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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.
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 ...
San Diego Derby United is a roller derby organization based in San Diego, California. Its two-acre facility in the Encanto neighborhood features both banked and flat regulation roller derby tracks. In 2005, Bonnie D.Stroir founded the program, then named the San Diego Derby Dolls, in a Linda Vista roller rink, Skateworld. The early years of the ...
Texas Rollergirls is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas.Founded in early 2003 and widely credited as the league that started the modern roller derby movement, [1] the Texas Rollergirls were the first flat-track league in the nation to play a version of roller derby using new standardized rules and a track design based on the dimensions of the old banked tracks. [2]
Junior Roller Derby Association (JRDA) [11] – 118 junior roller derby member leagues as of Dec 2017 [citation needed] Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues (RDCL) – 8 banked track member leagues as of September 2019 [12] USA Roller Sports (USARS) [13] – 57 member leagues (combines all age and gender divisions) [14]
NWA Roller Derby (Northwest Arkansas Roller Derby) was a flat track roller derby league based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, (USA).Founded in early 2006, NWA Roller Derby was the first flat track league in Arkansas [1] to play a version of roller derby using new standardized rules and a track design that was based on the dimensions of the old banked tracks, made popular by the founders of modern ...
The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby.It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition (renamed to Men's Roller Derby Association in 2011 [1]), and currently has 59 open gender leagues under its jurisdiction. [2]
This is a list of American-based roller derby associations. These associations establish rules and promote the activities of their member leagues. They are listed in alphabetical order. Junior Roller Derby Association (established 2009, 139 member leagues as of Dec 2017) [18] Men's Roller Derby Association (established 2007, at least 18 members ...