To get ready for the 2015 Beast of the East, take a look back at the history of the tournament.
Beast of the East: By the Numbers
| YEAR |
CHAMPION |
RUNNER UP |
THIRD PLACE |
| 2008 | Hamilton Harlots (HCRG) | La Racaille (MTLRD) | Les Filles du Roi / Les Contrabanditas (MTLRD) |
| 2009 | La Racaille | Les Contrabanditas | Les Filles du Roi / Smoke City Betties (ToRD) |
| 2010 | Les Filles du Roi | La Racaille | Les Contrabanditas |
| 2011 | Slaughter Daughters (RVRG) | Gore-Gore Rollergirls (ToRD) | Death Track Dolls (ToRD) |
| 2012 | Vicious Dishes (TCRD) | Slaughter Daughters | Chicks Ahoy! (ToRD) |
| 2013 | Slaughter Daughters | La Racaille | Death Track Dolls |
| 2014 | Gore-Gore Rollergirls | Casse-Gueules (RDQ) | La Racaille |
Hamilton Harlots won the first Beast of the East in 2008. (Photo by Derek Lang; AKA: Bagelhot)
NOTABLE NUMBERS (Records etc.)
Wins: 25 (La Racaille 2008-2014); La Racaille has the most podiums (1 champ, 3 runners up, 1 third place)
Points Per Game (tournament): 110 (Death Track Dolls 2013)/ 109.5 (Slaughter Daughters 2013) / 102.5 (La Racaille 2013)
Points Against (tournament): 9 (Les Filles du Roi, 2010)
Most Points (single game–20 mins): 159 (Rouge et Gore 2013) / 148 (Les Contrabanditas 2011)
Combined Points (single game–20 mins): 184 (Rouge et Gore 159 vs. Debutantes 32 2013)/ 181 (La Racaille 117 vs. Contrabanditas 64 2013)
Biggest Differential: 148 (Les Contrabanditas 148 vs. Chrome Mollys [GTAR] 0, 2011)
[*The Gore-Gore Rollergirls were the first team to score 100 points in a bout–a 103-11 victory over Capital Carnage in 2009; Les Filles du Roi did it vs. the Vicious Dishes in 2010; four different teams accomplished it in 2011; the Vicious Dishes did it three times themselves in 2012, while three other teams did it that year as well. Since then, it has become common].
[*2012 was the first time both finalists (Vicious Dishes, Slaughters Daughters) lost a game on the way to the finals]
PARTICIPANT HISTORY
(BOE 8: 2015 participants first)
| Team | League | BOE Record | Notes |
 Thames Fatales |
FCDG | 7 – 13 | Eighth appearance. Quarter final in 2010, 13. |
 La Racaille |
MTLRD | 25 – 10 | Semis 12. Second in 08, 10, 13. Champs in 09. 3rd in 2014 |
 Les Contrabanditas |
MTLRD | 17 – 10 | 2nd place in 2009. 3rd in 2010. Quarters 2011,12, 13. |
 Les Filles du Roi |
MTLRD | 19 – 8 | Semi-final 08, 09, 13. Champs in 2010. Quarters 2012 |
 Prime Sinisters |
RVRG | 2 – 2 | Second appearance |
 Slaughter Daughters |
RVRG | 17 – 8 | Sixth appearance. Champs 2011, 13; 2nd place 2012 |
 Venus Fly Tramps |
TCRD | 2 – 6 | Fourth appearance (2009-2011) |
 Total Knock Outs |
TCRD | 2 – 4 | Third appearance (2011, 13). Quarterfinals 2013 |
 Death Track Dolls |
ToRD | 12 – 11 | Quarter finals in 2009, 14; 3rd place in 2011, 13. |
 Chicks Ahoy! |
ToRD | 10 – 10 | Seventh appearance. 2008-2013. 4th in 2011. 3rd 2012 |
 Gore-Gore Rollergirls |
