NJ Roller Derby Recruiting Event Tuesday Night at Red Bank Chipotle

Red Bank, NJ - New Jersey Roller Derby will hold an information and recruiting event Tuesday in Red Bank, and anyone interested in learning more about roller derby is invited to come.

The Red Bank event will take place at the Chipotle at 20 Water Street between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The team is co-ed, looking for players ages 8-17. You don’t need any prior experience; all new players start with training wheels and are taught by coaches how to skate. The highest level of play is Level 3, which is full-contact roller derby.

The team supplies equipment — skates, padding, etc. — for new players. The only thing the new player needs to provide is a mouth guard.

Above, that's team captain Kierstin "Baby Betty" Koopman on the left, and co-captain Alix "Missy Mayhem" Knice. Knice, 15, is a student at Middletown South.

The team practices twice a week all year round at the roller rink in Jackson. They compete against teams from New Jersey, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Virginia.