The Gotham Girls of NYC are your 2008 WFTDA Women’s National Roller Derby Champions. Gotham went into the tournament (held in Portland, OR) the #1 overall seed and overwhelming favorite, and lived up to expectation as they took home the trophy - known as The Hydra.

Gotham absolutely tattooed the second seeded Windy City Roller Girls, from Chicago, in the Championship Match, with a final score of 134-56. You can check out a live-chat blog that took place during the Finals Sunday on DerbyNewsNetwork.com.

The finals was a rematch of the Eastern Regional Championship, where Gotham narrowly edged Windy City by 40 points. In Sunday’s confrontation, GGRD went down 0-4 in the first period - their first deficit of the tournament - before they steamrolled their adversaries from Chicago.

Windy City’s lead jammer Kola Loka was the fan favorite for tourney MVP, getting 38% of the vote online.

The Philly Roller Girls took third place at Nationals, defeating Western Region Champion Texas in the third place grudge match.

If anyone has photo or video content from the Championship, please send my way. Meanwhile, check out some stuff below from your 2008 supreme derby champs from NYC….

Photos from the 2008 National Championship bout between GGRD and WCRD (via Pilly Pickpocket)

NYTimes.com’s report on the Gotham Girls (from Feb. 2007)