Demolition City Roller Derby

Demolition City Roller Derby
Metro area Evansville, Indiana
Country United States
Founded January 2007
Teams Dynamite Dolls
Destruction Dames
Track type(s) Flat
Venue Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum
Affiliations WFTDA
Org. type LLC
Website demolitioncityrollerderby.com

Demolition City Roller Derby or DCRD is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Evansville, Indiana, and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.[1] It is one of more than 400 all-female roller derby leagues currently in existence.

DCRD has over 35 active skaters and consists of two interleague travel teams that compete with other leagues from around the Midwest and beyond: the All-Star Dynamite Dolls, and the B team Destruction Dames.

DCRD's venue is at the historic Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum in downtown Evansville, Indiana.

History

DCRD became Evansville's first ever flat-track roller derby league in January 2007. Since then DCRD has established itself as a non-profit league and is skater-owned and managed. DCRD has contributed over $16,000 to local charities and non-profit agencies as well as volunteered for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Easter Seals, CJ's Bus, Indiana Blood Center and more. In June 2010, DCRD was granted membership into the North Central Region of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). After the region system was dissolved in favor of overall rankings, Demolition City was placed in Division 2, debuting at 95th overall.[2] In September 2014, Demolition City hosted Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Division 1 International playoffs,[3] at the Ford Center, featuring teams from the United States, England and Canada.[4] In honor of the event, Evansville mayor Lloyd Winnecke declared the week of the event to be "Roller Derby Week" in the city.[5]

Season Final ranking[2] Playoffs[6] Championship
2011 22 NC DNQ DNQ
2012 22 NC DNQ DNQ
2013 75 WFTDA DNQ DNQ
2014 37 WFTDA 8 DNQ

See also

References

  1. "Evansville Roller Derby: Demolition City [DCRD]". Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 Current Rankings", WFTDA
  3. Morris, Mitzi (19 September 2014). "Women's roller derby playoffs in Evansville this weekend". 14 News.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. "2014 WFTDA Roller Derby International Playoffs". The Ford Center. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. "Derby Girls Roll In to Evansville". Tri State Homepage. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

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