Recreational Roller Derby League in London, Ontario, Canada!

Our Open House was a full success. We gave over 50 free passes out, and we met a lot of great women and men (and kids!) that are interested in roller skating, fitness, fun, and roller derby. Some were fans of contact roller derby that just wondered what the differences are between that and LOCO Roller Derby’s recreational and low contact style, others said they knew some LOCO skaters or had seen us online and thought it sounded like a lot of fun, and some just were surprised to find out that we were right there in the YMCA Centre Branch every Friday night already. I hope to see them all again soon at LOCO practices!

I’d like to thank  the YMCA, for their on-going support and assistance when we need it for our rented space to skate in. Without Dave, who helps us setup intake and empty the gym every Friday night, and the great service of all the desk personnel who let our skaters in and out every Friday night, we wouldn’t have it so nice. And thank for letting us have our Open House at the YMCA!

I’d also like to thank our sponsors, all of them, for their help and support. RollerSk8s R Us here in London for the loaner skates, CWRDA for our Canadian Women’s Roller Derby Association membership and Insurance needs, Wicked Skatewear for making us look good when we skate, Rollergirl.ca for having great gear, Smallmarketsports.com Comic Artist Bill Charbonneau for our logo and event poster, and our own LOCO skaters, who volunteered to work the event and help get it ready. And thanks to Fowler Designs for their help in our marketing campaign, along with LOCO Board member and Roller Derby WFTDA referee, Roxem Hard for lots of great assists.

Congratulations to Patti Sim of London, Ontario, who won the T-Shirt raffle on Saturday! Patti, we’ll be contacting you this week, to arrange T-Shirt delivery. For all those that didn’t win, T-Shirts are available from LOCO Roller Derby. You can place an order at any LOCO Roller Derby Practice, or contact us at info@locorollerderby.com.

Please note:  There is no LOCO skate on Friday July 2, 2010 in observance of the Holiday weekend, but we will be back on Friday July  9, 2010. If you, or someone you know, has a free pass or wants to come and try out LOCO Roller Derby for themselves, and you need skates for rent/loan or to buy, please email us your needs and shoe size to info@locorollerderby.com. If you are interested in volunteering to referee, for scrimmages (can even help WFTDA refs practice their trade), please let us know.

Don’t want to skate, but are you a fan of roller derby like we are? Want to help? You can promote LOCO Roller Derby too! Print our General Promotions Poster and let everyone know you’ve heard of LOCO Roller Derby!

LOCO Roller Derby T-Shirts are available in red or black, with optional name and number on back.

That’s right, ladies and gents, we are now able to give you the LOCO Roller Derby, cotton, unisex, red or black T-Shirt in your size, and it can even have your name and number on the back. Shirts are $20 each for members and $25 for non-members. Get yours today! Order by contacting your local LOCO Roller Derby girl,  join us this Friday April 23, 2010 for a skate night, and order yours in person, or contact locorollerderby@gmail.com if you can’t find a rollergirl to buy one from. Support roller derby and help LOCO Roller Derby get equipment for new skaters, and get a cool T-shirt to wear.

LOCO Roller Derby members have been skating every week the past month, and have started learning roller derby through scrimmaging on a marked flat track setup. What do we have in store for the spring?

We have our first annual membership meeting, where we’re electing our board members for 2010-2011! That’s right, the board is changing already, because we are committed to having the skaters decide who they want running the show, and it is up to our membership to decide. We’re also planning some promotional committee stuff, so you may start to see us pop up around town, on skates, or recruiting you to come learn to roller skate and learn to play roller derby in a low contact and fun environment.

We also have T-Shirts that we’ll have available very soon for order, so if you like our logo and want to show it off, get ready!

If you want to be involved with London, Ontario’s newest and best new sports organization for women, come on out tomorrow night, or any Friday, and try it. $5 gets you in. We have limited loaner skates available. Conact us for more information. We ask you try to bring your own safety gear. Please see the membership information for more details.

Keep rolling,