Updated May 20: We're halfway through the 2010 Utah women's flat-track roller-derby season--been to a bout yet? Still plenty of chances catch a game between now and October, and they'll never let you down like certain local millionaire sports franchises.
The Wasatch Front now has four women’s flat-track roller derby leagues (two in SLC, two in Ogden), and they’ll all be playing locally throughout spring, summer and into fall 2010. Here's the year on wheels:
The Salt City Derby Girls, Utah’s original roller derby league (and member of the national Women’s Flat-Track Derby Association), kicks off 2010 in April with an entire season of double-header home bouts at the Salt Palace in downtown SLC (see the new SCDG promo video):
Saturday, April 24: Sisters of No Mercy vs. Death Dealers / SCDG Allstar Shakers vs. Lava City Roller Dolls (Bend, Ore.) - Recap
Saturday, May 15: Sisters of No Mercy vs. Leave It to Cleavers / Bomber Babes vs. Death Dealers - Recap
Saturday, June 12: Bomber Babes vs. Leave It to Cleavers / SCDG Allstar Shakers vs. FoCo Girls Gone Derby (Fort Collins, Colo.) - Recap
Saturday, July 10: Leave It to Cleavers vs. Death Dealers / SCDG Allstar Shakers vs. AZRD Allstar Tent City Terrors (Phoenix, Ariz.) - Recap
Saturday, Aug. 28: Charity Bout vs. Junction City Roller Dolls (Ogden) @ Davis Conference Center, Layton
Saturday, Sept. 25: Bomber Babes vs. Sisters of No Mercy / SCDG Allstar Shakers vs. JCRD Allstar Trainwrecks (Ogden)
Saturday, Oct. 16: SCDG League Championship Bout
New SLC league Wasatch Roller Derby began its 2010 season Saturday, Feb. 6, and is now also a member of the WFTDA. The WRD sked:
Saturday, Feb. 6: WRD Charity Bout for Utah Parent Center @ Salt Palace - Recap
Saturday, Feb 27: WRD Allstar Midnight Terror vs. Treasure Valley Roller Girls (Treasure Valley, Idaho) @ Salt Palace - Recap
Saturday, March 13: WRD Double-Header Charity Bout for Huntsman Cancer Institute @ Salt Palace - Recap
Saturday, April 10: WRD Allstar Midnight Terror vs. Calgary Roller Derby (Alberta, Canada) @ Taylorsville Rec Center, Taylorsville - Recap
Sunday, June 13: WRD Allstar Midnight Terror vs. FoCo Microbruisers (Fort Collins, Colo.) @ Taylorsville Rec Center, Taylorsville
Saturday, June 26: WRD Allstar Midnight Terror vs. Slaughterhouse Derby Girls (Greely, Colo.) @ Taylorsville Rec Center, Taylorsville
Saturday, July 17/Aug. 21: WRD Picnic Scrimmages @ Trailside Park (Park City)
Saturday, Oct. 9: WRD Allstar Midnight Terror vs. Pike’s Peak Derby Dames (Colorado Springs, Colo.) @ Taylorsville Rec Center, Taylorsville
Ogden’s Junction City Roller Dolls started their local season on Saturday, March 13, and are now a member of the WFTDA Apprentice Program. Junction City’s 2010 bout schedule (Charity Bouts: Portion of ticket sales will go to a charity to be announced before each game):
Saturday, March 13: Home Teams Charity Bout @ Davis Conference Center, Layton - Recap
Saturday, April 24: Home Teams Charity Bout @ Davis Conference Center, Layton
Saturday, May 22: JCRD Allstar Trainwrecks vs. Castle Rock & Rollers (Castle Rock, Colo.) @ Davis Conference Center, Layton - Recap
Saturday, June 5: Home Teams Charity Bout @ Golden Spike Arena, Ogden - Recap
Saturday, Aug. 28: Double-Header Charity Bout vs. Salt City Derby Girls (Salt Lake City) @ Davis Conference Center, Layton
Saturday, Sept. 25: JCRD Allstar Trainwrecks vs. SCDG (Salt Lake City) @ Salt Palace, SLC
Saturday, Oct. 2: Home Teams Charity Bout @ Davis Conference Center, Layton
Saturday, Nov. 6: Home Teams Charity Bout @ Davis Conference Center, Layton
Ogden’s O-Town Derby Dames return for a six-month season of charity expo bouts (benefiting the Marshall White Community Center at 222 28th Street, where the bouts will be played) in March. The schedule:
Saturday, March 27: Charity Expo Bout @ Marshall White Community Center, Ogden - Recap
Saturday, April 17: Charity Expo Bout vs. Wasatch Roller Derby @ Marshall White Community Center, Ogden
Saturday, May 15: Charity Expo Bout @ Marshall White Community Center, Ogden
Saturday, Aug. 21: Charity Expo Bout @ Marshall White Community Center, Ogden
Saturday, Sept. 11: Charity Expo Bout @ Marshall White Community Center, Ogden
Saturday, Oct. 30: Charity Expo Bout @ Marshall White Community Center, Ogden
Cant wait any longer!!! Aaahhhhh
Bill I don't know where you got that schedule from but its pretty off for JCRD...
I think someone is sending you an updated one :)
Thanks!
Hooray for 2010 derby!
I really hate the "off season"
Thanks for posting the schedules for all the awesome Utah Roller Derby teams!
Note: Wasatch Roller Derby (WRD) Allstars team is called Midnight Terror.
MBD
Thanks for doing such a great job feeding the frenzied fans of Derby.
Check out my photos sometime on:
http://communiuty.webshots.com/user/izzyonher/stats