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53-870: The league consists of four home teams that play within the league and sometimes compete with member teams from other WFTDA leagues. The Texas Rollergirls all-star travel team, the Texecutioners, represents the league in WFTDA competitions and tournaments with other leagues. The Texas Rollergirls were the first winners of the WFTDA Championships in 2006. The founding skaters of the Texas Rollergirls were originally affiliated with an Austin, Texas, roller derby organization known as Bad Girl Good Woman Productions (BGGW), which formed after an aborted attempt by Daniel Eduardo "Devil Dan" Policarpo, an Austin-based musician, to start

106-760: A Division 1 team for the tournament in Richmond, Virginia, which they won with a 253-210 victory against Philly. Texas then returned to the championship game at championships for the first time since 2009, coming close but ultimately falling to Gotham 199-173. Texecutioner Bloody Mary was named tournament MVP. At the Evansville D1 tournament in 2014, an upset loss to Windy City put Texas in the third-place game, which they won over Jacksonville Rollergirls 335-221 to finish in third. At championships in Milwaukee, Texas beat Angel City Derby Girls in their opening game but then lost in

159-489: A 157-127 loss to Kansas City. Texas then won their opening game at Championships against Bay Area, but lost in the quarterfinals 151-52 to Gotham Girls Roller Derby to end their tournament. In 2011, Texas gained revenge against Kansas City by beating them 132-92 to take first place at regionals in October. Championships that year brought yet another rematch against Kansas City in the third place game, which Texas won 136-112. At

212-643: A chronicle of the league's history and people. WFTDA Championships The International Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships (" WFTDA Championships " or " Champs " for short) are the leading competition for roller derby leagues. The Championships are organized by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). They originated in 2007 as the Inaugural National WFTDA Championship "Texas Shootout" held in Austin, Texas. Previously

265-429: A fifth-place finish. In 2010, victories over DC Rollergirls and Montreal Roller Derby were offset by losses to Philly and Steel City , resulting in a sixth-place finish at Regionals. At the 2011 East Regional, Carolina was the seventh seed and finished in ninth place by defeating Maine Roller Derby 241–172. In 2012, Carolina was the eighth seed and finished in eighth place with a 156–128 loss to Boston. In 2013,

318-471: A half-time lead, 84 points to the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls ' 49, principally due to Atomatrix 's power jams. Although she ultimately scored 101 points for Oly, Rocky Mountain were able to fight back in the second half. With one jam remaining, Oly retained an eight-point lead, but, jamming for the third time in a row, Rocky Mountain's Frida Beater scored nine unopposed points before calling off

371-701: A last-jam comeback 148-145. Texas finished their weekend with a consolation round win over Minnesota, 280-153. In 2018, Texas was the top seed at the WFTDA Playoff in Atlanta and took first place with a 172-155 victory over Jacksonville; Texecutioner jammer Freight Train was named the tournament MVP. At Championships in New Orleans, Texas lost their quarterfinal to Gotham, and their consolation round game to Arch Rival. An August 2004 appearance on Good Morning America featured an interview with Whiskey L'Armour and members of

424-642: A local league in Raleigh. Although inspired by a banked-track event, practicality dictated that Weakland pursue flat-track derby. Weakland, now known by her derby name "Celia Fate", began soliciting potential skaters with recruiting sessions in early 2004. Initial practices featured some women who had skated as adults, but many had not been on wheels since middle school and practices were loosely organized, at first consisting of mostly drills and laps. Carolina Rollergirls held its first exhibition bout on September 19, 2004, at Raleigh's Skate Ranch, featuring two ad-hoc teams,

477-465: A modern roller derby-themed enterprise. BGGW formed as the first all-female roller derby organization. The first public exhibition was held at Playland Skate Center in Austin on June 23, 2002, in front of 350 fans, with a follow-up event held in August before double the number of people. The final event of 2002 sold out at 1200 tickets, and hundreds of people had to be turned away. A March 2003 doubleheader at

530-591: A statement from WFTDA President "Crackerjack" on page 5 of the program for this event confirms that at the time it was considered the "first WFTDA Championship Tournament." On November 16, 2008, the Gotham Girls Roller Derby (GGRD All-Stars) beat the Windy City Rollers 134–66 in the championship bout. The Philly Rollergirls (Liberty Belles) beat the Texas Rollergirls (Texecutioners) 114–95 in

