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Thursday, July 12th, 2012

July 21, 2012
This day in History:

On July 20, 1969, a couple of fellows named Neil and Buzz landed on the moon. 6 hours later, on July 21, 1969, they finally pulled on their crash pads*, opened the door to their space-cruiser and took a peek outside. While other folks had sent objects off into the wilds of space, this was the first time actual people had crunched those moon bits under their boots.

July 21, 2012, is a big day in our history. Today marks our home opener – Season 1 Bout 1. It’s our Apollo 11.

*crash pads: pull on booty shorts with protective padding, also worn in roller derby.

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Chinook City Roller Derby is proud to present Apollo 11 – S1B1. This is our first public bout since Flat Track Fever and we are excited to be presenting a double header featuring a junior invitational bout and then the newest CCRD team, Natural Born Thrillers will be taking on the Oil City Drill Bits in a co-ed bout! Come one, come all for awesome roller derby action!

Tickets online for $10 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/254931 or $12.00 at the door, cash only. Children 10 and under get in FREE!

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Men in (fishnet) tights?

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Remember when “you hit like a girl!” was an insult?  But with more mens’ roller derby teams cropping up across the world, it has become less of a slur and more of a compliment!  Check it out at Flat Track Fever, the largest roller derby tournament this side of the rockies! Roller boyz from Canada and the US will take to the track to show derby fans that they can indeed hit like girls!  Come watch the Vancouver Murder, the Glenmore Reservoir Dogs (Calgary), the Red Deer Dreadnaughts, and the Puget Sound Outcast (USA) Saturday, April 14th at the Olympic Oval in Calgary as they battle it out, mens’ derby style!

And just to prove roller boyz and girls can compete on an even playing field, there are also co-ed scrimmages happening throughout the weekend…

See? Betcha didn’t know roller derby was all about equal opportunity…:)

www.flattrackfever.chinookcity.ca

Photos by Steve Recsky

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