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Many leagues will only submit derby names to the roster once a skater has shown significant commitment to the sport. [8] For example, it took more than four months of practice before Nicole Williams adopted her derby name, "Bonnie Thunders". [12] A few skaters choose to trademark their roller derby names, [5] and this practice may occasionally ...
The team's first international competition was the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, where it finished in first place after defeating Team Canada in the final. [1] Early on, it was known as "Team USA". A trademark challenge from the United States Olympic Committee led to the change to the name "USA Roller Derby" after the team's last international ...
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues [note 1] worldwide, though it is most popular in the United States. [2] A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams.
This is a list of notable roller derby leagues, [note 1] and may include those that are no longer in existence. Existence dates, where known, are included to provide a timeline charting the sport's growth cycles.
Tryouts for the team that would compete at the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup were held in October 2016 in Rockland, Ontario and Calgary. [3] The resulting roster was then announced in November 2016, at the time referred to as the "2017 roster", as the third world cup was at the time expected to be held in late 2017. [4]
Nineteen of the team's initial twenty-skater roster came from Women's Flat Track Derby Association-affiliated leagues, the large majority from the Crime City Rollers and Stockholm Roller Derby. [7] The list below is the roster used for Team Sweden's appearance at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup , with the skaters' league affiliations being ...
Hydra was the creator of the Master Roster of roller derby skater names, maintaining the registry until she transferred the duties in 2005. [ 6 ] Hydra was a founder member of the United Leagues Coalition (ULC), [ 1 ] and in 2004 was already envisaging it becoming a national governing body. [ 7 ]
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