583-529: A wide margin, but in January 2006, Carolina hosted a rematch and held the score to a 10-point differential. CRG's undefeated 2006 interleague season saw the All-Stars defeat Las Vegas's Neanderdolls , both at home (127–65) and away (133–84), as well as Providence Roller Derby 's Rhode Island Riveters (131–102, before a crowd of 1700) and Phoenix's Tent City Terrors (100–90), both at home. In 2006, Carolina competed at

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636-544: Is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Raleigh, North Carolina . Operating as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and founded in January 2004, Carolina is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). While traveling through Austin, Texas , in late 2003, graphic designer Laura Weakland, inspired by a banked-track roller derby bout put on by the Lonestar Rollergirls , decided to start

689-854: The Detroit Derby Girls 192–49. On May 12, the CRG All-Stars went to Phoenix for a rematch against the Tent City Terrors, losing by three points. The latter half of 2007 took the 7th-ranked CRG All-Stars on the road, first to Providence in June for a second win against the Rhode Island Riveters 104–68, and then, in August, to the WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, where the team placed third and secured its slot at

742-715: The Kansas City Roller Warriors beat the Rat City Rollergirls 89–85 in the final match of the Texas Shootout to become the first WFTDA National Champions. The Texas Rollergirls placed third. Eight teams competed in the tournament, four from the eastern regional division and four from the western regional division. These teams included Carolina Rollergirls (fourth place), Gotham Girls Roller Derby , Tucson Roller Derby , Detroit Derby Girls , and Windy City Rollers . Several marketing materials as well as

795-499: The Kansas City Roller Warriors , to finish in fourth place. After a brief break, the interleague season continued at home in November with an easy win against San Francisco's Bay Area Derby Girls , 74–45. On December 2, Kansas City came to Raleigh for a rematch, and the CRG All-Stars pulled out a one-point win. In 2008, the CRG All-Stars went to Philadelphia for the second annual East Coast Derby Extravaganza (ECDX), where they kicked off

848-669: The "Dust Devil" tournament in 2006 featured teams from across the US, was held in front of several thousand fans in Tucson, Arizona . This was the first multi-league flat track roller derby tournament. In 2019, the Championships were hosted outside the United States for the first time, in Montreal , Canada. In 2007, Western and Eastern Region Tournaments were held in order to determine qualifiers for

901-780: The "Texas Shootout" National Championship, held in Austin, Texas . By 2010, with leagues in Canada and the United Kingdom also enjoying membership of the WFTDA, "National" was dropped from the title of the contest. Through the 2012 WFTDA season, the WFTDA was divided into regions based on geography. Each region held a tournament contested by its top ten leagues: the Eastern (2007–2012), North Central (2009–2012), South Central (2009–2012) and Western (2007–2012) Regional Tournaments. The top three leagues from each of these four tournaments qualified for

954-477: The 2008 Western Regional with a 135-49 victory against Bay Area . At 2008's championships in Portland, Texas defeated Carolina in their first game, but then lost to Windy City Rollers of Chicago in the semifinals 110-97 (in overtime), dropping them to the third place bout, which they lost 114-95 to Philly Roller Girls to finish in fourth place. Ahead of the 2009 season, the WFTDA adjusted its structure, and Texas

1007-565: The 2016 championships, Texas knocked out Rat City in their first game but then lost their third-straight champs quarterfinal 186-172 to Rose City. At the 2017 Division 1 tournament in Dallas , Texas won their quarterfinal against Dallas Derby Devils 248-89 and their semifinal against Arch Rival Roller Derby 209-119, but lost the final game to Victoria 193-50 to finish in second place. At the 2017 championships, Texas won their opening game against Rat City 254-128 but lost their quarterfinal to Gotham in

1060-736: The Austin Music Hall during South by Southwest featured the band Nashville Pussy for entertainment. By April, approximately 80% of the skaters left BGGW, taking three of the extant four teams with them, to form Texas Rollergirls Rock-n-Rollerderby, while the remaining skaters recruited new members to found the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls . The nascent Texas Rollergirls announced their first bout in April 2003 at Playland Skate Center, and in July of that year surpassed attendance levels previously under

1113-575: The BGGW name. The Texas Rollergirls continued to develop and play a flat track game that spread to other cities and became the basis of the game now fostered by WFTDA, while the Lonestar Rollergirls developed their own version of a roller derby game played on a banked track. The reasons and events leading up to the departure of the founding members of Texas Rollergirls are documented in the 2007 film Hell on Wheels . In November 2004, Texas took part in

