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Incident following the final game of MRDA 2016 Championships

Posted on October 18, 2016 - 6:41 pm by

The Men’s Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is investigating the incident that occurred following the final game of our 2016 Championships event. Due to the nature of the actions and allegations involved, and the number of parties involved, we ask for your patience while we take the necessary time and steps to thoroughly review this matter. The MRDA is dedicated to preserving the health and safety of our skaters, officials, announcers and other volunteers. We will take any and all action necessary to properly address this matter, as well as prevent any such actions from occurring in the future.

Fall Rankings

Posted on September 28, 2016 - 1:46 pm by

The Men’s Roller Derby Association announces the fall rankings for the 2016 season. These rankings were calculated by the MRDA rankings committee, based on games played between 9/1/2015 through 8/31/2016 then presented to and voted on by the member leagues.

  1. Saint Louis GateKeepers
  2. Your Mom Men’s Derby
  3. Texas Men’s Roller Derby
  4. Bridgetown Roller Derby
  5. New York Shock Exchange
  6. Puget Sound Outcast Derby
  7. Southern Discomfort
  8. Magic City Misfits
  9. San Diego Aftershocks
  10. The Vancouver Murder
  11. Mass Maelstrom Roller Derby
  12. Philadelphia Hooligans
  13. South Wales Silures
  14. Tyne & Fear Roller Derby
  15. Denver Ground Control
  16. Montreal Mont Royals
  17. Glenmore Reservoir Dogs
  18. Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder
  19. Tampa Bay Men’s Roller Derby
  20. Manchester Roller Derby
  21. Minnesota Men’s Roller Derby
  22. Drive-By City Rollers
  23. Race City Rebels
  24. Austin Anarchy
  25. Carolina Wreckingballs
  26. Collision Men’s Derby
  27. Sioux City Kornstalkers
  28. Rock City Riot
  29. Capital District Trauma Authority
  30. Toronto Men’s Roller Derby
  31. The Inhuman League
  32. Oklahoma City Wolf Pack
  33. Lane County Concussion
  34. Ottawa Slaughter Squad
  35. Capital City Hooligans
  36. Barrow Infernos
  37. BisMan Bomberz
  38. Chicago Bruise Brothers
  39. Milwaukee Blitzdkrieg
  40. Tulsa Derby Militia
  41. Harm City Men’s Derby
  42. Cleveland Men’s Roller Derby

Unranked Teams

  • Arizona Men’s Derby
  • Big O Roller Bros
  • Brisbane City Rollers
  • Casco Bay Gentlemen’s Derby
  • Cincinnati Battering Rams
  • Connecticut Death Quads
  • Crash Test Brummies
  • Detroit Men’s Roller Derby
  • Jersey Boys Roller Derby
  • Manneken Beasts
  • Milton-Keynes Roller Derby
  • Mountain State Cutthroat Mafia
  • New Orleans Brass Roller Derby
  • Nottingham Roller Derby
  • Panam Squad
  • Pioneer Valley Roller Derby
  • Quadfathers Men’s Roller Derby
  • Red Deer Dreadnaughts
  • Roller Derby Toulouse – Quad Guards
  • Star City Offense
  • Sydney City SMASH
  • Tampere Rollin’ Bros
  • Thunderquads Roller Derby Masculino
  • Vermont Men’s Roller Derby

The Men’s Roller Derby Association is proud to announce its Fall Rankings and the MRDA 2016 Championships’ Tournament Bracket.

Posted on September 28, 2016 - 1:46 pm by

The Men’s Roller Derby Association is proud to announce its Fall Rankings. These rankings were calculated by the MRDA Rankings Committee and voted on by the MRDA member leagues. The top ten teams were invited, and have accepted, to participate at MRDA’s 2016 Championships, “The Lone Star Showdown”. This event will take place October 15-16, 2016 at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, TX and will be hosted by Texas Men’s Roller Derby. The tournament bracket can be found here.

