muddy river rollers - moncton roller derby

In a day mixed with summer sunshine, and a drenching downpour, a number of our very own MRR skaters became part of local Classic Rock Radio Station C103's street team. Our league is branching out all over the place, and in an effort to spread the word, we've partnered with the amazing people at C103. A small group of us donned our skates, wearing station t-shirts and carrying stickers and temporary tattoos and we went out in search of fans for both the station and roller derby.  

What's amazing is that if you are handing out anything on the downtown streets of Moncton while wearing street shoes, it's hard to get attention. The girls of Muddy River Rollers learned a long time ago that if you take to the streets in your skates, that the public will actually come to you, and they want to know what you're doing rolling around town.  Tonight was no different… we took to the streets and shared the excitement of Canada Day with the people of Moncton. We handed out stickers to promote their social summer, and helped little ones add C103 logos to their cheeks and hands. While doing that we were able to promote our upcoming JAMboree on the 16th and 17th of July at the Red Ball Internet Centre.

All night long we encountered people eager to know more about the sport, and excited to get the free give-aways from the radio station. Questions from young and old were posed to us about things as simple as how we can skate in fishnets, to intricate details about the rules of play. We dropped in to favourite sponsors Cut Throat Pizza for dinner, and even later in the night to St. James Gate. The one thing we are learning is that our community is at the heart of our sport.  Without our sponsors we would not be able to host events like the Muddy River Atlantic JAMboree. Without our fans, we would simply be a great group of ladies rolling around a flat track.

The night ended with most of the new street team being happily tired. We learned that a few roads in downtown Moncton are really hard to skate on, but most of them are exciting.  We found out that skating in the rain is a challenge, but if you keep moving you can almost dodge the raindrops. We found out what we had suspected up to this point was true… Moncton, and surrounding area is embracing this new sport and they want to come watch us play. Muddy River Rollers are no longer Moncton's best kept secret, and C103 might just be the ones responsible for letting that cat out of the bag!