The Lowcountry Highrollers are a flat-track roller derby

Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 league in Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

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, South Carolina. The league is composed of three home teams for intra-league

Intramural sports

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 play, an all-star travel team that competes with other leagues, and another travel team that plays in exhibition games with other leagues. Founded in 2008, the Lowcountry Highrollers have around 65 active skaters, referees, and non-skating officials as of 2011.

Teams

The home teams that play within the Lowcountry Higrollers are:

• Ashley Riverdolls
• Holy City Hearbreakers
• Swamp Foxes

And the travel teams are:

• Bruisin' Betties
• LCHR All Stars

2011

• On February 13, 2011, LCHR hosted their first home game of 2011 with over 2,500 fans in the seats.

• As of January 2011, LCHR entered the Apprentice Program for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
  Women's Flat Track Derby Association
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   and also began a Junior roller derby league for skaters between the ages of 12 and 17.

2010

• On April 24, 2010, LCHR became the #2 roller derby league in the state of South Carolina by defeating the Richland County Regulators.

• On April 18, 2010, LCHR debuted their newly-formed home teams, the Holy City Heartbreakers and the Swamp Foxes. The HCH defeated the SF in the first LCHR home team bout.

• In January of 2010, LCHR formed a second travel team, the Bruisin’ Betties. Their first bout was January 23, 2010.

2009

• On March 22, 2009, the Lowcountry Highrollers' had their first game. It was held at the Omar Shrine Temple and was sold out.

2008

• In January of 2008, the founding members of the Lowcountry Highrollers made their first contact with a Craigslist
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   ad.

Business Structure

As a business enterprise, the league is registered as a Federal NonProfit. Lowcountry Highrollers donate a portion of bout proceeds to a different local charity.

Featured articles

• LCHR's first article was written by the Charleston City Paper
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• A collection of coverage by TheDigitel

The Lowcountry Highrollers logo artwork was designed by Hook Advertising