Texas Rollergirls
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Texas Rollergirls is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Austin, Texas. Founded in early 2003 and widely credited as the league that started the modern roller derby movement,[1] the Texas Rollergirls were the first flat-track league in the nation to play a version of roller derby using new standardized rules and a track design based on the dimensions of the old banked tracks.[2] As flat-track derby caught on in other American cities, the Texas Rollergirls' rulebook and track design eventually evolved into the specifications that were adopted and ratified upon formation of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in 2005,[3] of which Texas is a founding member.[4]
Metro area | Austin, Texas |
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Country | United States |
Founded | 2003 |
Teams | Texecutioners (A team) Texas Chainsaws (B team) Hell Marys Honky Tonk Heartbreakers Hotrod Honeys Hustlers |
Track type(s) | Flat |
Venue | The Blood Shed |
Affiliations | WFTDA |
Org. type | LLC |
Website | http://www.texasrollergirls.org/ |
The league consists of four home teams that play within the league and sometimes compete with member teams from other WFTDA leagues. The Texas Rollergirls all-star travel team, the Texecutioners, represents the league in WFTDA competitions and tournaments with other leagues. The Texas Rollergirls were the first winners of the WFTDA Championships in 2006.[5]