SoCal Derby

Roller derby league

SoCal Derby

Metro area	San Diego, CA
Country	United States
Founded	2011
Teams	The Kraken (A team) The Cuttlefish (B team)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Skate San Diego
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	socalderby.com

SoCal Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league in San Diego, California. The league has two teams which play teams from other leagues, and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).^[1]

History

The league was founded in 2011 by Ivanna S. Pankin and Trish The Dish.^[2]

"#1 Armed Bandit", a skater with SoCal, was selected to play for Team Scotland at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.^[3]^[4]

SoCal Derby was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2012,^[5] and graduated to full WFTDA membership in December 2012.^[6]

In 2014, SoCal Derby partnered with South Coast Derby. The two small leagues provisionally merged business operations, leadership boards and practice calendars, but ultimately disconnected in 2015.

After a year long game hiatus, SoCal Derby announced a partnership in December 2015 with local Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues (RDCL) banked track league San Diego Derby Dolls to share a facility and create the first coalition between a banked and flat track league under one roof in modern roller derby.^[7]

WFTDA competition

The SoCal charter team, the Kraken, rose from unranked in their first full membership season to rank #38 and received an invitation to the WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in 2014.^[8] The tenth seed in Charleston, SoCal lost their first two games to Mad Rollin' Dolls^[9] and Naptown Roller Girls,^[10] putting them in the tenth place game, which they lost 183-133 to Jet City Rollergirls to finish the tournament in tenth place.^[11]

Rankings

Season	Final ranking^[12]	Playoffs	Championship
2013	61 WFTDA^[13]	DNQ	DNQ
2014	43 WFTDA^[14]	10 D1^[11]	DNQ
2015	dormant^[15]	DNQ	DNQ
2016	103 WFTDA^[16]	DNQ	DNQ

References

^ "SoCal Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Berrick, Genevieve D. (3 October 2014). "D1C Preview: #7 Mad Rollin' Dolls (#29) v #10 SoCal Roller Derby (#38) | Derby Central". Derby Central. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Armed Bandit", Team Scotland Roller Derby
^ Hurt Reynolds (2 September 2011). "Team Scotland World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
^ "13 Women's Roller Derby Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 31 January 2012
^ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members", 3 December 2012
^ "New Partnership, Central Facility! | SoCal Derby". www.socalderby.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
^ "WFTDA Releases June 30, 2014 Rankings, Tournament Seeding - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
^ Deadwards, Lisa (3 October 2014). "D1C: Dairyland Dolls (#29) Put SoCal (#38) Out to Pasture, 242-110. | Derby Central". Derby Central. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Hitsome, Dottie (4 October 2014). "D1C: Naptown Push Past SoCal Derby, 178-155 | Derby Central". Derby Central. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Simonis, Josie (5 October 2014). "D1C: Jet City (#8) Flies By SoCal Derby (#10), 183-133 | Derby Central". Derby Central. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.