Salt City Roller Derby Explained

Salt City Roller Derby
Founded:2007
Metro Area:Syracuse, NY
Country:United States
Teams:A Squad (A team)
B Squad (B team)
Tracks:Flat
Venue:Onondaga Community College SRC Arena
Affiliations:WFTDA
Orgtype:501(c)(7)

Salt City Roller Derby (SCRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Syracuse, New York. Founded in 2007, the league consists of two teams, which compete against teams from other leagues, and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

The league was founded by Lishelle Fazzone, who had recently moved to the area, after watching Rollergirls. Originally named Assault City Roller Derby, the league held its first practices in January 2007 at Reva Rollerdrome, in Auburn New York, and played its first bout in February 2008 against the Ithaca League of Women Rollers.[2] A few skaters from Utica began training with the league, and this experience enabled them to found Central New York Roller Derby in late 2007.[3]

By late 2010, the league had about forty-five skaters, of whom about thirty were ready to bout.[4] In July 2011, it was accepted as an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association,[5] and it graduated to full membership of the WFTDA in June 2013.[6] By the start of the 2016 season, the league had an almost completely new roster and updated logo.[7] On December 16, 2019, the league rebranded and changed its logo and name to Salt City Roller Derby.[8]

Rankings

Rankings

SeasonFinal ranking[9] PlayoffsChampionship
2014137 WFTDA[10] DNQDNQ
2015NR WFTDA[11] DNQDNQ
2016288 WFTDA[12] DNQDNQ
2017306 WFTDA[13] DNQDNQ
2018283 WFTDA[14] DNQDNQ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assault City Roller Derby – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 2 August 2017.
  2. "Shake, Rattle and Roll ", Syracuse New Times, March 5, 2008
  3. "Roller derby wraps up season Sunday", Rome Sentinel, September 19, 2010
  4. Ami Olson, "Get fit, give back: 'Cuse club sports make it easy ", The Eagle, September 16, 2010
  5. "WFTDA Adds Crop of 15 Apprentice Leagues ", WFTDA, 13 July 2011
  6. "WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America ", 6 June 2013
  7. Web site: Assault City Roller Derby closes out season . syracuse.com . 2016-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306215103/http://photos.syracuse.com/post-standard/2015/11/assault_city_roller_derby_closes_out_season_9.html . 2016-03-06 . dead .
  8. Web site: A special announcement from Assault City Roller Derby: – Salt City Roller Derby. 2020-07-16. en-US.
  9. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014. WFTDA. 2 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015. WFTDA. 2 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 2 August 2017.
  13. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 8 January 2018.
  14. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA . wftda.com . WFTDA . 7 April 2019.