Lilac City Roller Derby

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Lilac City Roller Derby
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Metro area Spokane, WA
Country United States
Founded2006
TeamsSass (A team - women)
Abominations (men's team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenuePattison's North Roller Rink
Affiliations WFTDA MRDA
Org. type501c3
Website www.lilaccityrollerderby.com

Lilac City Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 2006, the league consists of a women's team, an affiliated men's team, and a supported junior roller derby team. Lilac City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

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History and organization

Lilac City was founded by Stacie Ellis in 2006, the first flat-track roller derby league in the city, and began competing with leagues from across the northwest in its second season. [2] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010, [3] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012. [4]

In 2013 Lilac City Roller Girls relocated their practice facility to a rented warehouse in Airway Heights, and began holding their bouts at the Spokane Fairgrounds, and the Spokane Convention Center for larger events. That year Lilac City added Spokane's first all-male roller derby team, the River City Wreckers as well as a new coed team, the Quad Forsaken.

In 2017, following a reorganization, the Lilac City Roller Girls became Lilac City Roller Derby. [5] Their all-women's team dropped the gap-toothed princess and re-branded as the Spokane Sass. The league includes a Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) apprentice Sass men's team, the Abominations, and a new Sass junior team, the Wendigo.

WFTDA rankings

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Lilac City became a WFTDA member in 2012. As of January 2020, they are ranked #206 in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Rankings compiled by the WFTDA.

In the community

In 2011, the league cleaned up a space underneath Interstate 90 to use for practice. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lilac City Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Rainey Coffin, "Wheel-life adventures", The Spokesman-Review , April 7, 2011
  3. ↑ "WFTDA Apprentice Program welcomes 16 new leagues Archived 2010-09-12 at the Wayback Machine ", 8 July 2010
  4. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues Archived 2016-05-18 at the Wayback Machine ", 1 March 2012
  5. ↑ "Spokane Roller Derby: Time For Change - Lilac City Roller Derby". www.lilaccityrollerderby.com. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ↑ McKay Allen, "Roller girls take back 'filthy' practice rink Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine ", KXLY , September 13, 2011
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