Green Country Roller Girls Explained

Green Country Roller Girls
Founded:2006
Dissolved:2012
Metro Area:Tulsa, OK
Country:United States
Pixels:139px
Teams:All Stars (A team)
Thunder Dolls (B team)
Tracks:Flat
Venue:Tulsa Convention Center
Affiliations:WFTDA

The Green Country Roller Girls was a women's flat track roller derby league based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 2006, the league consisted of two teams which competed in interleague games.

Green Country began bouting soon after forming, and played its first home bout against the Big Easy Rollergirls in May 2007.[1] Green Country Roller Girls was a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA)[2] and their All Stars team played in WFTDA sanctioned games that counted towards national rankings.

In 2011, Tulsa qualified for the WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament for the only time. Seeded eighth, they finished in seventh place with a 144-97 victory over the Gold Coast Derby Grrls.[3]

The league announced that it would disband in June 2012.[4] The WFTDA announced in July that it was suspending the league's membership, pending a decision on whether skaters in Tulsa were transferring membership to a new organization, or forming a group which would not be affiliated with the association.[5] In 2013, a new organization called Roughneck Roller Derby, featuring former members of Green Country, was granted membership in the WFTDA.[6]

SeasonFinal ranking[7] PlayoffsChampionship
20088 SC[8] DNQDNQ
200912 SC[9] DNQDNQ
201011 SC[10] DNQDNQ
20117 SC[11] 7 SCDNQ

Notes and References

  1. Jennifer Chancellor, "Easy does it", Tulsa World, 24 March 2007
  2. Web site: The WFTDA Newsletter - December 2007. WFTDA. 9 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20080513183136/http://www.wftda.com/newsletters/12_2007.html. 13 May 2008. December 2007.
  3. Web site: Marshall. Justice Feelgood. South Central 7th Place: 8SC Green Country Gets Revenge on 9SC Gold Coast, 144-97 Derby News Network. Derby News Network. 24 March 2017. 2 October 2011.
  4. "A Farewell to Green Country Roller Girls", 12 June 2012
  5. Web site: Statement onGreen Country Roller Girls Status - Press Releases - Women's Flat Track Derby Association. wftda.org. WFTDA. 24 March 2017.
  6. Web site: WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America - LatestNews - Women's Flat Track Derby Association. wftda.org. WFTDA. 24 March 2017. 6 June 2013.
  7. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  8. Web site: Rankings – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 24 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20090202070211/http://wftda.com/rankings. 2 February 2009.
  9. Web site: Rankings – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 22 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20100430194525/http://wftda.com/rankings. 30 April 2010.
  10. Web site: Rankings – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 24 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222136/http://wftda.com/rankings/. 2 March 2011.
  11. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 24 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085842/http://wftda.com/rankings. 25 January 2012.