Welcome to Chinook City Roller Derby, home to Calgary's only Co-Ed Roller Derby and the first Junior Roller Derby league in Calgary, Alberta, Canada!
Here you will find all of the latest information about our fantastic league - upcoming bouts & events, team rosters, fundraising initiatives, some swanky merch, and even how YOU can play roller derby!
MAY 17th, 2012:
For those of you traveling to the RDAC Bootcamp in Kamloops this weekend, a couple of our Dogs will be teaching their tricks! Catch Gear Matters with Flustercluck to learn all about setting up and maintaining your skates and bring all your questions about rules and refs to Dev Null's officiating classes!
We're lucky to have these smart skaters here at Chinook City. We hope you learn as much from them as we do!
In other news, We regret to inform everyone that the June 16th bout has been canceled as this is the same weekend as Westerns in Nelson, BC. But! Our next home bout is July 21st at Stu Peppard Arena in Calgary!
In the meantime, if you are looking for some Chinook City action, our Glenmore Reservoir Dogs will take on the Dreadnaughts on June 2nd in Canmore. Also, some of the Kill Jills will be helping out our sisters of Bow Valley Roller Derby as they take on the Nightshades in double-header goodness! This is also BVRD's first home bout so you should come out and make it awesome!
The following weekend, your friendly neighbourhood Kill Jills will be traveling up to Cold Lake to face off against the Lakeland Ladykillers! This is also Lakeland's first home bout so the Jills want to help make it a gooder!
APRIL 24th, 2012:
If you thought we were done after Flat Track Fever, you were wrong! We have a lot rad things happening! Check out the radtacular stuff below!
First of all, our league is chalk full of geeks, nerds and other genre loving creatures! So, it just makes sense that Chinook City will be at the Calgary Comic And Entertainment Expo on April 27, 28, and 29th! Come see us at Booth #1208! And make sure you hit up Palomino Room F at 11 am on Saturday, April 28th as we will be talking about the "Cool World of Roller Derby Personna" in our very own Comic Expo panel!
We are also thrilled to announce that we have scheduled some home bouts for this season!
• July 21th: Co-Ed Team and the Youthanizers Double Header (at Stu Peppard Arena)
• August 18th: Glenmore Reservoir Dogs and Kill Jills Double Header (at Village Square Arena)
Opponents and additional details will be announced shortly.
And the awesome news keeps coming! We will also be participating in the 2012 Calgary Stampede Parade! Details to be announced soon!
Lastly, we have acquired more practice times! Starting May 1st, the practice schedule will be:
• Tuesdays: Kill Jills from 7 to 9 pmAll practices will be held at the YWCA. For additional details, please check the Calendar.
• Thursdays: Glenmore Reservoir Dogs from 7 to 9 pm
• Saturday: Youthanizers from 12 to 2 pm
• Sunday: Fresh Meat from 10 am to 12 noon
• Sunday: League Practice from 12 to 3 pm
APRIL 16th, 2012:
Welp, it's over! Your friendly neighbourhood Roller Derby league successfully hosted Flat Track Fever 2012! Our inaugural year was an amazing success! Chinook City would like to thank all of the skaters, coaches, referees, NSOs, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, and fans who attended the event. Without you, it wouldn't have happened. So thank you!
We'd also like to send out a very special thank you to our league members, Crimson Shivers and Dev Null. In October 2011, they came up with this nutty idea of a huge flat track roller derby tournament at the Olympic Oval. They led our Tournament Committee and were instrumental in making this thing happen. Without them, it wouldn't have been nearly as successful. Thank you, Crimson and Dev, for kicking off a roller coaster ride of awesome!!!
And after a couple of days sleep, you can bet we will be starting to plot Flat Track Fever 2013!