Columbia Roller Derby

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Columbia QuadSquad
Columbia Roller Derby rainbow logo.png
Metro area Columbia, SC
Country United States
Founded2007
TeamsColumbia QuadSquad (A),
Soda City Jerks (B),
Columbia Junior Rollers (Juniors)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueJamil Temple
Affiliations WFTDA
Website columbiarollerderby.com

Columbia Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 2007, the league has two travel teams: Columbia Quad Squad (A) and Soda City Jerks (B) as well as a junior roller derby team, Columbia Junior Roller Derby. [1] Columbia is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]

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League history

Founded in March 2007 by eight local women, Columbia played its first bout in August 2007. The league consisted of the Allstars, who represented the league in WFTDA interleague competitions around the country, and the Miss B-havers, the B team. There were also three home teams: Belles on Wheels, Capitol City Vixens and Spawn of Skatin'. The travel teams have since been renamed Columbia QuadSquad (A) and Soda City Jerks (B). [3] [4]

In April 2009, it hosted and won the first South Carolina state championships, defeating the Lowcountry Highrollers and the Richland County Regulators. [5] It has attracted attention for the diverse jobs held by its members, including a figure skater and an aquatic biologist, [6] while its coach is a law professor at the University of South Carolina. [7]

The QuadSquad was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in April 2011, [8] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012. [9]

The league was described in the local Free Times as having "regional dominance". [10] Columbia defeated Carolina Roller Derby in February 2012, following which, it was ranked at number 25 in the Derby News Network Power Rankings. Announced a few hours before becoming a full WFTDA member, Columbia Roller Derby was the second apprentice league ever to enter the Power Rankings, after the London Rollergirls. [11]

In 2016, Columbia hosted a WFTDA Division 1 Playoff tournament at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, which was forecasted to create over $300,000 in economic impact. [12]

WFTDA competition

Columbia QuadSquad, ranked at the time 41st in the WFTDA, was selected to play in the 2013 WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs. They competed in Asheville, North Carolina September 20–22, 2013. [13] Columbia entered the weekend as the tenth seed, and ultimately finished in tenth place. [14] In 2014, Columbia again qualified for Division 1 Playoffs, entering the Charleston tournament as the ninth seed, and finished in eighth place. [15] In 2015, Columbia dropped into Division 2 Playoffs as the third seed in Cleveland, and ended the weekend in ninth place. [16] In 2016, Columbia returned to Division 1 Playoffs and competed at the tournament they themselves hosted, [12] finishing the weekend with their opening seeding, in eighth place. [17] Columbia qualified for the Division 2 Playoffs and Championship in 2017 as the eleventh seed in Pittsburgh, and finished in eleventh place with a 167-156 victory over No Coast Derby Girls. [18]

In 2018, Columbia qualified for the WFTDA North American East Continental Cup held in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the sixth seed, but after losing their quarter final to Charlottesville Derby Dames 203-107 finished out of the medals. [19]

Rankings

Season Final ranking [20] Playoffs Championship
201214 E [21] DNQDNQ
201346 WFTDA [22] 10 D1 [14] DNQ
201435 WFTDA [23] 8 D1 [15] DNQ
201543 WFTDA [24] 9 D2 [16] DNQ
201629 WFTDA [25] 8 D1 [17] DNQ
201749 WFTDA [26] N/A11 D2 [18]
201856 WFTDA [27] CR CC NA East [19] NA

Southern Discomfort tournament

In late April 2014 the league hosted its first annual Southern Discomfort Tournament. This invitational tournament hosted 10 teams featuring Killamazoo Derby Darlins, Charlotte Roller Girls, DC Rollergirls, Nashville Roller Girls, Cape Fear Roller Girls, Garden State Roller Girls, Brandywine Roller Girls, Roc City Roller Derby, Charlottesville Derby Dames, and the Columbia Roller Derby themselves. [28]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Columbia QuadSquad Rollergirls". WFTDA. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Columbia Quad Squad (A-Team)". Columbia Roller Derby. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Soda City Jerks (B-Team)". Columbia Roller Derby. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
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  7. ↑ Cathy Cobbs, "The two lives of Loquacious D", Columbia Star, 27 August 2010
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  13. ↑ WFTDA Releases June 30 Rankings,Tournament Brackets, 13 July 2013
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