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Recently, the The Ohio Roller Girls held an invite-only tryout and were able to take on five new fresh meat and a transfer skater, Bandersnatch, from Gem City. Bandersnatch will be playing in this weekend’s game against Rubber City. Look for the other new girls to start playing June/July. We are so excited to have them as part of OHRG.
See the information below for open tryouts in June.

Want to Play Roller Derby?
Tryouts for new skaters will be Tuesday June 29 and Wednesday June 30, 2010, from 8-11pm at Skate Zone 71 (4900 Evanswood Drive, Columbus, OH 43229). There will be one more Skate Clinic at Skate Zone 71 on May 25 from 8:30-11pm. We highly recommend going to a clinic before trying out. Click here for Clinic information.

Why You Should Join
    •    Grassroots, female owned and operated
    •    Great workouts
    •    Learn an awesome new sport

Skatemare is an awesome event because we get to be really competitive against some of our biggest motivators, idols, and opponents—our own teammates. Skatemare is not a sanctioned WFTDA game, meaning that it is basically about having a great time playing roller derby with our awesome home-team crowd cheering us on. Ghostly music was juxtaposed with holiday tunes. About 250 derby fans joined us for viewing the game, many of them new to the raucous game.

Byline: Loraine Acid

Sunday, Oct. 11 2009 found the Ohio Roller Girls visiting Skate Zone 71, a valued sponsor and the site of many of our derby practices.

Members of OHRG doned their skates and their uniforms to do a meet and greet at Skate Zone 71. There were tables set up with crayons and dress-your-derby-doll coloring pages. Even the skaters had fun sitting around and talking about derby while coloring outfits for their own paper doll.

It was fun to chat with a younger crowd, all of whom obviously liked skating and many of whom were not familiar with roller derby. A background dvd recording of the Ohio Roller Girls’ bout against the Sioux Falls Roller Dollz was playing the entire session.