Ithaca Roller Derby

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Ithaca Roller Derby
Ithaca-Rollers-League.jpg
Metro area Ithaca, New York
CountryUnited States
Founded2008
TeamsSufferJets (A team),
BlueStockings (B team),
Ithaca League of Junior Rollers (juniors)
Home Teams:
Bad Apples
Grapes of Wrath
Track type(s)Flat
VenueCass Park Rink
Affiliations WFTDA, JRDA
Org. type501(c)3
Website http://www.ithacarollerderby.com
The BlueStockings take on Assault City Roller Derby April 17, 2010 Ithaca-Bluestockings.jpg
The BlueStockings take on Assault City Roller Derby April 17, 2010

Ithaca Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Ithaca, New York. [1] Founded in the fall of 2007, IRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]

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History and organization

Initially known as the Ithaca League of Women Rollers, it was founded by the creation of the league's flagship team, the SufferJets. Named for local area ties to the woman's suffrage movement and the 1848 Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, IRD held its first home bout at Cass Park Rink in May 2008. The league experienced steady growth and formed a second team, the BlueStockings, in 2010. [3]

IRD became a WFTDA Apprentice league in January 2011. [4] In September 2011 they became a full member league of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. [5]

IRD is now composed of two teams; the SufferJets serve as the league's A team and travel team in WFTDA-sanctioned play, and the BlueStockings are a B team which also competes against comparable teams from other leagues more locally. The SufferJets were voted the Ithaca Times Best Local Sports Team in 2010. [6]

Junior roller derby

The league is host to the Ithaca League of Junior Rollers (ILJR). Formed in 2010, the junior team was the first to be formed in the state of New York. The skaters' ages range from 8–17 and are coached by skaters in IRD.

The Ithaca League of Junior Rollers is a recreational (non-ranked) member of the Junior Roller Derby Association, which uses a modified version of WFTDA rules and regulations. The league has two divisions, an open-gender division and a female-only division. The junior rollers had their exhibition bout in September 2010, [7] only one year after the Junior Roller Derby Association was founded in Austin, Texas.

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [8] Playoffs Championship
201226 E [9] DNQDNQ
201379 WFTDA [10] DNQDNQ
201472 WFTDA [11] DNQDNQ
201577 WFTDA [12] DNQDNQ
201687 WFTDA [13] DNQDNQ
201784 WFTDA [14] DNQDNQ
2018109 WFTDA [15] DNQDNQ
2019240 WFTDA [16] DNQDNQ
202385 NA Northeast [17] DNQDNQ
202492 NA Northeast [18] DNQDNQ

References

  1. ↑ General Info And History « Ithaca League of Women Rollers
  2. ↑ "Ithaca League of Women Rollers – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "About ILWR | Ithaca League of Women Rollers" . Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  4. ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 12 Additional Apprentice Leagues - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  5. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 7 New Members - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  6. ↑ "2010 Best Of Ithaca". Archived from the original on 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  7. ↑ Fenchel, Luke Z. (24 September 2010). "Junior Roller Derby Gains Traction". The Ithaca Post. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  9. ↑ "Current Rankings". Wayback Machine. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  16. ↑ Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  17. ↑ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/na-northeast?r=5176
  18. ↑ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/na-northeast?r=7199
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