Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? Playoff roller derby is happening! We didn’t forget—we were just lamenting about days gone by. And we’ve recently been informed that Brandywine Roller Derby and the Blue Ridge Rollergirls played against each other in the final game of … Continue reading WFTDA 2016 Division 2 Playoffs: Auld Lansing
USA Roller Sports and USARS Roller Derby are presenting the 2016 Roller Derby National Championships, held this year in Lincoln, Neb. The event is a part of the combined USARS Nationals happening all this month, and is the capper to a full week of roller derby that included the JRDA Championships and Roller Derby Junior Olympic Games. Until … Continue reading USARS Roller Derby 2016 Nationals Preview
Cassie Haynes has been appointed as the new executive director of the WFTDA by its board of directors. The news comes via an official announcement recently made by the WFTDA. The WFTDA had been without an executive director since the end of last year, when outgoing director Juliana Gonzales announced she would be stepping down. After an “extensive search” through “an … Continue reading WFTDA Names New Executive Director
This weekend in Philadelphia, Penn., Penn Jersey Roller Derby and the Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues will present Battle on the Bank IX, banked track roller derby’s biggest tournament of the year. Eight teams from literally all corners of the United States will play over three days to determine a champ. Battle on the Bank is … Continue reading RDCL Battle on the Bank IX Preview
The Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues, America’s banked track roller derby organization, is in a pretty nice spot with its rulebook. Three years ago in 2013, the RDCL published a major update that completely changed the game, literally overnight, from slow derby to go derby. As banked track leagues and teams came to grips with … Continue reading RDCL 2016 Rules Analysis
Something crazy is happening in Los Angeles on the banked track this year. The L.A. Derby Dolls have recently been engaging in some of the fastest-paced roller derby you’ll ever see. Like, really fast. The pace of play in L.A., and in the RDCL in general, has only been getting faster over the years. If the number … Continue reading Peanut Butter and 70 Jams
Last year, the WFTDA entered into a milestone partnership with ESPN to bring the final games of the 2015 WFTDA Championships to audiences on ESPN3, the online streaming portal of the sports giant. Today, the roller derby giant announced the partnership will be continuing into 2016, this time with an additional event added to the calendar. Once … Continue reading WFTDA Doubles Down With ESPN3 in 2016
USA Roller Sports has finalized the schedule for the 2016 Roller Sports National Championships, to be held this year at the Speedway Sporting Village in Lincoln, Neb. USARS Roller Derby will officially kick things off on July 14 and 15 with Derby Nationals. The other USARS disciplines, including rink hockey, speed skating, figure skating, and the newly-added slalom skating, will hold their championship … Continue reading Combined USARS Nationals Confirmed for Nebraska This Summer
Even though the WFTDA did not issue a new rules update for the 2016 season, the association has still been working on making improvements to the rules of flat track roller derby that it publishes. Within the last few weeks, the WFTDA has announced two minor clarifications to the existing rules, and a set of two beta … Continue reading WFTDA Tests New Beta Rules, Issues Clarifications
In a surprise announcement made last month, the Fédération Internationale Roller Sports (FIRS) has declared Nanjing, China as the new host city of the 2017 FIRS World Roller Games Championships. Nanjing replaces Barcelona, Spain, which was originally awarded the event last year. FIRS explained the sudden change in an announcement posted to its website. “Following the elections that have led … Continue reading FIRS Moves 2017 World Roller Games to China, Appoints Roller Derby Chairman
