LOCO Roller Derby is proud to announce that Kitchener LOCO Roller Derby has procured practice space through April 4, 2011, and we have updated the schedule for Kitchener to reflect the changes in days, times, and locations.

Through March 17, 2011, practices will remain at Queensmount Arena in Kitchener on Thursday nights from 6-8 PM. Effective March 21 – April 4 practices will be held on Mondays from 7-9 PM at the New Hamburg Arena (home of our friends, the Kitchener-Waterloo area WFTDA Tri-City Rollergirls).

We are still looking for space for April 2011 and onward, though, so please let us know if you can help.

Visit our downloads page to download printable color or black and white copied of this flyer for yourself and a friend. Valid only in London, ON, and only for first-time skaters. Flyers for Kitchener are also available on our download page, for those that want to promote LOCO Roller Derby Kitchener. Thanks to our sponsors, partners, and friends for all the encouragement and support.

At LOCO Roller Derby, we believe that all women can enjoy being strong, fit, powerful, and that all women can play roller derby. Our team names have been the Red Shirts vs the Black Hats for our open scrimmages, but we are happy to announce that we have our 2011 team names chosen!

Join us in our love of powerful women and welcome:

The Ellen Degenerates (red)

&

The Dope Rahs (black)

to the LOCO Roller Derby track this Friday night. Please contact info@locorollerderby.com if you have questions about the scrimmage nights!

Credits to one of our newest skaters in the LOCO London chapter, (derby name pending) Suzanne, we bring you a collage piece to highlight our 2010-2011 growth, improvements and fun had by all. More videos to come, but this is our first teaser. Enjoy!

See below for Scrimmage Night info for Jan 28, 2011. Don’t forget practices in Kitchener are every Thursday including Jan 27, and start at 6 PM!

The date is Jan 28 2011, we apologize for the image error.

Scrimmage night: Jan 28 2011 in London

Schedule (as usual) 6:45 arrive and sign in. Gear up.
7:00 PM: Floor sweep, warmup, stretch
7:15 PM: Track setup and Roster Announcement
7:20 PM: First jam
3 periods of  20 minutes are planned. Time will be announced with rosters as it may depend on number of players and start time. It is all WFTDA roller derby, but if you check a girl to the floor in low contact derby, we will send you to the penalty box!

2011 will bring new team names, but for now, we’re still playing open-roster Red Shirts vs Black Hats and the Black Hats need to win this one, at 0-2 for LOCO in London.

Requirements to scrimmage:  Skaters must pass skill testing (Jan 21 2011), attend a ref clinic (Jan 21 2011), have gear check approved (Jan 28 2011), and have insurance valid for 2011 (CWRDA or RSC accepted) by Jan 28 2011. We will also ask if you have read the rules so ask for them if you haven’t!  For this scrimmage, we will have 14 day waivers for those that have applied for insurance but are missing cards. Helmet, mouth guard, knee and elbow pads, and wrist guards are required. Women over 18 can play, men 18+ can serve as referees. Referees and NSO officials can be on or off skate at LOCO, and we will train you.  Referees and Volunteers will not have to pay on scrimmage nights.

Spectators: Our practice space is not setup for crowds, sorry, and do to renovations that are underway we do ask that you wait to attend one of our family and friends bouts, or tell your rollergirl that you want to come watch and we’ll see if we can accomodate you. Better yet, volunteer to do penalties, clocks, or score keeping!

LOCO Roller Derby in Kitchener is underway every Thursday night at the Queensmount Arena, email kitchener@locorollerderby.com for information or to sign up!

If you have ever thought about learning to roller skate and play roller derby, and you’re 18+ and female, you are welcome to come out and join LOCO Roller Derby! In 2011, LOCO has twice the fun, twice the fitness, and twice the friendship time planned!

In London, ON:
We are back! Jan 7, 7-9 PM we are back at the YMCA-Centre Branch to kick off 2011!
Costs: $5 per night, $40 skate cards for 10 nights!

February 12, 2011: LOCO Roller Derby in London, celebrates it’s first year anniversary!

