Chicago Outfit Roller Derby
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Chicago Outfit Roller Derby (commonly referred to as The Outfit) is an all-female flat-track roller derby
league based in the city of Chicago, Illinois
. Founded in 2007, the Chicago Outfit became full members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) on June 17, 2010. WFTDA currently ranks the Outfit at #9 in the North Central region.
The Chicago Outfit is the only all-travel roller derby league in the city of Chicago. As of the 2011 season, the league consists of three separate travel teams. The Syndicate is the Outfit's A-team, representing the league in bouts counting toward WFTDA rankings. The Outfit added the Shade Brigade, the B-level team, in January 2009. The Shade Brigade competes against the B-level travel teams of other WFTDA leagues, as well as newer and smaller non-WFTDA teams. Due to the large number of new skaters joining the Outfit at the end of 2010, the league voted to start an additional C-level team called the Shakedown for beginning derby skaters. This team will begin competing in summer 2011.
The Outfit is a democratic league, run by the skaters and for the skaters. Chicago Outfit Roller Derby will be partnering with and donating partial proceeds from all home bouts to the Howard Brown Health Center
for the entirety of their 2011 home season. The league has a long history of contributing charitably to several other non-profit organizations, including Ignite the Spirit, Family of Moxie Mayhem, Derby News Network
, Help Tequila, Girls Rock! Chicago, the American Cancer Society, and Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
. The Outfit also coaches the Chicago Riots, which is a junior roller derby league consisting of girls ages 12 to 17.
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league based in the city of Chicago, Illinois
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. Founded in 2007, the Chicago Outfit became full members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) on June 17, 2010. WFTDA currently ranks the Outfit at #9 in the North Central region.
The Chicago Outfit is the only all-travel roller derby league in the city of Chicago. As of the 2011 season, the league consists of three separate travel teams. The Syndicate is the Outfit's A-team, representing the league in bouts counting toward WFTDA rankings. The Outfit added the Shade Brigade, the B-level team, in January 2009. The Shade Brigade competes against the B-level travel teams of other WFTDA leagues, as well as newer and smaller non-WFTDA teams. Due to the large number of new skaters joining the Outfit at the end of 2010, the league voted to start an additional C-level team called the Shakedown for beginning derby skaters. This team will begin competing in summer 2011.
The Outfit is a democratic league, run by the skaters and for the skaters. Chicago Outfit Roller Derby will be partnering with and donating partial proceeds from all home bouts to the Howard Brown Health Center
Howard Brown Health Center
The Howard Brown Health Center is the Midwest’s premier lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health care organization, leading the region in addressing the comprehensive health care needs of people in the LGBT community. In 1974, a group of medical students founded Howard Brown Health Center as...
for the entirety of their 2011 home season. The league has a long history of contributing charitably to several other non-profit organizations, including Ignite the Spirit, Family of Moxie Mayhem, Derby News Network
Derby News Network
Derby News Network is an internet broadcast network featuring the international sport of roller derby, using the internet to collect remote streaming video, photographs, audio, and text from reporters around the world, and distribute it internationally. DNN is frequently cited as an authoritative...
, Help Tequila, Girls Rock! Chicago, the American Cancer Society, and Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
RAINN
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is an American anti-sexual assault organization, the largest in the United States. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims, and to ensure that rapists are brought to justice.RAINN...
. The Outfit also coaches the Chicago Riots, which is a junior roller derby league consisting of girls ages 12 to 17.