The women of LOCO Roller Derby are coming together once again to Face-Off in New Hamburg. See Kitchener, London, Brantford and Stratford go head to head at on August 13, 2012 at the New Hamburg Arena. It’s only $5 for LOCO skaters to take part, and $5 for spectators by suggested donation. Come out and support LOCO Roller Derby!

London’s LOCO Roller Derby is adding practices! We’ve grown so much, we needed a little more space and time. Starting Monday March 14, 2011, LOCO London is adding Monday nights to it’s practice schedule, but we’re starting slow with every other week on the plan, and more to come. Practice Monday March 14, 2011 is from 8:30-10 PM at the YMCA Centre Branch at 382 Waterloo St., London, ON.  Check the Schedule page for London for up to date information.

And thanks to the KW Granite Club, Kitchener LOCO Roller Derby is scheduled and open all summer! Practices move this month to Mondays, and to the home of our friends, the WFTDA Tri-City Rollergirls at New Hamburg Arena, in New Hamburg, ON and April 11 LOCO Londo visits for a special scrimmage night. Then, starting April 20, 2011 through to September, LOCO Kitchener settles into a nice Wednesday night time slot 6-8PM at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo, ON. Thanks for the support, TCRG, KW Granite and KW! Track the Kitchener schedule on the schedule page.

We’d also like to give a shout out to the Sexual Assault Center London for choosing LOCO Roller Derby to help them with their fund raising during Sexual Assault Awareness Month this May. Announcements coming soon about the events that will let you and LOCO help put an end to sexual violence.

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!