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Windy City Rollers is a women's flat-track roller derby league located in Chicago, Illinois.Founded by Juanna Rumbel (Elizabeth Gomez) and Sister Sledgehammer (Kelly Simmons) in 2004, Windy City is the first flat-track roller derby league established in Chicago, and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby. [1] [2] It sets the international standards for rankings, rules, and competition in the sport, and provides guidance and resources to aid development of roller derby.
The 2017 Division 1 member list was announced by the WFTDA on July 14. [4] Two teams that were in the top 36 on June 30 - #23 Adelaide Roller Derby of Adelaide, Australia, and #26 Team United Women's Roller Derby of Des Moines, Iowa - did not meet gameplay requirements to qualify for WFTDA Playoffs. [5]
In September 2009, the Chicago Outfit joined the WFTDA Apprentice Program, [4] and became full members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) on June 17, 2010. [5] The Outfit consisted of three travel teams. The Syndicate was the Outfit's A-team, representing the league in bouts counting toward WFTDA rankings. The Outfit added the ...
The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010, [4] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012. [ 5 ] Up until December 2013, the Twin City Derby Girls consisted of three league teams (the Damagin' Dames, the 'Paign, and the Boneyard Bombshells) as well as two travel leagues, an A ...
In 2009, Naptown was the host league for the WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament "Monumental Mayhem', held at the Indiana Convention Center. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In January 2017, the league announced it had changed its name to Naptown Roller Derby as part of an effort to be an "inclusive and supportive environment for skaters and staff."
WFTDA Championships [20] Nashville, Tennessee: Gotham Girls Roller Derby: Rose City Rollers: B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls: Loren Mutch (Rose) 2015 6–8 November WFTDA Championships [21] St Paul, Minnesota: Rose City Rollers: Gotham Girls Roller Derby: Victorian Roller Derby League: Scald Eagle (Rose) [22] 2016 4–6 November WFTDA Championships [23 ...
The 2017 WFTDA Championships winner, Victorian Roller Derby League from Melbourne, Australia, became the first non-American team to achieve the top rankings slot in WFTDA history. [5] Ranking scores are calculated by averaging the number of game points a team earns in the last twelve months by the number of games played in the same time period.