Ottawa Valley Roller Derby

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Ottawa Valley Roller Derby
Ottawa Valley Roller Derby logo.png
Metro area Ottawa, Ontario
CountryCanada
Founded2008
TeamsOttawa All-Stars (A team)
ByWard B (B team)
Party Line (regional team)
Slaughter Squad (men's)
Centre Block
East Block
West Block
Ottawa Junior Roller Derby (junior)
Track type(s)Flat
Affiliations WFTDA
Website ottawavalleyrollerderby.com

Ottawa Valley Roller Derby (OVRD) is a flat track roller derby league based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The league was created from a merger in 2018 between two local leagues that had been formed in 2008: Rideau Valley Roller Derby and Capital City Derby Dolls. [1] [2]

Contents

The originator league joined the WFTDA Apprentice Program in 2011, graduating as a full member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in June 2012. [3]

The league consists of eight teams: Ottawa Valley All-Stars (A); The Party Line and ByWard B (B); East Block, Centre Block and West Block (home teams; [3] the Slaughter Squad (MRDA-aligned); [4] and Ottawa Junior Roller Derby (Juniors). [5]

History

In January 2018 Rideau Valley Roller Derby merged with the Capital City Derby Dolls, announcing the news and rebrand as Ottawa Valley Roller Derby on Facebook. [6]

History of Original Leagues

Rideau Valley Roller Derby

The Bytown Blackhearts hosted their first bout in Ottawa in January 2009 against the Sexpos of Montreal Roller Derby. [7] By June 2011, the league was known as "Rideau Valley Roller Girls" and hosted the first Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association East Tournament, [8] losing in the final to the Forest City Derby Girls. By late 2011, Rideau Valley bouts were attracting up to and over 1,000 fans per game. [9]

In January 2011, Rideau Valley was accepted as an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. [10]

Rideau Valley skater Soul Rekker was selected to skate for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup in December 2011, [11] and was later joined by leaguemate Semi Precious (Hanna Murphy). [12] Murphy and Soul Rekker returned to their national team for the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup. [13]

In April 2017, Rideau Valley rebranded as "Rideau Valley Roller Derby" to put more emphasis on the sport and to better respect its members. [14] At the end of 2017, Rideau Valley featured the Vixens A-team and Sirens B-team, and three home teams, the Slaughter Daughters, Riot Squad and Prime Sinisters.

Original Rideau Valley logo Rideau Valley Roller Girls.jpg
Original Rideau Valley logo
Final Rideau Valley logo Rideau Valley Roller Derby logo 2017.png
Final Rideau Valley logo

Capital City Derby Dolls

Formed in 2008, the league was made up of the Dolly Rogers (A), [15] Dollinquents (B), [16] Cupquakes, Cannon Dolls, and the Beauty School Dropouts (home teams). [17]

Renée Labrosse (derby name The Big Labrosski) and Ashley Ronson (Watcher Ash) from the league were selected for Team Canada in 2016, for the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup roster. [18]

Capital City Roller Derby logo Capital City Roller Derby logo.jpeg
Capital City Roller Derby logo

WFTDA competition

Rideau Valley Roller Derby gained full membership of the WFTDA in June 2012, [19] and were represented in WFTDA competition by their charter all-star team, the Rideau Valley Vixens. 2012 was the final year that the WFTDA used geographical regions for organizing rankings, and Rideau Valley was placed in the East Region.

In August 2014, Rideau Valley became the first team from outside the United States to take first place at a WFTDA Playoff tournament, when they defeated Bear City Roller Derby of Berlin at the Division 2 Playoff in Kitchener-Waterloo. [20] Rideau Valley then played for the Division 2 Championship in Nashville, Tennessee on November 2, 2014, losing to the Detroit Derby Girls. [21]

In 2015, Rideau Valley was the tenth seed at the Division 1 Playoff in Dallas, but lost their three games to Sun State Roller Girls, Stockholm Roller Derby and Ohio Roller Girls and finished in tenth place. [22]

Rankings

Season Final ranking [23] Playoffs Championship
201271 WFTDA, 24 E [24] DNQDNQ
201368 WFTDA [25] DNQDNQ
201440 WFTDA [26] 1 D2 [27] 2 D2 [21]
201537 WFTDA [28] 1 D1 [22] DNQ
201681 WFTDA [29] DNQDNQ
201772 WFTDA [30] DNQDNQ
201876 WFTDA [31] DNQDNQ
201969 WFTDA [32] DNQDNQ
202068 WFTDA [33] DNQDNQ

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