Jump to content

Fort Wayne Roller Derby: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
m Koavf moved page Fort Wayne Derby Girls to Fort Wayne Roller Derby: new name
 
(36 intermediate revisions by 20 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Roller derby league}}
{{Infobox roller derby league
{{Infobox roller derby league
| name = Fort Wayne Derby Girls
| name = Fort Wayne Roller Derby
| founded = 2005
| founded = 2005
| dissolved =
| dissolved =
Line 6: Line 7:
| country = [[United States]]
| country = [[United States]]
| logo = Fort Wayne Derby Girls.jpg
| logo = Fort Wayne Derby Girls.jpg
| teams = Bomb Squad (A team)<br/>SWAT Team (B team)
| teams = '''Bomb Squad''' (A team)<br/>SWAT Team (B team)<br/>The Academy (rookie team)
| tracks = Flat
| tracks = Flat
| venue = [[Allen County War Memorial Coliseum]]
| venue = [[Parkview Fieldhouse and Parkview Icehouse]]
| affiliations = [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association|WFTDA]]
| affiliations = [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association|WFTDA]]
| orgtype =
| orgtype =
Line 14: Line 15:
}}
}}


The '''Fort Wayne Derby Girls''' (FWDG) is a [[roller derby]] league based in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of three teams which compete against teams from all over the United States and Canada.
'''Fort Wayne Roller Derby''' (FWRD) is an open gender flat track [[roller derby]] league based in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]. Founded in 2005 originally as '''Fort Wayne Derby Girls''', the league currently consists of a women’s team and an open gender team that compete against teams from all over the United States and Canada. Fort Wayne Roller Derby is a member of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]] (WFTDA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Fort Wayne Derby Girls – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/wftda-leagues/fort-wayne-derby-girls/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref>


==History==
FWDG was the first flat track roller derby league in [[Indiana]],<ref name="meet">"[http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/SPORTS09/710280477 Roller derby meet expected to draw 8 clubs to Coliseum]", ''[[Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette]]'', 28 October 2007</ref> founded in October 2005<ref name="about">"[http://www.fwderbygirls.com/about.html About]", Fort Wayne Derby Girls</ref> by Daniella Abbott (skate name Little D Evil) and Tonya Vojtkofsky (skate name Minx).
FWDG was the first flat track roller derby league in [[Indiana]], founded in October 2005 by Danielle Nicolette (Abbott), who skates under the [[derby name]] "Little D Evil" and Tonya Vojtkofsky, who skated as "Minx", after they saw the [[Rat City Rollergirls]] in Seattle.<ref name="11th season">{{cite web|last1=Stefanski|first1=Charlotte|title=Derby Girls on a roll {{!}} Features {{!}} Journal Gazette|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/features/Derby-Girls-on-a-roll-16420678|website=www.journalgazette.net|publisher=[[Fort Wayne Journal Gazette]]|access-date=6 January 2017|date=5 January 2017}}</ref>


The league played its first exhibition bout in May 2006, to a crowd of 1,200 fans.<ref name="about" /> According to Amber Recker, the first skater to respond to Minx's call for a new team, "We kind of had to get butts in seats by playing up the fighting and more of the sexy aspect of it. As we've evolved... we're much more sports driven".<ref>Chad Ryan, "[http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/SPORTS/1070332/1002 Derby Girls ready to roll on 5th season]", ''[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]'', 7 January 2010</ref> FWDG first played a team from another league in January 2007, when it took on the [[Gem City Rollergirls]],<ref name="about" /> and, in the same month, it joined the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]],<ref>"[http://www.fwderbygirls.com/Jan102007.html Fort Wayne Derby Girls, Inc. Joins Women's Flat Track Derby Association]", WFTDA, 10 January 2007</ref> and by mid-year was ranked 29th in the country.<ref name="meet" />
The league played its first exhibition bout in May 2006, to a crowd of 1,200 fans.<ref name="11th season" /> According to Amber Recker, the first skater to respond to Minx's call for a new team, "We kind of had to get butts in seats by playing up the fighting and more of the sexy aspect of it. As we've evolved... we're much more sports driven".<ref name="5th season">{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Chad|title=Derby Girls ready to roll on 5th season|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/SPORTS/1070332/1002|publisher=[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185239/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100107%2FSPORTS%2F1070332%2F1002|archive-date=28 April 2012|date=7 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> FWDG first played a team from another league in January 2007, when it took on the [[Gem City Rollergirls]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Fort Wayne Derby Girls - Entertainment - Pro Sports|url=http://www.fortwaynenightout.com/entertainment/146449/fort-wayne-derby-girls|website=www.fortwaynenightout.com|publisher=Fort Wayne Night Out|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> and, in the same month, it joined the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]],<ref name="11th season" /> (and was announced as a new member by the WFTDA in May 2007)<ref name="member">{{cite web|title=WFTDA Newsletter - May 2007|url=http://wftda.com/newsletters/05_2007.html|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512091902/http://wftda.com/newsletters/05_2007.html|archive-date=12 May 2008}}</ref> and by the end of the year was ranked 29th in the WFTDA.<ref name="2007 rank">"[http://infinitejustice.wordpress.com/current-wftda-rankings/ Current WFTDA Rankings]", ''[[Derby News Network]]'', October 2007</ref>


