Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby

Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby

Metro area	Hyde Park, New York
Country	United States
Founded	2006
Teams	Horrors (A team) zomBsquad (B team) Frightmares (junior team)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Hyde Park Roller Magic
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.horrorsrollerderby.com

Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby (HVHRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Hyde Park, New York. Founded in 2006, the league consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Hudson Valley is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). ^[1]

History

Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby was founded in 2006 by Jeshurun Nickerson, also known as Rxy Ramalotte. After Nickerson watched the A&E show Rollergirls . ^[2] With the help of co-founder Karen Locker (Scarlet Bloodletter) ^[3] flyers were created and distributed throughout their local community. The first league practice drew in eleven skaters, and regular practices ensued from that point on.

After a year of training, HVHRD hosted its first exhibition bout in February 2007 on a makeshift rink under a bridge. Its first bout against another team was a few months later in June 2007 against Pioneer Valley Roller Derby. ^[4]

By 2009, the league had enough skaters to establish two travel teams, the Horrors being the league's A team and the zomBsquad as a B team. The growth lead to a men's team being formed and a junior team, the Frightmares.

The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in November 2009, ^[5] and became a full WFTDA member in December 2010. ^[6]

The league describes itself as "the world's first non-urban, flat-track women's roller derby league". ^{[7] [8]}

WFTDA competition

Season	Final ranking [9]	Playoffs	Championship
2011	28 E [10]	DNQ	DNQ
2012	36 E [11]	DNQ	DNQ
2013	160 WFTDA [12]	DNQ	DNQ
2014	177 WFTDA [13]	DNQ	DNQ
2015	233 WFTDA [14]	DNQ	DNQ
2016	NR [15]	DNQ	DNQ
2017	NR [16]	DNQ	DNQ
2018	NR [17]	DNQ	DNQ
2019	NR [18]	DNQ	DNQ
2023	97 NA Northeast [19]	DNQ	DNQ
2024	NR [20]	DNQ	DNQ

• no WFTDA rankings from 2020-2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic

References

1. "Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. https://www.horrorsrollerderby.com/about/
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/nyregion/18towns.html
4. "Sunday's Best Bets: A roller rink with Daddy's little skaters", Times Herald-Record , June 17, 2007
5. "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 16 November 2009]
6. "WFTDA Welcomes Seven New Full Member Leagues Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 1 December 2010
7. Kathleen Wereszynski Murray, "This isn't your mom's roller derby", Poughkeepsie Journal , September 8, 2006
8. "About", HVHRD
9. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
10. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
11. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
12. "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
13. "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
14. "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
15. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
16. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2440
17. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2450
18. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2841
19. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/na-northeast?r=5176
20. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/na-northeast?r=7199