The Arch Rival Roller Girls or ARRG is a women's flat-track roller derby

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 in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 league in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. It is one of more than 100 all-female roller derby leagues currently in existence.

History

ARRG was founded in 2005 by Sarah Kate Buckles who skates as Mary Manglin'. The league was trained from January, 2006 through May, 2007 by coach Ken Watts, AKA "Papa Wheelie." In 2006 ARRG competed locally as 2 teams, each represented by one of the league colors, pink and black. In 2007, ARRG expanded to three teams with permanent names and personalities of their own; The Stunt Devils, The M-80s and The Smashinistas. A travel team, composed of select skaters, has also taken part in inter-league competitions against the Northwest Arkansas Rollergirls, the Chi-Town Sirens, and the Windy City Rollers

Windy City Rollers

The Windy City Rollers are an all-female flat-track Roller Derby league located in Chicago, the city where roller derby first emerged as a sport in 1937...

. In May 2007, Papa Wheelie resigned, and the Arch Rival Roller Girls now coach themselves using a committee/rotation system drawing from the experience and strength of the veteran skaters and captains.

The Arch Rival Roller Girls is an organization consisting of more than 60 active skaters and volunteers who manage and operate the league for and by themselves in accordance with the goals and mission of the WFTDA. ARRG leadership in 2008 consists of 9 elected members of the Board of Directors and 6 skaters who serve as elected captains and co-captains of the three teams.

The Arch Rival Roller Girls team has been featured extensively in St. Louis's media. They have been featured in local print, T.V. and radio news. Additionally, various rollergirls have been featured individually in the media. Arch Rival Roller Girl Riddle Lynn was featured on the debut of the TLC show My First Home in April, 2007. Dali Madison has been featured on local craft shows.

On September 20, 2008, the Arch Rival Roller Girls travel team won Fall Brawl, a regional tournament hosted by the Ft. Wayne Derby Girls. ARRG, ranked 44 by WFTDA, came into the double-elimination tournament as an underdog. ARRG defeated the Ohio Roller Girls

Ohio Roller Girls

The Ohio Roller Girls is a WFTDA member women's flat track roller derby League based in Columbus, Ohio. The league, which was founded in March 2004 by Melissa Wallace, aka Scarlette Fury held their first bout in Battelle Hall at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on April 23, 2006...

(32) and the Cincinnati Rollergirls (20) in early rounds, and came from behind to beat Grand Raggity Rollergirls in a 86-71 victory.

In February 2009 the Arch Rival Rollergirls took part in a music video shoot for the upcoming Breeders single "Fate To Fatal".

The Arch Rival Roller Girls are currently ranked 8th in the North Central region by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

Team Members

Derby girl names are an important part of the roller derby culture. There is an official roster of rollergirls to ensure that derby names are unique. Rules for placement on the roster include forbidding duplicate names, and requiring anyone who chooses a name that is similar to a name already on the roster to get written permission from the roller girl with the original name.

The following lists show the team members on all of the teams in the Arch Rival Roller Girls league as of September 11, 2011.

Travel Team All Stars

• South City Shiner (co-captain)
• The Educator (co-captain)
• Science Friction
• Chewblocka
• Smarty McFly
• Black Market Baby
• Eli Wallop
• Punches Pileup
• Grave Danger
• Joanie Rollmoan
• The Bevo Kill
• Mayor Francis Slayer
• Morgan Le Faetal
• Artemischief
• Downtown Dallis
• Party Foul
• Shimmy Hoffa
• Beatn'chix Kiddo
• Enya Nightmare
• The Siege
• May Require Stitches
• Mighty Mighty Boston
• Starry Starry Fight

Saint Lunachix

• Polka Dot Yr Eyeout (co-captain)
• Deathica Steele (co-captain)
• Danikka Doom
• The Punctuator
• Hydrogen Bombshell
• Cookies N. Cream
• Ginny Beastley
• Jezebelle
• Whipped Scream
• Sue She
• Sue Render
• Bare Knuckle Smack
• Domme E. Nation
• Splat 'Em Curie
• Beretta Michaels
• Peek-A-Bruiser
• Rock Steady
• Megalodominator
• The Forecloser
• Munchausen By Foxy
• Slamniqua

The M-80s

• Black Market Baby (co-captain)
• Joanie Rollmoan(co-captain)
• Bare Knuckle Smack
• D'Wicked Pirate
• Enya Nightmare
• Madam Moonstruck
• Munchausen By Foxy
• Sue Render
• Suri O'Killer
• Chokehold Chanel
• Science Friction
• The Siege
• The Punctuator
• May Require Stitches
• Otto Von Bruisemark

The Smashinistas

• Eli Wallop (co-captain)
• Downtown Dallis (co-captain)
• Punches Pileup
• Beatn'chix Kiddo
• BOOM BOOM Pow
• Jezebelle
• Megalodominator
• Peek-A-Bruiser
• Polka Dot Yr Eyeout
• The Educator
• The Forecloser
• Shimmy Hoffa

The Stunt Devils

• Mayor Francis Slayer (co-captain)
• Danikka Doom (co-captain)
• Artemischief
• Beretta Michaels
• Cookies N. Cream
• Deathica Steele
• Grave Danger
• Mighty Mighty Boston
• Morgan Le Faetal
• South City Shiner
• Whipped Scream
• Slamniqua
• Hydrogen Bombshell
• Trippity Hooha

Rebel Skate Alliance

• Chewblocka (co-captain)
• Smarty McFly (co-captain)
• Starry Starry Fight
• Bertha Venus
• Domme E. Nation
• Ginny Beastley
• Rock Steady
• Sue She
• The Bevo Kill
• Party Foul
• Badonka Bam
• Kalestorm
• Stabby McCutcha