The Kingston Derby Girls are pleased to announce our upcoming Accelerated Fresh Meat Camp for skaters (19+) with previous skating experience who want to learn how to play roller derby and get on a team! This boot camp is aimed toward intermediate to advanced skaters from any related discipline, such as hockey, power skating, speed skating, roller derby, figure skating, rollerblading, etc. who are determined, dedicated, and team-oriented. This is your chance to be part of one of the fastest growing sports in North America and the best sports league in Kingston. Our experienced skaters will teach you the skating and derby-playing skills and strategies necessary for scrimmaging and bouting as soon as possible!

Got what it takes? For all the details, email freshmeat@kingstonderbygirls.ca.

We hope to run a regular fresh meat camp in the fall for beginners.

See you on the flat track!

The Kingston Derby Girls are looking for a few good women and men to join our coaching team. We’re looking for enthusiastic, collaborative, and committed people with knowledge and experience in any type of fitness instruction, including power skating, cross-training, team dynamics, game strategy, and other related skills.

Think you fit the bill? Want to join forces with the fastest growing women’s sport in North America? We want to hear from you! Email coaches@kingstonderbygirls.ca and let us know what you can teach us! (Training will be provided for all of our future coaches.)

Our 2012 season is warming up! We’re back on skates and back in training, ready to give Kingston another fantastic year of roller derby. Cogeco TV recently posted this video, which originally aired on the TVCOGECO newsmagazine program K-Town Source. Shot mostly at our final bout of 2011, Back to Cruel II, it features interviews with Knit Whip, Box Punch, Cat O’Clysm, and Skate At Home Mom, mixed with some great shots from The Disloyalists’ game! Check it out!

Whew! It’s taken a little while for the excitement to die down enough for us to type a coherent sentence, but guess where the Kingston Derby Girls all were a couple of weeks ago? Watching the first ever Roller Derby World Cup in Toronto, that’s where!

If you weren’t able to be there, or if you want to relive the best derby the world has to offer, the event was covered by Derby News Network, who archived all the footage. There’s also a nice write-up of the final between Canada and the USA — even though Canada lost that game, it should be noted that they scored more points against the US than all the other teams they’d played against, combined. Not bad, eh? And Team Canada had a sweet “beaver fever” dance to boot.

For more, check out The Derby Nerd’s detailed summary of the event. We’re so proud of our derby big sisters from Toronto Roller Derby for hosting the first ever World Cup, and for doing it so well. It was a thrill to watch all our Canadian roller derby heroes play so well. We all came back inspired to kick ass at off-skate training in the new year, and in the 2012 season!

That’s right, it’s that time of year again! The Kingston Derby Girls had a great time this past Saturday, skating, marching, hooting, and hollering with the fat man himself in Kingston’s Santa Claus Parade. We loved hanging out with everyone in the parade and getting the Kingston community into the holiday spirit.

Later that night, we partied like only derby girls can at our fantastic sponsor bar The Mansion at a KDG fundraiser to get some money together for a skater emergency fund. We hope no one has to use it, but it’s great that it’s there! White Cowbell Oklahoma was amazing as always, chain saws and all. If you haven’t seen these guys live, and you get the chance, do not miss it — sort of like derby, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before!

Photo by Pete Beattie.

It was the final practice of the season last night, and was it ever a doozy! Derby dodgeball, derby European handball, and co-ed scrimmaging with the refs! Too much fun — and the afterparty was a great time as well. We’re sad to say goodbye to the Wally Elmer and all the fantastic staff there (hi Kerry!), but we’ll be back before you know it. Off-season training starts up soon. Thanks everyone for an amazing 2011…and stay tuned for an unforgettable 2012! Derby love to friends and fans!

Our Kingston Derby Girls can’t get enough of a good cause. Or an excuse to sport a stylin’ mustache. The girls all broke out some facial hair of their own in support of Coach Boss Hasz’s Movember endeavours. Check out some of the photos on Facebook, and take a second to support Boss’s amazing stache-in-progress and fundraising efforts to fight prostate cancer here!

The Disloyalists hit the road this past weekend, travelling over four hundred kilometres to Simcoe, Ontario, to take on Brantford’s Belles of the Brawl at the AUD. They brought with them a small but noisy cheering squad of friends and family for support.

The Belle City Roller Girls throw a great bout — there was a kids’ area, buttered popcorn, and — always important! — BACON! The game was fast-paced, hard-hitting, and high in penalties, and full of memorable moments — Frieda Frankenstorm’s 22-point jam, Magpie trying to call it off only to discover she wasn’t lead jammer, and a few jams when it seemed there were more players in the sin bin than on the track. In the end, your Kingston Disloyalists took the game:  122-26. Congratulations Disloyalists on a great final game of the season! Brantford were great hosts and we can’t wait to see them again soon.

Just before Hallowe’en, the Sinderollas got together to for picture day… in a pumpkin patch, of course! Thanks so much to the fabulous folks at Fruition Berry Farm for letting us tromp around in the mud in our skates until well after closing hours, and for giving us a couple of hay rides to boot!

Huge thanks as well to Cat London Photography, for making us look soooo good.

Well, it’s nearly the end of our 2011 season* and to celebrate, the Kingston Derby Girls are getting all done up for team picture days! The Disloyalists met Cat London Photography at the carousel at the Kingston Fall Fair back in September, and the results were stellar.

The Sinderollas are up next, with a pumpkin patch shoot at Fruition Berry Farm just in time for Hallowe’en! Stay tuned for their team photo.

* HEY! If you’re near the Brantford area on November 12, come cheer on your Disloyalists as they face off against the Belles of the Brawl. Last game of the season! And if you want more information, there’s always Facebook.