ToRD | 16 – 8 | Forfeit 2009 at 3-0. Runners-up 2011; Champs 2014 |
 Les Casse-Gueules |
RDQ | 4 – 3 | Finals 2014 |
 Le Rouge & Gore |
RDQ | 4 – 4 | Quarter final 2013, 14 |
 Atom Smashers |
DRRD | 1 – 2 | Second appearance (2014) |
 Skateful Dead |
KDG | – | First appearance |
 Beauty School Dropouts |
CCDD | – | First appearance |
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Past Participants |
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| Hamilton Harlots | HCRG | 8 – 6 | 2008-2010, 2012. Champs in 08. |
| Death Row Dames | HCRG | 3 – 5 | 2008-2010. Quarter final in 2010. |
| Steel Town Tanks Girls | HCRG | 1 – 1 | 2008 |
| Bay Street Bruisers | ToRD | 1 – 3 | 2008, 2009. Now ToRD B-travel team. |
| D-VAS | ToRD | 0 – 1 | 2008. Now ToRD houseleague farm team. |
| Smoke City Betties | ToRD | 6 – 12 | 2008-2014. Semi final 2009, quarter final 2012 |
| London Thrashers | FCDG | 0 – 1 | 2008 |
| Bytown Blackhearts | ORD | 0 – 1 | 2008 |
| Capital Carnage | ORD | 0 – 2 | 2009 |
| Devil Dollies | QCRG | 1 – 1 | 1st US team (2008) |
| Derby Dames | Grn Mtn | 2 – 1 | 2nd US team, 1st to reach quarter finals (2010) |
| Derby Debutantes | GTAR | 2-10 | 2009-2013 |
| Chrome Mollys | GTAR | 0 – 2 | 2011 |
| Vicious Dishes | TCRG | 10-9 | 2009-2013. Quarter finals 2010, 11. Champs 2012 |
| Riot Squad | RVRG | 5-8 | Four appearances (2010, 11, 13, 14). Quarterfinals 2014 |
| Luscious Lunch Ladies | FCDG | 2-3 | Quarterfinals in 2014 |
| Les Duchesses de Quebec | RDQ | 1-4 | 2011, 2012. Promoted to RDQ travel team |
| Babes of Thunder | TBRD | 2-2 | 2012. Quarter finals in 2012 |
| Reines of Terror | MRR | 0-2 | 2012 |
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
(Generally, all games 20 minutes until final, which was 30, but by 2012 had become 2 20s)
Beast of the East 1: 2008
First Round
POOL A
Steel Town Tank Girls 40 vs Smoke City Betties 18
La Racaille 65 vs The Bytown Blackhearts 29
Death Row Dames 17 vs Devil Dollies 54
D-VAS 27 vs Les Contrabanditas 50
POOL B
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 13 vs. Hamilton Harlots 52
Bay Street Brusies 45 vs Thames Fatales 38
London Thrashers 13 vs Chicks Ahoy 65
Death Track Dolls 23 vs Les Filles du Roi 37
Quarter Finals
Steel Town Tank Girls 30 vs La Racaille 32
Devil Dollies 16 vs. Les Contrabanditas 42
Chicks Ahoy 30 vs Les Filles du Roi 38
Hamilton Harlots 53 vs Bay Street Bruisers 15
Semi Finals
Hamilton Harlots 58 vs Les Filles du Roi 29
Les Contrabanditas 32 vs La Racaille 39
Final
Hamilton Harlots 55 vs. La Racaille 18
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Beast of the East 2: 2009
First Round (Double Elimination)
Capital Carnage 11 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 103
Death Row Dames 23 vs. Thames Fatales 19
Les Contrabanditas 59 vs. Venus Fly Tramps 26
Slaughter Daughters 24 vs. Smoke City Betties 32
La Racaille 67 vs. Bay Street Bruisers 10
