Men's Roller Derby Association

Men's Roller Derby Association

Sport	Roller derby
Founded	2007
Country(ies)	United States
Most recent champion(s)	New York Shock Exchange
Most titles	New York Shock Exchange (2)
Official website	mensderbycoalition.com

The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition, and currently has 18 all-men's leagues under its jurisdiction. MRDA member leagues play using the WFTDA rules with gender-neutral language. ^[1]

Member leagues

The association has eighteen member leagues:^[2]

• Burlington Bomb Quads - Burlington, VT
• Central Mass Roller Derby (Mass Maelstrom) - Lancaster, MA
• Connecticut Death Quads - Waterbury, CT
• Cowtown Butchers - Kansas City, MO
• Dallas Deception - Dallas, TX
• Harm City Homicide - Baltimore, MD
• Magic City Misfits - Orlando, FL
• Minnesota Men's Roller Derby (Twin Cities Terrors) - Minneapolis & St Paul, MN
• New York Shock Exchange - New York, NY
• Ozarks Derby Brigade - Springfield, MO
• Pioneer Valley Roller Derby (The Dirty Dozen) - Northampton, MA
• Puget Sound Outcast Derby - Tacoma, WA
• Quadfathers Men's Roller Derby - Utica, NY
• Race City Rebels - Indianapolis, IN
• Rock City Riot - Fargo-Moorhead, ND
• St. Louis GateKeepers - St. Louis, MO
• Sioux City Korn Stalkers - Sioux City, IA
• Your Mom Men's Derby - Des Moines, IA

Championships

The MRDA organises annual championships.

Year	Date	Venue	Champion	Second	Third
2010	17 October	Hagerstown, Maryland	New York Shock Exchange	Pioneer Valley Dirty Dozen	Harm City Homicide
2011	22 October	Old Bethpage, New York	New York Shock Exchange	Puget Sound Outcast Derby	Magic City Misfits

The first Championship was held on 17 October 2010, New York Shock Exchange defeating the Pioneer Valley Dirty Dozen in the final.^[3] The second installment, the first to be held under the MRDA name, was contested on 22 October 2011 by the six top-ranked men's leagues,^[4] New York managing to defend their title with a narrow win over Puget Sound.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Men's Roller Derby Association Releases Unisex Version of WFTDA Ruleset". http://www.mensrollerderbyassociation.com/pressreleases/622011-mensrollerderbyassociationreleasesunisexversionofwftdaruleset/. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Men's Roller Derby Leagues", MRDA
3. ^ Justice Feelgood Marshall, "New York Wins First MDC Championship Match", Derby News Network, 20 October 2010
4. ^ Justice Feelgood Marshall, "Preview: MRDA Championships", Derby News Network, 21 October 2011
5. ^ Dainty Inferno, "MRDA Championship: (2) New York Defeats (4) Puget Sound for 2nd Straight Men's Title, 143-133", Derby News Network, 26 October 2011

External links

Official website

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