Connecticut Roller Derby

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Connecticut Roller Derby
CT RollerGirls logo.jpg
Metro area Naugatuck, Connecticut
Country United States
Founded2006
TeamsCT All Stars (A team)
The Yankee Brutals (B team)
Home teams:
The Bone Crushers
The Iron Angels
The Widowmakers
Track type(s)Flat
VenueRoller Magic (Waterbury, Connecticut)
Affiliations WFTDA
Org. typeNon Profit Organization
Website http://www.ctrollerderby.com/

Connecticut Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Naugatuck (Greater Waterbury), Connecticut. Founded in 2006, [1] the league reached its 10th anniversary in 2016. Connecticut Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]

Contents

History and league structure

Connecticut Roller Derby was launched as "CT RollerGirls" in March 2006, and by early 2009 was attracting up to 500 fans to games held at venues such as the Connecticut Sports Center. [3]

Connecticut Roller Derby has travel teams and home teams. The home teams play each other, and are the Bone Crushers, the Iron Angels, and the Widowmakers, whereas the two travel teams, The CT All-Stars and The Yankee Brutals, play teams from other leagues, with the All-Stars representing the league at the WFTDA level. [4]

WFTDA competition

CT RollerGirls became a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association in early 2007, announced by the WFTDA in May of that year. [5] In 2009, the CT All-Stars qualified for the WFTDA Playoffs for the first time. Entering the WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament as the eighth seed, the All-Stars opened their tournament with losses to DC Rollergirls and Providence Roller Derby, before defeating Dominion Derby Girls 156-57 to finish the weekend in ninth place. [6]

Rankings

Original CT RollerGirls logo CT RollerGirls.jpg
Original CT RollerGirls logo
Season Final ranking [7] Playoffs Championship
2007NR [8] DNQDNQ
20087 E [9] DNQDNQ
200911 E [10] 9 E [6] DNQ
201012 E [11] DNQDNQ
201114 E [12] DNQDNQ
201219 E [13] DNQDNQ
201370 WFTDA [14] DNQDNQ
2014101 WFTDA [15] DNQDNQ
2015147 WFTDA [16] DNQDNQ
2016190 WFTDA [17] DNQDNQ
2017124 WFTDA [18] DNQDNQ
2018102 WFTDA [19] DNQDNQ

Scholarship program

As part of Connecticut Roller Derby's community outreach mandate, the league sponsors a scholarship each year, the Cindy Luberto Scholarship for Women Athletes, which is a $500.00 grant towards post-secondary education. [20] [21]

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