Chicks Ahoy! 48 vs. Vicisou Dishes 32
Les Filles du Roi 77 vs. Death Track Dolls 6
Derby Debutantes 6 vs. Hamilton Harlots 69
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 32 vs. Death Row Dames 5
Capital Carnage 20 (eliminated) vs. Thames Fatales 67
Les Contrabanditas 34 vs. Smoke City Betties 20
Venus Fly Tramps 14 (eliminated) vs. Slaughter Daughters 48
La Racaille 36 vs. Chicks Ahoy! 35
Bay Street Bruisers 16 (eliminated) vs. Vicious Dishes 21
Les Filles du Roi 34 vs. Hamilton Harlots 25
Death Track Dolls 61 vs. Derby Debutantes 20 (eliminated)
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 35 vs. Les Contrabanditas 26
Death Row Dames 15 (eliminated) vs. Smoke City Betties 24
Thames Fatales 28 (eliminated) vs. Slaughter Daughters 68
La Racaille 35 vs. Les Filles du Roi 43
Chicks Ahoy! 21 (eliminated) vs. Hamilton Harlots 38
Vicious Dishes 27 (eliminated) vs. Death Track Dolls 32
Quarter Finals
Gore-Gore Rollergirls (forfeit) vs. Smoke City Betties
Les Contrabanditas 28 vs. Slaughter Daughters 25
Les Filles du Roi 24 vs. Hamilton Harlots 11
La Racaille 77 vs. Death Track Dolls 17
Semi Finals
Smoke City Betties 23 vs. Les Contrabanditas 33
La Racaille 38 vs Les Filles du Roi 20
Final
Les Contrabanditas 34 vs. La Racaille 49
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* Read DNN’s bout-by-bout recap by Justice Feelgood Marshall
Beast of the East 3: 2010
First Round (Double Elimination)
Thames Fatales 38 vs. Smoke City Betties 11
La Racaille 81 vs. Chicks Ahoy!12
Green Mountain Derby Dames 40 vs. Riot Squad 17
Death Row Dames 63 vs. Venus Fly Tramps 6
Les Contrabanditas 72 vs. Death Track Dolls 9
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 43 vs. GTA Derby Debutantes 20
Vicious Dishes 37 vs. Slaughter Daughters 20
Les Filles du Roi 92 vs. Harlots 6
La Racaille 91 vs. Thames Fatales 0
Chicks Ahoy! 89 vs. Betties 15 (eliminated)
Green Mountain Derby Dames 29 vs. Death Row Dames 15
Venus Fly Tramps 43 vs. Riot Squad 14 (eliminated)
Les Contrabanditas 63 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 17
Derby Debutantes 38 vs. Death Track Dolls 29 (eliminated)
Les Filles du Roi 115 vs. Vicious Dishes 7
Harlots 28 vs. Slaughter Daughters 24 (eliminated)
Thames Fatales 24 vs. Venus Fly Tramps 15 (eliminated)
Death Row Dames 42 vs. Chicks Ahoy! 34 (eliminated)
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 45 vs. Harlots 20 (eliminated)
Vicious Dishes 52 vs. Derby Debutantes 24 (eliminated)
Quarter Finals
La Racaille 57 vs. Vicious Dishes 4
Les Contrabanditas 64 vs. Death Row Dames 11
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 45 vs. Green Mountain Derby Dames 22
Les Filles du Roi 91 vs. Thames Fatales 12
Semi Finals
La Racaille 69 vs. Les Contrabanditas 46
Les Filles du Roi 65 vs. Gore-Gore Roller Girls 1
Third Place
Les Contrabanditas 91 vs. Gores 21
Final
Les Filles du Roi 36 vs. La Racaille 20
*Read the Derby Nerd’s preview and recap.
