Here are the scores and the results from the Texas Shootout this weekend - again, since I couldn’t make it personally, I would definitely recommend Derby News Network, Have Derby, Will Travel and LeadJammer.com for more detailed info on the games.

Day one scores:

Bout 1: Gotham 101, Kansas City 116
Bout  2: Carolina 80, Tucson 73
Bout 3: Texas 108, Windy City 56
Bout 4: Detroit 49, Rat City 157

Day two scores:

Bout 1: Carolina 108, Kansas City 116
Bout 2: Rat City 89,  Texas  79
Bout 3: Texas 110, Carolina 46
Bout 4:  Kansas City 89,  Rat City 85

 Top 4 final results:

1. Kansas City Roller Warriors
2. Rat City
3. Texas Rollergirls
4. Carolina Rollergirls

It looks like day one’s first two bouts were extremely close and could definitely be considered upsets.  Day two looks full of nail-biters as well - it’s great to see mix ups in the top spots, especially with a team like Kansas City that no one really saw coming before Dust Devil.

Since I’m a sucker and I’m stuck in Denver during nationals, I thought I could at least write up an overview of a couple of roller derby boot camps/clinics I’ve heard of that are coming up.

October 6th - Duke City Derby roller derby camp in Albuquerque, 2-6pm
This looks to be just an informal day-type deal for girls interested in trying out, but I saw that one of the Duke City girls posted it on the rollergirls yahoo group inviting anyone from other leagues to come check it out. I got excited for this because Denver is driving distance from Albuquerque and honestly I just wanted an excuse to eat Taco Cabana (AND play roller derby as well), but then I remembered we are having a bout that day so it’s a no-go for me.

October 20-21 - Roller Derby 360 in Kansas City, MO
A pretty-cool looking weekend boot camp hosted by the Kansas City Roller Warriors. Caters towards all levels of skaters as well as some ref and league admin stuff as well. This is nice because it is contained in one weekend, so all you day-job types can make it down without missing work or derby action.

February 21-24 - National Derby Training Camp in San Diego, CA
A whole four days of roller derby training, and in an awesome city - most rollergirls should have every intention of checking this one out. Sponsored by roller derby magazine Blood & Thunder and run by the San Diego Derby Dolls (who have these cool banked track instruction videos up on youtube), this looks to be an intense derby workout. And if you ever doubted the seriousness of this camp, it even has its own yahoo group - and in the derby world, you know that means business. Kind of. Because everything in derby has its own yahoo group, but everything that is important, right?

The newest WFTDA rankings have been posted for June. Notable changes include the additions of the Alamo City Rollergirls, Assassination City Derby, Bay Area Derby Girls, Dixie Derby Girls, East Texas Bombers, Houston Rollergirls, and Kansas City Roller Warriors, who were all previously inactive. Also added were the previously unranked Brew City Bruisers. The biggest jumps belong to the Windy City Rollers who moved up six spots, and the Sin City Rollergirls who lost six.

1. Rat City Rollergirls (Rat City All-Stars)
2. Tucson Roller Derby (TRD Saddletramps)
3. Texas Rollergirls (Austin Texecutioners)
4. Mad Rollin’ Dolls (Dairyland Dolls)
5. Kansas City Roller Warriors (KCRW Travel Team) New listing
6. Minnesota Rollergirls (MNRG Travel Team) -1
7. Carolina Rollergirls (CRG Travel Team) -1
8. Arizona Roller Derby (Tent City Terrors) -1
9. Philly Rollergirls (Liberty Belles) +4
10. Gotham Girls Roller Derby (GGRD Travel Team)
11. B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls (The B.A.D. Girls) New listing
12. Providence Roller Derby (Riveters) -4
13. Rose City Rollers (Wheels of Justice) -1
14. Windy City Rollers (WCR Travel Team) +6
15. Sin City Rollergirls (Neander Dolls) -6
16. Duke City Derby Girls (Muñecas Muertas) -5
17. Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (5280 Fight Club) -3
18. Boston Derby Dames (Boston Massacre) -3
19. Detroit Derby Girls (DDG Travel Team)
20. Atlanta Rollergirls (ARG Travel Team) -3
21. Dallas Derby Devils (DDD Travel Team) -5
22. Charm City Rollergirls (Mobtown Maulers) -4
23. Grand Raggidy Roller Girls (GRRG Travel Team)
24. Houston Rollergirls (HaRD Knocks) New listing
25. Ohio Rollergirls (ORG Travel Team) -4
26. Assassination City Derby (ACD Special OPS) New listing
27. Pikes Peak Derby Dames (Slamazons) -5
28. Brew City Bruisers (BCB Travel Team) New listing
29. Big Easy Rollergirls (BERG Travel Team) -5
30. Alamo City Rollergirls (ACRG Travel Team) New listing
31. East Texas Bombers (ETB Travel Team) New listing
32. Dixie Derby Girls (DDG Travel Team) New listing