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Pioneer Valley Dirty Dozen
Pioneer Valley Roller Derby (PVRD) is a roller derby league based in Northampton, Massachusetts. Founded in early 2006, the league was the first in the new flat-track roller derby movement that featured both women's and men's teams. The league was founded after two friends went to watch Providence Roller Derby play.Not Your Parent's Roller Derby , '' abc40'', 8 March 2007 The men's team, the Dirty Dozen, was the first flat track men's roller derby team in the U.S. Having male skaters made the league ineligible to affiliate with the Women's Flat Track Derby ...
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Northampton, MA
The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 29,571. Northampton is known as an academic, artistic, musical, and countercultural hub. It features a large politically liberal community along with numerous alternative health and intellectual organizations. Based on U.S. Census demographics, election returns, and other criteria, the website Epodunk rates Northampton as the most politically liberal medium-size city (population 25,000–99,000) in the United States. The city has a high proportion of residents who identify as gay and lesbian and a high number of same-sex households and is a popular destination for the LGBT community. Northampton is part of the Pioneer Valley and is one of the northernmost cities in the Knowledge Corridor—a cross-state cultural and economic partnership with other Connecticut River Valley citie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Shock Exchange
The New York Shock Exchange (NYSE) is a men's roller derby league, based in New York City. The league consists of four teams, two interleague teams and three intra-league teams. The league was founded by Gotham Girls Roller Derby coach Jonathan R in 2006. He organized a bout against from Pioneer Valley Roller Derby and quickly gathered a team which won 109-51 in April 2007.Thomas Gerbasi,Stocks Falling? Not on this New York Shock Exchange", Gotham Girls Roller Derby, 9 August 2011 Later in the year, both leagues were founder members of the Men's Derby Coalition (MDC).Chelsey Pollock,Flamboyant, full-contact -- and dead serious, '' Hampshire Gazette'', 9 August 2009 They went on to win their first 23 bouts, including the 2010 MDC Championships, before finally succumbing to the St Louis GateKeepers at the Spring Roll tournament in early 2011.Justice Feelgood Marshall,Preview: MRDA Championships", ''Derby News Network'', 21 October 2011 In late 2010, National Public Radio d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roller Derby Leagues In Massachusetts
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Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament formerly organized by ''Blood & Thunder magazine'', and currently organized by the Roller Derby World Cup Committee. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world compete for their respective nations. History The inaugural 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and was held December 1 through 4, 2011, at The Bunker at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was won by Team USA, who beat Team Canada by a score of 336 points to 33 in the final. Live online coverage of the event was broadcast on the ''Derby News Network''. The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup took place December 4 through 7, 2014, in Dallas, Texas. Team USA repeated their victory, this time defeating Team England in the final 219–105. For the 2014 event, the complete live online coverage was broadcast by Blood and Thunder magazine, through the official Roller Derby World Cup website. The 2018 Roller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roller Derby France
Roller Derby France represents France in women's international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup. The team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and finished the tournament in seventh place. Head coach Amelia Scareheart stated that the team's aim was to gain experience to strengthen itself for future contests.Corentin Rocher,La France participe à la première Coupe du monde de roller derby, ''Le Monde'', 2 December 2011 The team brought around a dozen supporters to the World Cup in Toronto. France won their first round bout against Team Brazil, by 212 points to 138, but lost to Team England by 383 to 14 in the quarter final. In the placement round, they beat Team New Zealand 180 to 129, to finish in seventh place.Justice Feelgood Marshall,"World Cup 7th Place: (6) France Rejects (9) New Zealand, 180–129", ''Derby News Network'', 6 December 2011. Team roster 2011 team roster The initial roster was selected from about forty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby News Network
Derby News Network (DNN), based in Baltimore, was an internet broadcast network, founded in 2007, which featured the women's skating sport of roller derby. DNN used the internet to collect remote streaming video Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ..., photographs, audio, and text from reporters around the world, and distribute it internationally. DNN was frequently cited as an authoritative source on roller derby by other news agencies. On September 9, 2014, the site's staff announced that it would cease operations and was officially 'retired', although the site remains online and its pages archived. References External linkswww.DerbyNews.net— Derby News Network official website Internet television channels Roller derby mass media 2007 establishments in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Gotham Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York (state), New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham is the first flat track roller derby league in the metropolitan New York area and a founding member league of the sport's governing body, the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Gotham is one of the preeminent leagues in roller derby, having won five WFTDA Championships. Today, the league is composed of four New York City-based teams, three travel teams, a competitive developmental team, a non competitive recreational program and a juniors program for youth. League structure Home Teams Gotham consists of four home teams that represent four of the city's boroughs that do not reflect the residences of the skaters. These team play interleague games against each other, culminating in the annual championship game. Each team is supported by a "Jeerleader" squad and consists of 16 skaters who were drafted from a pool. * The Brooklyn Bombshel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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