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Glass City Rollers
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Metro area Toledo, OH
CountryUnited States
Founded2007
Track type(s)Flat
Affiliations WFTDA
Website https://glasscityrollerderby.org

Glass City Rollers (GCR) is a roller derby league based in Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues. Glass City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

History

Glass City was founded in 2007 [2] by Jessica "Betty Floored" Crossfield and others. [3] By late 2009, the league had twenty skaters, [4] and it opened its first season in October by playing the Fox Cityz Foxz. [5] The league later inspired the founding of the Sandusky Rollergirls. [6]

Glass City was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in April 2010, [7] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012. [8]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [9] Playoffs Championship
2013 151 WFTDA [10] DNQ DNQ
2014 196 WFTDA [11] DNQ DNQ
2015 236 WFTDA [12] DNQ DNQ
2016 216 WFTDA [13] DNQ DNQ
2017 220 WFTDA [14] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Glass City Rollers – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ Pearson, Mike (8 February 2015). "On The Fast Track" (PDF). toledoblade.com. Toledo Blade. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Betty Floored". Toledo.com. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ Ann Weber, " On a roll again: The Glass City Rollers bring flat-track derby competition to Toledo", Toledo Blade, September 6, 2009
  5. ^ " Toledo's Glass City Rollers to open inaugural season", Toledo Blade, October 29, 2009
  6. ^ Kelly Metz, " Derby not a trend or fad, it’s a way of life", The Morning Journal, April 3, 2011
  7. ^ " WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 13 New Leagues Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 8 April 2010
  8. ^ " WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues Archived May 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine", 1 March 2012
  9. ^ " Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2017". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glass City Rollers
League logo
Metro area Toledo, OH
CountryUnited States
Founded2007
Track type(s)Flat
Affiliations WFTDA
Website https://glasscityrollerderby.org

Glass City Rollers (GCR) is a roller derby league based in Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues. Glass City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

History

Glass City was founded in 2007 [2] by Jessica "Betty Floored" Crossfield and others. [3] By late 2009, the league had twenty skaters, [4] and it opened its first season in October by playing the Fox Cityz Foxz. [5] The league later inspired the founding of the Sandusky Rollergirls. [6]

Glass City was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in April 2010, [7] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012. [8]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [9] Playoffs Championship
2013 151 WFTDA [10] DNQ DNQ
2014 196 WFTDA [11] DNQ DNQ
2015 236 WFTDA [12] DNQ DNQ
2016 216 WFTDA [13] DNQ DNQ
2017 220 WFTDA [14] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Glass City Rollers – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ Pearson, Mike (8 February 2015). "On The Fast Track" (PDF). toledoblade.com. Toledo Blade. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Betty Floored". Toledo.com. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ Ann Weber, " On a roll again: The Glass City Rollers bring flat-track derby competition to Toledo", Toledo Blade, September 6, 2009
  5. ^ " Toledo's Glass City Rollers to open inaugural season", Toledo Blade, October 29, 2009
  6. ^ Kelly Metz, " Derby not a trend or fad, it’s a way of life", The Morning Journal, April 3, 2011
  7. ^ " WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 13 New Leagues Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 8 April 2010
  8. ^ " WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues Archived May 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine", 1 March 2012
  9. ^ " Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2017". WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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