The Utica Clubbers next home bout is May 8th!

This exciting double header takes place on Saturday, May 8th at the JFK Civic Arena, 500 W. Embargo St., Rome, NY. The doors open at 4:30 pm and the men’s exhibition will begin at 5:30 pm. The women’s bout begins at 7:00 pm. Two bouts for the price of one! Cost of admission is $12 at the door for adults. There is free admission for children under 10 and adults over 65. Advance tickets may be purchased for $10 each at www.ticketderby.com, and at the Tramontaine Cafe and Café Domenico in Utica, and at soon-to-be-announced Rome locations. CNYRD is a proud supporter of the YWCA domestic violence shelter. One dollar of each ticket sold at the door during 2010 home bouts will be donated to benefit the shelter, which we believe furthers our mission of women’s empowerment.

Founded in December of 2007, CNYRD is a non-profit organization comprised of two women’s teams, The Utica Clubbers and The Blue Collar Betties, and a men’s team, The Quadfathers. CNYRD is skater owned and operated and is run democratically. CNYRD’s mission is to foster community, sportswomanship, and athleticism; to foster the proliferation of roller derby as a sport; to represent Central New York State in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in local, regional, national, and international competition; to foster empowerment of women; to instill a sense of sisterhood, loyalty, hard work, and competitiveness among our skaters, and a sense of family among our organization as a whole.