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ShadowCon & Memphis Roller Derby

If you are in the area...and love games, come visit our booth at ShadowCon tomorrow!

http://www.shadowcon.org/

January 14, 2012 ~ Zombies vs Cheerleaders!

Season 6, Memphis Roller Derby! Here we go!

It's bout time again!  January is also a recruitment month for fresh meat skaters, refs, volunteers, and NSO's.  Check out the season schedule and information regarding recruitment at Memphis Roller Derby.com.  I am working the first bout, and may be skating the bout on the 28th depending on how my foot is holding up. 

If I didn't mention it, the past few months have been tough.  At some point in September, I injured my left foot.  Despite an x-ray, the doctor cannot seem to figure out what is wrong with it.  I took seven weeks off and wore a boot, but it still gives me pain.  We start back to practice next week, and if I skate and it doesn't give me pain, I will continue, if it gives me pain again, I may consider retiring from skating, yet continue to work in a volunteer capacity as a non-skating official, referee, and continue to work on getting the junior league up and running.  

Wish me luck and as always, thank you for reading.

Memphis JUNIOR Roller Derby ~ A long time coming

A junior roller derby league in Memphis?  Yes, correct!  This is a project that many derby girls in Memphis, and many future derby girls are looking forward to.  A few months ago, I was given the go ahead to begin researching the best way to bring a junior derby league to Memphis.  At the time, the greatest challenge the junior league faced was a stipulation that there is no available funding...however, there is rental space available on Wednesday nights to the junior league if we can recruit enough people!  This is exciting news...

After researching the standard for the majority of other junior leagues around the United States, it seems the junior leagues are separate non-profits who work in collaboration with their parent leagues, therefore, financial problems solved!

The opportunity to be a separate non-profit affords the junior league the possibility of not only applying dues to venue space via rental through their parent league (my league Memphis Roller Derby), it also provides the opportunity to raise funds for their uniforms, equipment, and an provide low-income children to participate through a sliding scale dues program.  The possibilities are endless to involve local community centers, skate shops, and perhaps the new KROC recreation center which is under construction right now.

Here is a link to the Memphis Junior Roller Derby Facebook page, please "like" it and share if you know someone who may be interested in volunteering their time or a child who may be interested in skating
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Memphis-Junior-Roller-Derby/307102895981923

Here is a link to our Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/#!/MJrRollerDerby

Please follow, like, tweet, retweet!

 

Banked Track Action Live on JustinTV, Tonight (11.18) & Saturday (11.19)

Some great derby action LIVE on JustinTV~ just click on the link and tune in.  Next up is Los Angeles Derby Dolls versus Chicago's Windy City Rollers.

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