Tri-City Roller Girls
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Tri-City Roller Girls is a women's flat-track roller derby
league in Kitchener, Ontario
. On December 1, 2010, Tri-City became the third Canadian roller derby league to be granted membership in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, an organization that thus far, is overwhelmingly composed of American leagues. Having only completed two full home seasons, Tri-City gained membership status with WFTDA faster than their Toronto-based sisters at Toronto Roller Derby
., The two house teams, The Vicious Dishes and The Venus Fly Tramps, play each other at home, as well as against other leagues' house teams. The All-Star team, or Travel Team, The Tri-City Thunder, plays other leagues' All-Star/Travel Teams, and will qualify for WFTDA ranking. Tri-City has been placed in the North Central
region, making them one of three Canadian leagues in that region; the others are Toronto and the Hammer City Roller Girls
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Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league in Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
. On December 1, 2010, Tri-City became the third Canadian roller derby league to be granted membership in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, an organization that thus far, is overwhelmingly composed of American leagues. Having only completed two full home seasons, Tri-City gained membership status with WFTDA faster than their Toronto-based sisters at Toronto Roller Derby
Toronto Roller Derby
Toronto Roller Derby , is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 2006, the league started play in 2007, and completed its fifth season in 2011...
., The two house teams, The Vicious Dishes and The Venus Fly Tramps, play each other at home, as well as against other leagues' house teams. The All-Star team, or Travel Team, The Tri-City Thunder, plays other leagues' All-Star/Travel Teams, and will qualify for WFTDA ranking. Tri-City has been placed in the North Central
North Central Region (WFTDA)
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association's North Central Region was formed in 2008.Members in the central part of the Canada Region currently compete in the North Central Region...
region, making them one of three Canadian leagues in that region; the others are Toronto and the Hammer City Roller Girls
Hammer City Roller Girls
The Hammer City Roller Girls is a roller derby league based in Hamilton, Ontario. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues....
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