In 2009, it formed a B team, scrapping its intraleague teams.<ref name="on fire">{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Chad|title=Derby Girls on fire to win|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090109/SPORTS/901090328/1002|publisher=[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185331/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090109%2FSPORTS%2F901090328%2F1002|archive-date=28 April 2012|date=9 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, Fort Wayne hosted a WFTDA [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1|Division 1]] Playoff at the [[Allen County War Memorial Coliseum]].<ref name="reichel">{{cite news|last1=Reichel|first1=Aubree|title=Derby Girls roll out welcome wagon Play host to playoffs|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130901/SPORTS09/309019950/0/SEARCH|newspaper=[[Fort Wayne Journal Gazette]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130920193550/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130901/SPORTS09/309019950/0/SEARCH|archive-date=20 September 2013|date=1 September 2013}}</ref>
The league also focuses on charitable fundraising, and had donated more than $110,000 to charities by February 2013.<ref>Andrew Swanson, "[http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/SPORTS/807180304 Derby Girls give back to community]", ''[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]'', 18 June 2008</ref> In 2009, it formed a B team, scrapping its intraleague teams.<ref>Chad Ryan, "[http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090109/SPORTS/901090328/1002 Derby Girls on fire to win]", ''[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]'', 9 January 2009</ref>


FWDG hosts the annual Spring Roll tournament, featuring women's, men's and junior roller derby tournaments.<ref>Cindy Larson, "[http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110513/LIVING/105130302 Rockin' and rollin']", ''[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]'', 13 May 2011</ref>
FWDG hosts the annual Spring Roll tournament, featuring women's, men's and [[junior roller derby]] games.<ref name="rollin">{{cite web|last1=Larson|first1=Cindy|title=Rockin' and rollin'|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110513/LIVING/105130302|publisher=[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185512/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110513%2FLIVING%2F105130302|archive-date=28 April 2012|date=13 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==WFTDA competition==
While Fort Wayne has hosted a WFTDA Playoff tournament they have yet to qualify to compete at one.

===Rankings===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Season
!Season
!Q4 ranking<ref>"[http://wftda.com/rankings Current Rankings]", WFTDA</ref>
![[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Rankings|Final ranking]]<ref>"[https://wftda.com/category/rankings/ Current Rankings]", WFTDA</ref>
!Playoffs
![[WFTDA North Central Region Playoffs|Regionals]]
![[WFTDA Championships|Championship]]
![[WFTDA Championships|Championship]]
|-
|-
|2007
|2007
|29 WFTDA<ref name="2007 rank" />
|29<ref>"[http://infinitejustice.wordpress.com/current-wftda-rankings/ Current WFTDA Rankings]", ''[[Derby News Network]]'', October 2007</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|-
|2008
|2008
|6 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings – WFTDA|url=http://wftda.com/rankings|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202070211/http://wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=2 February 2009}}</ref>
⚫
|6
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|-
|2009
|2009
|14 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Rankings|url=http://wftda.com/rankings|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430194525/http://wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=30 April 2010}}</ref>
|14
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
|15 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Rankings|url=http://wftda.com/rankings/|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222136/http://wftda.com/rankings/|archive-date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
|15
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|-
|2011
|2011
|14 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Rankings|url=http://wftda.com/rankings|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085842/http://wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=25 January 2012}}</ref>
|14
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
⚫
|-
|2012
|16 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Rankings|url=http://www.wftda.com/rankings|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|2013
|105 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2013|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2013/|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|2014
|85 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2014|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2014/|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|2015
|76 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2015|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2015/|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|2016
|105 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2016/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|}
|}

