Terminal City Roller Derby

Terminal City Roller Derby (TCRD) is a flat track roller derby league based in Vancouver. Founded in January 2006 as Terminal City Rollergirls, TCRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

Terminal City Roller Derby
League logo
Metro areaVancouver
CountryCanada
Founded2006
TeamsTeam Terminal City
Terminal City All-Stars
Track type(s)Flat
VenuePacific National Exhibition - Rollerland Building, Vancouver, BC & Poirier Forum, Coquitlam, BC
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.tcrd.ca

History and organization

Terminal City was founded in 2006 by Michelle "Micki Mercury" Lamoureux, who was inspired by childhood memories of watching roller derby on television and recruited initial members with a craigslist ad.[2] By 2009, Terminal City was drawing over 1,000 fans for home events.[2] Terminal City is the first roller derby league in the Vancouver area,[3] became an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in October 2010,[4] and a full member of the WFTDA, initially placed in the WFTDA's West Region in March 2011.[5]

In September 2016, Terminal City hosted a 2016 International Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 playoff tournament at the Richmond Olympic Oval in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond.[6][7]

The league currently consists of one house team, Team Terminal City and one travel team, the Terminal City All-Stars. In 2010, Raw Meat was formed, a drop-in skating group open to all skill levels, which later became Terminal City Mix Tapes. Now, the league runs two Intro to Roller Derby[8] programs per year. The spring 2020 program was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In January 2019, the league announced it was updating its name to Terminal City Roller Derby.[9]

WFTDA competition
Terminal City All-Star Rollergirl, skating at Toronto Roller Derby's Quad City Chaos tournament in March 2010.

The Terminal City All-Stars represents Terminal City within the WFTDA, and is ranked by the association. In 2013, The All-Stars, at the time considered a WFTDA Division 2 team, qualified for Division 1 playoffs for the first time, entering the playoff tournament in Richmond, Virginia as the tenth seed, and finishing the tournament in seventh place.[10] At the 2016 Division 1 tournament in Vancouver, Terminal City was the fifth seed, and finished in fifth place.[11] In 2017, Terminal City was the tenth seed at the Malmö Division 1 Playoff, but lost 197-145 to Stockholm Roller Derby[12] and 257-181 to Detroit Roller Derby[13] and finished out of the medals. In 2018, Terminal City was the fourth seed at the North American West Continental Cup held in Omaha, Nebraska, and after losing their quarterfinal to Calgary Roller Derby finished the weekend with a 264-183 victory over No Coast Derby Girls in the consolation round.[14] In 2019, the Terminal City All-Stars did not compete in WFTDA sanctioned play, and they were therefore ineligible for post-season play for the first time since 2012.

Rankings
Season Final ranking[15] Playoffs Championship
2011 23 W[16] DNQ DNQ
2012 12 W[17] DNQ DNQ
2013 37 WFTDA[18] 7 D1[10] DNQ
2014 18 WFTDA[19] 6 D1[20] DNQ
2015 24 WFTDA[21] 5 D1[22] DNQ
2016 18 WFTDA[23] 5 D1[11] DNQ
2017 35 WFTDA[24] CR D1[13] DNQ
2018 52 WFTDA[25] CR CC NA West[14] N/A
  • CR = consolation round

International play

Terminal City skaters Luludemon and 8Mean Wheeler were selected for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[26][27] 8Mean Wheeler (now skating as MacKenzie), Luludemon and four other Terminal City Skaters, Buffy Sainte Fury, Evada Peron, Eve Hallows and Kim Janna were named to the 2014 edition of Team Canada.[28] In addition, TCRG's Mack the Mouth was named to Team Canada's coaching staff in both 2011 and 2014.[28]

References
  1. "Terminal City Rollergirls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. Zacharias, Yvonne (6 June 2009). "Sport mixes fishnets with hipchecks". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via PressReader.
  3. Amy Reid, "'It's like playing dress-up, but a little more hardcore'", Vancouver Courier, 7 May 2010
  4. "WFTDA Apprentice Program welcomes 10 new leagues", WFTDA, 5 October 2010
  5. "WFTDA welcomes 6 new members", WFTDA, 1 March 2011
  6. "D1 Playoffs Vancouver, BC Sept 16-18 - About the Venue". WFTDA. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  7. "International Roller Derby event comes to Richmond Olympic Oval". Global News. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  8. "LEARN TO PLAY ROLLER DERBY WITH TCRD". TCRD.ca. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  9. "Terminal City Roller Derby - Vancouver Flat-Track Roller Derby Since 2006". Terminal City Roller Derby. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  10. "September 13-15, 2013: Richmond, Virginia". WFTDA. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  11. "D1V: #5 Terminal City contains #9 Queen City, 239-133". Derby Central. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  12. Khaos, Merry (8 September 2017). "D1M: #7 Stockholm cleans up #10 Terminal City, 197-145". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  13. Defiance, Brooklyn (9 September 2017). "D1M: #8 Detroit stops #10 Terminal City, 257-181 | Derby Central". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  14. "Canberra Roller Derby League Wins 2018 WFTDA Continental Cup – North America West – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  15. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  16. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  17. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  18. "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  19. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  20. "Sept. 5-7: Sacramento, California, USA - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". Wftda.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  21. "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  22. "D1 Playoffs Tucson, AZ Sept 4-6". Wftda.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  23. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 2017-01-06. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  24. "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  25. "Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  26. Kimiya Shokoohi, "Vancouver's Luludemon rolls her way to the top", Vancouver Courier, 12 October 2011
  27. Mercy Less (5 August 2011). "Team Canada Roster Announced". Derby News Network. Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  28. Derby Nerd (30 December 2014). "Team Canada Releases Roster for the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup". The Derby Nerd. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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