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37-718: The league was founded as Rat City Rollergirls in 2004 by "Dixie Dragstrip", Lilly "Hurricane Lilly" Warner and Rahel "Rae's Hell" Cook. Nearly 2000 fans attended the first league home team championship in October 2005 at a former navy hangar in Magnuson Park , as the Derby Liberation Front defeated the Throttle Rockets 52-32. The Rat City Rollergirls hosted the 2006 Roller Derby "Bumberbout" Flat Track Invitational on Saturday, September 2, 2006, in

74-432: A picnic area, a swimming beach, public sailboating, many paths for walking and bicycling, a dog park or off-leash dog area and "Kite Hill", a large grassy man-made hill constructed in the 1980s from earth and pavement pieces of the old airfield tarmac . Vehicle access includes boat launch ramps and large parking lots for cars, trucks, and boat trailers. The park also has a history of unofficial clothing-optional use since

111-541: A set of mounds, plateaus, valleys, and ponds to channel water more effectively and improve drainage of over-saturated areas. This constructed wetland provides natural filtration of urban drainage water and reduces pollution in Lake Washington. Part of the wetlands project included the removal of the parking lot at the south end of the Sports Meadow and the demolition of Building 193 at the south end of

148-666: Is located juts into Lake Washington between Wolf Bay and Pontiac Bay. As well as the park, the peninsula is occupied by parts of View Ridge and Windermere , and gives its name to the Sand Point neighborhood to the west. The easternmost point was formerly Naval Air Station -Sand Point; the old military base is now mostly public parkland. Other portions are occupied by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) western regional center and by city housing. Magnuson Park today features several sports fields,

185-674: Is now Sand Point Way NE (map [1] ), among numerous locations in what is now Seattle. The Xacuabš ( Xachua'bsh or hah-choo-AHBSH , "the People of the Large Lake", now of the Duwamish tribe ) had the village of TLEHLS ("minnows" or "shiners") on the shores of what is now called Wolf Bay in Windermere, on Lake Washington south of SqWsEb , now called Sand Point-Magnuson Park. BEbqwa'bEks ("small prairie"—anthropogenic grassland)

222-642: Is owned by the skaters. Although stakeholders in the enterprise, the skaters are not currently paid for their participation. The RCRG make extensive use of a social media forum (phBB) to structure their organizational and social interactions. The home teams for play within the Rat City league are: The travel teams are: In July, 2007 a junior league was established, the Seattle Derby Brats. The Seattle Derby Brats are an independent organization that rents practice space from Rat City. They were

259-619: Is the second-largest park in Seattle, after Discovery Park in Magnolia (which covers 534 acres (2.16 km )). Magnuson Park is located at the site of the former Naval Station Puget Sound , on the Sand Point peninsula with Pontiac and Wolf bays that juts into Lake Washington in northeast Seattle. The area has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 BCE—10,000 years ago). Prairie or tall grassland areas (anthropogenic grasslands ) were maintained along what

296-948: The Gotham Girls Roller Derby , the Tucson Roller Derby , the Detroit Derby Girls , and the Windy City Rollers . Sweeping the WFTDA Western Regional Tournament , the Tucson Dust Devil, in an upset of the formerly top ranked Texas Texecutioners, the Rat City All-Stars rose to first in the national roller derby rankings, up from third, and rose to the first seed for the championships. In November 2008, Rat City Rollergirls and

333-594: The KeyArena at Seattle Center . The Texas Rollergirls won the championship, retaining undefeated status. The Rat City Rollergirls finished second. Within the Rat City Rollergirl league, the Sockit Wenches won the season championship at Sand Point on October 21, 2006. They beat the formerly undefeated Derby Liberation Front, scoring the decisive points in the final seconds of the match, and of

370-704: The Rose City Rollers co-hosted the Northwest Knockdown national championships at the Portland Expo Center. Entering the competition ranked third in the nation, the Rat City Rollergirls were defeated in the first round of competition by the Windy City Rollers . Magnuson Park Magnuson Park is a park in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle , Washington , United States. At 350 acres (140 ha) it

407-645: The 2007 national champions the Kansas City Roller Warriors . In the qualifying round, they beat the 2006 and 2005 national champions, the Texas Rollergirls , who placed third. Eight teams went to Austin to compete in the 2007 Texas Shootout National Championships, four from the eastern regional division and four from the western regional division, these notable teams included: the Carolina Rollergirls (fourth place),

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444-569: The City of Seattle and to the NOAA. The city's land was largely developed as a park and named Sand Point Park. In 1977, it was renamed Magnuson Park in honor of longtime U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson , a former naval officer from Seattle. Both names for the park are commonly used. The airfield runways were demolished in the late 1970s and new construction on the north end for the NOAA was completed in 1982. The Sand Point peninsula on which Magnuson Park