==In the community==
The league also focuses on charitable fundraising,<ref name="5th season" /> and had donated more than $26,000 to charities by June 2008,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Swanson|first1=Andrew|title=Derby Girls give back to community|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/SPORTS/807180304|publisher=[[Fort Wayne News-Sentinel]]|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185306/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080718%2FSPORTS%2F807180304|archive-date=28 April 2012|date=8 July 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and $110,000 by September 2013.<ref name="reichel" />


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
<references />


{{North Central Region (WFTDA)}}
{{Indiana Sports}}
{{Indiana Sports}}
{{Fort Wayne, Indiana}}


[[Category:Sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
[[Category:Roller derby leagues established in 2005]]
[[Category:Roller derby leagues established in 2005]]
[[Category:Roller derby leagues in Indiana]]
[[Category:Roller derby leagues in Indiana]]
[[Category:North Central Region (WFTDA)]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in Indiana]]

Latest revision as of 09:28, 29 February 2024

Fort Wayne Roller Derby
League logo
Metro areaFort Wayne, IN
CountryUnited States
Founded2005
TeamsBomb Squad (A team)
SWAT Team (B team)
The Academy (rookie team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueParkview Fieldhouse and Parkview Icehouse
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.fwderbygirls.com

Fort Wayne Roller Derby (FWRD) is an open gender flat track roller derby league based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in 2005 originally as Fort Wayne Derby Girls, the league currently consists of a women’s team and an open gender team that compete against teams from all over the United States and Canada. Fort Wayne Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

[edit]

FWDG was the first flat track roller derby league in Indiana, founded in October 2005 by Danielle Nicolette (Abbott), who skates under the derby name "Little D Evil" and Tonya Vojtkofsky, who skated as "Minx", after they saw the Rat City Rollergirls in Seattle.[2]

The league played its first exhibition bout in May 2006, to a crowd of 1,200 fans.[2] According to Amber Recker, the first skater to respond to Minx's call for a new team, "We kind of had to get butts in seats by playing up the fighting and more of the sexy aspect of it. As we've evolved... we're much more sports driven".[3] FWDG first played a team from another league in January 2007, when it took on the Gem City Rollergirls,[4] and, in the same month, it joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association,[2] (and was announced as a new member by the WFTDA in May 2007)[5] and by the end of the year was ranked 29th in the WFTDA.[6]

In 2009, it formed a B team, scrapping its intraleague teams.[7] In 2013, Fort Wayne hosted a WFTDA Division 1 Playoff at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.[8]

FWDG hosts the annual Spring Roll tournament, featuring women's, men's and junior roller derby games.[9]

WFTDA competition

[edit]

While Fort Wayne has hosted a WFTDA Playoff tournament they have yet to qualify to compete at one.

Rankings

[edit]
Season Final ranking[10] Playoffs Championship
2007 29 WFTDA[6] DNQ DNQ
2008 6 NC[11] DNQ DNQ
2009 14 NC[12] DNQ DNQ
2010 15 NC[13] DNQ DNQ
2011 14 NC[14] DNQ DNQ
2012 16 NC[15] DNQ DNQ
2013 105 WFTDA[16] DNQ DNQ
2014 85 WFTDA[17] DNQ DNQ
2015 76 WFTDA[18] DNQ DNQ
2016 105 WFTDA[19] DNQ DNQ

In the community

[edit]

The league also focuses on charitable fundraising,[3] and had donated more than $26,000 to charities by June 2008,[20] and $110,000 by September 2013.[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Fort Wayne Derby Girls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Stefanski, Charlotte (5 January 2017). "Derby Girls on a roll | Features | Journal Gazette". www.journalgazette.net. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ryan, Chad (7 January 2010). "Derby Girls ready to roll on 5th season". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Fort Wayne Derby Girls - Entertainment - Pro Sports". www.fortwaynenightout.com. Fort Wayne Night Out. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ^ "WFTDA Newsletter - May 2007". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Current WFTDA Rankings", Derby News Network, October 2007
  7. ^ Ryan, Chad (9 January 2009). "Derby Girls on fire to win". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b Reichel, Aubree (1 September 2013). "Derby Girls roll out welcome wagon Play host to playoffs". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013.
  9. ^ Larson, Cindy (13 May 2011). "Rockin' and rollin'". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  11. ^ "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  16. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  20. ^ Swanson, Andrew (8 July 2008). "Derby Girls give back to community". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fort_Wayne_Roller_Derby&oldid=1210997613"