West Kootenay Roller Derby

Roller derby league

West Kootenay Women's Roller Derby League

Metro area| The Kootenays, BC
Country| Canada
Founded| 2009
Teams| Kootenay Kannibelles (travel team)
Babes of Brutality
Dam City Rollers
Gnarlie's Angels
Killjoys
Valley Vendettas
Track type(s)| Flat
Venue| Castlegar Community Complex
Nelson and District Community Complex
Rossland Arena
Affiliations| RDAC, WFTDA
Website| www.kootenayrollerderby.com

West Kootenay Roller Derby (WKRD) is a roller derby league based in The Kootenays region of British Columbia in Canada. Co-founded in 2009 as the West Kootenay Women's Roller Derby League (WKWRDL) by Shelly "Hoar Frost" Grice-Gold, the league consists of five house teams, and an all-star travel team which competes against teams from other leagues for national standings.

The league has skaters from Castlegar, Fruitvale, Kaslo, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Rossland, Salmo, Slocan City, Trail and Ymir.[1] Different teams represent the various communities; for example, the Dam City Rollers are linked to Castlegar, the Killjoys to Nelson, and the Babes of Brutality to Salmo. By mid-2011, the two Nelson teams had a total of more than forty skaters.[2]

Bobbi Barbarich, known as "Beretta Lynch", a skater on the Babes of Brutality team, played for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[3]

In early 2012, West Kootenay was a founder member of the Roller Derby Association of Canada,[4] while in October, it was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "About", WKWRDL
2. ^ Bruce Fuhr, "Nelsonites pack NDCC Arena for latest stop on West Kootenay Flat Track Roller Derby circuit", Nelson Daily, 29 May 2011
3. ^ Jim Bailey, "Barbarich runner up at Worlds", Trail Daily Times, 6 December 2011
4. ^ "Press Release – December 1, 2011", RDAC, 1 December 2011
5. ^ "22 Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program", WFTDA, 18 October 2012

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WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues

Accepted October 2012|

* Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby

Accepted October 2013|

* Roller Derby Bordeaux

Accepted May 2014|

* Blackland Rockin' K-Rollers

Accepted January 2015|

* Mid-Atlantic Roller Derby
* River City Dames of Anarchy

Accepted April 2015|

* Cape Town Rollergirls
* Plymouth City Roller Girls

Accepted July 2015|

* Reef City Roller Girls

Accepted October 2015|

* Coastal Assassins Roller Derby

Accepted April 2016|

* Beet City Bombers

Accepted July 2016|

* Roller Derby Porto

Accepted October 2016|

* Misery Loves Company Roller Derby
* Western Massachusetts Roller Derby

Accepted January 2017|

* 301 Derby Dames
* B.M.O. Roller Derby Girls
* Terrorz Roller Derby
* Warsaw Hellcats Roller Girls

Accepted July 2017|

* Albany Roller Derby League
* Bath City Roller Girls
* Bisman Bombshellz Roller Derby
* Buenos Aires Roller Derby
* Dirty Jersey Roller Derby
* East Vic Roller Derby
* Hiedras Roller Derby
* Nice Roller Derby
* Oulu Roller Derby
* Palouse River Rollers
* Powder River Rousta Bout It Betties
* The Anguanas-Vicenza Roller Derby
* The Royal Swedish Roller Derby

Accepted October 2017|

* Aalborg Roller Derby
* Bradentucky Bombers Roller Derby League
* Flint Roller Derby
* Mexico City Roller Derby
* The Cannibal Marmots
* Toxic Lima Roller Derby

Accepted February 2018|

* As Brigantias Roller Derby
* Bergen Roller Derby
* IE Derby Divas
* Los Angeles Derby Dolls
* Middle Georgia Derby Demons
* Newcastle Roller Derby League
* Norrkoping Roller Derby
* RGV Bandidas
* Roe City Roller Derby
* Rough Diamond Rebels
* Spokannibals Roller Derby
* Swansea City Roller Derby

Women's Flat Track Derby Association
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Roller derby|

* WFTDA: Terminal City Rollergirls

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