As a follow-up to its successful inaugural launch last April, St. Charles-based rollers St. Chux Derby Chix revealed Tuesday the leagues that will be appearing in the 2015 edition of “Skate to Thrill.”
The ten-team, flat-track derby invitational, to be held April 11-12 at Matteson Square Garden in St. Peters, will feature additional local flavor as well as international representation.
The primary travel squads of St. Louis-based Arch Rival Roller Girls and Tiger Bay Brawlers, based in Cardiff, Wales, are scheduled for the event.
Alphabetically, here are the ten leagues scheduled to participate at “Skate to Thrill 2015.”
Arch Rival Roller Girls All-Stars (St. Louis, MO)
Arizona Roller Derby Tent City Terrors (Phoenix, AZ)
Demolition City Roller Derby Dynamite Dolls (Evansville, IN)
Des Moines Derby Dames (Des Moines, IA)
Junction City Roller Dolls Trainwrecks (Ogden, UT)
Naptown Roller Girls Tornado Sirens (Indianapolis, IN)
No Coast Derby Girls Mad Maxines (Lincoln, NE)
St. Chux Derby Chix Pack in Black (St. Charles, MO)
Tiger Bay Brawlers (Cardiff, Wales, UK)
Twin City Derby Girls Travelers (Champaign, IL)
All games competed will be sanctioned by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) and results will figure into each respective league’s calculated international rankings.
Match-ups will be revealed at a later date.
For more information on the St. Chux Derby Chix, go to stchuxderbychix.com.
(Featured Photo Credit: Jeff Higgins)