Sacramento Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Sacramento, California . Originally two separate leagues founded in 2006, Sac City Rollers and Sacred City Derby Girls, who mutually announced a pending merger in late 2017, and then on January 1, 2018, announced a rebrand of the merged organization as Sacramento Roller Derby. Sacramento is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
24-474: Sac City Rollers was founded by two friends, Christine Galindo, known as "Devil Doll", and Nicole Kennedy, known as "Loco Coco". They saw the Rollergirls television show, and immediately decided to form a local league. Within a couple of months, it had sixty skaters, and it was playing bouts before the end of the year. Meanwhile, Sacred City Derby Girls was founded in late 2006 by some former members of
48-557: A full member of the WFTDA in June 2012. Sacred City served as the host league of a WFTDA Division 1 Playoff in 2014. In October 2017, Sac City co-announced with Sacred City Derby Girls that both leagues would merge for 2018, to continue under a to-be-determined name. The announcement was signed by Director members of each league, and posted on each league's website and social media. The merged organization's new name of Sacramento Roller Derby
72-521: A result, the table below features 18 teams, including the two that declined participating in the Pittsburgh Playoffs and Championship. The initial Division 1 membership list for 2013 was based upon the team's rankings as of June 30, 2012. The 2014 Division 2 membership list was announced on 9 December 2013, based on the overall rankings that took effect as of 30 November 2013. The membership of Division 2 in 2014 mostly comprised teams from
96-663: A single, 16-team Division 2 Playoff tournament and championship. The 2017 tournament was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hosted by Steel City Roller Derby . The 2017 Division 2 member list was announced by the WFTDA on July 14. Two eligible leagues, Sun State Roller Girls of Brisbane, Australia and Sac City Rollers of Sacramento, California both declined, and combined with other higher ranked teams either declining or not meeting eligibility requirements, allowed teams as low as #58 Dublin Roller Derby to participate. As
120-565: The United States , but also three from Canada and two from Scotland . From 2013-14, membership comprised teams ranked 41-100 overall per those year's specified dates. With Division 2 game play requirements abandoned starting with the 2015 season, membership currently denotes teams that meet gameplay requirements and thus eligibility for that year's Division 2 Playoffs, and includes teams who declined Playoff invitations, along with higher-ranked teams that competed. The 2015 membership list
144-726: The United States . 2013 Championship The first 2014 Playoff tournament was held in Duluth , Minnesota , and the second was held in Kitchener-Waterloo , Ontario , Canada , the first WFTDA Playoff tournament to be held outside the United States. At Kitchener-Waterloo, the Rideau Valley Roller Girls from Ottawa , Ontario became the first non-American team to win a WFTDA playoff tournament. 2014 Championship Both 2015 Playoffs were held in
168-619: The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) announced it was replacing the Division 2 Playoffs with geographically-based Continental Cups, the structure and quantity of which is expected to adjust and possibly expand over time. Historically, the WFTDA divided member leagues into four geographical regions: East , North Central , South Central and West . At the start of 2013, these were redivided into three divisions, each operating worldwide. However, foreseeing continued growth in membership,
192-532: The Division 1 level in 2016, entering the Vancouver tournament as the seventh seed, and finished in eighth place after a 252-109 loss to Stockholm Roller Derby . Rollergirls Rollergirls is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas , Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website,
216-468: The Division 1 tournaments for 2014, however the June 30 rankings for that year, which determine tournament seedings, placed Sacred City in Division 2 territory as the 45th team overall. Sacred City was one of two teams to decline their invitation to Division 2 Playoffs that year, citing the costs involved in traveling to the distant locations in their press release announcement. In 2015, Sacred City again
240-485: The Playoffs. Eligible teams ranked 41-60 as of June of the calendar year remained eligible for Division 2 Playoffs. If a team that meets eligibility requirements declines their invitation, the teams ranked next beyond 60 fill available spots so that 20 teams still take part. Starting with 2017, the system was restructured to place the top 36 teams in the WFTDA in Division 1, with teams ranked 37 through 52 qualifying for
264-640: The Sac City Rollers. In October 2007, Sacred was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), announced by the WFTDA in December 2007. By 2010, the league was attracting an average of 850 fans to its intraleague bouts, while in 2011, Sac City had more than 100 skaters, and regularly sold out its 700-capacity venue. Sac City was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in April 2011, and became
