Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Oil City Derby Girls is a flat track roller derby league based in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of three house teams who compete against teams from other leagues, an all-star travel team, and a men's team. Oil City is officiated by a roster of skating and non-skating officials, dubbed the "Oil City Fistful O'fficials".The league was founded in 2005, and claims to have been the first flat-track roller derby league in Canada. By the following February, it had 14 skaters, and was known as the "Oil City Rollers". Although it briefly planned to expand across Canada, other leagues emerged in other cities, and E-Ville Roller Derby split from Oil City to produce two leagues in the city.In January 2009, Lesley McDonald, a skater with Oil City, founded the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association, By September 2010, the league was hosting bouts in a 3,000-capacity venue. It won the Wild Rose Cup from the Calgary Roller Derby Association, which had held it for three years.Former Oil City Derby Girl Teeknee was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.The Oil City Derby Girls recently began their 2014 season with an All-Star bout against their rival Edmonton league, E-Ville Roller Derby. The E-Ville Dead overcame the Oil City All-Stars with a final score of 214-142.. }
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- Oil_City_Derby_Girls abstract "The Oil City Derby Girls is a flat track roller derby league based in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of three house teams who compete against teams from other leagues, an all-star travel team, and a men's team. Oil City is officiated by a roster of skating and non-skating officials, dubbed the "Oil City Fistful O'fficials".The league was founded in 2005, and claims to have been the first flat-track roller derby league in Canada. By the following February, it had 14 skaters, and was known as the "Oil City Rollers". Although it briefly planned to expand across Canada, other leagues emerged in other cities, and E-Ville Roller Derby split from Oil City to produce two leagues in the city.In January 2009, Lesley McDonald, a skater with Oil City, founded the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association, By September 2010, the league was hosting bouts in a 3,000-capacity venue. It won the Wild Rose Cup from the Calgary Roller Derby Association, which had held it for three years.Former Oil City Derby Girl Teeknee was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.The Oil City Derby Girls recently began their 2014 season with an All-Star bout against their rival Edmonton league, E-Ville Roller Derby. The E-Ville Dead overcame the Oil City All-Stars with a final score of 214-142.".