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Roller derby league in Ohio, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cincinnati Rollergirls is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues, and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]
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| Metro area | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Teams | Black Sheep (A team) Violent Lambs (B team) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Schmidt Memorial Field House |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Org. type | LLC |
| Website | cincinnatirollergirls |
The league was founded by Paula Estes and Christa Zielke in April 2005, wanting a new way to exercise.[2] By the following year, they had enough skaters to form four teams: the Bloody Sundaes, Cincinnati Riots, Dames of Destruction and Full Metal Corsets.[3] They played their first public bout in September 2006, selling out the 700-seat venue.[4] By the following year, the league rationalized to two teams,[5] and from 2008 it focused entirely on bouts against teams from other leagues.[6]
The league affiliated with the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in 2007,[7][8] and reached fourth place in its North Central Region by 2009.[9]
After playing its home games at the Cincinnati Gardens since 2006, where a 2011 high-water mark for attendance was 4100 fans,[10] the league was forced to look for a new home when the Gardens was announced in 2016 to be slated for demolition.[11] In February 2017 it was announced that the league was moving to the Schmidt Memorial Field House at Xavier University in time for its 2017 season.[12]
Cincinnati Rollergirls is a limited liability corporation with two teams; the Black Sheep is the league's A team, and its B team is the Violent Lambs.[13]
For their first season as a WFTDA member in 2008, Cincinnati was placed in the East Region, and competed at that year's Eastern Regional Tournament as the 11th seed, and went 2-2 with victories against Grand Raggidy Roller Girls and Minnesota Rollergirls and losses against Boston and Charm City Roller Girls to finish in ninth place.[14] In 2009, now part of the North Central Region, Cincinnati was the fourth seed at the North Central Regional Tournament, and finished in fourth place with a 126-62 loss to Detroit.[15]
The league started 2010 strongly, winning their first seven bouts against WFTDA opposition, leading to them being seeded fourth for the 2010 North Central Region Playoff,[16] where they again finished in fourth place, losing 164-143 to Mad Rollin' Dolls.[17] In the 2011 Playoffs, Cincinnati were seeded fifth, but ultimately took eighth place, after a 157-99 loss to Brewcity Bruisers.[18] As the seventh seed at the 2012 North Centrals, Cincinnati lost their first two games but recovered to defeat Chicago Outfit 180-166 to claim ninth place.[19]
In 2013, the WFTDA changed their playoff structure, and Cincinnati qualified for the WFTDA Division 1 International Playoff tournament in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the eighth seed, finishing in eighth with a 275-95 loss to Wasatch Roller Derby.[20] After missing Playoffs in 2014 and 2015, Cincinnati returned to Playoffs at the WFTDA Division 2 level in 2016 as the fourth seed in Lansing, Michigan, where they went 1-3 and ultimately finished in eighth place after a 220-174 loss to the Sac City Rollers.[21]
| Season | Final ranking[22] | Playoffs | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | NR[23] | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 3 NC[24] | 9 E[14] | DNQ |
| 2009 | 4 NC[25] | 4 NC[15] | DNQ |
| 2010 | 5 NC[26] | 4 NC[17] | DNQ |
| 2011 | 8 NC[27] | 8 NC[18] | DNQ |
| 2012 | 9 NC[28] | 9 NC[19] | DNQ |
| 2013 | 38 WFTDA[29] | 8 D1[20] | DNQ |
| 2014 | 98 WFTDA[30] | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2015 | 70 WFTDA[31] | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2016 | 61 WFTDA[32] | 7 D2[21] | DNQ |
| 2017 | NR WFTDA[33] | DNQ | DNQ |
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