Burning River Roller Derby

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Burning River Roller Derby
Burning-river-logo-orange-white.jpg
Metro area Cleveland, Ohio
Country United States
Founded2006
TeamsAll-Stars (A team)
Hazmat Crew (B team)
Pyromaniacs (C team)
Cleveland Steamers
Hard Knockers
Hellbombers
Rolling Pin-Ups
Track type(s)Flat
VenueCE Orr Arena, Euclid OH (Spring)
Ohio Nets Sports Complex, Parma OH (Autumn) [1]
Affiliations WFTDA
Website http://www.burningriverderby.com/

Burning River Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 2006, Burning River is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]

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History and organization

Burning River Roller Derby was started as Burning River Roller Girls in 2006, [3] and joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in December 2007. [4] Burning River Roller Derby has three travel teams that play against other teams from other leagues. The A team, "Burning River All-Stars", plays WFTDA-sanctioned games. The B team, "Burning River Hazmat Crew", plays competitive regional games, and the C team, "Burning River Pyromaniacs", plays very close, regional games. The league also has four home teams who play each other in league play, the Cleveland Steamers, the Hard Knockers, the HellBombers, and the Rolling Pin-Ups.

In early 2015, Burning River announced the change of the league name from Burning River Roller Girls to Burning River Roller Derby, to place less emphasis on gender and better reflect its members. [1] In August 2015, Burning River hosted a WFTDA Division 2 playoff tournament. [1] [5]

WFTDA competition

In 2009 Burning River was the ninth seed at the WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament and finished in eighth place after an overtime loss to Brewcity Bruisers, 126-116. [6] In 2013, the WFTDA changed their playoff structure, and Burning River qualified for the WFTDA Division 2 International Playoff tournament in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the ninth seed, ultimately finishing in eighth place. [7]

Rankings

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Pre-2015 BRRD logo
Season Final ranking [8] Playoffs Championship
20089 NC [9] DNQDNQ
20099 NC [10] 8 NC [6] DNQ
201014 NC [11] DNQDNQ
201115 NC [12] DNQDNQ
201217 NC [13] DNQDNQ
201359 WFTDA [14] 8 D2 [7] DNQ
201499 WFTDA [15] DNQDNQ
201572 WFTDA [16] DNQDNQ
2016100 WFTDA [17] DNQDNQ
2017128 WFTDA [18] DNQDNQ

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