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Jersey Shore Roller Girls (JSRG) hosts a night filled with hard hitting roller derby for their last home bout of the season. On October 8th, 2016 your favorite skaters close out the season at the Winding River Skating Center in Toms River with an intense doubleheader. JSRG All Stars and Beat Down face off against teams from Hatfield, PA and Madison County, NY. Doors open at 5:00 p.m., and the first game starts at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults/$6 kids in advance, and $13 adults/$8 kids at the door. Children 5 and under are free. Send PayPal payments to JSRGPayPal@yahoo.com with the name you want the tickets held under at WILL CALL. If you are friends or family of a skater/official, please add that as well.

JSRG is the Shore’s longest-established, all-women, flat track roller derby league, with members coming from Central NJ and the Shore area. The league consists of approximately 40 skaters comprising two traveling teams: the JSRG All-Stars and the JSRG Beat Down. JSRG follows the guidelines and standards set forth by Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). For more information, visit us on the Web at http://www.jerseyshorerollergirls.net, or on our Facebook page.

Roller derby has experienced a revival in the past few years, with almost 1500 teams around the world. It is a full-contact sport played in traditional quad roller skates on a flat surface, such as a the floor of a roller rink. Roller derby games are called bouts, which are divided into two 30-minute periods. Each period consists of a number of jams, which can last up to two minutes.



In a jam, each team puts five players on the track: four blockers and a jammer. The jammers are the point-scorers, and attempt to earn points by lapping the pack and successfully passing the opposing team’s blockers. The blockers’ main objective is to impede the progress of the opposite team’s jammer through the pack. Blockers can use shoulder and hip checks, as well as booty blocks, but penalties are given to skaters who block illegally, behave in an unsportsmanlike manner, or otherwise break the rules.



Roller derby is a full contact sport; while bouts may be tough and action-packed, they are family-friendly and enjoyable for fans of all ages. For more information, visit wftda.com.