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Metro area
  
Ann Arbor, MI

Founded
  
2010

Country
  
United States

Track type(s)
  
Flat

Teams
  
Brawlstars (WFTDA A-team) Arbor Bruising Co. (B-team) Ypsilanti Vigilantes

Venue
  
Buhr Park Arena, Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor Derby Dimes (A2D2) is a roller derby league based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two travel teams, The Brawlstars and the Arbor Bruising Co., which compete against teams from other leagues, as well as a home team, The Ypsilanti Vigilantes.

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History

The league was started in May 2010, with an open meeting in Ann Arbor, and held other recruitments during the year. By 2011 the league was being led with the help of coach J.T. Slyde, who had helped train Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore for their roles in the roller derby film Whip It, when it filmed in Detroit and Ypsilanti. When formed, the league featured two home teams, the Tree Town Thrashers and the Huron River Rollers, and also their travel team, the A2D2 Brawlstars, before evolving to the present team structure. The A2D2 Brawlstars played their first bout ever on June 11, 2011, losing to the Floral City All-Stars of Monroe, and hosted their first public bout on September 17, 2011, at Buhr Park Arena, a 131-96 loss to Flint City Derby Girls from Flint.

WFTDA competition

The Ann Arbor Derby Dimes are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), having been first accepted in the WFTDA's Apprentice Program in July 2012, and graduating to full membership in December 2013. As of June 2015, the Ann Arbor Derby Dimes were ranked 64th in the world by the WFTDA, and a member of the WFTDA Division 3. In 2015, Ann Arbor barely missed the cutoff for WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs, and then made their WFTDA Playoff debut at the WFTDA Division 1 level in 2016. That year Ann Arbor entered the tournament in Columbia as the 9th seed, and finished in 10th place.

References

Ann Arbor Derby Dimes Wikipedia