Queen City Roller Girls
 |
|
| Metro area | Buffalo, New York |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Teams |
Travel teams: Lake Effect Furies (A) Subzero Sirens (B) Home teams: Alley Kats Devil Dollies Suicidal Saucies |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | RiverWorks, Buffalo |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Org. type | LLC |
| Website | QCRG.net |
Queen City Roller Girls or QCRG, are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 2006, the league begins their tenth season in 2016. The QCRG are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Since 2016, Queen City plays their home games at Buffalo RiverWorks on the city's waterfront, drawing upwards of 1,000 fans to events, with their home-team season typically running from January through June. The facility at RiverWorks is a private development that includes a purpose-built flat track for roller derby, and is credited for helping the league sell over 10,000 tickets in the 2016 season.
The QCRG league is currently composed of three home teams: the Alley Kats, the Devil Dollies and the Suicidal Saucies. The Nickel City Knockouts, who won 4 consecutive QCRG Championships starting in 2012, were retired after the 2015 season. The "training team" is the Queen's Court. The league also brought back a B travel development team in 2016, named the Subzero Sirens.
QCRG also has an affiliated junior roller derby league, The Queen City Junior Roller Girls, which comprises 2 teams, The Cereal Killers and The Atomic Bettys. The juniors also have an All-Star travel team, The Queen City Jr Roller Girls.
The All-Star travel team is the Lake Effect Furies. The Furies first qualified for WFTDA Playoffs in 2013, as the 6th seed at the Division 2 Playoffs in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where they placed 9th. In 2014, the Furies returned to Division 2 Playoffs, this time in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, entering as the 2nd seed and ultimately coming in 5th place. In 2015, Queen City made their first trip to Division 1 Playoffs at Omaha, Nebraska, which included a last-jam upset victory over Toronto Roller Derby, 232-229. The Furies entered the weekend as the 9th seed and improved to 8th by Sunday. In 2016, Queen City returned for their second consecutive Division 1 Playoff, as the 9th seed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and finished the weekend in 6th.
...
Wikipedia