Ottawa Valley Roller Derby

Ottawa Valley Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded as Rideau Valley Roller Girls in 2008, as of January 2018 the league consists of eight teams:[1] three home teams, two travel teams who compete against teams from other leagues, a men's team, a junior team, and an all-gender travel team, and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.[2]

Ottawa Valley Roller Derby
Metro areaOttawa, Ontario
CountryCanada
Founded2008
TeamsOttawa All-Stars (A team)
ByWard B (B team)
Party Line (regional team)
Slaughter Squad (men's)
Centre Block
East Block
West Block
Ottawa Junior Roller Derby (junior)
Track type(s)Flat
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websiteottawavalleyrollerderby.com

History
Original Rideau Valley logo
Final Rideau Valley logo

Originally known as the "Bytown Blackhearts", the league hosted their first bout in Ottawa in January 2009 against the Sexpos of Montreal Roller Derby.[3] In June 2011, Rideau Valley hosted the first Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association East Tournament,[4] losing in the final to the Forest City Derby Girls. By late 2011, Rideau Valley bouts were attracting up to and over 1,000 fans per game.[5]

In January 2011, Rideau Valley was accepted as an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.[6] Rideau Valley skater Soul Rekker was selected to skate for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup in December 2011,[7] and she was later joined by league-mate Semi Precious.[8]

Originally known as "Rideau Valley Roller Girls", in April 2017, the league announced it was rebranding as Rideau Valley Roller Derby in an effort to put the emphasis more on the sport and to better respect its members.[9] At the end of 2017, Rideau Valley featured the Vixens A-team and Sirens B-team, and three home teams, the Slaughter Daughters, Riot Squad and Prime Sinisters.

In January 2018 Rideau Valley and another Ottawa league, Capital City Derby Dolls, announced a merger and rebrand on Facebook as Ottawa Valley Roller Derby.[10]

WFTDA competition

Rideau Valley gained full membership in the WFTDA in June 2012,[11] and are represented in WFTDA competition by their charter all-star team, the Rideau Valley Vixens. 2012 was the final year that the WFTDA used geographical regions for organizing rankings, and initially Rideau Valley was placed in the East Region. In August 2014, Rideau Valley became the first team from outside the United States to take first place at a WFTDA Playoff tournament, when they defeated Bear City Roller Derby of Berlin at the Division 2 Playoff in Kitchener-Waterloo.[12] Rideau Valley then played for the Division 2 Championship in Nashville, Tennessee on November 2, 2014, losing to the Detroit Derby Girls.[13] In 2015, Rideau Valley was the tenth seed at the Division 1 Playoff in Dallas, but lost their three games to Sun State Roller Girls, Stockholm Roller Derby and Ohio Roller Girls and finished in tenth place.[14]

Rankings
Season Final ranking[15] Playoffs Championship
2012 24 E[16] DNQ DNQ
2013 68 WFTDA[17] DNQ DNQ
2014 40 WFTDA[18] 1 D2[19] 2 D2[13]
2015 37 WFTDA[20] 1 D1[14] DNQ
2016 81 WFTDA[21] DNQ DNQ
2017 72 WFTDA[22] DNQ DNQ

References
  1. "ABOUT OVRD". Ottawa Valley Roller Derby. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. "Ottawa Valley Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. Susan Krashinsky, "Ottawa to host first roller derby bout Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine", Centretown News, 30 January 2009
  4. "Fresh Air", Canadian Broadcasting Company, 19 June 2011
  5. Bryan Michaud, "Le roller derby reprend du poil de la bête", L'Express, 19 October 2011
  6. "WFTDA Accepts 12 Additional Apprentice Leagues Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 13 January 2011
  7. Mercy Less, "Team Canada Roster Announced Archived 2011-12-05 at the Wayback Machine", Derby News Network, 5 August 2011
  8. "Semi Precious". Roster. Team Canada Roller Derby. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  9. "New name, New logo". Rideau Valley Roller Derby. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  10. "Ottawa Valley Roller Derby". www.facebook.com. Ottawa Valley Roller Derby. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  11. "Nine Leagues Become Full WFTDA Members". WFTDA. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  12. Scholey, Lucy (29 August 2014). "Ottawa roller derby team scores first international tournament win". Metro. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  13. Berrick, Genevieve D (3 November 2014). "2014 WFTDA Champs: Detroit Derby Girls beats Rideau Valley Roller Girls". Derby Central. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  14. "2015 WFTDA D1 Playoffs: Dallas". Derby Central. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  15. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  16. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  17. "2013 Rankings". WFTDA. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  18. "2014 Rankings". WFTDA. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  19. Talionis, Lex (25 August 2014). "Rideau Valley Sinks Berlin, 243-240 | Derby News Network". Derby News Network. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  20. "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  21. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  22. "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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