Featured League: Peterborough Roller Derby

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Today's featured league hails not far from the town I did most of my growing up in. A relatively new full-contact league, PRD was founded in January 2011 in Peterborough, Ontario by Lucid Lou of TORD's Death Track Dolls and Falldown Firlotte. Currently sporting two teams, the Electric City Rollers and the Damage Dollz, this league is proof that derby is pretty much taking over the province of Ontario.


Still looking for a permanent home, this young league has marketed itself smartly and is open to all potential players. Players featured on local media so far include Ruby Red Scare, Beady Eye, Charleigh Smashlin, Jane Sleyre, Amelia Diehard, and ConAir. Their smart approach to promotions includes a fantastic logo strongly reminiscent of the logo for Peterborough's local Trent University (attended by my brother and LOCO NSO, Matt Adams). Peterborough is a beautiful city and as luck would have it, PRD's posters are pretty gorgeous too - see some samples in this post. All copyright remains with the creators.

Getting interested in Peterborough Roller Derby at this stage is something of an adventure. They're a relatively young league, but an ambitious and busy one, already having bouted against the West End Waywards Rollerskating Association's Rollergettes, Durham Region Roller Derby's Atom Smashers and LOCO's own Violet Femmes. Upcoming bouts include a meet-up with the Capital City Roller Dolls' Dolly Rogers on July 7th and a bout against the Kingston Derby Girls on August 11th. Get your foot in PRD's door now to see an adolescent league grow up fast.

You can catch Peterborough Roller Derby on their website or their Facebook account. If you're in the Peterborough area, contact them to get involved!