List of roller derby leagues

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This is a list of roller derby leagues.

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[edit] Professional leagues

[edit] Active professional leagues

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  • Roller Games International (RGI) - 1990–1993 and 2000–present revival of Roller Games; current web site, formerly rollergames.com, promotes the league's only team, the Los Angeles Thunderbirds
  • American Roller Skating Derby (ARSD) - 1992–1993 and 2002–present; current site promotes the Firebirds, Bay Bombers, etc.
  • American Roller Derby League (ARDL) - 1997–present; briefly promoted as American Inline Roller Skating Derby League; current web site primarily promotes the Bay City Bombers
  • National Roller Derby League (NRDL) - 1995–present; initially promoted as Roller Derby Inc.; current site promotes the San Francisco Bay Bombers, etc.
  • Illinois Roller Racers League (IRRL) - 2006–present; Central Illinois based; announced and recruiting, but no evidence of play

[edit] Defunct professional leagues

  • Transcontinental Roller Derby (1935–?; renamed to Roller Derby)
  • Roller Derby (?–1973)
    • National Roller Derby League (NRDL) (1949–?; renamed to IRDL)
    • International Roller Derby League (IRDL, ?–1973)
  • International Roller Speedway (IRS) (1937–1952; aka Roller-Catch)
  • American Skating Derby (ASD) (1961–?)
  • Eastern Skating Derby (ESD) (1961–1964?)
  • National Skating Derby (Roller Games) (1961–1975; see also RollerGames and Roller Games International)
    • National Roller Derby (NRD) (renamed to NRL)
    • National Roller League (NRL) (?–1973)
    • Canadian National Roller League (CNRL) (?–1973)
    • Japanese National Roller League (JNRL) (?–1973)
    • International Skating Conference (ISC) (1973–1975)
  • American Roller Races (ARR) (1964–1967)
  • American Skating Derby 1975 (ASD75) (1975; unrelated to previous ASD)
  • World Skating Derby - East Coast - 1975-1976
  • Atlantic Skating Derby (1976–?; aka Southern Roller League, DC Banked Track Skating League, Roller Skating Derby)
  • International Roller Derby League (IRDL) (1977–1979; renamed to International Roller Skating League)
  • International Roller Skating League (IRSL) (1979–1987)
    • RollerMania (1986–1987?)
  • Roller Derby Games, Inc. - Philadelphia - 1981
  • American Skating Derby (ASD) (1987?–1989)
    • American Skating Derby Association (1990?–1993; renamed to American Roller Skating Derby)
  • RollerGames (1989–1990; TV only)
  • Roller Game League (RGL) (1990–2001?) - may still be active
  • International Roller Skating Derby (IRSD) (1991–1992)
  • World Skating League (WSL) / RollerJam (1998–2000; TV only)
  • RollerSport (2002–2003) - an attempt to revive RollerJam, using inline skates and improved banked track designs
  • National Skating Derby (NSD) of Canada (2002) - an attempt to revive Roller Games in Canada
  • International Roller Skating Derby (2000–2005; unrelated to previous IRSD; announced a September 2005 match but never played)

[edit] Amateur leagues

Some of the following leagues are members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and some are members of the Old School Derby Association (OSDA).

[edit] Active women's amateur leagues

[edit] Active co-ed amateur leagues

[edit] Active men's amateur teams

These teams are not part of co-ed leagues.

[edit] Defunct amateur leagues

  • Roller Blaze UK (1999) - An attempt to start a form of roller derby in the UK.
  • Crossroads Roller Derby - Indianapolis & Bloomington, IN (2006) - An attempt at a two-city league; now Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls (Bloomington, IN) and Naptown Roller Girls (Indianapolis, IN).
  • Las Vegas Renegade Rollergirls - Las Vegas, NV
  • Phoenix, AZ - Phoenix City Rollers[5]
  • TC Rollers - Coon Rapids, MN (ended 2006) - Non-skater-owned, for-owner-profit flat-track league, former skaters of which were involved in the creation of the North Star Roller Girls of Minneapolis, MN.
  • Tulsa, OK - T-Town Derby Grrls - Skater-owned, not-for-profit flat-track league, former skaters (and one announcer/coach) of which were previously rostered with the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma League, the Green Country Roller Girls.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c According to a September 2007 post on the Banked Track News mailing list
  2. ^ According to a September 2007 post on the Banked Track News mailing list
  3. ^ In August 2007, a post on the Banked Track News Yahoo! Group stated "There's a league in Houston area that recently purchased Arizona's banked track (some of you may recall the Landsharks / T-Birds game a couple of years back) but have yet to have a place to set it up." Soon after, another post stated "The track out of Phoenix is alive and well in Corpus Christi Rolling Thunder in Texas. We are looking for a permanent home so we can add the toprail and pads."
  4. ^ Announced as organizing in November 2007.
  5. ^ In memory of the Phoenix City Rollers | Lead Jammer - Roller Derby News

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