Star City Roller Girls Season Finale!
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Loading ...The Star City Roller Girls hosted a Monster Mash-Up at Star City Skate Center in Roanoke, VA yesterday while premiering a co-ed bout with the Richmond Derby Devils in a scrimmage as the teams close their season for 2011.
They split W-L’s for the year, averaging around .500 against some pretty tough opponents in over a dozen bouts, both home and on the road. The Star City Roller Girls have upped their performance since their humble beginnings back in 2006 when Founder Maureen O’Havoc decided to take a stab at putting an all-girl roller derby team together in Roanoke.
The gals recruit new members and display them in “Fresh Meat” bouts during the regular season. More and more women have again become interested in roller derby and the sport is gaining renewed glory since its previous popularity in the 1970′s, though the game dates back to the 20′s and 30′s!!
What’s not to like? The gals form bonds with team members not only on their respective teams but with their rivals too, which makes for some great after-parties even if they’d just come off the track kicking each other’s butts! Each player wears something particular to their derby track persona, in addition to mandatory regulation gear, and adopt derby names for themselves, which is so important to the game that the players have their names officially listed on the International Rollergirls’ Master Roster. (You can query the site to see if your name is unique.)
Just recently, the Star City Roller Girls had been accepted into the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association’s Apprenticeship Program, and soon hope to be included in one of the WFTDA‘s member leagues. From its inception though, the team has been playing by the WFTDA’s official rules, so they should be well on their way in the organization’s process of initiation!
Check out the Star City Roller Girls at http://starcityrollergirls.wordpress.com/ for team, player, referee, and game updates, including how to join, where and against whom they will be playing, and how to become a team sponsor if you run a business and are looking for a super neat thing to support locally.
Stay tuned for their 2012 season schedule. It’s going to be an even bigger year for them, so don’t be left behind!! Get your season passes and bring your friends and family out for some Star City Roller Girl roller derby action!
(Team photo courtesy Jeanna Duerscherl)
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