Toronto Roller Derby
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| Metro area | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Country | Canada |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Teams |
All-Stars (travel team) Chicks Ahoy! Death Track Dolls Gore-Gore Rollergirls Smoke City Bandits Vipers (rookie) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue |
George Bell Arena (2007-2009) The Hangar (2009-2011) The Bunker (2011-2018) |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Org. type | Skater Owned |
| Website | http://torontorollerderby.com |
Toronto Roller Derby (ToRD), is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 2006, the league started play in 2007, and held its tenth season in 2016. Operated and managed by its skaters and members, ToRD has four house teams, one rookie team, and two travel teams. Since 2011, the league has operated out of a space in Downsview Park, but announced in January 2015 that they were in search of a new home.
The house league season runs from January through June, with events for ToRD's all-star travel team scheduled year round. Toronto Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, having gained membership in June 2011. In December 2011 ToRD served as host of the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup.
In 2006, two separate organizations, the Toronto Terrors and the Smoke City Betties, formed independently with the goal of launching roller derby in Toronto, and after taking part in an event known as "Betties D Day" that August, joined forces to create Toronto Roller Derby.
As of the 2017 season, Toronto Roller Derby has an all-star travel team, a rookie team, and a four-team house league, all of which play against each other at Home events at The Bunker (also known as "Studio 3"), a former Canadian Armed Forces supply depot, located in Downsview Park: Chicks Ahoy!, The Death Track Dolls, The Gore-Gore Rollergirls and the Smoke City Bandits.
The Chicks Ahoy! feature bright green uniforms with a sailor theme. "The Chicks" appeared in the league final five out of the league's first six years, and were the league champion in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2016.
The Death Track Dolls uniforms are white jerseys with red "blood splatter" accents. "The Dolls" won their first league championship in 2013.
The Gore-Gore Rollergirls wear distinctive leopard-print outfits. The only team to have appeared in all of the first six championship bouts, "The Gores" were the winners of the league's first final in 2007 and were the first league team to capture back to back titles, winning in 2009 and 2010.
Originally known as the Smoke City Betties, the Smoke City Bandits wear black and blue uniforms and were runner up in the 2009 and 2013 league finals, and in 2015 won their first championship. In December 2016, the league announced that the team had rebranded as the Smoke City Bandits.
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