Rainy City Roller Dolls
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Metro areaCentralia, WA
CountryUnited States
Founded2007
TeamsAll Stars
Track type(s)Flat
VenueThe Rollerdrome
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websiterainycityrollerdolls.com[dead link]

Rainy City Roller Dolls (RCRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Centralia, Washington. Founded in 2007, the league consists of a single team, which competes against teams from other leagues. Rainy City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

The league was founded in September 2007 by thirteen skaters,[2] By October, it was already practicing three times a week.[3]

Since 2008, Rainy City has organized the annual "Knocktoberfest", a four-team tournament.[4] In April 2011, it was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program,[5] and, in December 2012, it graduated to full membership.[6]

Starting in May of 2018, Rainy City will host a six team WFTDA sanctioned tournament called "Reign the Pain" at the RollerDrome in Centralia.[needs update]

WFTDA rankings

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2023)
A Rainy City jammer (in blue) faces off against a skater from the Oly Rollers.
Season Final ranking[7] Playoffs Championship
2013 166 WFTDA[8] DNQ DNQ
2014 217 WFTDA[9] DNQ DNQ
2015 NR[10] DNQ DNQ
2016 NR[11] DNQ DNQ
2017 313 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ
2018 309 WFTDA[13] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Rainy City Roller Dolls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ "About Us", RCRD
  3. ^ Damian Mulinix, "Melisa Mitchell becomes 'Miss Mel Mangles' on the roller derby rink", Chinook Observer, October 3, 2007
  4. ^ "Roller Dolls’ Knocktoberfest Coming Oct. 17", The Chronicle, October 1, 2009
  5. ^ "12 Leagues Accepted into Apprentice Program Archived 2015-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 13 April 2011
  6. ^ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members Archived 2012-12-06 at the Wayback Machine", 3 December 2012
  7. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  8. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2018". WFTDA. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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