Santa Cruz Derby Girls - August 11, 2009

Mark your calendars! Saturday August 22 the Santa Cruz Derby Girls’ Harbor Hellcats take on Silicon Valley Roller Girls Killabytes in a Northern California roller derby rematch. The Hellcats are chomping at the bit to defend their winning home-court record in this friendly local rivalry. Fierce competition is sure to fuel some big plays, hard hits and serious takedowns. Buy your tickets early.

The Derby girls are ecstatic to announce the debut of their pride and joy, The Santa Cruz Derby Groms! This group of talented and tireless young women (ages 8-17) represents the brand new Junior Derby League. They will be performing a twenty minute exhibition bout at half-time. Stay in your seats and cheer for some future derby stars as the Sugar Skulls take on the Bumper Scars in their first live  public scrimmage!

A portion of the proceeds from this bout will be donated to our feature non-profit for the month of August, The Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Santa Cruz. The Boy’s and Girl’s club of Santa Cruz is a youth guidance organization dedicated to promoting the educational, vocational, social and character development of girls and boys ages 7 to 18. The Club is the only youth service organization the greater Santa Cruz area that provides daily drop-in programs five days a week.

The Derby girls are also taking food donations in support of Grind Out Hunger.

Santa Cruz Skate Shop owner Danny Keith is on a mission to end hunger in his community by energizing young skaters to give back. Since 2004, Keith’s organization, Grind Out Hunger, has partnered with local schools to educate youth about hunger in their backyard and encourage students to donate food.

For more information check out the new website… santacruzderbygirls.org
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Tickets for SCDG's bouts can be purchased online at

www.santacruztickets.com, by phone at (831) 420-5260, or at the Civic
Auditorium's box office, located at 307 Church Street in downtown
Santa Cruz. Advance-purchase, general admission tickets are priced at
$20.50 (all bouts have sold-out).
Babies in arms free (under 2)  
Kids under 13 - $7  
Students under 18  - $12

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Bout starts at 6:30 p.m.

Be a part of the action! Support your local Derby Girls—Santa Cruz's only all-female, full-contact, sports league.

About Santa Cruz Derby Girls

The Santa Cruz Derby Girls, a California non-profit corporation, was formerly skating under the name Santa Cruz Rollergirls LLC. The Santa Cruz Derby Girls are a unified group of women dedicated to furthering the sport of roller derby and giving back to the Santa Cruz community.

Note to the Press  

SCDG has a limited number of press passes available for these bouts. Interested accredited journalists, photojournalists, photographers, and videographers should request a press pass. SCDG skaters, coaches and league members are available for interviews. If you want more information about the basics of the game, roller derby terminology or the league itself, please don't hesitate to ask. Contact us in advance for scheduling of interviews or attendance of practices or referee meetings. 

 

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