Harbor City Roller Derby
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Metro areaDuluth, MN
CountryUnited States
Founded2007
TeamsNautikills (A team)
Shipwreckers (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueVarious
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.harborcityrollerderby.com

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

History

Harbor City was founded as Harbor City Roller Dames in January 2007 by Melissa LaTour, known as "Ginger Suicide".[2][3] For a while, it was run by Michael and Mary Utecht,[4] but in October 2009, it became skater-owned.[2]

Harbor City played its first full season in 2010, and sold out a 1,200-seat venue for one bout.[3]

The league was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in October 2011,[5] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2013,[6] and debuted in the WFTDA Rankings on March 31, 2014, at 129 overall.[7] In August 2014, Harbor City hosted one of the WFTDA Division 2 playoff tournaments.[8]

WFTDA rankings

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Season Final ranking[9] Playoffs Championship
2014 159 WFTDA[10] DNQ DNQ
2015 177 WFTDA[11] DNQ DNQ
2016 202 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Harbor City Roller Dames – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "About Archived 2013-03-30 at the Wayback Machine", Harbor City Roller Dames
  3. ^ a b Don Leighton and Mike Granlund, "Roller Dames open season Saturday night at DECC", Superior Telegram, September 17, 2010
  4. ^ Rick Lubbers, "Roller derby goes legit", Duluth News-Tribune, November 24, 2008
  5. ^ "WFTDA Accepts 13 Leagues into Apprentice Program Archived 2014-11-18 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 27 October 2011
  6. ^ "WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine", 6 June 2013
  7. ^ "Rankings". WFTDA. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Roller Derby Playoffs Bring Opportunity to Duluth". FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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