481-481: The City of Seattle had a development plan that featured a large sports field complex of approximately ten fields, with seven well lit. The plan had encountered opposition from neighborhood groups, environmental and park advocates. The plan was amended to five new athletic fields with an engineered wetlands area, with additional pavement areas removed and construction of new walking trails. Opened in April 2009 southeast of

518-552: The Meadow area, the first three fields (all lit with synthetic turf) are primarily for rugby (field # 5, lit) and soccer (# 6, 7, both lit). Later in the year the baseball field (# 8, unlit) and softball field (# 9) to the south were completed, but were not opened until late 2010 to allow the natural grass outfields to mature. Runoff from the athletic fields feeds the wetlands area and restrictions on lighting were enacted; no late nights or Sundays. Sand Point provides habitat for

555-524: The Sand Point Airfield was the origin of the first successful aerial circumnavigation of the world, which was completed in 1924. Naval Air Station Seattle was deactivated in 1970 and the airfield was shut down; the reduced base was renamed "Naval Support Activity Seattle." Negotiations began as to who would receive the surplus property. In 1975 a large portion of the Navy's land was given to

592-580: The Starbucks logo and the Rat City Rollergirls "skater portrait in a circle" logo. After casual observers noted the absence of similarity, the matter was dropped in September 2008 without further legal action. The Rat City Rollergirls logo artwork was designed by local Seattle artist, Ego. The Rat City All-Stars competed in the 2007 WFTDA National Championships in Austin, Texas. They placed second, to

629-631: The Tootsy Rollers, play a positional-blocking version of roller derby with little contact. The Tootsy Rollers are split into four teams: Lemon Drops, Acid Pops, Orange Crush and Turquoise Terrors. Division I (ages 11 to 17) is made up of four teams:Poison Skid'les, Evil Angels, Battle Axles, and Stunflowers. Division I plays positional roller derby with more in-depth strategy. Division II (ages 11 to 17) features full-contact play. The teams in Division II are in three tiers, listed in order of skill:

666-653: The Toxic AvengHers/Mighty Rollers, the Ultra Violets, and the all star travel team, the Galaxy Girls. PFM Roller Derby was formed as a practice group for skaters wishing to try out for Rat City, and for many years rented track space from Rat City, however the organization, a registered non-profit, has always been independent from Rat City. Composed of skaters in training, as well as recreational derby players who do not wish to commit at

703-503: The children of Seattle to commemorate the organization's 75 years of community service. The playground was designed partly by children and built entirely by volunteers at the site of the former Naval Air Station Control Tower. Blood On The Flat Track Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls is a documentary film produced and directed by Lainy Bagwell and Lacey Leavitt. The film documents

740-463: The first bout of the season vastly exceeded expectations of KeyArena management, filling more than 4,000 of the 5,500 seat capacity in what is referred to as the 'lower bowl'. That season, Rat City averaged 4100 fans per event. On March 6, 2010, Rat City Rollergirls had a turnout of 5,185 in KeyArena. According to announcements that evening this was record attendance for both Rat City Rollergirls and

777-719: The formative years of the Seattle women's flat track roller derby league, the Rat City Rollergirls . With more than 30 leagues nationwide at the time forming the Women's Flat Track Derby Association , Blood on the Flat Track focuses on the Rat City Rollergirls of Seattle, who formed their league from scratch in April 2004. In the first season, the league started playing at a small rink in front of about 200 fans; they now sell out of stadiums monthly. This film follows

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814-422: The largest attendance to women's roller derby in history. On June 5, 2010, the Sockit Wenches defeated Grave Danger to win the season 6 championship. The lower bowl at KeyArena was sold out, with over 6000 fans in attendance and 6885 tickets sold. In late 2017, Rat City rebranded as Rat City Roller Derby. As a business enterprise, the league is registered as a non-profit corporation, Rat City Roller Derby, which

851-755: The level of league play, PFM alumnae go on to league play with the Rat City Rollergirls, the Rainier Roller Girls, the Dockyard Derby Dames, the Jet City Rollergirls, and the Tilted Thunder Rail Birds. Since 2018, PFM has held practices and scrimmages at Magnuson Community Center. The 2007 documentary, Blood On The Flat Track : The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls , was directed by Lainy Bagwell and Lacey Leavitt. It played at 14 film festivals around

888-623: The mid-1970s. Drop in the Park was the free open air concert given on 20 September 1992 by Pearl Jam in Magnuson Park. The theme was Rock the Vote to encourage visitors to vote for the presidential election that year. All 30,000 tickets were given away within a few hours. A local radio station announced the ticket giveaway location early on a weekend morning. People converged on the site to get 2 free tickets for each person in line. The concert

925-550: The park. Built in 1943 as a hangar for transport aircraft, it was later the base's commissary and exchange; it was removed in December 2006. 30 acres (12 ha) of wetlands, including walking paths and observation points, were completed in 2009. The next phase of wetland restoration was completed in late 2011. Magnuson Park is home to Seattle's biggest playground, the Junior League of Seattle Children's Playground which

