Oil City Derby Girls
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The Oil City Derby Girls is a roller derby
league based in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada
. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two teams who compete against teams from other leagues, and a men's team.
The league was founded in 2005, and clams to have been the first flat-track roller derby league in Canada. By the following February, it had 14 skaters, and was known as the "Oil City Rollers". Although it briefly planned to expand across Canada, other leagues emerged in other cities, and E-Ville Roller Derby
split from Oil City to produce two leagues in the city.
In January 2009, Lesley McDonald, a skater with Oil City, founded the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association, By September 2010, the league was hosting bouts in a 3,000-capacity venue. It won the Wild Rose Cup from the Calgary Roller Derby Association
, which had held it for three years.
One skater from the league was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
.
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 based in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two teams who compete against teams from other leagues, and a men's team.
The league was founded in 2005, and clams to have been the first flat-track roller derby league in Canada. By the following February, it had 14 skaters, and was known as the "Oil City Rollers". Although it briefly planned to expand across Canada, other leagues emerged in other cities, and E-Ville Roller Derby
E-Ville Roller Derby
E-Viller Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of four teams, and a mixed team which competes against teams from other leagues....
split from Oil City to produce two leagues in the city.
In January 2009, Lesley McDonald, a skater with Oil City, founded the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association, By September 2010, the league was hosting bouts in a 3,000-capacity venue. It won the Wild Rose Cup from the Calgary Roller Derby Association
Calgary Roller Derby Association
The Calgary Roller Derby Association is a not-for-profit flat-track roller derby league based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The CRDA was founded in 2007, and is skater-owned and skater-operated....
, which had held it for three years.
One skater from the league was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world are fielded to compete for their respective nations. The inaugural 2011 event is being hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and is being...
.