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Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens (MDRV) is a women's flat track
roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...
league based in
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, and a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Founded in 2007, it consists of two teams: the WFTDA-ranked travel team, the All-Stars, and its B-team, the Cannon Brawlers.


History

Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens was established in June 2007, and initially practiced in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. It started with eight skaters, and increased to twenty by mid-2009. Several of them broke off to form Key City Roller Derby, a league in Frederick, Maryland.Courtney Pomeroy,
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Key City Roller Derby dissolved in 2016 and several of its remaining members joined MDRV. Mason-Dixon was accepted into the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...
Program in April 2010,WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 13 New Leagues
", WFTDA, 8 April 2010
and became a full member in March 2012.WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues
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WFTDA rankings


References

{{Maryland Sports Hagerstown, Maryland Roller derby leagues established in 2007 Roller derby leagues in Maryland Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3 2007 establishments in Maryland