  1. Saint Louis GateKeepers
  2. Your Mom Men’s Derby
  3. Texas Men’s Roller Derby
  4. Bridgetown Roller Derby
  5. New York Shock Exchange
  6. Puget Sound Outcast Derby
  7. Southern Discomfort
  8. Magic City Misfits
  9. San Diego Aftershocks
  10. The Vancouver Murder
  11. Mass Maelstrom Roller Derby
  12. Philadelphia Hooligans
  13. South Wales Silures
  14. Tyne & Fear Roller Derby
  15. Denver Ground Control
  16. Montreal Mont Royals
  17. Glenmore Reservoir Dogs
  18. Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder
  19. Tampa Bay Men’s Roller Derby
  20. Manchester Roller Derby
  21. Minnesota Men’s Roller Derby
  22. Drive-By City Rollers
  23. Race City Rebels
  24. Austin Anarchy
  25. Carolina Wreckingballs
  26. Collision Men’s Derby
  27. Sioux City Kornstalkers
  28. Rock City Riot
  29. Capital District Trauma Authority
  30. Toronto Men’s Roller Derby
  31. The Inhuman League
  32. Oklahoma City Wolf Pack
  33. Lane County Concussion
  34. Ottawa Slaughter Squad
  35. Capital City Hooligans
  36. Barrow Infernos
  37. BisMan Bomberz
  38. Chicago Bruise Brothers
  39. Milwaukee Blitzdkrieg
  40. Tulsa Derby Militia
  41. Harm City Men’s Derby
  42. Cleveland Men’s Roller Derby

For more information on the Men’s Roller Derby Association, please visit www.mrda.org.
For more information on MRDA’s 2016 Championships, please visit www.mrdachampionships.com.

Men’s Roller Derby Association August Recap – USA

Posted on September 8, 2016 - 8:35 pm by

By: Jammit Dim

August is an unusually quiet month for men’s roller derby this year, but the games that have been played may have some serious post-season ramifications. As most teams are winding down their regular season campaigns and tuning up for MRDA Championships in October, the push for late season positioning and the fall rankings saw some potential shuffle in the top-of-the-table results.

The MRDA #2, Your Mom Men’s Roller Derby, traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota for matchups against a six-skater roster BisMan Bomberz, and host team Twin Cities Terrors. Playing in back to back games on Saturday, Your Mom came out 2-0 on the day with a 484-55 win over the Bomberz and 297-23 against the Terrors. The Terrors and the shorthanded Bomberz took to the track the following day with the Terrors putting one in the W column, 302-103.

The Philadelphia Hooligans hosted a two-day, 4-team mini tournament on August 20th-21st, which featured the #16 PJRD Hooligans, #4 New York Shock Exchange, #10 Massachusetts and #7 Bridgetown Menace of Portland, Oregon. Starting off the action big on the weekend was a highly anticipated matchup of #4 vs. #7, New York against Bridgetown, which found the visitors from the West Coast victorious in a defensive showcase, Menace over the Shock Exchange 152-107. That same night, another top 10 tilt for the Menace, facing a resurgent Mass Maelstrom, but Menace proved worthy of the task, finding another victory on the day, 263-54. The final MRDA game of the weekend was Sunday afternoon, with Portland taking on the hosts, #16 Philadelphia Hooligans. At the final whistle, Bridgetown had completed the weekend sweep with another victory, 205-108 to finish 3-0 on the weekend. Hooligans also had an additional 4 MRDA games in August at the O-Town Throwdown in Ottawa, Ontario. A more detailed review of those games can be found in the MRDA August recap – Canada.

Other games around the country saw a short staffed Race City Rebels, missing all but one of their regular jammers, top the Carolina Wreckingballs by 15 points in sanctioned play, 132-117 the final score from Charleston, South Carolina. Baltimore’s Harm City Havoc finds victory over the Cleveland Guardians 263-123 in Baltimore, each of those teams fielding less than 10 players each in their final games of the 2016 season; and the Denver Ground Control hosted the Tulsa Derby Militia at the Glitterdome in Denver, Colorado late in August. Ground Control finds themselves on top in that matchup with a convincing performance, 429-27 only a few weeks ahead of their traveling to Des Moines, Iowa in mid-September for late season games against the Sioux City Kornstalkers and Your Mom Men’s Derby.

MRDA 2016 Championships – Officiating Announcement

Posted on August 24, 2016 - 5:29 pm by

MRDA 2016 CHAMPIONSHIPS- OFFICIALS

The Men’s Roller Derby Association is proud to announce the officials who will be officiating at their Championship event for 2016 which will take placeOctober 15-16, 2016 at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, TX .

