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Pride Month Newsletter

Celebrating Pride in Two Weeks!

Bay Area Derby is BACK in action with our special Pride game on June 28!

Will the Oakland Outlaws be able to claw a win back after a spectacular win from the San Francisco Rolling Dead? Grab early bird tickets at the link below before June 22!

Check out reporting from our Season Opener in Richmond Confidential.

Tension started building in the auditorium as San Francisco’s Amelia Greco dashed around the track, shoving players out of her way and jumping over blockers, scoring point after point. Conversation halted, eyes fixed on the track, mouths went agape, and hands went up in shock, and then in cheers — in just one jam, a two-minute-period, Greco had scored 20 points.
Daniela Castillo, Richmond Confidential
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We’re also so excited to present our very special Halftime Special Guests: Cheetah Biscotti and Beef Cakes of Rollin’ with the Homos fame!

A person in drag sits covered by tulle in front of a pink background. Text reads "Pride Game Halftime Special Guest, Cheetah Biscotti"
A person with a beard and dramatic eye makeup arching above the eye and along the cheek bone poses with a hand to their chest in a black sequined dress. Text reads "Pride Game Halftime Special Guest, Beef Cakes"
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Interested in vending at our games— or volunteering for our games? Volunteers get into our games for free, and help us keep roller derby going in the Bay Area!

Fill out a vendor application and or sign up to volunteer.

Lucy Dacus @ Berkeley Greek Theater Contest

Head to our Instagram to like our page and tag a friend to enter a contest to win Lucy Dacus tickets at the Berkeley Greek Theater on August 16!

If you don’t win them— that’s okay! We’ll have a pair of Lucy Dacus tickets for sale at the Pride Game raffle!

Support the BAD All-Stars at a Fundraiser!

The BAD All-Stars will be hosting a bingo fundraiser on Saturday, June 21 at 7 PM at Beeryland in Oakland! The fundraiser will feature Chris Williams as host and Montucky pours. Bingo will start at 7:30 PM.

A black and white drawing of a skater bent over while speeding by is surrounded by details abut the fundraiser included in the text above.

Golden Bowl X Officiating & Announcing Updates

We are so excited to welcome four talented individuals to our Golden Bowl team!

Please give a huge warm welcome to:

  • Cakes (she/her), Tournament Head Announcer
  • Fickle Bitch (she/her), Tournament Head NSO
  • Deadeye Knight (they/them), Games Tournament Oversight
  • Artie FM (they/them), Tournament Head Referee!

Tickets on sale soon– and stay tuned for the teams!

We are looking for officials and announcers! Apply to officiate by June 20 and apply to announce by June 30.

Clip art of a golden trophy is super-imposed over a black background with a laurel wreath. Text reads, "Apply for our officiating team! Fill out the link in our bio before June 20!"
Clip art of a golden trophy is super-imposed over a black background with a laurel wreath. Text reads, "Apply for our announcing team! Fill out the link in our bio before June 30!"

Bay Area All-Stars in Montana

Our Bay Area All-Stars recently played at Rocky Mountain Rumble, hosted by Team Montana Roller Derby!

BAD played three games, and won two:

  • Wasatch (64) v. BAD (225)
  • Montana (142) v. BAD (111)
  • Sierra Regional (79) v. BAD (177)

Keep your eyes peeled for the next BAD All-Stars game!

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Comets Played their First Game!

Over the past weekend, our Comets team (BAD Blood) played their first game at against Monterey Bay Roller Derby! It was a hard-fought game and we are all so proud of our skaters— many of whom played their first roller derby game ever!

Thank you to North Bay Roller Derby for hosting!

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We’re Looking for Sponsors & Partners!

Bay Area Derby is blessed to be an engaged and involved member of the Bay Area community– with a passionate fanbase to show for it! Our games frequently sell over 700+ tickets and we have almost 9000 followers on Instagram (with a reach of almost 15,000 accounts over the past 30 days), and 22,000 likes and followers on Facebook (and psst– you can follow us on our new Tiktok too)!

We are always looking for values-aligned partners and sponsors in the local Bay Area community and beyond to help take us to the next level– and to help deserving businesses and organizations meet new clients! Interested in a partnership? We gladly take donations for our raffle prizes, and our sponsorship packages start at $250.

Want to learn more, or discuss other creative partnerships/sponsorships? Reach out to sponsorship@bayareaderby.com for more information!

A poster displays information on four different sponsorship packages available, costing $50-2500 per season and with various benefits provided ranging from displaying flyers/business cards at games to premier placement of a banner at games.