January 18, 2012
RELEASE: NHRD Announces 2012 Season
Nashua, N.H. – New Hampshire Roller Derby (NHRD), New Hampshire’s first women’s flat track roller derby league, will be taking to the track for its action-packed 2012 season! This year these tough women will demonstrate their athletic prowess in a league-high NINE home bout days! Be sure to get your tickets so you can cheer for the women of the Skate Free or Die! All-Stars, the Queen City Cherry Bombs, the Granite Skate Troopers, the Nightmares on Elm Street, and the Seabrook Meltdowns.
Get your season pass today so you don’t miss a second of the action! If you purchase your season pass before February 1, 2012, you will have access to all nine home bout days (a $100 value) for only $50 (only $5.56 per day)! After February 1, 2012, the price for a season pass goes up to $60 but it is still an incredible deal!
Don’t wait – Season passes are only available until May 12, 2012.
WHEN:
April 14 @ JFK Coliseum
April 21st @ UNH’s Whittemore Center Arena
May 5 @ JFK Coliseum
May 12th @ UNH’s Whittemore Center Arena
May 26th @ JFK Coliseum
June 16th @ JFK Coliseum
July 7th @ JFK Coliseum
July 28th @ JFK Coliseum
August 18th @ JFK Coliseum
WHERE:
JFK Coliseum: 303 Beech Street, Manchester, NH
UNH’s Wittemore Center Arena: 128 Main Street, Durham, NH
SEASON TICKET PRICE:
$50 before February 1, 2012; $60 after February 1, 2012
For more information about New Hampshire Roller Derby, visit www.nhrollerderby.com. To schedule an interview, please contact the NHRD PR Director, Jesenik “Slashya Fierce” Soto, at pr@nhrollerderby.com.
December 18, 2011
Haverhill women compete in roller derby league – Eagle Tribune
HAVERHILL — By day these women lead ordinary lives: One works as a graphic designer, one is a social worker who practices law on the side, and one works at a retirement home and is a mom.
But by night they become rough-and-tumble roller derby queens who compete in an all-female league in New Hampshire.
Meet Jena Cotreau, 36, Jill Robichaud, 32, and Sherry Verdick, 35, all of Haverhill.
Read the whole article at eagletribune.com.
September 9, 2011
In roller derby world, Moniuk has been a quick study – Burlington Union
By Doug Hastings
Burlington — For all of those girls that couldn’t get that rebound around Stephanie Moniuk on the basketball court, it’s OK.
Take a ride to Manchester, N.H. later this fall and you’ll feel a little better. Moniuk, 40, has an interesting hobby these days.
June 5, 2011
Roller Derby Women Share Sisterly Love – Nashua Telegraph
By Patrick Meighan
MANCHESTER – T-shirts emblazoned with her name proclaimed support for their loved one as this middle-age couple was stoked to watch, for the first time, their darling daughter skate in a roller derby bout.
Yet, the parents of the Duchess of Destruction had more than a few butterflies to contend with.
Read more at nashuatelegraph.com…
April 25, 2011
Second Home Opener for the NHRD – Manchester Examiner
By Michael Brooks
The first home opener for the New Hampshire Roller Derby happened at the New Hampshire Roller Derby’s new venue of UNH’s Whittermore Center on April 16th. The second home opener was played in Manchester on April 23rd at the JFK Coliseum. The nearly 700 spectators had the opportunity to enjoy a double header for the first bouts of the 2011 season in Manchester.
April 17, 2011
Let’s Get Physical: Roller Derby makes debut at the Whitt – Foster’s Daily Democrat
By Al Pike
DURHAM — She goes by the skater name Harmony Lix as in how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop?
It could also stand for how many licks does a skater take or make during a typical roller derby bout?
“If somebody gets hurt,” she said, “they’re hurt for a reason.”