 

TOURNAMENT HEAD OFFICIALS:
THNSO:
Doc Psycho
THR:
PhDiva

APPRENTICE TOURNAMENT HEAD OFFICIALS:
Apprentice THNSO:
Sweetie Pi
Apprentice THR:
Rockity Roller

CREW HEAD OFFICIALS:

CHNSOs:
Fantasmic
Goldie Gloves

CHRs:
Erik RAWK
Miss Trial
Oh Grr

NON-SKATING OFFICIALS:

Ben Wa
Butt Force Trauma
Buxom Bella
Carrieocity Kills
Cosmo Trouble
Danger A-Gogo
Dragon Harass
Fatal Exception
Hayek Splosives
India Pale Al
Jug grr Knot
Julius Freezer
Keister Bunny
LuAneurysm
May The Force
Michael Mitton
Mr. Jug Grr
Pete in the Pool
Pushup Zebra
Ria Culpa
Shake ‘n Break
Stabby McNeedles
Stella Artwalk
Sweet Tart
Sweetie Todd
The Doctah
Veronica Scars
Wild Irish Rosie

SKATING OFFICIALS:
Bambi Lance
Bob Humbug
Darth Bling
Davie Darko
Dell From Hell
Guardian
Jesse Jackass
Jim Class Hero
Judge Double Wapner
Judge Injury
Julius Seizure
Kat A Killzem
mcninja
Ninja Sass’em
peeka
Pol E. Dangerous
Rockity Roller
Scissors
Silence of the Jams
Sledge Antilles
Teri Fying

For more information about MRDA, please visit www.mrda.org.

For more information about MRDA’s 2016 Championships, please visit. www.mrdachamps.com.

For more information about officiating with MRDA, please contact [email protected].

Ottawa Slaughter Squad will play host to 5 other MRDA leagues during the O-Town Throwdown

Posted on August 12, 2016 - 4:23 pm by

The Ottawa Slaughter Squad will play host to 5 other MRDA leagues during the O-Town Throwdown taking place this weekend at Jack Charron Arena. Visiting the nation’s capital are the Glenmore Reservoir Dogs (Calgary), Montreal Mont Royals, Philadelphia Hooligans, Toronto Outage and Vancouver Murder.

The tournament will be consist of two, three-team pools, with a round robin on Saturday to determine seeding for Sunday’s elimination games. 11 games are scheduled, with each team competing in 3 or 4 matches.

Pool A consists of Montreal, Toronto and Glenmore (Calgary), with Vancouver, Ottawa and Philadelphia rounding out the field in Pool B.

Action kicks off Saturday morning at 9 am with the 14th -ranked Mont Royals squaring off against the Outrage, ranked 27th. These teams most recently met in April, with Montreal skating to a 208-126 victory.

At 10:30, ranked 15 th, the Murder will make their Eastern Canada debut against the hometown Slaughter Squad. This will be the first meeting between these two teams.

Another first-time meeting will follow at 11:30, with the Reservoir Dogs facing the Mont Royals. This will also be the Calgary squad’s first foray into Eastern Canada.

Following a brief break, action at Jack Carron resumes at 2:00 pm with the number 16 Hooligans looking to leapfrog the Murder, in their first-ever meeting. This game will be a huge chance to impress for both, with Championships just around the corner.

At 3:30, the Outrage and Reservoir Dogs renew relations after a lengthy hiatus, with their first and only meeting in May of 2014 in Calgary, with Glenmore having taken the victory, 324-176.

Saturday’s round robin action concludes with the Slaughter Squad hitting the track against the Hooligans at 5:00. This will mark the first time these teams have met. Sunday’s action also commences at 9 am, with the first of two semi-final games. Upon completion of the semi-final bouts, the 3 rd place finishers in each pool will meet at 12:00 pm in a 5th -place game. Third place will be contested at 1:30, and the weekend will culminate with the Championship game at 3:00.

The weekend promises a two great days of Men’s Roller Derby action! Tickets are still available; please visit otownthrowdown.ca for more information.

