Cheyenne Roller Derby

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Cheyenne Roller Derby
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Metro area Cheyenne, WY
Country United States
Founded2010
TeamsCapidolls (A team)
Fronterrors (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueRoller City
Affiliations WFTDA
Website cheyennerollerderby.net

Cheyenne Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two travel teams, which compete against teams from other leagues. Cheyenne is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

Roller derby contact sport

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating counter-clockwise around a track. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly inside the United States.

Cheyenne, Wyoming State capital and city in Wyoming, United States

Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population was 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the northern terminus of the extensive and fast-growing Front Range Urban Corridor that stretches from Cheyenne to Pueblo, Colorado which has a population of 4,333,742 according to the 2010 United States Census. Cheyenne is situated on Crow Creek and Dry Creek. The Cheyenne, Wyoming Metropolitan Area had a 2010 population of 91,738, making it the 354th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition (ULC), but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501(c)(6) business league organization, a type of nonprofit organization.

The Capidolls remained undefeated for more than a year. [2] The league attracted attention by raising money for the local animal shelter, [2] and undertaking voluntary work, such as planting flowers in the city's downtown area. [3]

The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2012, [4] and became a full member of the WFTDA in September 2012 - the first from Wyoming. [5]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [6] Playoffs Championship
2013156 WFTDA [7] DNQDNQ
2014138 WFTDA [8] DNQDNQ
2015188 WFTDA [9] DNQDNQ
201695 WFTDA [10] DNQDNQ
201783 WFTDA [11] DNQDNQ
2018NR WFTDA [12] DNQDNQ

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References

  1. ↑ "Cheyenne Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA.
  2. 1 2 Jade Cunningham, "Becoming a Derby Girl Archived January 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", CBS 5 , September 23, 2011
  3. ↑ Becky Orr, "Please don't pick the flowers", Wyoming Tribune Eagle , June 5, 2011
  4. ↑ "13 Women's Roller Derby Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program Archived November 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 31 January 2012
  5. ↑ "WFTDA Adds Four New Members Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 7 September 2012
  6. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  7. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2017". WFTDA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2018". WFTDA. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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