WFTDA Western Regional Tournament

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WFTDA Western Regional Tournament
2007–2012
Tournament information
LocationVarious
Month playedSeptember
Established2007
FormatKnockout
Current champion
Oly Rollers

The WFTDA Western Regional Tournament or WFTDA West Region Playoffs was one of four roller derby qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships.

Roller derby contact sport

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating counter-clockwise around a track. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly inside the United States.

WFTDA Championships

The International Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships are the leading competition for roller derby leagues.

Contents

The Tournament was organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Full WFTDA members in the Western Region members were eligible for ranking, and the top ten leagues would qualify for the Western Regional Tournament, with the top three finalists qualifying for the Championships. Together, the four qualifying tournaments and Championships were termed the "Big 5". [1] Starting with the 2013 WFTDA season, WFTDA's regions were discontinued in favor of an overall-rankings based system, and a new playoff format was created.

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition (ULC), but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501(c)(6) business league organization, a type of nonprofit organization.

Championships

Bay Area take on Rose City at the 2012 Tournament 2012-09-23 Westerns Game 16-0048.jpg
Bay Area take on Rose City at the 2012 Tournament
YearDateNameVenueChampionSecondThird
2007 [2] 16-18 FebruaryDust Devil Tucson, Arizona Rat City Rollergirls Tucson Roller Derby Texas Rollergirls
20081-3 OctoberBattle Royale Houston, Texas Texas Rollergirls B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls Rat City Rollergirls
2009 [3] 11-13 SeptemberDerby on the Rocks Denver, Colorado Oly Rollers Rocky Mountain Rollergirls Denver Roller Dolls
2010 [4] 24-26 SeptemberRollin' on the River Sacramento, California Rocky Mountain RollergirlsOly RollersB.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
2011 [5] 16-18 SeptemberBridgetown Brawl Portland, Oregon Oly RollersRocky Mountain Rollergirls Rose City Rollers
2012 [6] 21-23 SeptemberBay of Reckoning Oakland, California Oly RollersDenver Roller DollsB.ay A.rea D.erby Girls

2007 Dust Devil

On February 16, 2007, the Rat City Rollergirls beat Tucson Roller Derby 83–72 in the finals of the Western Regional Tournament, the Dust Devil, held in Tucson, Arizona. [7] The previous year, Tucson Roller Derby had hosted the first Dust Devil tournament, considered the first national roller derby tournament, placing second. [8]

Tucson Roller Derby a womens roller derby league located in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Roller Derby (TRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league located in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in late 2003, Tucson Roller Derby is a skater-run non-profit organization and hosts monthly roller derby competitions showcasing bouts involving the various teams in the league, often against other leagues in Arizona, and also teams from national derby leagues. A founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), Tucson was the host league for the first WFTDA Championships in 2006.

Tucson, Arizona City in Arizona, United States

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is also home to the University of Arizona. The 2010 United States Census put the population at 520,116, while the 2015 estimated population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 980,263. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA), with a total population of 1,010,025 as of the 2010 Census. Tucson is the second most-populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, both of which anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.–Mexico border. Tucson is the 33rd largest city and the 58th largest metropolitan area in the United States (2014).

2008 Battle Royale

On October 3, 2008, the Texas Rollergirls Texecutioners beat the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls BAD Girls 135-59 in the championship bout. [9] Rat City Rollergirls beat the Duke City Derby Muñecas Muertas 158-95 in the consolation bout to take third place. [10]

Texas Rollergirls

Texas Rollergirls is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas. Founded in early 2003 and widely credited as the league that started the modern roller derby movement, the Texas Rollergirls were the first flat-track league in the nation to play a version of roller derby using new standardized rules and a track design based on the dimensions of the old banked tracks. As flat-track derby caught on in other American cities, the Texas Rollergirls' rulebook and track design eventually evolved into the specifications that were adopted and ratified upon formation of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in 2005, of which Texas is a founding member.

A third place playoff, match/game for third place, bronze medal game or consolation game is a single match that is included in many sporting knockout tournaments to decide which competitor or team will be credited with finishing third and fourth. The teams that compete in the third place playoff game are usually the two losing semi-finalists in a particular knockout tournament.

2009 Derby On the Rocks Tournament

On October 4, 2009, the Oly Rollers' Cosa Nostra Donnas defeated the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 5280 Fight Club 119-64 in the West championship bout. The Denver Roller Dolls' Mile High Club beat the Rat City Rollergirls 172-94 to place third. [11]

Oly Rollers

The Oly Rollers are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Olympia, Washington. Founded in February 2006, the Oly Rollers have won both the WFTDA Championship and the USARS National Championship. The Oly Rollers are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Rocky Mountain Rollergirls

Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, or RMRG, is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2004, Rocky Mountain is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has qualified for WFTDA Playoffs every year, including winning the WFTDA Championships in 2010.