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1166-797: The Championships. Together, the qualifying tournaments and Championships were termed the "Big 5". From 2013 through 2016, full WFTDA members were eligible for ranking in one of the association's three divisions. Division 1 comprised the top 40-ranked teams in the WFTDA, and the top 40 teams that met eligibility requirements based on the June 30 rankings of that year were invited to Division 1 Playoffs, and were divided into four playoff tournaments (10 per tournament) using an S-curve for seeding . Participants in Division 1 Playoffs were not required to be current members of Division 1, as long as they meet ranking and other requirements. The teams that finished first through third at each Division 1 Tournament then moved on to

1219-709: The Crimson Crushers against the Black Widows, and a second exhibition followed on November 21, 2004. The first two permanent home teams, the Debutante Brawlers and Trauma Queens, took part in CRG's first official bout on April 10, 2005, as the Trauma Queens defeated the Debutante Brawlers 138–131. The Debutante Brawlers won the season championship on June 19, 2005, ending the league's inaugural season. In 2006, CRG introduced

1272-580: The Debs and Queens skated through triple-digit temperatures at Dorton Arena, as the Debs took a substantial early lead in the first half, but the Queens fought their way back in the second half. Ultimately, the Debs won their first championship since 2005, 57–50. The league hosted the 2009 WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament at Dorton Arena. On November 18, 2005, CRG played its first interleague (and away game) against Minnesota Rollergirls . Minnesota defeated Carolina by

1325-522: The Debutante Brawlers by one point to win the Golden Skate for the second straight year. The 2008 season opened on March 29 with a substantial, defense-heavy Trauma Queens victory over the Tai Chi-tahs, 104–34. The Chi-Tahs lost again on April 20 to the Debutante Brawlers, 85–55. The rookie-heavy Debs, led by league veterans Shirley Temper and Roxy Rockett, took an 81–69 victory over the Queens. On June 7,

1378-480: The Division 2 champion. Through 2014, Division 3 comprised all ranked teams from 101 on, and there are no Division 3 Playoffs. Starting with the 2017 season, the top 36 teams compete in three Division 1 Playoff Tournaments, and the top four finishers from each tournament go on to the WFTDA Championship Tournament. The next 16 eligible teams compete in a single Division 2 Playoff Tournament, with

1431-531: The Queens (56–41) and the Debs beat the Cincinnati Rollergirls All-Stars (73–25). A week later the Chi-tahs defeated the Debs (78–65) and the Trauma Queens took down Birmingham, Alabama's Tragic City Rollers (63–53). On June 9, the last of the season's double headers featured an interleague win for the Trauma Queens against Southern Virginia's Dominion Derby Girls (72–44), and the Tai Chi-tahs beat

1484-446: The Tai Chi-tahs as a new home team, who claimed the "Golden Skate Championship" that year, defeating the Debutante Brawlers 149–142. By this point, a two-phase season had developed, with home team matchups taking place the first half of the year and interleague games (featuring visiting leagues from across the country) in the second half. After regularly bouting to sell-out crowds at the Ranch,

1537-655: The Texas Rollergirls demonstrating moves with host Robin Roberts , who donned skates for the segment. Founding member Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan wrote Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track , published by Simon and Schuster in 2007, as a memoir and history of the early days of roller derby in Texas. The Texas Rollergirls are featured in the 2012 Australian documentary film This Is Roller Derby . Photographer Felicia Graham published Rollergirls: The Story of Flat Track Derby in 2018, as

1590-496: The United States in a tournament. Round-robin bouts were instituted to determine seeding for a single-elimination tournament . Four pools were created, titled Scorpion, Tarantula, Black Widow and Rattlesnake, with each pool consisting of 5 teams. On Friday, February 24, 2006, each team played four ten-minute bouts in each pool. Point differential was used to determine the ranking and placement of each team within its pool. With this information in hand, tournament officials selected

1643-470: The WFTDA Championship tournament. Division 2 comprised the teams ranked 41 through 100, and the next 20 teams overall that meet requirements after the 40 confirmed Division 1 playoff participants were then invited to Division 2 Playoffs, divided into two playoff tournaments. The top 2 teams of each Division 2 Tournament then played each other at the WFTDA Championship Tournament, with the winner crowned