Beast of the East 4: 2011
First Round (Double Elimination)
Duchesses de Quebec 4 vs. Derby Debutantes 124
La Racaille 55 vs. Riot Squad 7
Chicks Ahoy! 63 vs. Total Knockouts (TKOs) 7
Filles du Roi vs. Death Track Dolls 47
Vicious Dishes 50 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 48
Contrabanditas 148 vs. Chrome Mollys 0
Slaughter Daughters 38 vs. Venus Fly Tramps 28
Thames Fatales 75 vs. Smoke City Betties 12
Derby Debutants 8 vs. La Racaille 100
Duchesses du Quebec 4 vs. Riot Squad 97 (Duchesses eliminated)
Chicks Ahoy! 40 vs. Death Track Dolls 21
TKOs 0 vs. Filles du Roi 81 (TKOs eliminated)
Vicious Dishes 21 vs. Contrabanditas 27
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 131 vs. Chrome Mollys 10 (Mollys eliminated)
Slaughter Daughters 62 vs. Thames Fatales 12
Venus Fly Tramps 66 vs. Smoke City Betties 14 (Betties eliminated)
Derby Debutants 29 vs. Filles du Roi 62 (Debutantes eliminated)
Death Track Dolls 84 vs. Riot Squad 8 (Riot Squad elimanted)
Vicious Dishes 49 vs. Venus Fly Tramps 3 (Tramps eliminated)
Thames Fatales 36 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 49 (Thames eliminated)
Quarter Finals
La Racaille 11 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 88
Contrabanditas 49 vs. Death Track Dolls 58
Chicks Ahoy! 48 vs. Vicious Dishes 8
Slaughter Daughters 81 vs. Filles du Roi 3
Semi Finals
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 51 vs. Death Track Dolls 11
Chicks Ahoy! 19 vs. Slaughter Daughters 33
Third Place
Death Track Dolls 42 vs. Chicks Ahoy! 31
Final
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 85 vs. Slaughter Daughters 87
* Read the Derby Nerd’s preview and recap.
Beast of the East 5: 2012
First Round (Double Elimination)
Chicks Ahoy! 51 vs. Slaughter Daughters 41
La Racaille 46 vs. Gore-Gore Roller Girls 30
Motor City Madames 36 vs. Hammer City Harlots 57
Les Contrabanditas 54 vs. Death Track Dolls 20
Vicious Dishes 139 vs. Reines of Terror 0
Les Filles du Roi 79 vs. Babes of Thunder 8
Derby Debutantes 6 vs. Thames Fatales 112
Smoke City Betties 108 vs. Les Duchesses 13
Chicks Ahoy! 10 vs. La Racaille 39
Slaughter Daughters 72 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 52 (Gores eliminated)
Hamilton Harlots 39 vs. Les Contrabanditas 84
Motor City Madames 28 vs. Death Track Dolls 95 (Motor City eliminated)
Vicious Dishes 30 vs. Les Filles du Roi 47
Reines of Terror 34 vs. Babes of Thunder 71 (Reines eliminated)
Thames Fatales 64 vs. Smoke City Betties 69
Derby Debutantes 30 vs. Les Duchesses 120 (Debutantes eliminated)
La Racaille 59 vs. Death Track Dolls 31 (Dolls eliminated)
Hamilton Harlots 30 vs. Slaughter Daughters 131 (Harlots eliminated)
Vicious Dishes 123 vs. Les Duchesses 0 (Duchesses eliminated)
Thames Fatales 20 vs. Babes of Thunder 77 (Thames eliminated)
Quarter Finals
Chicks Ahoy! 83 vs. Babes of Thunder 22
Les Filles du Roi 67 vs. Slaughter Daughters 71
Les Contrabanditas 54 vs. Vicious Dishes 64
Smoke City Betties 59 vs. La Racaille 78
Semi Finals
Chicks Ahoy! 31 vs. Slaughter Daughters 65
Vicious Dishes 67 vs. La Racaille 48
Third Place
Chicks Ahoy! 87 vs. La Racaille 48
Final
Vicious Dishes 118 vs. Slaughter Daughters 63
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Beast of the East 6: 2013
First Round (Double Elimination)
Chicks Ahoy! 58 vs. Riot Squad 50
