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ProRollerDerby Invitational Series
The ProRollerDerby Invitational Series is a series of banked track roller derby tournaments that take place throughout the year in various cities around the United States. The inaugural tournament for the series was the Kitten Traxx Chicago Invitational that took place on November 18th-19th, 2011 at the Odeum Sports and Expo Center in Villa Park, Ill.

The Invitational Series features competition on a banked track which is most commonly associated with the roller derby of the 1970s and 1980s when the sport first became popular and was televised. Kitten Traxx Banked Track Design and Build is the front runner in banked track design and build and a driving force in the resurgence of banked track roller derby. Kitten Traxx is responsible for 10 banked tracks that are currently in use throughout the United States.

The ProRollerDerby Invitational Series is hosted and put on by a production company know as Catalyst. Catalyst was formed with the intention of elevating roller derby into a mainstream, televised, professional sport. Its method for achieving that goal is by promoting the sport to a wider national and international audience through its series of pursed banked track roller derby tournaments.

Kitten Traxx Chicago Invitational
Catalyst's inaugural roller derby tournament, the Kitten Traxx Chicago Invitational ("KTCI"), was the first event of the modern roller derby era that was structured with a $10,000 prize for 1st Place, $3,000 for 2nd Place, and $1,000 for 3rd Place and each skater was granted a stipend for traveling expenses. The concept of paying the athletes to compete is the foundation for Catalyst's desire to move roller derby into mainstream professionalization.

As the name implies, the teams that participated in the KTCI were exclusively chosen and invited to compete based on their overall standing and reputation as top-tiered teams in their region. Those teams included the Los Angeles Derby Dolls of Los Angeles, CA, the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls of Denver, CO, the Windy City Rollers of Chicago, IL, and Gotham Girls Roller Derby of New York City, NY.

Tournament Structure
The KTCI was structured as a single elimination tournament and included teams from leagues that compete in both banked track and flat track bouts. The seeding entering the tournament was determined by each team's respective performance and win-loss record from the previous year. The seeding for the KTCI was as follows:

Four bouts were played over the course of the Chicago Invitational to determine its Champion.

The winner of Bout 4 is the tournament's Champion and receives the $10,000 Grand Prize and its loser receives the 2nd Place $3,000 prize. The winner of Bout 3 receives the 3rd Place $1,000 prize.

Tournament Outcome
In Bout 1 the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls 5280 Fight Club defeated Gotham Girls Roller Derby 156-153. At half time the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls amassed a lead of 101-39 over the Gotham Girls. Over the course of the 2nd half the Gotham Girls closed the 62 point gap and tied the game at 153 with 1 minute to play. Rocky Mountain won the final jam to advance to the Championship bout.

In Bout 2 the Los Angeles Derby Dolls Ri-Ettes defeated the Windy City Roller 209-78 to advance to the Championship bout.

In Bout 3 Gotham Girls Roller Derby defeated the Windy City Rollers 214-94 to finish in 3rd Place for the $1,000 prize.

In Bout 4 the Los Angeles Derby Dolls Ri-Ettes defeated the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls 5280 Fight Club 113-108 in another bout that came down to the final minute of play where the score was tied at 108. The Los Angeles Derby Dolls won the bout in the final jam and were crowned the Champions of the Kitten Traxx Chicago Invitational and received the $10,000 Grand Prize. The Rocky Mountain Roller Girls took 2nd Place and the $3,000 prize.

Final Standings of the Kitten Traxx Chicago Invitational:

1st Place: Los Angeles Derby Dolls Ri-Ettes

2nd Place: Rocky Mountain Roller Girls 5280 Fight Club

3rd Place: Gotham Girls Roller Derby

4th Place: Windy City Rollers