Assassination City Roller Derby Explained

Assassination City Roller Derby
Founded:	2005
Metro Area:	Plano, TX
Country:	United States
Tracks:	Flat
Venue:	Thunderbird Roller Rink (Past venues: Fair Park Coliseum)
Affiliations:	WFTDA

Assassination City Roller Derby (ACRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Plano, Texas. Assassination City is a founding member^[1] of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).^[2]

Founded in 2005, the league consists of four home teams and one travel team. The home teams compete against each other in league play during the official home season, which typically runs from February to September.^[3] The league's All-Star Skaters make up the travel team, called Conspiracy. This group of skaters compete at the interleague level, against teams from other leagues and cities. The games or bouts played at this level affect the league's overall ranking among the top teams in the WFTDA.

ACRD has become active not only as competitors in the roller derby community, but as participants in the local community.^[4]

The 2011 season was moved to the Fair Park Coliseum, where it attracted 2,000 fans to its first bout.^[5] At the close of the 2013 season Assassination City returned to its roller rink roots at Broadway Skateland, where they played to a packed house and a sold-out crowd for the 2014 season opener, held February 8, 2014. February 2015 ushered the amateur sport into Plano, TX at Thunderbird Roller Rink where they still play & practice.

The league was voted on my the Plano community as the "Best Way to Get Your Heart Rate Up" in 2024 ^[6]

WFTDA competition

Rankings

Season	Final Ranking^[7]	Playoffs	Championship
2006	21^[8]	-	15^[9]
2007	26^[10]	DNQ	DNQ
2008	7 SC^[11]	DNQ	DNQ
2009	16 SC^[12]	DNQ	DNQ
2010	16 SC^[13]	DNQ	DNQ
2011	19 SC^[14]	DNQ	DNQ
2012	25 SC^[15]	DNQ	DNQ
2013	101 WFTDA^[16]	DNQ	DNQ
2014	163 WFTDA^[17]	DNQ	DNQ
2015	244 WFTDA^[18]	DNQ	DNQ
2016	135 WFTDA^[19]	DNQ	DNQ
2017	115 WFTDA^[20]	DNQ	DNQ
2018	125 WFTDA^[21]	DNQ	DNQ
2019	95 WFTDA ^[22]	DNQ	DNQ
2020	79 WFTDA ^[23]	Season Cancelled	Season Cancelled
2021	79 WFTDA ^[24]	Season Cancelled	Season Cancelled
2022	79 WFTDA ^[25]	No Sanctioned Play	No Sanctioned Play
2023	17 NA South ^[26]
2024	17 NA South ^[27]

Notes and References

1. Book: Joulwan. Melissa. Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track. 6 April 2007. Simon and Schuster. 9781416538554. 267. 28 November 2016. en.
2. Web site: Alamo City Rollergirls - Women's Flat Track Derby Association . Wftda.com . 2011-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152902/http://wftda.com/leagues/alamo-city. 18 July 2011 . live.
3. acderby.com
4. Joanna Cattanach, "Women find excitement, and sometimes themselves, on roller derby track", Dallas Morning News, 25 July 2010
5. Louiseza Sanderson, "Roller derby girls skate from Mesquite to much bigger Dallas digs ", Pegasus News, 30 March 2011
6. Web site: Best of Plano 'Culture & Entertainment' 2024 Winners . 2024-08-19 . Plano Magazine . en-US.
7. "Current Rankings ", WFTDA
8. "12/8/2006 WFTDA National Rankings", WFTDA [version of 23 February 2007]
9. "February 2006 Dust Devil Invitational Rankings", WFTDA [version of 23 February 2007]
10. "Current WFTDA Rankings", Derby News Network, October 2007
11. Web site: WFTDA Releases 2008 Fourth-Quarter Rankings Derby News Network. 28 November 2016. 30 January 2009.
12. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20100430194525/http://wftda.com/rankings. 30 April 2010.
13. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222136/http://wftda.com/rankings/. 2 March 2011.
14. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085842/http://wftda.com/rankings. 25 January 2012.
15. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings. 20 March 2013.
16. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 28 November 2016.
17. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 25 November 2016.
18. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 25 November 2016.
19. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 24 August 2017.
20. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 8 January 2018.
21. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA . wftda.com . WFTDA . 25 March 2019.
22. Web site: Watson. Michael. Current International WFTDA Rankings. 2021-11-10. WFTDA Stats Home.
23. Web site: Watson. Michael. Current International WFTDA Rankings. 2021-11-10. WFTDA Stats Home.
24. Web site: Watson. Michael. Current International WFTDA Rankings. 2021-11-10. WFTDA Stats Home.
25. Web site: Watson. Michael. Current International WFTDA Rankings. 2021-11-10. WFTDA Stats Home.
26. Web site: Watson . Michael . Assassination City Roller Derby . 2024-08-19 . WFTDA Stats Home.
27. Web site: Watson . Michael . Assassination City Roller Derby . 2024-08-19 . WFTDA Stats Home.