Sonoma County Roller Derby Explained

Sonoma County Roller Derby
Founded:2007
Metro Area:Santa Rosa, California
Country:United States
Pixels:175px
Teams:All-Stars (A team)
Growlers(mixed level travel team)
Wine Country Wreckers (home team)
North Bay Bruisers (home team)
Tracks:Flat
Venue:Grace Pavilion, Sonoma County Fairgrounds
Affiliations:WFTDA

Sonoma County Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Santa Rosa, California. The league (SCRD) has around 70 active members who not only skate in bouts, but participate in community building events throughout the county. Sonoma County Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1] The All-Stars are SCRD's WFTDA level travel team; the All-Stars skate against other A level teams for international rankings. The league also has a mixed level travel team, the Growlers, and two home teams: the Wine Country Wreckers and North Bay Bruisers.

History

The league was founded in 2007[2] and was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in October 2009,[3] becoming a full member of the WFTDA in December 2010.[4]

In February 2011, some former league skaters formed the Resurrection Roller Girls.[5] Following this, Sonoma County left its California skate venue, which it had regularly been selling out, and redeveloped a former furniture store in downtown Santa Rosa as a new roller rink.[6] This project ran into difficulties after city regulations required the installation of an expensive sprinkler system, and league practices there ceased in 2014.[7]

Sonoma County Roller Derby now hosts home bouts in the Grace Pavilion of the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.[8]

WFTDA rankings

SeasonFinal ranking[9] PlayoffsChampionship
201128 W[10] DNQDNQ
201225 W[11] DNQDNQ
2013143 WFTDA[12] DNQDNQ
2014131 WFTDA[13] DNQDNQ
2015198 WFTDA[14] DNQDNQ
2016133 WFTDA[15] DNQDNQ
2017219 WFTDA[16] DNQDNQ
2018167 WFTDADNQDNQ
2019208 WFTDADNQDNQ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sonoma County Roller Derby – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 25 January 2018.
  2. Christopher Chung, "Head Over Wheels", The Press Democrat, May 9, 2007
  3. "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 16 November 2009]
  4. "WFTDA Welcomes Seven New Full Member Leagues", WFTDA, 1 December 2010
  5. Emily Charrier-Botts, "Roller derby's fast, furious ", Sonoma Index-Tribune, August 29, 2011
  6. Kevin McCallum, "HomeWreckers roll into downtown Santa Rosa", The Press Democrat, July 1, 2011
  7. Sean Scully, "Santa Rosa roller derby site in jeopardy", The Press Democrat, 5 January 2014
  8. Sonoma County Roller Derby "http://www.sonomacountyrollerderby.org/events"
  9. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 25 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085842/http://wftda.com/rankings. 25 January 2012.
  11. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 25 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings. 20 March 2013.
  12. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2014 . WFTDA. 25 January 2018.
  13. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2015 . WFTDA. 25 January 2018.
  14. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2016 . WFTDA. 25 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 6 January 2017 . WFTDA. 25 January 2018.
  16. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 5 January 2018 . WFTDA. 25 January 2018.

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