Related Research Articles

Windy City Rollers

Windy City Rollers is a women's flat-track roller derby league located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Juanna Rumbel and Sister Sledgehammer in 2004, Windy City is the first flat-track roller derby league established in Chicago, and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Rat City Roller Derby roller derby league in Washington state, U.S.

Rat City Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls, LLC, the league has incorporated alternative cultural influences, and has inspired and mentored other leagues. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish in the 2007 WFTDA Championships.

Rose City Rollers

The Rose City Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Portland, Oregon, operating as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Established in 2004, the Rose City Rollers consists of four adult local home teams and two all-star travel teams that represent the league in competition with others as well as junior skaters on six home teams with a travel team for Rose Petals (7-12) and a travel team for Rosebuds (12-17). Rose City's all-star travel team "Wheels of Justice" won the WFTDA Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2018.

Kansas City Roller Warriors

The Kansas City Roller Warriors (KCRW) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Kansas City, Kansas that was founded in 2004. The members of the league are split into four home teams that play within the league and two travel teams that represent KCRW in competition with other leagues. KCRW is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and the Kansas City Roller Warriors All Star travel team was the winner of the 2007 WFTDA Championships, the "Texas Shootout", which took place in Austin, Texas.

Carolina Rollergirls

Carolina Rollergirls, known as CRG or Carolina Roller Derby, Inc. is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Raleigh, North Carolina. Operating as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and founded in January 2004, CRG is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

London Roller Derby Womens roller derby league

London Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league. The London Rollergirls play to the rules of - and are a member of - the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The London Rollergirls are founding members of the United Kingdom's national governing body of roller derby, United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA), alongside other leagues within the UK. The league has four active travel teams which play competitive roller derby across the UK and the world: London Brawling (A), Brawl Saints (B), Batter C Power (C) and a newly created D-team, which are yet to be named. London also has a recreational league; recruiting new-level or 'rookie' level skaters for their Roller Derby Fundamentals course from the Greater London area.

Denver Roller Derby

Denver Roller Derby (DRD) is a flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in December 2005. Denver Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), joining in December 2007 as Denver Roller Dolls. In January 2015, the league changed its name to Denver Roller Derby.

Houston Roller Derby

Houston Roller Derby (HRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Houston, Texas. HRD was founded in early 2005, and is a founding member league of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls

Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls or Sin City Rollergirls (SCRG), is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded in 2004, Sin City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Duke City Roller Derby

Duke City Roller Derby (DCRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 2005, Duke City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

The WFTDA East Region Playoffs or WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament was one of four annual roller derby regional qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships.

The WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament or WFTDA South Central Region Playoffs was one of four annual roller derby regional qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships.

The WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament or WFTDA North Central Region Playoffs was one of four annual roller derby regional qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships.

Jet City Roller Derby

Jet City Roller Derby (JCRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Everett, Washington. Founded in 2006, Jet City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Angel City Derby

Angel City Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006 by a collective of skaters, the league is composed of nearly 200 members divided into four teams who skate on a flat track and compete against teams from the state of California and internationally. The league is skater-owned and operated, "by the skater, for the skater," a volunteer-fueled effort by the women and men in the organization. Angel City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In recent years Angel City's all-star team, the Hollywood Scarlets, has been considered one of the top teams in the WFTDA.

References

  1. ↑ "WFTDA 2011 Big 5 Tournament Schedule Announced Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 9 November 2010
  2. ↑ 2007 Dust Devil Tournament Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine , Tucson Roller Derby
  3. ↑ Derby on the Rocks, WFTDA
  4. ↑ Rollin' on the River, WFTDA
  5. ↑ Bridgetown Brawl, WFTDA
  6. ↑ 2012 WFTDA West Region Playoffs, WFTDA
  7. ↑ "Dust Devil 2007 - Scores". Derby News Network. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "A Brief History of TRD". Tucson Roller Derby. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  9. ↑ Derby News Network
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081208074225/http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com/leadjammer/2008/10/05/battle_royale_third_place_bout_rat_city_rollergirls_vs_duke_city_derby. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2011.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ Feelgood, Justice. (2009-10-04) Western Regionals Capsule Recaps Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine . Derby News Network. Retrieved on 2011-10-30.
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