Summer 2016 rankings

Posted on August 8, 2016 - 4:33 pm by
The Men’s Roller Derby Association announces the summer rankings for the 2016 season. These rankings were calculated by the MRDA rankings committee, based on games played between June 1st 2015 and May 31st 2016, then presented to and voted on by the member leagues.
Summer 2016 rankings:
  1. St. Louis GateKeepers
  2. Your Mom Men’s Derby
  3. Texas Outlaws
  4. New York Shock Exchange
  5. Puget Sound Outcast Derby
  6. Southern Discomfort
  7. Portland Men’s Roller Derby
  8. Magic City Misfits
  9. San Diego Aftershocks
  10. Mass Maelstrom Roller Derby 
  11. South Wales Silures
  12. Tyne and Fear Roller Derby
  13. Race City Rebels
  14. Montreal Men’s Roller Derby (Mont Royals)
  15. Vancouver Murder
  16. Philadelphia Hooligans
  17. Minnesota Men’s Roller Derby
  18. Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder
  19. Manchester Roller Derby
  20. Toulouse Quad Guards
  21. Jersey Boys Roller Derby
  22. Tampa Bay Men’s Roller Derby
  23. Sioux City Kornstalkers
  24. Rock City Riot
  25. Capital District Trauma Authority
  26. Denver Ground Control
  27. Toronto Men’s Roller Derby
  28. Carolina Wreckingballs
  29. Lane County Concussion
  30. Barrow Infernos
  31. The Quadfathers
  32. BisMan Bomberz
  33. Austin Anarchy
  34. Milwaukee Blitzdkrieg
  35. Chicago Bruise Brothers
  36. Capital City Hooligans
  37. Harm City Havoc
  38. Red Deer Dreadnaught
  39. Vermont Men’s Derby

The Men’s Roller Derby Association announces a new member league!

Posted on July 16, 2016 - 4:50 pm by

The Men’s Roller Derby Association announces a new member league!

MRDA, the international governing body of men’s roller derby, has added a new league to its ranks, bringing MRDA’s total membership to 68 internationally.


This new league was accepted, by a vote of MRDA’s membership, to be added to our growing list of MRDA affiliated leagues.

More information on MRDA can be found at: www.mensrollerderbyassociation.com

Team Canada Preview for the MRDA

Posted on July 13, 2016 - 1:27 am by

The Men’s Roller Derby World Cup will take place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from July 21- 24 with 21 countries participating to be crowned the top men’s roller derby nation in the entire world.

Among the participating countries vying for a gold medal is the host country Canada, who finished third at the first Men’s Roller Derby World Cup in Birmingham, England.

Among the 32 skaters selected for the Canadian National team, all but one of them belongs to an MRDA member league, and the same can be said of the final 20 selected to represent the maple leaf at the biggest event of them all.

Team Canada Logo

“This is the ultimate derby experience,” Montreal skater Buddy Oli said when asked why playing for Team Canada was special to him “This is it. I get to represent my country, doing something I love, in front of our fans, against the best in the world. It’s something I will never forget.”

Canada will face stiff competition from countries such as the United States of America, England, France and Australia,who comprised the top five at the first event, while teams from Chile, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spain make their first appearances with hopes of putting their respective countries on the map.

The idea of playing new nations has the Canadian squad pumped, especially those skaters who have roots outside of Canada.

“I am Canadian, but Spanish too,” one of Team Canada’s captains El Tannant explained. “I was sad that (the first) MRDWC had no team Spain. I am pretty sure that this game will be a special one for me.”

Like El Tannant and Buddy Oli, other members of the squad from the Great White North are pumped about playing for their home nation, but another one of Canada’s captains Riceball gets to relive one of the greatest moments of his derby career while proving that age is just a number.

“I get to play with my son BrADASS for a second time,” Riceball said. “Being over 50, I believe this is my last opportunity to play for a National team in this capacity. I also really wanted to play because it was being held in Calgary where I was born and raised.”

While Canada sends BrADASS and Riceball to their second World Cup, along with a slew of others, there will be some new blood representing the nation whose ever-growing roller derby community is churning out spectacular talent, such as Vancouver Murder triple threat Dan Zimmer.

“I’ve anyways wanted an opportunity to represent my country,” Zimmer said. “After I went to the Team Canada tryouts in 2014, I knew that one of my goals going forward with roller derby was that I wanted to make Team Canada (when) the next time tryouts came around.

“I’m looking forward to playing in front of the home crowd and just feeling the atmosphere that will be created in the venue.”

With the atmosphere inside the Acadia Recreation Complex expected to off the hook, especially with an enormous contingent of Canadian fans shaking the foundations of the arena, Canada has a lot of pressure on them to stand on the podium by the end of the World Cup, a goal which captain and long-time veteran skater Jeff Tichbourne says will happen.

“This is our home, these are our fans. We have a nation behind us and we’re ready to play our hearts out for them,” he exclaimed. “Will we bring home a medal? Yes, yes we will.”

**The Men’s Roller Derby World Cup will be hosted by Chinook City Roller Derby and can be live-streamed at http://mrdwc.com/**

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