Next Game: Saturday, October 11, 2008

Calvello Cup

Calvello Cup Date Has Changed!
Due to a conflict with the ACL Music Festival, the date of the Calvello Cup Championship has been moved to Saturday, October 11 at the Austin Convention Center.

Please mark this date on your calendar, and go buy ACL tickets to your heart's content!

Whip It!
What do you get when you combine Juno with Charlie's Angels? The roller-derby film Whip It! which will star Ellen Page and will be directed by Drew Barrymore. Whip It! marks Barrymore's directorial debut and has begun filming in Michigan.

"I've been working toward the goal of directing my entire life." "Whip It! is a story that really spoke to me." - Barrymore, 32

Whip It! is a film that chronicles the adventures of Bliss Cavendar, a teenage misfit stuck in a dead-end town outside Austin, Texas. The small-town teen is a reluctant beauty-pageant contestant that decides to take up the time-honored tradition of Roller Derby by joining an all female roller derby team. Based on the book Derby Girl by novelist and screenwriter Shauna Cross, Whip It! will be produced by Barry Mendel and Barrymore's Flower Films for Mandate Pictures.

TXRD is proud to announce that two of our very own skaters, Rocky Casbah and Sacralicious, have been selected as stunt body doubles for the film. Rocky Casbah will be assisting production in the film as the stunt body double for Ari Graynor, while Sacralicious will be serving as the stunt body double for Drew Barrymore.

Congratulations Rocky and Sacralicious !
- From your TXRD Family

THE LONESTAR ROLLERGIRLS
TXRD--Lonestar Rollergirls is a skater-owned and operated sports and entertainment company based in Austin, Texas. TXRD--Lonestar Rollergirls promotes friendship and competition between determined, beautiful, unique and, most of all, tough women. Founded in 2001 by She-E-Os Anya Jack, April Herman, Heather Burdick and Nancy Lynn, TXRD has captured the public's attention and has quickly become a Texas favorite. In 2003, TXRD purchased an original banked roller derby track and has since been providing derby fans with a new twist on the original style of roller derby. In 2005, our league participated in the filming of "Rollergirls," a 13-episode television show that aired on A&E and chronicled the lives of a few of our skaters, on and off the track.

The Lonestar Rollergirls are excited to be a part of the nation-wide revival of all forms of derby, banked-track and flat-track, and we encourage derby fans new and old to check out a league near you! For more information on the Lonestar Rollergirls, please visit our About Us page. Please contact our PR department with any press-related inquiries