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.