Jersey worn by Arthur Chastains III as "Arty Panimal" of the St. Louis Gatekeepers Roller Derby

Description (Brief):

Jersey worn by Arthur Chastains III as "Arty Panimal" of the St. Louis Gatekeepers Roller Derby. The jersey is short sleeve, black nylon with a yellow decal of the 'Bee Keeper' logo on the front. The logo is a yellow jacket bee wearing skates and a roller derby helmet. ' The Gatekeepers were founded in 2009 by two male flat track derby referees who wanted to participate in roller derby beyond being referees. There are now five teams in the men's division, Chastains competed on the 'B' team of the national travel team, the 'Bee Keepers' and on the local team, 'Raiders of Forest Park.'

Description (Brief)

Modern roller derby began in 2001 after four teams were formed and founded under the Bad Girls Good Women Productions (BGGW) name. In 2002, the flat track derby, Texas Rollergirls was formed from 65 members of the first BGGW teams after a disagreement over management practices caused a permanent split. BGGW took the remaining 15 skaters and became the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls forming a banked track league. A truly grass roots movement, the flat track derby uses a not-for-profit organizational model with female identifying skaters running the leagues and using their own money to buy rink time, produce tournaments, and print programs, putting any money earned, back into the organization.