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1696-539: The WFTDA Championships in Austin, Texas. Two weeks before Championships, the All-Stars returned home for a face-off against the Texas Rollergirls , narrowly losing 64–59. At Championships September 29–30, the All-Stars advanced to the final four (the only East Region league to do so) with a win against the Tucson Roller Derby Saddletramps 80–73. The following day, CRG fought a lost 108–116 to

1749-623: The WFTDA National Championship Bout to be between Texas and Tucson. The 3rd-place bout was played out with the Tent City Terrors upsetting 3rd-seeded Minnesota 115–88. The Championship bout was finalized later in the evening, with the Texecutioners defeating the Saddletramps 129–96. The tournament also saw the first collaboration between roller derby announcers. Following the event, announcer Bob Noxious founded "Voices of Reason", an announcers' association. On September 30, 2007,

1802-436: The WFTDA began hosting regional playoffs to qualify for championships, and at the first WFTDA Western Regional Tournament , Texas came in third place with a 111-62 victory over the Kansas City Roller Warriors after losing to Rat City Rollergirls of Seattle. At the 2007 championships in Austin, Texas again was knocked to the third-place game by Rat City, and defeated Carolina Rollergirls 110-46 to claim third place. Texas won

1855-502: The WFTDA restructured Playoffs into a divisional system rather than geographic, and Carolina competed at the Division 2 Playoff in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the fourth seed, and finished in seventh place by defeating Burning River , 250–131. After missing Playoffs in 2014 and 2015, Carolina returned to Division 2 Playoffs in 2016 at Wichita as the tenth seed, and lost their three games to finish

1908-749: The consolation bout to take third place. The Denver Roller Dolls pioneered the "slow derby" style of play, utilizing slow and stopped packs and backwards skating, which proved effective against most opposition, but unpopular with crowds. They were finally defeated 178–91 in the semi-finals by the Oly Rollers were regarded as a largely unknown force, although they had gone undefeated through the whole season. Rocky Mountain Rollergirls had unexpectedly sailed through their qualifying tournament, and beat Philly Rollergirls in an overtime jam in their quarter final, but they lost to defending champions Texas Rollergirls 139–82 in

1961-436: The final South Central Regional in 2012, Texas opened with strong victories against Omaha and Tampa , and then defeated Atlanta 144-124 to win their second straight regional. For the second straight year, Texas also made the third place game at championships; however, this time they lost, 210-199 to Denver to finish fourth. In 2013 the WFTDA restructured playoffs again, and under the new divisional model Texas qualified as

2014-487: The first WFTDA Championships where they finished in eighth place. CRG began 2007 with an away-game win against Baltimore's Charm City Roller Girls (140–72). In March 2007, CRG participated in the inaugural East Coast Derby Extravaganza (ECDX), a derby tournament hosted by the Philly Rollergirls . The CRG team won both of their WFTDA bouts there, over New York's Gotham Girls Roller Derby 115–104 and also defeating

2067-464: The first bout, the Texecutioners defeated the Tent City Terrors in a full three-period bout, 114 to 81, sending the Texas to the championship bout and Arizona to the 3rd-place bout. A second full three-period semi-final bout was played between Tucson and the Minnesota Rollergirls. Tucson defeated Minnesota 136–75. This pitted the Tent City Terrors against Minnesota for the 3rd-place bout, and set

2120-502: The first flat-track roller derby league, has had major influence on the evolution and growth of the sport. Texas is credited with directly inspiring the formation of WFTDA-founding member leagues in Chicago , Madison , and Minnesota , among countless others. The track and rules used by the WFTDA were originally defined by the Texas Rollergirls, and even the Hydra Trophy , awarded annually to

2173-402: The first round of the single elimination tournament played the top four seeds in the second round. Bout winners advanced to the semi-finals and bout losers were eliminated. On Sunday February 26, 2006, four teams ( Texas Rollergirls Texecutioners, Tucson Roller Derby Saddletramps, Minnesota Rollergirls All-Stars and Arizona Roller Derby Tent City Terrors) played in the semi-final bouts. In

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2226-465: The first true interleague games of the modern era, taking on Arizona Roller Derby and Tucson Roller Derby (Tucson and Arizona had a loose affiliation at the time). Texas defeated Tucson's Saddletramps 110-70. In 2007, Texas hosted the second WFTDA Championships at the Austin Convention Center , at which they placed third, while the Kansas City Roller Warriors won. Texas Rollergirls,

