Brawl of America

The exciting 2009 WFTDA roller derby tournament season continues with the first ever North Central Regionals. Ten leagues that have been invited to compete this weekend at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium at the Brawl of America. Over three days, ten leagues will skate fifteen bouts to determine the WFTDA North Regional champion. In addition, the top three teams leaving the tournament will have the opportunity to play in Philadelphia at WFTDA’s national tournament against the finest leagues in the modern roller derby resurgence.

The leagues invited are:

Seed 1: Windy City Rollers - Chicago, IL
Seed 2: Detroit Derby Girls - Detroit, MI
Seed 3: Mad Rollin’ Dolls - Madison, WI
Seed 4: Cincinnati Rollergirls - Cincinnati, OH
Seed 5: Arch Rival Roller Girls - St. Louis, MO
Seed 6: Minnesota RollerGirls - St. Paul, MN
Seed 7: Grand Raggidy Roller Girls - Grand Rapids, MI
Seed 8: North Star Roller Girls - Minneapolis, MN
Seed 9: Brewcity Bruisers - Milwaukee, WI
Seed 10: Burning River Roller Girls - Cleveland, OH

The Brawl of America will be conducted as a single-elimination tournament for the regional championship with multiple consolation bouts to work out overall tournament ranking. The first day’s six bouts will determine who will make it into the semi-finals. The six top-seeded teams will be given a bye into the quarter-finals as the bottom four battle for the final two spots. Semi-finals will be played on day two as well as three ranking bouts for those teams knocked out. On the third day, the third-place bout and two other ranking bouts will precede the regional championship match. The top three teams of the tournament will be given a place at the national tournament in Philadelphia on November 13th-15th.

The ten leagues invited represent Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin as well as the Brawl’s home state, Minnesota. Five of the leagues representing the North Central region are founding members of WFTDA, while one joined WFTDA only eight months ago. Their invitations are determined from the quarterly ranking of WFTDA, flat-track derby’s governing body.

Look for extensive coverage and boutcasts from Derby News Network.


SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY
11:30am - Bout 1: North Star Rollergirls vs. Brewcity Bruisers
1:00pm - Bout 2: Grand Raggidy vs. Burning River
2:30pm - Bout 3: Windy City Rollers vs. Minnesota RollerGirls
4:00pm - Bout 4: Mad Rollin' Dolls vs. Winner Bout 1
5:30pm - Bout 5: Detroit vs. Winner Bout 2
7:00pm - Bout 6: Cincinnati vs. Arch Rival

SATURDAY
1:00pm - Bout 7: Loser Bout 3 vs. Loser Bout 1
2:30pm - Bout 8: Loser Bout 6 vs. Loser Bout 2
4:00pm - Bout 9: 7th/8th place - Loser Bout 4 vs. Loser Bout 5
5:30pm - Bout 10: semi-final - Winner Bout 3 vs. Winner Bout 6
7:00pm - Bout 11: semi-final - Winner Bout 4 vs. Winner Bout 5

SUNDAY
2:00pm - Bout 12: 9th/10th place - Loser Bout 7 vs. Loser Bout 8
3:30pm - Bout 13: 5th/6th place - Winner Bout 7 vs. Winner Bout 8
5:00pm - Bout 14: 3rd place - Loser Bout 10 vs. Loser Bout 11

Sunday, 7:00pm - Bout 15: Championship bout
Winner Bout 10 vs. Winner Bout 11


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