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#1732797977910288-580: The Sacrificers and the Disciples, and three home teams, The Donna Party, Midtown Maulies, and The Roseville TrainWreckers. The Sac City Capital Punishers first qualified for WFTDA Playoffs in 2013 at the Division 2 tournament in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at which they finished in second place, losing the title game to Santa Cruz Derby Girls , 230-185. At that year's WFTDA Championships , Sac City lost
312-447: The WFTDA stated that future developments were likely to include new regional structures alongside the divisional system. For 2013 and 2014, the division consisted of the members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association who were ranked from 41 to 100. The rankings were set at the start of each year, based on performance over the previous year. Although rankings are updated during the year, teams would only transfer between divisions at
336-444: The bronze medal game 215-188 to Blue Ridge Rollergirls to finish in fourth place at the Division 2 level. In 2014, Sac City qualified for Division 2 Playoffs again as they were ranked at 58 overall with the June 30 ranking, but declined their invitation (as did Sacred City Derby Girls that year) citing injuries and family obligations, which would have resulted in the team skating short. Sac City returned to Division 2 Playoffs in 2015 as
360-448: The eighth seed and finished in seventh place by defeating Emerald City Roller Girls 199-184. At the 2016 Lansing Division 2 tournament, Sac City was the second seed but after a weekend of upsets finished in seventh place, defeating Cincinnati Rollergirls 220-174. Sac City was eligible for Division 2 Playoffs again in 2017, but declined their invitation to Playoffs for the second time. In 2010, Sacred City qualified for WFTDA Playoffs for
384-553: The first time, hosting the WFTDA Western Regional Tournament at which they were the tenth seed, and ultimately finished in ninth place by defeating Duke City Derby 198-72. The following year, Sacred City improved their showing with a seventh place finish at Westerns, capped by a 140-105 victory over Jet City Rollergirls . Another seventh-place finish followed at the 2012 Westerns, with a narrow 147-146 victory over Angel City Derby Girls . 2013 brought
408-526: The introduction of the Divisional system to replace Regional playoffs. Sacred City entered the Salem Division 1 tournament as the seventh seed, but following losses to Toronto Roller Derby and Victoria (sandwiching a rankings upset over Charm City , Sacred lost the seventh-place game to Boston Derby Dames 309-151 to finish in eighth place. Sacred City was chosen as the host league of one of
432-494: The league was founded in 2001 and is run as a "skater-owned and operated" company. Variety reported on March 13, 2006 that A&E was canceling the show due to low ratings. The five league teams, of about ten members each, are the Cherry Bombs, Hellcats, Holy Rollers, Putas Del Fuego and Rhinestone Cowgirls. Episodes were initially broadcast on Monday nights beginning on January 2, 2006, with repeated showings throughout
456-493: The start of each year. Teams in Division 2 played in bouts through the year, aiming to qualify for one of the end-of-year playoff tournaments. Any Division 2 teams which were ranked in the WFTDA's top forty at the end of June each year qualified for the WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs. Those ranked between 41 and 60, which might have included WFTDA Division 3 teams who met sanctioned-game play requirements, qualified for one of
480-400: The two Division 2 Playoffs. Starting with 2015, sanctioned-game play requirements were modified to be simply any four WFTDA-sanctioned games played between December 1 of the previous calendar year and June 30, without a requirement to play a certain number of games against similarly-ranked opponents. Teams which did not play a minimum number of sanctioned bouts were not permitted to compete at
504-426: The week. Rollergirls was produced by Gary and Julie Auerbach, the creators of MTV 's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County . Women%27s Flat Track Derby Association Division 2 The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2 ( WFTDA Division 2 ) was the second-highest level of play in women's flat track roller derby from 2013 through 2017. Comprising different structures over that time, in early 2018
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#1732797977910528-479: Was announced on January 1, 2018. At the time of the merger with Sacred City, Sac City consisted of three teams which competed against teams from other leagues, the Capital Punishers (A team), Folsom Prison Bruisers (B team) and River City Regulators (C team), and a junior roller derby team for co-ed skaters aged 8–17. Also at the time of the merger, Sacred City consisted of two competitive travel teams,
552-409: Was derived from that year's June 30 rankings. The 2016 Division 2 member list was announced by the WFTDA on July 15 of that year. Two eligible leagues, Auld Reekie Roller Girls of Edinburgh and Paradise City Roller Derby of Gold Coast, Australia both declined, allowing #61 Grand Raggidy Roller Girls and #62 Carolina Rollergirls to take part. Both of the 2013 Playoff tournaments were played in
576-457: Was ranked as a Division 2 team, and played at the Detroit tournament, at which they finished second overall, losing the final to Nashville Roller Girls 194-189. This earned Sacred City a trip to WFTDA Championships for the first time, at the Division 2 level, and in a rematch against Nashville Sacred City became the 2015 WFTDA Division 2 champions with a 211-163 victory. Sacred City returned to
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