2279-408: The format was changed, with the Division 2 Championship occurring earlier in the year, and the Division 1 championship game scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN2 , marking the first time contemporary women's flat track roller derby will be aired live on American network television. In Tucson , Arizona , over the weekend of February 24–26, 2006, Tucson Roller Derby hosted 20 WFTDA leagues from around

2332-535: The jam, to secure a win by a single point. Quarter-finals: Semi-finals: Third place play-off: Final: First round: Quarter finals: Semi finals: Third place play-off: Final: The 2020 International WFTDA Championships were canceled in May due to the COVID-19 pandemic , joining the previously-announced cancellation of the season's Playoffs and Continental Cups. Carolina Rollergirls Carolina Roller Derby

2385-640: The league moved to historic Dorton Arena at the State Fairgrounds , although the Skate Ranch would remain its practice facility. The 2007 season opened with a round robin tournament between all three home teams on January 21, and featured four double-headers, with the Debs going up against the Queens and the Chi-tahs taking on the Atlanta Rollergirls travel team in March. In mid-April, the Chi-tahs defeated

2438-539: The main WFTDA league, the Texas Rollergirls Rec 'n' Rollerderby league consists of over 50 recreational skaters who compete with one another in informal flat-track games in Austin. During 2018, the league announced it was renaming its travel B teams as the Texas Chainsaws. Texas Rollergirls, represented by the Texecutioners, won the first WFTDA Championships , the "Dust Devil" tournament, in 2006. In 2007,

2491-531: The quarterfinals to Gotham 163-117 to be eliminated. At the 2015 Dallas D1 Playoff, Texas knocked off Philly in the semifinals and then fell to Rose City Rollers 257-223 to finish in second. After narrowly beating Minnesota Rollergirls in the opening round, Texas lost in the quarterfinals to Victoria 181-85 to end their run. In 2016 Texas came close to upsetting London Rollergirls at Division 1 Playoffs in Montreal, ultimately falling 146-135 to finish second. At

2544-427: The semi-final, in a bout which saw Rocky skater DeRanged ejected from the tournament after apparently punching Angie-Christ from Texas. Denver defeated Rocky 151–103 in the third place bout, greatly aided by forty-four points to nil scored in the later section of the first half. Oly dominated Texas in the championship bout, taking the title 178–100. The final was particularly hard-fought. The Oly Rollers built up

2597-426: The top three teams of each pool and seeded them according to the point differential of each team for the single-elimination tournament. The single-elimination tournament started on Saturday, February 25, 2006 with 12 of the previous day's 20 teams. Scheduling of the bouts allowed for the top four seeded teams to receive a bye in the first round of play. Teams seeded 5 through 12 played in the first round. The winners of

2650-561: The weekend event with a win against the Denver Roller Dolls , 129–49, and a win against Chicago's Windy City Rollers , 76–60. In 2008, Carolina finished in fourth place at the Eastern Regional Tournament, thus missing Championships for the first time. At the 2009 Eastern Regional Tournament, hosted by CRG, an opening round loss to Boston was followed by victories over Dominion Derby Girls and Providence, resulting in

2703-484: The winner crowned the Division 2 champion. Since 2008, the winner of the Championships has been awarded the Hydra Trophy . The tournament is broadcast on the WFTDA online service WFTDA.tv on a pay-per-view basis; starting in 2015 the WFTDA entered into a partnership with ESPN whereby the Sunday games of the tournament – the Division 1 and Division 2 championship and 3rd place games – are carried on ESPN3 . For 2017

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2756-776: The winner of the WFTDA Championships , is named after founding member (and the first WFTDA president) Jennifer "Hydra" Wilson. The home teams of the Texas Rollergirls are the Hell Marys, the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers, the Hotrod Honeys, and the Hustlers. The players also compete regionally and nationally as the Homies. In 2007, Texas Rollergirls began supporting and training additional skaters who were interested in playing flat track derby more informally and recreationally. In addition to

2809-422: Was placed in the South Central Region . Texas won the first WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament with a 150-73 victory over Kansas City. At the 2009 championships in Philadelphia, Texas beat Boston and Rocky Mountain Rollergirls in the opening rounds, but then fell 178-100 to the Oly Rollers to finish in second place. Texas came in second at the 2010 South Central Regionals in Lincoln, Nebraska following

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