962-515: The point's natural slope was flattened. Runoff was channeled into storm drains, and around 20% of the park's surface was rendered impervious with concrete and asphalt. As the storm drains aged, they became less effective at channeling water to the lake, leading to an increase in sheet flow runoff and over-saturation of the park's sports fields. The irregular runoff patterns also resulted in substantial volume of untreated water draining into Lake Washington. The Wetlands Restoration project created

999-605: The season. In February 2008 Rat City first hosted the Rust Riot Pacific Northwest Tournament, predominantly featuring B-teams from Washington , Oregon and Idaho . Rat City's Rain of Terror defeated the Rose City Rollers ' Axles of Annihilation to win the tournament. In 2009, the Rat City Rollergirls announced a change of venue from the hangars at Magnuson Park to the KeyArena at Seattle Center and ShoWare Center in Kent . Ticket sales for

1036-613: The second junior league to start and the first to have a public bout. The first inter-league junior bout was the Tuscan Derby Brats vs The Seattle Derby Brats at the 2007 WFTDA Nationals. They were the fourth team to be part of the JRDA, the Junior Roller Derby Association but are no longer affiliated. At the 2007 National Tournament, the Seattle Derby Brats skated against Tucson's junior team between

1073-461: The second richest bird habitat of any park in Seattle, with 170 species reported including pine siskins , Anna's hummingbirds , and black-capped chickadees . Wildlife diversity has been improved in part by a wetlands restoration project that radically transformed the park's landscape and hydrology . Sand Point was substantially regraded during construction of the naval air station. Existing marshlands were eliminated with fill or paved over and

1110-537: The teams throughout its first two seasons and focuses on the women who comprise the league, their teams' struggle to win the championship bout and their relationships with each other. Blood on the Flat Track was released on DVD in Canada on October 6, 2009, by Mongrel Media and was released in the United States by Strand Releasing on February 23, 2010. This article about a sports-related documentary film

1147-469: The tournament games. The Seattle Derby Brats were founded and coached by Krista Lafontaine Williams ("Betty Ford Galaxy") formerly of Rat City and currently skating with the Rainier Roller Girls. Betty Ford Galaxy retired from coaching junior derby at the end of the 2014 season. Many other local skaters have helped coach and hold board positions. The Seattle Derby Brats has teams for multiple levels of play. The youngest group of skaters (ages 8 to 11), known as

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1184-689: The world, including screenings in Brisbane and Sydney , Australia , as well as Aarhus , Denmark . It was released on DVD in Canada in October 2009 and in the United States in February 2010. Several of the members of the Rat City Rollergirls were profiled in an article on MSNBC. In 2008, the Rat City Rollergirls were a featured league in a video game developed by Frozen Codebase and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. In May 2008, Starbucks initiated an inquiry as to trademark infringement between

1221-558: Was designed, developed and funded through the efforts of the Junior League of Seattle, a women's leadership and volunteer organization. Opened in 1999 and spearheaded by prominent Seattle resident, Mary Herche, the Playground celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 16, 2009, where children played in the 20,000 square feet (1,900 m ) of colorful climbing walls, sand box, swings, slides and much more. The Junior League of Seattle donated and dedicated this "Air, Land and Sea" playground to

1258-446: Was established in 1900 as Carkeek Park , a gift from developers Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J. Carkeek. After World War I , a movement was begun to build Naval Air Station (NAS) Seattle at Sand Point, and King County began acquiring surrounding parcels. In 1922 the U.S. Navy began construction on the site, which it was leasing from the county, and in 1926 the Navy was deeded the 413-acre (1.67 km ) field outright. The name Carkeek Park

1295-449: Was initially scheduled for 23 May 1992 at Gasworks park, but was eventually cancelled by local authorities over crowd management and other logistics concerns. The Sports Meadow, a 12 acres (4.9 ha) natural grass athletic field area, was developed in the early 1980s near the center of the former main runway. Rebuilt in 2004-05 and raised nearly eight feet to improve drainage, it is now divided into four unlit soccer fields. As of 2005,

1332-460: Was near what is now Windermere. One or three sizable longhouses have been documented. Villages were diffuse. These people may have been associated with the hloo-weelh-AHBSH of Union Bay . Just on the other side of Sand Point, the village of too-HOO-beed was of the too-oh-beh-DAHBSH extended family, near what is now called Thornton Creek at what is now Matthews Beach , so Sand Point was their shared "side yard". The first park at Sand Point

1369-408: Was subsequently given to a new park on the west side of the city, north of Ballard on Puget Sound . This deed amounted to a public gift of $ 500,000 from the county to the Navy, in 1926 dollars; this would be $ 5,283,000 in 2005 dollars, not including significant real estate appreciation. The facility then became known as Naval Air Station Sand Point . During construction of the naval air station,

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