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The St. Louis GateKeepers are an open gender flat-track roller derby team based in St. Louis, Missouri.It was founded in November 2009 by Magnum, p.i.m.p. (Scott Meyer), a referee for the Arch Rival Rollergirls, and Bat Wing (Evan Jones). [1]
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.
North Star Roller Derby (NSRD) is a non-profit women's flat track roller derby league based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. North Star plays its home games at the Lee & Rose Warner Coliseum , and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
Penn Jersey Roller Derby [225] Philadelphia, PA: Philly Rollergirls [226] Pittsburgh, PA: Steel City Derby Demons [227] Portland, ME: Maine Roller Derby [228] Providence, RI: Providence Roller Derby: Red Bank, NJ: Red Bank Roller Vixens [229] Rochester, NY: Roc City Roller Derby [230] 2008–present Rockville, MD: Free State Roller Derby [231 ...
Dutchland Derby Rollers or Dutchland Rollers, is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2005, the Dutchland Rollers have been a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) [ 1 ] since 2008.
The Gold Coast Derby Grrls (GCDG) is a roller derby league based in Broward County, Florida. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. The league was founded as the Broward County Derby Grrls in August 2007, and played thirteen bouts in their first year. [1]
The Men's Derby Coalition became the Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA), and Shock Exchange hosted the 2011 MRDA Championships at the venue, [3] [5] successfully defending their title. [ 6 ] In 2012, a New York Shock Exchange travel team played in the first modern intercontinental men's roller derby game as part of its "Shock the UK" tour of ...