In Kitchener, ON:

Jan 4: Info Night!  7-9 PM
Considering it, but not sure? Need to know where to get skates and gear? Want to know what it’s all about? Come on out to the first info session and sign up for the first practice!
McCabes Irish Pub and Grill  352 King St. W Kitchener, ON between 7-9 PM on Jan 4, 2011! (tomorrow!)

Jan 6: Thursday, 6-8 PM
First Practice in Kitchener! Come on out and try it. Email kitchener@locorollerderby.com to sign up!
Cost: $5 per night or skate cards $40 for 10 nights!

Insurance is being setup for 2011 now! Contact info@locorollerderby.com or speak to Nia Capps at London, or Pepper Assault at Kitchener to sign up now! Please check our schedule, or ABOUT section for more information.

LOCO Roller Derby is proud to add RudeChix to the growing list of companies that are behind us in supporting Roller Derby as a sport, and a recreational sport, in and around your own neighborhoods! RudeChix carries roller derby and sassy T-shirts and apparel for the edgy babies, kids, women, men, waitresses and sassy people in your circles. Thanks, RudeChix! Expect an order from some LOCO members soon!

RudeChix rocks!

The bout last night was 6 on 6 teams, so we played shorter periods and 3 on 3 Blocker action. In the first period, the lead was back and forth, but scoring was way down from our last bout, showing big improvement in the low contact blocking of both teams. We even had a few friends and new skaters as score keepers and and spectators. It was a ton of fun! We rounded out the second period with a score of Red Shirts 56 to Black Hats 50, and asked our spectators for support. The third period kicked off, and the score was up to 62-56. Black Hats were pushing to catch up and win the bout, and then a fall on the third turn by Chlorine, led to some blocking in the straight-away after turn four with Rami California going down backwards. The Bout was called at 62-58 when black was forced to forfeit with only 4 players left. Don’t worry, the injuries are minor and the women are recovering this morning at home.

In other news, we have lots of new skaters joining in 2011, and LOCO Roller Derby in London, ON is now available to invite your recreational teams and groups, or your WFTDA farm and rookie teams out to scrimmage with us in 2011 under a low contact rule set.  Contact info@locorollerderby.com if you are interested.  LOCO will be back to regularly scheduled practices on January 7, 2011 in London.

Sign up! If you’re in the Kitchener/Waterloo area of Ontario sign up for Kitchener LOCO Roller Derby! It starts in January. We’ll be planning a special info session, and start skating January 6, 2011.  Send your name and email to kitchener@locorollerderby.com!

Happy Holidays to all and we will see in 2011!

We’re doing it again in London! In November, LOCO played their first formal, full length scrimmage bout (which means it was a full on low contact WFTDA rules roller derby bout with private attendance only.) The Red Shirts won 162-139, and tonight, the Black Shirts add in star Jammer Betty Bones, while the Red Shirts get Head Trainer, Vegas, and hot rookies Chlorine and Mela Thunder with Killer Suenami get to show off their mad skills.  Line-ups are assigned at 7:00 pm from those that come ready to play! If you are thinking about joining LOCO Roller Derby in 2011, tonight is the perfect time to come out and get some information and observe the bout from the suicide seats (track-side) or volunteer as a NSO or ref for scoring, penalty calls, and penalty tracking.

Tonight’s line up:

6:00-6:45 PM – Info Session. the Morrissey House – Find Nia Capps. Insurance signup for 2011, and Gear/Wheels Q&A
6:45-7:00 PM Gym Hall at YMCA Centre Branch – Intake, gear up – Turn in Food and Toy Drive Items, pay for 2011 Insurance.
7:00-7:15  PM: Skater Warm-up, ref clinic, track setup
7:15 PM: Rosters announced, team lineups
7:20 First period. We will play 3 periods of 20 minutes.

9:00 PM – The Morrissey House has booked us space for up to 15 people and we can squeeze in as always. Come on out and enjoy our last night for a London, LOCO Roller Derby Practice in 2010. The losing team buys the first round!