Rainy City Roller Dolls
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| Metro area | Centralia, WA |
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| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Teams | Roller Dolls |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | The Rollerdrome |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Website | rainycityrollerdolls |
The Rainy City Roller Dolls (RCRD) is a roller derby league based in Centralia, Washington. Founded in 2007, the league consists of a single team, which competes against teams from other leagues.
The league was founded in September 2007 by thirteen skaters,[1] By October, it was already practicing three times a week.[2]
Since 2008, Rainy City has organized the annual "Knocktoberfest", a four-team tournament.[3] In April 2011, it was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program,[4] and, in December 2012, it graduated to full membership.[5]
References
- ^ "About Us", RCRD
- ^ Damian Mulinix, "Melisa Mitchell becomes 'Miss Mel Mangles' on the roller derby rink", Chinook Observer, October 3, 2007
- ^ "Roller Dolls’ Knocktoberfest Coming Oct. 17", The Chronicle, October 1, 2009
- ^ "12 Leagues Accepted into Apprentice Program", WFTDA, 13 April 2011
- ^ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members", 3 December 2012
