OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS ROLLER DERBY SEASON MEDIA KIT OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS ROLLER DERBY SEASON MEDIA KIT MEET THE OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS 1 2011 SEASON SCHEDULE 3 OKVD ALL STARS ROSTER 4 OKVD BATTLE SQUAD ROSTER 5 REFEREES & NON-SKATING OFFICIALS ROSTER 6 HISTORY OF ROLLER DERBY 7 ROLLER DERBY 101 8 ABLE OF CONTENTS THE WORLD OF OKVD 9 T WFTDA MEMBER LEAGUES 10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 12 BRANDING & PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS 13 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 14 MEDIA COVERAGE 15 PARTNERSHIPS & PUBLIC APPEARANCES 16 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 17 DESIGN & LAYOUT STEVEN C. SCHMIDT PHOTOGRAPHY BY REX BARRETT|GLASSEYESTUDIOS KATHY BROAD PHOTOGRAPHY GREG SCOTT PHOTOGRAPHY RED HOT RAGE PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] AHOMA VICTORY DOLLS 1 | MEET THE OKL INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] Dolls? WHO ARE THE OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS? The Oklahoma Victory Dolls roller derby league was founded • Oklahoma City’s #1 ranked flat-track roller derby team. in November 2007 by a group of skaters who wanted to put AHOMA VICTORY DOLLS • Oklahoma City’s premier WFTDA (Women’s Flat Track Oklahoma City on the international roller derby map. It has Derby Association) member league. since attracted approximately 40 women from around the OKC • The youngest league to be accepted into the WFTDA. metro area, including experienced former members of other • An all-inclusive group of women from all backgrounds US leagues. ranging in age from 19 to 45. • A registered OK Nonprofit group that donates a portion of OKVD practices and holds bouts year-round in Oklahoma City the proceeds from each bout and raffle to a local charity. and in Norman, and after two successful seasons, are • A group dedicated to community service, local charities and currently planning to make roller derby even bigger in 2011. and helping the world around them. Modern roller derby appeals to people from all walks of life, Our mission as Victory Dolls is to learn and grow both from aging fans of the banked track, to 20-something hipsters personally and within the competitive world of women's flat who, before roller derby, wouldn’t have been caught dead at a 2 | MEET THE OKL track roller derby by remaining solidified with our fellow sporting event. teammates, by exhibiting respect in the way we communicate, and honor in the way we train and compete. Our demographics cut a wide swath across gender, race and It is our intention to both practice, and hold ourselves to, the age, with the average fan in the middle-to upper middle-class highest standards of sportswomanship. We are strong, tax bracket and between 20-45 years old. This exciting sport is independent women who have banded together to do what is sweeping the nation, with over 300 leagues throughout the US best for our team, our communities, and ourselves. and more popping up all over the world every day. INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS 2011 SEASON SCHEDULE OKVD ALL STARS Jan 29: Assassination City Roller Derby of Dallas, Texas (Away-Dallas, TX) Feb 12: ICT Roller Derby of Wichita, Kansas (Away-Wichita, KS) March 19: West Texas Roller Derby of Lubbock, Texas (Away-Lubbock, TX) April 30: Omaha Rollergirls of Omaha, Nebraska (Away-Omaha, NE) May 14: Alamo City of San Antonio, Texas (Home-OKC Fairgrounds) July 30: Dallas Derby Devils of Dallas, TX (Home-OKC Fairgrounds) Aug 13: Big Easy Rollergirls of New Orleans, Louisiana (Home-OKC Fairgrounds) Sept 11: Springfield Rollergirls of Springfield, Missouri (Away-Springfield, MO) 3 | 2011 SEASON SCHEDULE Oct 29: OKC Roller Derby (Home-Oklahoma City) Nov 19: Tequila Mockingbird Benefit Mash Up Bout (Home-OKC Fairgrounds) OKVD BATTLE SQUAD June 25: Tulsa Derby Brigade of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Home-OKC Fairgrounds) Oct 15: Tulsa Derby Brigade of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Away-Tulsa) OTHER DATES Jan 16: Heroes vs. Villains - Intraleague (Home-Star Skate, Norman, OK) Sept 16-18: WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament (Away-Location TBD) Sept 23-26: WFTDA Western Regional Tournament (Away-Location TBD) Sept 30-Oct 2: WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament (Away-Location TBD) Oct 7-9: WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament (Away-Location TBD) Nov 11-13: WFTDA National Tournament (Away-Denver, CO) INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS ALL STARS PHOTO UNAVAILABLE PHOENIX ENVY #5.9” REBELLINE #9000 DITA VON CASUALTIES #928 CRITICAL SASS #6 MOUNT CRUSHMORE #00 ARS ROSTER PRINCESS PANIC #1313 DEZDISPENSEHER #777 DOLLY DYNAMITE #55 T-PAIN #14 JEM REAPER #7 4 | OKVD ALL ST LUCY DEUCE #2 CZECH 1-2 #12 CHA CHA CHERRYBOMB #1965 DROP DEAD, DARLING #15 CAMMIE KAZEE #ZERO TRENCH TOWN ROCKETTE #5446 G.INJURE #71 PENNY CILLIN #500MG SCARLET FIERCE #187C COACH MR. PANIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY REX BARRETT|GLASS EYE STUDIOS INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] OKLAHOMA VICTORY DOLLS BATTLE SQUAD JEM REAPER #7 WHAT THE FOX?! #341 CZECH 1-2 #12 SCARLET FIERCE #187C PENNY CILLIN #500MG TTLE SQUAD ROSTER G.INJURE #71 TRENCH TOWN ROCKETTE #5446 CAMMIE KAZEE #ZERO CHA CHA CHERRYBOMB #1965 DEZDISPENSEHER #777 5 | OKVD BA STICK SHIFT #1234 CRITICAL SASS #6 DROP DEAD DARLING #15 STAR THRUST #0219 COACH MR. PANIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY REX BARRETT|GLASS EYE STUDIOS INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] JESSE JACKASS SHARK B8 SPIDERPIRATE AND NON-SKATING OFFICIALS TTLE SQUAD ROSTER SHADOW KAT WORKWHORSE A. NOBODY ELLIMIN8ER 6 | OKVD BA PHOTOGRAPHY BY REX BARRETT|GLASS EYE STUDIOS INFORMATION OKLAHOMAVICTORYDOLLS.COM | WFTDA.COM MEDIA INQUIRIES [email protected] ROLLER DERBY WAS CREATED BY LEO SELTZER ON A NAPKIN AT JOHNNY RICKETTS IN CHICAGO, INSPIRED BY AN ARTICLE ON THE POPULARITY OF ROLLER SKATING IN AMERICA. AUGUST 13, 1935 LATE 1960S 2001 EARLY 2004 First Transcontinental Roller Derby The IRDL tries skating against Bad Girl/Good Woman productions Women's Flat Track Derby is played in Chicago: 25 teams of 2 Roller Games, despite much (BGGW) is created in Austin when Association is formalized. skaters each skate 3,000 miles animosity between players and staff. girls working at four different bars, Acting as the "WNBA" or "NFL" of around the track, a distance equal IRDL skaters played hard and real, with the help of a man named the all-women flat track Roller Derby to that between San Diego and New while Roller Games skaters were 'Derby Dan', decided to put together sport, the new governing body York City. The winners would be the into the showy aspect and weren't an interesting athletic event, and formalized a number of team to cover that distance in the used to the rough play that the come up with all-women, flat track requirements and bout (or game) shortest time. Each team had to Seltzer-affiliated skaters dished out. Roller Derby as their sport of choice. dates in an effort to formally unite travel a given number of miles in Supposedly, the team themes were leagues across the nation and to every 11 1/2 hour daily skating 1973 based on the bars' décor, and came elevate the image of member session. During the entire time IRDL holds its last official game. out in each team's DIY uniforms. leagues as women who are world- allotted for the race, one of the two Transportation costs (during the gas This established the flamboyant and class athletes and business owners, members had to be skating or else shortage in the 70s) and low flirtatious nature that is present in focused on the advancement of flat the team risked disqualification. On attendance were blamed for this first derby today. The founders track Roller Derby. Their mission Sunday, September 22, 1935 death. disassociated with Derby Dan. They statement is: Founded in 2004, the teammates Clarice Martin and became the "She-E-Os," took WFTDA promotes and fosters the Bernie McKay won the first Roller control and can now say they are sport of women's flat track derby by Derby. Martin and McKay held the APRIL 1977 "women owned and operated." They facilitating the development of lead from September 11 on and International Roller Skating League organized the first event and got the athletic ability, sportswomanship, were one of only 9 teams out of the (IRSL) is formed with David business off the ground. It was and goodwill among member original 25 to finish the month-long event. Lipschultz at the helm. supposed to be a one night deal, leagues. The governing philosophy but it was so popular, they formed is "by the skaters, for the skaters." 1937 DECEMBER 12, 1987 BGGW and started their first season Women skaters are primary owners, Increase of physical contact is IRSL plays its last game in Madison in 2002. managers, and operators of each suggested to Seltzer by sportswriter Square Garden in New York. member league and of the Damon Runyon and the game 2002 association. Operational tasks evolves into what we know today. BGGW and TX Rollergirls are include setting standards for rules, 1984 seasons, and safety, and RollerJam created and was an formed: After the first season, determining guidelines for the The governing body was named the attempt to make derby like pro BGGW split due to business national and international athletic International Roller Derby League wrestling. Joanie Weston's passing differences and two separate competitions of member leagues. (IRDL) and owned by Leo Seltzer. in 1997 inspired Knoxville television leagues were formed: Lonestar All member leagues have a voice in producer Stephen Land to revive Rollergirls (who switched to playing the decision-making process, and Roller Games was started parallel to the game with RollerJam.