Charm City Roller Girls
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| Metro area | Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2005 |
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All-Stars (A team) Female Trouble (B team) Trouble Makers (C team) Dundalk Deviants Hampden Hons Pigtown Butchers |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Du Burns Arena |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Org. type | LLC |
| Website | charmcityrollergirls.com |
The Charm City Roller Girls (CCRG) is a women's flat track roller derby league in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 2005, Charm City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
The league was established in 2005, when Caroline Donaghy returned to Baltimore from Houston, where she had skated with the Space City Roller Girls, and began promoting the intention to start a league in Baltimore. The first public Charm City game was held in 2006 at Skateland in Putty Hill. Upon the league's formation, it comprised four teams: the Junkyard Dolls, the Mobtown Mods, the Night Terrors and the Speed Regime. As early as 2008, games were being held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore, and by 2009, the league was holding games at Du Burns Arena in Canton before sellout crowds of 2,000 fans.
As of 2017, Charm City has three travel teams: the All-Stars represent the league in WFTDA competition, and Female Trouble and the Trouble Makers are B and C teams, respectively. A three-team home league features the Dundalk Deviants, Hampden Hons and Pigtown Butchers. The All-Stars are known for wearing helmets that feature elements of the state flag of Maryland, which they first donned in 2008. Charm City Roller Girls operates as a limited liability company.
League member Joy Collision was a member of Team USA, representing the United States at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.
Charm City was announced as a new member of the WFTDA in May 2007. The Charm City All-Stars first competed at WFTDA Playoffs in 2008 as the sixth seed at the Eastern Regional, where they won their opening game against Cincinnati Rollergirls, lost their quarterfinal to the Windy City Rollers but recovered to defeat Detroit to finish in fifth place. In 2009 at the Eastern Regional, Charm City won their opener against DC Rollergirls but then lost their semifinal to Philly Roller Girls to put them in the third-place game, which they lost 156-143 to Boston to finish in fourth place.
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