Oil City Roller Derby

Oil City Roller Derby

Metro area	Edmonton, Alberta
Country	Canada
Founded	2005
Teams	Oil City Derby Girls (Travel Team) GI Janes (house team) Dirty Harriets (house team) River City Riot (Men's Team) Space Oddities (co-ed house team) Near Death Stars (co-ed house team)
Venue	Edmonton Sportsdome
Website	www.ocrd.ca

Oil City Roller Derby (formerly called Oil City Derby Girls) is a flat track roller derby league based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of six teams, comprising men's, women's and co-ed squads.

Teams

6 House teams:
1. Damage Inc - Coed, low-contact
2. Dirty Harriets - Female, full-contact
3. G.I. Janes - Female, full-contact
4. Near Death Stars - Coed, full-contact
5. River City Riot - Male, full contact
6. Space Oddities - Coed, full-contact
2 Travel teams:
1. Oil City Derby Girls - Female, full contact
2. Dreadnaughts/Riot - Male, full contact

House teams are composed of travel team skaters as well as those who are not part of the travel team. These teams play B-level teams and other house teams and are perfect for developing skater skills. Travel teams are more competitive and play higher level teams. These teams tend to travel more frequently and farther. The Dreadnaughts are a registered MRDA team.

History

The league was founded in 2005, and claims to have been the first flat-track roller derby league in Canada.^[1] By the following February, it had 14 skaters, and was known as the "Oil City Rollers." Although it briefly planned to expand across Canada,^[2] other leagues emerged in other cities, and E-Ville Roller Derby split from Oil City to produce two leagues in the city.^[3]

In January 2009, Lesley McDonald, a skater with Oil City, founded the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association,^[4] 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,^[5] which had held it for three years.^[3]

Teeknee, a member of Oil City at the time, was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.^[6]

In 2015, the league turned 10 years old. It was at this time that they chose to re-brand the league as "Oil City Roller Derby", to better embody the inclusive and non-gendered nature of the league. The league reserved the Oil City Derby Girls name for their travel team to honour the history of the league.

In 2015, Oil City Roller Derby moved to the Edmonton Sportsdome due to the demolition of Metro Sportsplex.

References

↑ "All About the Oil City Derby Girls", Oil City Derby Girls
↑ "Local Oil City Rollers hoping for a roller derby renaissance", Edmonton Journal, 20 March 2006
1 2 "OCDG Press and Media", Oil City Derby Girls
↑ Thane Burnett, "Today's roller girls are hell on wheels", Sun Media, 24 February 2009
↑ Kristy Brownlee, "Roller derby's more than just rough", Edmonton Sun, 19 September 2010
↑ Mercy Less (5 August 2011). "Team Canada Roster Announced". Derby News Network. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

Roller Derby Association of Canada leagues

Atlantic Region	709 Derby Girls Cape Breton Roller Derby Capital City Rollers Fog City Rollers Muddy River Rollers Red Rock 'n Roller Derby Riptide Rollers

Central Region	Lil Chicago Roller Derby Moose Jaw Roller Derby NorSask Roller Derby Redneck Betties Roller Derby Ring Leader Roller Girls Saskatoon Roller Derby League

East Region	Border City Brawlers Durham Region Roller Derby Hard Rock 'n' Rollers London Middlesex Roller Derby Los Conos Roller Derby of Hamilton Nickel City Roller Derby Renegade Derby Dames

West Region	Aurora BoriEllas Roller Derby Avalanche City Roller Girls Bow Valley Roller Derby Chinook City Roller Derby East Kootenay Roller Derby Eves of Destruction Fort McMurray Roller Derby League Grimshaw Roller Derby Lakeland Lady Killers Roller Derby League Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild Mainland Misfits Missfits of Mayhem North Coast Nightmares Oil City Derby Girls Okanagan Shuswap Roller Derby Association Rage n Fyre Rated PG Rollergirls Tournament City Derby Dolls Valley of the Dollz Roller Derby West Kootenay Roller Derby

Sports teams based in Alberta

Baseball	WMBL: Brooks Bombers Edmonton Prospects Fort McMurray Giants Lethbridge Bulls Medicine Hat Mavericks Okotoks Dawgs

Basketball	ABA: Calgary Crush

Football	CFL: Calgary Stampeders Edmonton Eskimos CJFL: Calgary Colts Edmonton Huskies Edmonton Wildcats CMFL: Calgary Gators Airdrie Irish Calgary Wolfpack Central Alberta Buccaneers Edmonton Stallions Fort McMurray Monarchs Grande Prairie Drillers Lloydminster Vandals St. Albert Stars LFL Canada: Calgary Fillies WWCFL: Calgary Rage Edmonton Storm Lethbridge Steel

Hockey	NHL: Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers WHL: Calgary Hitmen Edmonton Oil Kings Lethbridge Hurricanes Medicine Hat Tigers Red Deer Rebels AJHL: Bonnyville Pontiacs Brooks Bandits Calgary Canucks Calgary Mustangs Camrose Kodiaks Canmore Eagles Drayton Valley Thunder Drumheller Dragons Fort McMurray Oil Barons Grande Prairie Storm Lloydminster Bobcats Okotoks Oilers Olds Grizzlys Sherwood Park Crusaders Spruce Grove Saints Whitecourt Wolverines CWHL: Calgary Inferno

Soccer	NASL: FC Edmonton PDL: Calgary Foothills FC

Lacrosse	NLL: Calgary Roughnecks RMLL: Calgary Bowmen Calgary Chill Calgary Knights Calgary Mountaineers Calgary Raiders Calgary Shamrocks Edmonton Eclipse Edmonton Outlaws Edmonton Warriors Fort Saskatchewan Rebels Lethbridge Pioneers Northern Alberta Crude Okotoks Senior C Red Deer IFR Workwear Silverbacks Red Deer Rampage Rockyview Silvertips St. Albert Miners Sherwood Park Titans Tomahawks Senior Lacrosse Club

Rugby union	ARC: Prairie Wolf Pack RCNJC: Alberta NWL: Alberta Alberta U20

Ringette	NRL: Calgary RATH Edmonton WAM!

Canadian Interuniversity Sport	University of Alberta Golden Bears (men's) University of Alberta Pandas (women's) University of Calgary Dinos University of Lethbridge Pronghorns

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