Name	Date
Wannabe Training	09/28/2010
OHRG vs Philly Roller Girls	10/09/2010

OHRG News

OHRG Meet n Greet at SK71

Posted October 12, 2009 - 2:04pm by deadeye

Byline: Loraine Acid

Sunday, Oct. 11 2009 found the Ohio Roller Girls visiting Skate Zone 71, a valued sponsor and the site of many of our derby practices.

Members of OHRG doned their skates and their uniforms to do a meet and greet at Skate Zone 71. There were tables set up with crayons and dress-your-derby-doll coloring pages. Even the skaters had fun sitting around and talking about derby while coloring outfits for their own paper doll.

It was fun to chat with a younger crowd, all of whom obviously liked skating and many of whom were not familiar with roller derby. A background dvd recording of the Ohio Roller Girls’ bout against the Sioux Falls Roller Dollz was playing the entire session.

OHRG hits the highway and leaves it sparkly

Posted October 12, 2009 - 1:56pm by deadeye

Loraine Acid reports on the ongoing Highway Cleanup Project:

Nine A.M. Saturday morning, found a 10-person crew of Ohio Roller Girls skaters and staff gathered outside of the residence of our day’s taskmaster: Hellion BOI. We were all gathered for a good cause; highway-clean-up.

Driving on the stretch of I-70 that is just west of downtown, a green road sign reveals a stretch of highway under the clean-up care of “The Ohio Roller Girls.” It is pretty neat to see the league’s name on an official road sign (and in OHRG colors!). For nearly a year and a half now, OHRG has been a proud participant in the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Adopt-a Highway Program. Our stretch of highway is between the Hague and Broad Street exits on 70 E/W. We are in charge of keeping clean both sides of the freeway which totals to about 2 miles of road.

OHRG Presents: Meet the Rookies

Posted October 6, 2009 - 12:57pm by allicatraz

Take a peek at the latest crop of up and coming Ohio Roller Girls.

Special thanks to Choco Ison and Amy Spears for the video work.

Ohio Roller Girls Tastefully Simple Catalog Fund Raiser

Posted September 30, 2009 - 3:58pm by Caesar

The Ohio Roller Girls would like you to help support the teams by participating in a Tastefully Simple fund raiser. The money we earn from this effort will help offset the cost of rink rental for training, travel expenses for our teams on the road, and the cost or printing things like uniforms, promotional materials, etc.

Tastefully simple offers “all kinds of delicious and easy to prepare products” for food lovers, and most of the products make great gifts as well. Know someone with a birthday coming up? Have a family member living off of ramen in a dorm room? Wanna get a head start on holiday shopping? Buy now AND support women’s roller derby in central Ohio!

Ohio Roller Girls attending Whip It release at Arena Grand Friday Oct. 2

Posted September 30, 2009 - 10:45am by Caesar

The Ohio Roller Girls are heading to the movies this week to check out Drew Barrymore’s first film as a director- Whip It, starring Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis, Eve, and many more. Care to join us?

Whip It is based on the book “Derby Girl” by Shauna Cross, and it all about- you guessed it, women’s roller derby! The film is set in Austin, TX and based loosely on the Lonestar Rollergirls (Austin, TX).

OHRG Safety First: First Aid & CPR

Posted September 8, 2009 - 9:59pm by deadeye

Ohio Roller Girls, Amy Spears, Bratislavia Bruiser, & Kitty Liquorbottom took part in a First Aid & CPR class. The ladies learned basic information to help keep their skaters safe in case of an injury. All bouts are required to have a certified EMT on hand to handle injuries. These ladies joined the other certified skaters as safety personnel to assist injured skaters at practice. We hope they will not have to use their newly learned skills. We are just being prepared.

I HEART COLUMBUS / I HATE COLUMBUS

Posted September 2, 2009 - 12:36pm by deadeye

An exhibition to benefit the Ohio Roller Girls.

Location: Hal & Al’s 1297 Parsons Ave Columbus, Ohio 43206
Date: Dec. 12, 2009 (Pieces will be on exhibit through the month of December.)

THEME

All pieces must represent / communicate why you LOVE (HEART), HATE or LOVE & HATE our fair city of Columbus, Ohio. As long as it has something to do with that, anything goes.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Due to limited space, we will need to review samples of your work to determine if you will have a place in the show. This will allow us to not only present the best pieces possible but also maximize out money making potential both for the artist and the league. No hard feelings here people, just business.

Please send all submissions to Joel Jackson at ottocon1@hotmail.com before Septermber 12th 2009.
No submissions will be accepted or considered for exhibition after this date NO EXCEPTIONS!

After September 12th 2009, you will be notified within 2 weeks if you will be in the show. Final Pieces are due to Joel or Melissa Jackson before November 15th 2009. (AGAIN, NO EXCEPTIONS.) We need the art by this date in order to scan and create prints to sell at the event.

OHRG hearts the Breeders

Posted August 17, 2009 - 9:34am by deadeye

Fate to Fatal from The Breeders on Vimeo.

Title track off The Breeders 2009 EP, "Fate to Fatal"

The Breeders love roller derby and OHRG has a special heart-shaped place for the Breeders. We are excited to be invited to reach out to other Breeders fans this weekend. So watch for OHRG at the Breeders show this Sunday, August 23rd.

July Tryout Report

Posted August 6, 2009 - 10:12am by deadeye

The Ohio Roller Girl tryouts held tryouts in July and were able to take on six new rookies. We are so excited to have them as part of OHRG. They start practicing in mid-August, and in just a few short months should be on the track with us. They have much training and testing ahead of them, but I am confident we picked the right girls for the job.

Keep your eyes open for another set of tryouts in October 2009.

Jeff Lance shares some of his process on the new OHRG design

Posted July 28, 2009 - 10:43am by deadeye

Jeff was glad to make a new design for The Ohio Roller Girls and we all hope that you are enjoying the new merchandise! If you dig the illustration, check out Jeff’s blog post about the designs that almost were and the rest of his portfolio.

We wil contiune to sell Jeff’s design at our big day at the Ohio State Fair (Saturday, Aug 8th) as well as our new “I (Ohio-heart) Roller Derby” tanks and skater made buttons and magnets.