Vicious Dishes 25 vs. Les Filles du Roi 50
Death Track Dolls 129 vs. Casses Gueules 7
Thames Fatales 34 vs. Les Contrabanditas 76
TKOs 133 vs. Debutantes 8
Rouge et Gore 12 vs. La Racaille 116
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 29 vs. Slaughter Daughters 105
Luscious Lunch Ladies 37 vs. Smoke City Betties 47
Les Filles du Roi 91 vs. Chicks Ahoy! 13
Vicious Dishes 33 vs. Riot Squad 44 (Dishes eliminated)
Contrabanditas 30 vs. Death Track Dolls 96
Thames Fatales 29 vs. Casses Gueules 18 (Gueules eliminated)
La Racaille 103 vs. TKOs 32
Rouge at Gore 159 vs. Debutantes 32 (Debutantes eliminated)
Smoke City Betties 2 vs. Slaughter Daughters 117
Luscious Lunch Ladies 50 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 94 (Ladies eliminated)
Thames Fatales 53 vs. Chicks Ahoy! 46 (Chicks eliminated)
Riot Squad 57 vs. Contrabanditas 86 (Riot Squad eliminated)
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 42 vs. TKOs 85 (Gores eliminated)
Smoke City Betties 56 vs. Rouge et Gore 58 (Betties eliminated)
Quarter Finals
Les Filles du Roi 76 vs. Rouge et Gore 26
Contrabanditas 64 vs. La Racaille 117
TKOs 35 vs. Death Track Dolls 79
Thames Fatales 31 vs. Slaughter Daughters 113
Semi Finals
Filles du Roi 60 vs. La Racaille 85
Death Track Dolls 40 vs. Slaughter Daughters 68
Third Place
Death Track Dolls 136 vs. Filles du Roi 29
Final
La Racaille 74 vs. Slaughter Daughters 103
Read the Derby Nerd’s preview and recap.
VIDEO: Watch Double Elimination Archives Part 1 here. Watch Part 2 here. Watch quarter finals here. Watch the third place and championship games here.
Beast of the East 7: 2014
First Round (Double Elimination)
Smoke City Betties 49 vs. Casse Gueules 54
La Racaille 117 vs. Riot Squad 32
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 125 vs. Motor City Madames 22
Les Filles du Roi 78 vs. Atom Smashers 50
Slaughter Daughters 40 vs. Lunch Ladies 80
Les Contrabanditas 122 vs. Thames Fatales 23
Killer Queens 30 vs. Death Track Dolls 91
Rouge et Gore 61 vs. Prime Sinisters 79
Casses Gueules 106 vs. La Racaille 69
Smoke City Betties 36 vs. Riot Squad 66 (Betties eliminated)
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 53 vs. Les Filles du Roi 47
Motor City Madames 57 vs. Atom Smashers 122 (Madames eliminated)
Luscious Lunch Ladies 60 vs. Les Contrabanditas 39
Slaughter Daughters 60 vs. Thames Fatales 45 (Thames eliminated)
Death Track Dolls 55 vs. Prime Sinisters 26
Killer Queens 29 vs. Rouge et Gore 135 (Queens eliminated)
La Racaille 101 vs. Atom Smashers 33 (Smashers eliminated)
Les Filles du Roi 47 vs. Riot Squad 89 (FDR eliminated)
Les Contrabanditas 35 vs. Rouge et Gore 40 (Ditas eliminated)
Prime Sinisters 57 vs. Slaughter Daughters 21 (Daughters eliminated)
Quarter Finals
Casses-Gueules 50 vs. Prime Sinisters 46
Luscious Lunch Ladies 62 vs. Riot Squad 71 (Overtime)
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 64 vs. Rouge et Gore 61
Death Track Dolls 61 vs. La Racaille 86
Semi Finals
Casses-Gueules 75 vs. Riot Squad 68
Gore-Gore Rollergirls 68 vs. La Racaille 67
Third Place
La Racaille 148 vs. Riot Squad 131
Final
Casses Gueules 114 vs. Gore-Gore Rollergirls 129
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*Video: Watch Day 1 here (begins without commentary); Watch Day 2 here.
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