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Above. Yonkers Backyard Bullies (Blue) skating against the Wilkes-Barre Rolling Radicals (Green) Below. Backyard Bullies jammer Teams with names such as the Stuttgart Valley Roller Girls in Germany, the Okinawa Kokeshi Roller Dolls in Japan, the London Roller Rockers in England and the Auckland Pirate City Rollers in New Zealand are matched by sister teams in the New York Metro region such as the Hudson Valley Horrors, Suburban Brawl, Backyard Bullies, ApocaLips, DracuLadies, and New York City’s Wall Street Traitors, Queens of Pain, and Grand Central Terminators. Adding to the allure of the league and team names are the names taken by individual skaters such as Daisy Doomsday, Sing Sing Slammer, Swillin T’Killya, Lash O’Ninetails, and Auntie Climax. You can catch some Metro area flat track roller derby action at the Hyde Park Roller Magic at 4178 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park and at the Yonkers PAL, 127 North Broadway in Yonkers. 26 | May/June 2015
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