Metro area | Grand Rapids, MI |
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Country | United States |
Founded | 2005 |
Teams | All Stars (A team) Attack! (B team) |
Track type(s) | Flat |
Venue | Rivertown Sports |
Affiliations | WFTDA |
Website |
grandraggidy |
Grand Raggidy Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 2005, [1] the league is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]
The league was founded as "Grand Raggidy Roller Girls" by Tricia "The Vindicator" Woolfenden and Katy "Shutter Speed" Batdorff [3] in 2005. [4] The first public game for Grand Raggidy was held in April 2006 with over 2,000 fans in attendance at the DeltaPlex Arena. [4] Since as far back as 2009, Grand Raggidy has held its home games at Rivertown Sports, with exceptions in 2013 when the venue was flood-damaged. [5]
Four of the league's skaters appeared as themselves in the movie Whip It!: Dot Matrix, Shutter Speed, Tamara Hurtsworse, and Jackie Daniels, who was recruited after skating for the mixed-league "Team Awesome" in Los Angeles. [6]
In 2015, Grand Raggidy updated its name from "Roller Girls" to "Roller Derby", as part of its tenth anniversary season and recognizing the contributions of its members. [1]
The league qualified for the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament; they were seeded eleventh and lost in the first round to Gotham Girls Roller Derby, 206-47. [7] They qualified again the following year, [8] going 1-3 on the weekend and finished in tenth place. [9] In 2009 Grand Raggidy qualified for the newly-created WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament, seeded seventh, but lost all their bouts to finish tenth. [10]
After missing WFTDA Playoffs from 2010–12, Grand Raggdiy qualified for Division 1 Playoffs in 2013, and went 1-2 as the tenth seed in Fort Wayne and finished in ninth place courtesy of a 186-134 victory over Bleeding Heartland. [11] In 2014, Grand Raggidy competed at Division 2 Playoffs in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario as the tenth seed and went winless to finish in tenth. [12] Grand Raggidy missed Playoffs in 2015 but returned to Division 2 in 2016 [13] as the tenth seed in Lansing, Michigan, but again went winless and finished in tenth place. [14]
Season | Final ranking [15] | Playoffs | Championship |
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2006 | 27 WFTDA [16] | — | N/A |
2007 | 24 WFTDA [17] | R1 E [7] | DNQ |
2008 | NR NC [18] | 10 E [9] | DNQ |
2009 | 10 NC [19] | 10 NC [10] | DNQ |
2010 | 12 NC [20] | DNQ | DNQ |
2011 | 11 NC [21] | DNQ | DNQ |
2012 | 15 NC [22] | DNQ | DNQ |
2013 | 56 WFTDA [23] | 9 D1 [11] | DNQ |
2014 | 63 WFTDA [24] | 10 D2 [12] | DNQ |
2015 | 67 WFTDA [25] | DNQ | DNQ |
2016 | 69 WFTDA [26] | 10 D2 [14] | DNQ |
Metro area | Grand Rapids, MI |
---|---|
Country | United States |
Founded | 2005 |
Teams | All Stars (A team) Attack! (B team) |
Track type(s) | Flat |
Venue | Rivertown Sports |
Affiliations | WFTDA |
Website |
grandraggidy |
Grand Raggidy Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 2005, [1] the league is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]
The league was founded as "Grand Raggidy Roller Girls" by Tricia "The Vindicator" Woolfenden and Katy "Shutter Speed" Batdorff [3] in 2005. [4] The first public game for Grand Raggidy was held in April 2006 with over 2,000 fans in attendance at the DeltaPlex Arena. [4] Since as far back as 2009, Grand Raggidy has held its home games at Rivertown Sports, with exceptions in 2013 when the venue was flood-damaged. [5]
Four of the league's skaters appeared as themselves in the movie Whip It!: Dot Matrix, Shutter Speed, Tamara Hurtsworse, and Jackie Daniels, who was recruited after skating for the mixed-league "Team Awesome" in Los Angeles. [6]
In 2015, Grand Raggidy updated its name from "Roller Girls" to "Roller Derby", as part of its tenth anniversary season and recognizing the contributions of its members. [1]
The league qualified for the 2007 WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament; they were seeded eleventh and lost in the first round to Gotham Girls Roller Derby, 206-47. [7] They qualified again the following year, [8] going 1-3 on the weekend and finished in tenth place. [9] In 2009 Grand Raggidy qualified for the newly-created WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament, seeded seventh, but lost all their bouts to finish tenth. [10]
After missing WFTDA Playoffs from 2010–12, Grand Raggdiy qualified for Division 1 Playoffs in 2013, and went 1-2 as the tenth seed in Fort Wayne and finished in ninth place courtesy of a 186-134 victory over Bleeding Heartland. [11] In 2014, Grand Raggidy competed at Division 2 Playoffs in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario as the tenth seed and went winless to finish in tenth. [12] Grand Raggidy missed Playoffs in 2015 but returned to Division 2 in 2016 [13] as the tenth seed in Lansing, Michigan, but again went winless and finished in tenth place. [14]
Season | Final ranking [15] | Playoffs | Championship |
---|---|---|---|
2006 | 27 WFTDA [16] | — | N/A |
2007 | 24 WFTDA [17] | R1 E [7] | DNQ |
2008 | NR NC [18] | 10 E [9] | DNQ |
2009 | 10 NC [19] | 10 NC [10] | DNQ |
2010 | 12 NC [20] | DNQ | DNQ |
2011 | 11 NC [21] | DNQ | DNQ |
2012 | 15 NC [22] | DNQ | DNQ |
2013 | 56 WFTDA [23] | 9 D1 [11] | DNQ |
2014 | 63 WFTDA [24] | 10 D2 [12] | DNQ |
2015 | 67 WFTDA [25] | DNQ | DNQ |
2016 | 69 WFTDA [26] | 10 D2 [14] | DNQ |