Harbor City Roller Derby

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Harbor City Roller Derby
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Metro area Duluth, MN
Country United States
Founded2007
TeamsNautikills (A team)
Shipwreckers (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueVarious
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.harborcityrollerderby.com

Harbor City Roller Derby (HCRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Duluth, Minnesota. Founded in 2007, the league consists of two teams, which compete against teams from other leagues. Harbor City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

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History

Harbor City was founded as Harbor City Roller Dames in January 2007 by Melissa LaTour, known as "Ginger Suicide". [2] [3] For a while, it was run by Michael and Mary Utecht, [4] but in October 2009, it became skater-owned. [2]

Harbor City played its first full season in 2010, and sold out a 1,200-seat venue for one bout. [3]

The league was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in October 2011, [5] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2013, [6] and debuted in the WFTDA Rankings on March 31, 2014, at 129 overall. [7] In August 2014, Harbor City hosted one of the WFTDA Division 2 playoff tournaments. [8]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [9] Playoffs Championship
2014159 WFTDA [10] DNQDNQ
2015177 WFTDA [11] DNQDNQ
2016202 WFTDA [12] DNQDNQ

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References

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  3. 1 2 Don Leighton and Mike Granlund, "Roller Dames open season Saturday night at DECC", Superior Telegram , September 17, 2010
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