St. Louis’ Arch Rival Roller Derby launches a new campaign this weekend with an inaugural tournament featuring a quartet of area flat-track franchises.
The Queeny Quad Quake takes place Saturday at Midwest Sport Hockey in Ballwin, MO (570 Weidman Road). Doors for the event open at 6 pm and the evening’s first whistle blows at 6:30 pm.
The format of the tournament features a pair of 30-minute semifinal games that funnel to an equally-timed third place contest and a concluding trophy clash.
Contrary to other sport analogies, this is not a marathon but a sprint!
In the opening semifinal, ARCH’s C-team, the Fleur De Linquents meets the COMO Roller Derby All-Stars. Then in the other semifinal, the St. Chux Derby Chix Pack in Black tussles with Confluence Crush Roller Derby’s Smitten Kittens.
What’s unique about this event is that even though there is a prior derby history that intertwines the four WFTDA franchises, the Q3 marks a first-ever event that has the quartet on the same track on the same night.
It’s been a long gap of competition between ARCH and Columbia, Missouri-based COMO. The semifinal marks the first time the two Leagues have competed against each other since 2011. In prior play, ARCH’s b-team, formally skating as the Saint Lunachix, hold a 2-1 edge in the history books.
However the slate is wiped clean with this first-time duel.
ARCH’s Fleur De Linquents’ high point of the calendar year was a 238-105 victory over Nashville Roller Derby’s B-team at home in May.
There will be plenty of new skaters that will be making their debut at Q3 and they are all eager to show off their skills to the ARCH fan base and secure the overall victory.
COMO’s All Stars, currently ranked #224 by the WFTDA, is 3-2 and recorded a 187-84 victory over #273 Roughneck Roller Derby in June. The team is 3-1 in sanctioned play this season and craves a trophy game snatch.
Q-Cubed’s other semifinal also holds plenty of intrigue as the meeting between SCDC and Confluence Crush is the first public game between the pair.
The St. Chux Derby Chix Pack in Black claimed a pair of victories this calendar year against Springfield, Illinois-based MidState Mayhem Roller Derby and fought tough in an 18-point setback to a higher-ranked Southern Illinois Roller Derby in June. This is a team that could definitely play spoiler for the evening.
Also possessing high hopes is the b-team of Confluence Crush Roller Derby, the Smitten Kittens. The rollers from the Metro East posted an impressive 158-95 victory over Akron Roller Derby’s AK Rowdy Rollers in April and plan on using derby smarts to gain a spot in the finale.
There’s so many variables at play with the different complexions of teams. Whoever survives and hoists the trophy at the end of the evening will certainly have earned it.
Tickets for the event are $15 at the door while children 10 and under are free.
Fans can save $3 per ticket by purchasing them online in advance at Brown Paper Tickets while groups of six and above can get passes for $9 apiece. Click on this sentence to snare the savings!
PROJECTED ROSTERS
ARCH FLEUR DE LINQUENTS
1007 Rachel Madd-OW!
1111 Strawberry MILFshake
1212 Becca Schaefer
13 Bloody Gaga
1315 Sunday School Slammer
18 Jam It Ginger
199 Whiskey Throttle
2468 Launchpad McWhack
328 Soundproof
476 Indiana Bones
5 Girl Fawkes
6 Chicken
611 Shia LeBUFF
62 Zoe Hell
66 Thrasher
8007 Scooty Boots
934 Natural Disaster
ST. CHUX DERBY CHIX “PACK IN BLACK”
125 Rainbow Crash
1417 Alexis, Play Derby
1701 Trekkie Monster
1887 Doc HaulAway
1993 LaDi DaDi
22 Tara Eyes
4 Poison Ivy
42 Spill Murray
44 Wickedpedia
545 #smashtag
616 Kell on Wheels
666 Baby Spice
67 Wretched Gretchen
755 CrewsAidHer
81 Al B. Hatin’
CONFLUENCE CRUSH SMITTEN KITTENS
007 ROKSOLID
0121 ABITUDE
1 RUBY RIDING HOOD
13 JINXY TINK
313 DWOW MURKEM
4 TRAINRACK #4
41 RECK-IT-RINA
44 BLAZIN’ ASIAN
58 RUSHIN BRUISETTE
67 MARLEY LAVEAU
681 CHAOS HAAS
713 KORESH N
810 MANDY GORE
911 JACKIE STABIT
925 ANDY CYCLONE
97 SKIRT COBAIN
COMO ROLLER DERBY ALL STARS
17 Mesch ‘er Up
100 Vanna Wipeout
187 QT Kilr
1969 L on Wheels
25 Maimy Fisher
267 SheGo
3 DeeFlesher
34 Rink Rat Ryan
394 Mayday
404 Code Monkey
42 Itty Biddy
626 Lilo & Stitches
666 Dethblok
7 La Frostina
99 Payne Gretzky
