List of roller derby leagues

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This is a list of roller derby leagues. Since there is no criteria for sports league notability beyond Wikipedia's general notability requirement, any league for which a reliable source can be found to confirm it ever having existed is eligible for inclusion. Additional criteria described on the list's discussion page is enforced to help ensure the list remains primarily a research tool.

This list was originally part of the external links section of the main roller derby article, but it was spun off into a stand-alone list and expanded to include leagues without active links.

Contents

[edit] Professional leagues

[edit] Active professional leagues

  • 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, 1963–1973)
  • 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)
  • International Roller Skating Derby (2000–2005; unrelated to previous IRSD; announced a September 2005 match but never played)
  • 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

[edit] Amateur leagues

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

[edit] Active women's amateur leagues

All are flat track unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Western USA

[edit] Midwestern USA

[edit] Northeastern USA

[edit] Southern USA

[edit] Canada

[edit] Australia

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Other

[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

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ According to a September 2007 post on the Banked Track News mailing list
  2. ^ 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."
  3. ^ a b According to a September 2007 post on the Banked Track News mailing list
  4. ^ Braid, Tom. "Snaps By Day Derby By Nite". News Photographers Association of Canada. http://npac.ca/?p=476. Retrieved on 2009-04-12. 
  5. ^ In memory of the Phoenix City Rollers | Michi-chan's REAL Derby

[edit] Related links

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