A message from Team Canada

by Mack the Mouth on December 6, 2011

Dec 6th 2011
Wow…that was unlike anything any of us have experienced in our lives!!
The outpouring of support and emotion from skaters and fans across Canada was unbelievable. Many of us have only just now had a chance to read and reflect on your messages of support and pride. Coast to coast you cheered us on, quietly yelling at work, screaming in your front room, or gathered in larger groups cheering for Team Canada. Your spirit and energy pushed us to perform on the world stage and prove where the other best players in the world play!!
You backed this team financially and lifted us up emotionally…it was commented on many times at the venue how incredible, hospitable and appreciative all the Canadian fans were. We know first-hand that Canada has the best Roller Derby fans in the world.
Thank you is not enough to express our gratitude. This was a long incredible journey that didn’t end on Sunday, in fact a whole new era of Roller Derby has just been presented to the planet and we are proud to have played a part in it, as all of you should be too.
Team Canada will continue, this event will continue and we hope your support, love and enthusiasm will continue as strong as ours does for every person who cheered us on.

XOXOXOX
Team Canada

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CityTV World Cup Coverage

by admin on December 2, 2011

Great video coverage of the Roller Derby World Cup by CityTV.

Canada trounces France 244-17 at roller derby World Cup

No, that’s not a typo – the home team racked up two hundred and forty-four points in the first-ever roller derby World Cup.

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/video/172375

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Former Terrace resident rolls to derby world cup

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The Terrance Standard has a great write-up on Bone Machine. The first-ever world cup for women’s flat track roller derby will take place this December in Toronto, and a former Terrace resident will be lacing up for Team Canada. Brie Birdsell, or Bone Machine, was shortlisted to a team of 40 players before making the final [...]

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Special Edition Team Canada Pivotstar Hoodies

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Special Edition Team Canada Pivotstar Hoodies (Unisex) are available for sale! Limited quantities available so get em quick! Proceeds go towards Team Canada Travel Fund. And yup, they have sparkly red maple leafs instead of stars  http://pivotstar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=13

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Now is the time Canada!

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Like the last few jams of a tough game we need everyone to get out of their seats and get on their feet. The first ever World Cup of Roller Derby is just over a month away and Team Canada needs every skater, fan, coach, NSO, ref and volunteer in Canada. In order to cover [...]

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The Vancouver Courier: Vancouver’s Luludemon Rolls Her Way to the Top

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Here’s a great article from the Vancouver Courier on Team Canada Roller Derby’s Luludemon: Some players on the roller derby track are large, brawny and look like they’re in the business of bruising. Lucy Croysdill, derby alias Luludemon, is not any of those things. The slim, five-foot-four Croysdill, sporting red-hued pigtails and bangs, is a [...]

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Playing the world in 80 days

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First thing I want to remind you all about is how critically important fundraising is for an event such as this. I know blah blah blah money, money , money……but it will cost Team Canada more than it will cost Team USA to get everyone to Toronto for the World Cup. We have less airline [...]

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Straight.com – Two stars of Vancouver’s Terminal City Rollergirls going to Roller Derby World Cup

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A great article in Vancouver’s Georgia Straight about LuluDemon and Eight Mean Wheeler. Vancouver’s red-hot roller-derby scene will be represented when the first-everRoller Derby World Cup gets underway this December in Toronto. Two members of the Terminal City Rollergirls have been selected to play for Team Canada. At the World Cup, East Vancouver’s Lucy “Luludemon” Croysdill and Coquitlam’sKim “8-Mean Wheeler” MacKenzie will have [...]

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