WFTDA, Derby, and the Media

There's a ton of buzz in the derby community at large about networks pushing for new television programming due to the WGA Writer's Strike, and the new derby film, Whip It! Rest assured that your WFTDA Marketing and PR committees are very tied in to what's going on, and several exciting new media deals are being negotiated! As soon as we've finalized the projects, we'll release full details! Get excited…

Recent WFTDA Regulation Bouts

There's been a ton of WFTDA interleague bouts since our national tournament in Austin in the fall. Here's a recap of the scores from these bouts:

1/20/08: Dallas 89 @ Charm City 117
1/19/08: Dominion 169 @ Sin City 44
1/19/08: Detroit 105 @ Ohio 57
1/5/08: Windy City 95 @ Arch Rival 49
12/15/07: Steel City 131 @ Ohio 134
12/9/07: Long Island 61 @ Connecticut 106
12/9/07: Texas 220 @ Assassination City 31
12/8/07: Texas (alternates) 142 @ Dallas 101
12/8/07: Arizona 24 @ Minnesota 87
12/8/07: Charm City 73 @ Minnesota 69
12/8/07: Ohio 83 @ Grand Raggidy 89
12/2/07: Kansas City 95 @ Carolina 96
12/1/07: Duke City 36 @ Texas 158
12/1/07: Gotham 113 @ Rocky Mountain 48
11/18/07: Philly 62 @ Bay Area 56
11/17/07: Bay Area 45 @ Carolina 74
11/17/07: Cincinnati 85 @ Ohio 70
11/17/07: Rocky Mountain 89 @ Dallas 73
11/17/07: Charm City 37 @ Rose City 126
11/11/07: Ohio 81 @ Dominion 102
11/10/07: Grand Raggidy 145 @ Sin City 58
10/26/07: Cincinnati 98 @ Denver 106
10/20/07: Rocky Mountain 131 @ Madison 98
10/13/07: Rose City 86 @ Gotham 129
10/13/07: Sin City 52 @ Grand Raggidy 115
10/13/07: Bay Area 126 @ Angel City 8
10/12/07: Sin City 75 @ Detroit 129
10/5/07: Northwest Arkansas 83 @ No Coast 90

Please note that only bouts played before 12/31/2007 were factored in the latest ranking poll.

Tournament & Event News

EAST COAST DERBY EXTRAVAGANZA—Make your plans!

The Philly Roller Girls are hosting the second annual East Coast Derby Extravaganza June 21-22!

21 WFTDA leagues will be participating in full-length bouts over the weekend. Registration for individual skaters who are members of WFTDA leagues or WFTDA-hopeful leagues is open! Mixed challenge teams for 30-minute scrimmages are forming now, so check out the ECDX Yahoo Group for more information: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/
group/ecextravaganza/



…And Save the Dates for our Regional and National Tournaments!

Western Regionals hosted by Houston Roller Derby, October 3 to 5, 2008

Eastern Regionals hosted by Mad Rollin' Dolls, October 10 to 12, 2008

National Championship Tournament hosted by Rose City Rollergirls and Rat City Rollergirls in Portland, OR, November 14 to 16, 2008

Newest WFTDA Rankings!

It's rankings time again! These rankings reflect play up until December 31, 2007. Our Top 10 leagues are:

1 Kansas City Roller Warriors
2 Rat City Rollergirls
3 Carolina Rollergirls
4 Texas Rollergirls
5 Gotham Girls Roller Derby
6 Tucson Roller Derby
7 Windy City Rollers
8 Detroit Derby Girls
9 Philly Rollergirls
10 B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls

Full rankings are available at http://www.wftda.com/stats2/
Rankings.htm

WFTDA conducts a quarterly poll among its member leagues to determine rankings. Our next rankings poll will be conducted and released in April 2008.

Newest Member Leagues

We are thrilled to welcome two leagues to our fold: Cleveland's Burning River Rollergirls and Salt Lake City's Salt City Derby Girls.

WFTDA now boasts 52 leagues and there are no plans to close membership.

If you are part of a league that is interested in applying for WFTDA membership, you can find membership requirements at http://wftda.com/membership.html. The application is available for download at http://wftda.com/files/
WFTDA_Membership_Application.doc or http://wftda.com/files/
WFTDA_Membership_Application.pdf. Please check http://www.wftda.com for up to date information, or contact a WFTDA representative.

WFTDA Partners with Women's Sports Television and Suncastv.com

WFTDA has entered into a partnership with Women's Sports Television and Suncastv.com to broadcast our bouts.

Women's Sports Television is the only global programming service to broadcast all-women's sports. WFTDA flat track roller derby will be featured alongside professional softball, women's tackle football, and professional rodeo. Women's Sports Television will provide the programming and Suncastv.com will broadcast it on their networks.

Coming Soon…

New WFTDA Website!

We've been working on a website rebuild for a while and it's going to launch soon. Keep your eyes peeled for updates!