Pacific Roller Derby Explained

Pacific Roller Derby
Founded:2008
Metro Area:Honolulu, HI
Country:United States
Teams:Hulagans (A team)
Tracks:Flat
Venue:Palama Settlement Gymnasium
Kamiloiki Community Park
Affiliations:WFTDA

Pacific Roller Derby (PRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 2008, the league consists of a single team that plays teams from other leagues. Pacific is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

According to their mission statement, Pacific Roller Derby, LLC (PRD) is an O‘ahu business and amateur sports organization dedicated to playing and promoting the sport of women's flat track roller derby. Members of PRD include a diverse group of women and men serving as players, referees and support staff. PRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association and is devoted primarily to safe and healthy training for local, national and international competition. PRD strives to promote the values of sportswomanship, positive community involvement and the aloha spirit.

The league was founded in 2008,[2] and joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) the following year.[3] Since then the league has played regularly against teams from the mainland U.S.,[4] in addition to organizing the annual SK808 Tournament for locally based leagues and skaters.[5] As of 2014 the league consisted of three home teams: the Leahi Diamond Dolls, South Shore Sirens, and Tropic Thunder. Skaters were drawn from these home teams to compete in the WFTDA-chartered All-Star team The Hulagans or on The Bizznass travel B-team against other leagues.

In 2013, members of the league appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0, in which the girlfriend of character Steve McGarrett joins a roller derby league to search for a suspect its among members.[6]

WFTDA rankings

SeasonFinal ranking[7] PlayoffsChampionship
201020 W[8] DNQDNQ
201124 W[9] DNQDNQ
201236 W[10] DNQDNQ
2013163 WFTDA[11] DNQDNQ
2014190 WFTDA[12] DNQDNQ
2015265 WFTDA[13] DNQDNQ
2016305 WFTDA[14] DNQDNQ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pacific Roller Derby – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 9 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Lee. Carolyn. Rolling along with Pacific Roller Derby girls. Marine Corps Base Hawaii. 9 December 2017. 26 April 2013.
  3. "Our Story ", Pacific Roller Derby
  4. "Roller Derby Skates Into Palama Gym", KITV, 6 September 2009
  5. "Pacific Roller Derby Welcomes Skaters for 4th Annual SK808 Tournament", Hawaii Reporter, 28 December 2011
  6. Web site: Silverstein. Stephanie. Pacific Roller Derby League, Dog Chapman to appear on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ episode. www.bizjournals.com. Pacific Business News. 9 December 2017. 13 March 2013.
  7. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  8. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 9 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222136/http://wftda.com/rankings/. 2 March 2011.
  9. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 9 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085842/http://wftda.com/rankings. 25 January 2012.
  10. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 9 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings. 20 March 2013.
  11. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 9 December 2017.
  12. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 9 December 2017.
  13. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 9 December 2017.
  14. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 9 December 2017.

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