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
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland,
United States and the county seat of Washington County. The population of Hagerstown city proper at the 2020 census was 43,527, and the population of the Hagerstown metropolitan area (exten ...
, 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,]
Not your childhood rollerskating experience
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'', September 16, 2011 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]
", 1 March 2012
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