Rocktown Rollers Explained

Rocktown Rollers
Founded:2008
Metro Area:Harrisonburg, VA
Country:United States
Teams:All-Stars
Tracks:Flat
Venue:Funky's Skate Center
Affiliations:WFTDA

Rocktown Rollers (RTR) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 2008, the league consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues. Rocktown is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

The league was founded in early 2008 by Janna "Janna-cide" Basye[2] and Troch, two locals.[3] It hosted its first home bout early in 2009, attracting around 500 fans.[4]

Rocktown was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010,[5] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2011.[6]

WFTDA rankings

SeasonFinal ranking[7] PlayoffsChampionship
201237 E[8] DNQDNQ
2013168 WFTDA[9] DNQDNQ
2014218 WFTDA[10] DNQDNQ
2015255 WFTDA[11] DNQDNQ
2016302 WFTDA[12] DNQDNQ
2017NR[13] DNQDNQ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rocktown Rollers – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Martinez. Rebecca. Team shows the changing face of sport. newsleader.com. times leader. 28 December 2017. https://archive.today/20120905105623/http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Dato=20100404&Kategori=LIFESTYLE&Lopenr=110190004&Ref=AR. 5 September 2012. 4 April 2010. dead.
  3. Web site: About. Rocktown Rollers. 28 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20150214063406/http://www.rocktownrollers.com/about-2/. 14 February 2015.
  4. Philip Townsend, "RockTown Rollers Take Over the Valley", WHSV, May 18, 2009
  5. "WFTDA Apprentice Program welcomes 16 new leagues ", 8 July 2010
  6. "WFTDA Welcomes Eight New Member Leagues ", WFTDA, 1 June 2011
  7. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  8. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 28 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings. 20 March 2013.
  9. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2013. January 2014 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2015 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2016 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  12. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 6 January 2017 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  13. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 5 January 2018 . WFTDA. 10 January 2018.