Rose City Rollers
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| Metro area | Portland, Oregon |
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| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Teams |
Wheels of Justice (A team) Axles of Annihilation (B team) Break Neck Betties Guns N Rollers Heartless Heathers High Rollers |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | The Hangar at Oaks Amusement Park |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Org. type | 501(c)(3) NPO |
| Website | rosecityrollers.com |
The Rose City Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Portland, Oregon, operating as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Established in 2004, the Rose City Rollers consists of four adult local home teams and two all-star travel teams that represent the league in competition with others as well as junior skaters on six home teams with a travel team for Rose Petals (7-12) and a travel team for Rosebuds (12-17). Rose City's all-star travel team "Wheels of Justice" won the WFTDA Championships in 2015 and 2016.
Founded in 2004 by Kim "Rocket Mean" Stegeman, along with Evette Reyes (among others), Rose City Rollers became a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in 2005. In November 2008, Rose City and Rat City Rollergirls (Seattle) co-hosted the Northwest Knockdown national championships at the Portland Expo Center. Rose City hosted the 2011 WFTDA Western Regional Tournament, the "Bridgetown Brawl", at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, in which they placed third overall.
Rose City Rollers is one of the largest modern roller derby leagues in the United States, if not the world. Rose City comprises a multitude of teams at various levels of competition, and hosts games at the The Hangar at Oaks Amusement Park, where they draw up to 22,000 fans a year for games. Rose City has two travel teams, the WFTDA-level Wheels of Justice A team, and the Axles of Annihilation B team, plus four home teams, the BreakNeck Betties, Guns N Rollers, Heartless Heathers and High Rollers.
Rose City took part in the first WFTDA Championships in February 2006, the "Dust Devil" invitational tournament, in which they placed 16th out of 20 teams. At the first WFTDA Western Regional Tournament (also named the Dust Devil) Rose City lost in the opening round 95-92 to Sin City Rollergirls of Las Vegas and were eliminated. Rose City and Rat City Rollergirls co-hosted the Northwest Knockdown 2008 national championships at the Portland Expo Center. Rose City did not compete at Championships however, after losing to B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls at the Western Regional tournament. At the 2009 Western Regional Tournament, Rose City finished in seventh place with a 241-42 victory over Angel City Derby Girls. In 2010, Rose City came up just short of qualifying for Championships, losing the third place game at Western Regionals 133-102 to Bay Area.
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