw to determine the bracket for November’s Championship Tournament. Each region’s #1 seed receives a first round bye; the #3 seed from each region will face a #2 from another region and the victor of that match-up proceeds to face a #1 from a third.

BURLINGTON, VT -- Since 2009, the East Region final has always come down to Gotham and Philly. This year's edition was slightly different with the significant addition of Philly's ace jammer V Diva, but in the end the score was relatively similar to last year's final game in Baltimore.

BURLINGTON, VT -- Charm named an unchanged roster from their victory over Steel City in the 2 p.m. game at Sugarbush Showdown, while Gotham rang two changes; Claire D Way took over jamming duties from Slambda Phage, while Papierschnitt came in for Sweet Sherry Pie.

BURLINGTON, VT -- A 28-0 two-minute opening jam featuring five natural grand slams for Bonnie Thunders made it clear to anyone who might have had any doubts how this bout would go--or were unfamiliar with the sport of roller derby--how this one was going to end. It wasn't pretty; Gotham were effective, to say the least. Carolina's performance wasn't without bright spots, though.