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St. Chux Derby Chix was started in August 2009 by five women from St. Charles, Missouri. [1] Although nearby St. Louis had an established roller derby team in the Arch Rival Roller Girls, there was a need for derby expansion in St. Charles. [3]
The Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby [66] [67] is the ruleset developed and published by the WFTDA, discussed and agreed by the WFTDA Rules Committee which features both WFTDA and Junior Roller Derby Association (JRDA) members. [68] Updates are published each January. The WFTDA ruleset is used by all WFTDA leagues, as well as MRDA and JRDA ...
[8] [9] For 2017 the format was changed, with the Division 2 Championship occurring earlier in the year, and the Division 1 championship game scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN2, marking the first time contemporary women's flat track roller derby will be aired live on American network television.
Windy City Rollers is a women's flat-track roller derby league located in Chicago, Illinois.Founded by Juanna Rumbel (Elizabeth Gomez) and Sister Sledgehammer (Kelly Simmons) in 2004, Windy City is the first flat-track roller derby league established in Chicago, and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
The league also has four home teams who play each other in league play, the Cleveland Steamers, the Hard Knockers, the HellBombers, and the Rolling Pin-Ups. In early 2015, Burning River announced the change of the league name from Burning River Roller Girls to Burning River Roller Derby, to place less emphasis on gender and better reflect its ...
The league was founded in mid-2006 by Rebecca Engebretson and others, [2] [3] with its first practices held in the parking lot of a Borders bookstore. [4] Its first bout was played in December, 2006, an interleague contest between the Demolition Dolls and the Screw City Slammers, part of a four team inter-league squad that also included the Midwest Maulers and the Rollitas.
Eves of Destruction was founded on the motto of "By the Skaters, For the Skaters" and is a dedicated skater-run organization. Members compete in a yearly season at home, and also travel to other cities in Canada and the US to play competitive flat track roller derby.
Mid-State Sisters of Skate (MSSOS) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two travel teams which play teams from other leagues. Mid-State is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]