Featured League: Halifax Roller Derby Association

Copyright HRDA / Artwork by Jason Dirks

Today's featured league is the Halifax Roller Derby Association, hailing from one of Canada's most beautiful cities, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Formed in 2010, this league is relatively new but already making a splash. They played their first bout in June 2011 to a crowd of approximately 700 spectators. Proceeds from the bout went to Feed Nova Scotia, providing a great example of derby's ability to do good. That's pretty amazing progress and sure proof that derby is doing wonderfully in Canada's Atlantic provinces.

An old HRDA logo by Jessika Hepburn,
proving they've been sexy since the start

Today, the HRDA remains Halifax's only women's flat-track derby league. Featuring skaters like founding member Sarah Chaotica, The HellaGonian and former LOCO lovely Chlorine, HRDA has an All-Star / Travel Team, the Halifax Heartless and you can keep up with them through their blog, Twitter or Facebook page.

Particular notable is HRDA's blog, which features writing from their skaters. Other leagues can certainly learn from HRDA's commitment to keeping their skaters so central in the league's public presence.

Ultimately, HRDA is a league that Maritime skaters can feel proud to count among their ranks. A registered not-for-profit organization, HRDA proves that derby can be both bad-ass and benevolent. As the child of Maritimers and a long-time fan of both the province of Nova Scotia and the city of Halifax, I'm proud to see derby in such capable hands there. Long may they roll.

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