As part of the research for our live piece, we came across with this sport that at least I had never heard about, Roller Derby. We looked into exotic or unusual sports, as our brand and our aim is to broadcast sports that are not really out there on TV and that are not being taken too much into account. As soon as I googled roller derby uk, the best and closest we found was Kent Roller Girls. Although they all come from across Kent, they all meet at the following places:WEDNESDAYS (Main league members) 8pm - 10pm - Lordswood Sports Centre, North Danes Way, Chatham, ME5 8YE
SUNDAYS (Main league members) 7pm - 9pm - The Bay Arena, Herne Bay High School, Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, CT6 7NS
SUNDAYS (Rec League) 4.00pm - 5.00pm - Abbey Sports Centre, London Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8RZ
As we went into their website www.kentrollergirls.com, we saw this amazing world that seemed very fun and it was even better the way they were showing this sport and their team. On the first picture below you can see their logo which doesn't look like typical baseball or football or even american football teams. We can compare
PSG
New York Yankees
Miami Dolphins
Apart from the Miami Dolphins one, all of the others look very serious and professional, when the Kent Roller Girls one is very cartoony with a funny image.
Once we started surfing on the website we found a bit of information of the team. We thought that was the best and most hilarious thing we could have found as they put up their team as a proper group that is about to fight. First of all they get some 'derby names' which is their way to be called in the sport. Like the almighty Brazilian football player Ronaldinho is not really called Ronaldinho, but Ronaldo de Asis. Even though is more or less the same deal, their names are funny and are usually based on something the person likes or does. For example we have Scrappydoom that comes from favorite character Scrappy Doo. Here are some of the members of the team (for a full roster visit the website):
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