Minnesota RollerGirls (MNRG) is
an all-women amateur flat-track roller derby league based in Saint Paul.
Founded in August 2004, it is the first flat-track roller derby league in the
state's history and since 2005, the league has played and practiced at the Roy
Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. The Minnesota RollerGirls are made up of four
“home teams” comprised of up to twenty active skaters each. These are the
Atomic Bombshells, Dagger Dolls, Garda Belts, and Rockits. Home season play
means that each of these teams plays against each other in two matchups per
night. The Minnesota RollerGirls also has an all-star interleague team composed
of skaters from the four home teams. This team competes against other WFTDA and
non-WFTDA leagues across the United States
What is Roller Derby?
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five
members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists
of a series of short matchups ("jams") in which both teams designate
a scoring player (the "jammer") who scores points by lapping members
of the opposing team. The teams attempt to assist their own jammer while
hindering the opposing jammer — in effect, playing both offense and defense
simultaneously. Modern roller derby is
an international sport dominated by all-female amateur teams.
If you are staying in St. Paul the weekend after the conference
and would like to see a bout, you are in luck.
Saturday, October 6, there is ahome bout at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium.
Just FYI: These links set up with "mailto" in the beginning of them, so it's trying to open them up in Outlook as if they are an email address.
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