Parents with children who are interested in joining the sport of roller derby are invited to attend Junior Roller Derby Information Night.

Wednesday, October 24 • 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Room CE1305 at Lethbridge College
(Located to the right from the main doors)

Parents & children welcome!
Accepting boys and girls
between the ages of 6 and 17!

Learn about

• The sport of Junior Roller Derby
• How to join
• Gear requirements
• Coaching, practice and fee schedule

News Release
Junior roller derby hits Lethbridge

Lethbridge children and teens will soon have a new sport to be active in. The Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild is expanding their league to include junior roller derby.

“We’re pretty excited,” says Caroline Reimer, aka Right Meow, LRDG junior organizer. “Roller derby teaches teamwork, self discipline and above all else, fitness. We are so happy to be offering a sport alternative for youth boys and girls.”

Reimer says the league had been getting many requests from parents with teen daughters wanting to join since the adult league’s inception in 2010. “As the requests kept coming, we decided it was time to introduce the junior league. So we are offering it to boys and girls between 6 and 17 years of age.”

Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild is hosting a Junior Roller Derby Information Night this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Richardson Oilseed Room at Lethbridge College, prior to hosting their first practice so families can see if roller derby is for them.

“Roller derby is still a new sport in our area. The information night will give parents, children and teens the opportunity to learn more about the sport, the rules, the gear and how to sign up,” says Reimer.

While some parents may have reservations about their children joining a contact sport, Reimer says the junior roller derby program has a series of steps for all ages and levels, to keep it safe and fun and to allow all ages and levels to still play together.

“There are three skill levels that players must advance through as they work up to contact play. Junior derby emphasizes the need for the skater to build on their skills before they can move up into the next level,” says Reimer.

Fourteen-year-old Jessicca Lang has been waiting a long time for the opportunity to play junior roller derby. Her mother, Medi Evil, has been skating with the adult league for about two years.

Lang, who has already picked out her roller derby name (Funsize), says it’s a lot more than just roller skating. “It’s a great opportunity to try something new, to have a sport that promotes individuals and doesn’t discriminate body size. And to be bad azz like my mother.”

The Junior Roller Derby Information Night is set to start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and the league will be open to boys and girls from six to 17. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please email juniorderby@lethbridgerollerderby.ca