Fox Cities Roller Derby, formerly known as The Fox City Foxz, is a women's flat track
roller derby
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States.
Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...
league based in
Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 2007, the league consists of two travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Fox Cities is a member of the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
Fox Cities history
The league played its first season in 2008. Although all the league's home bouts are currently played in Appleton, it has also hosted bouts in
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Fond du Lac () is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 44,678 at the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac United States metrop ...
.
The league was accepted into the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...
Program in October 2009,
[Apprentice Leagues]
, WFTDA ersion of 16 November 2009/ref> and became a full member of the WFTDA in September 2010.[9 Leagues Join WFTDA for Full Membership]
", WFTDA, 1 September 2010
The production team of "Jam City Rollergirls", a roller derby-themed console game, attempted to learn to skate with Fox Cityz.
League founder and president Delonna "Wring Leader" Reed of the Fox Cityz Foxz has stepped down and the league will be continuing on now known as Fox Cities Roller Derby (FCRD). In September 2015, Fox Cities announced on social media that they will be merging with Appleton's other WFTDA-member league, the Paper Valley Roller Girls, and the new organization will continue to operate under the Fox Cities name.
WFTDA rankings
Paper Valley Rollergirls
Paper Valley Rollergirls (PVRG) was a competing roller derby league also based in Appleton. Founded in 2008, the league consisted of two teams which competed against teams from other leagues. PVRG gained a higher profile following the release of '' Whip It!'' In addition to Appleton, the league played home bouts out of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
.[Mclean Bennett, "Brown County arena to host women's roller derby", '' Green Bay Press-Gazette'', June 17, 2010]
Paper Valley was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...
Program in November 2009,[Apprentice Leagues]
, WFTDA ersion of 16 November 2009/ref> and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2010.[WFTDA welcomes 11 new members, adds new regions]
", WFTDA, 17 June 2010 In 2012, PVRG won the Women's Rolling Along the River Tournament. The following season, Paper Valley earned a spot in the newly created Division 2 Playoffs, as a seventh seed in the Kalamazoo tournament.
WFTDA rankings as Paper Valley
References
{{Wisconsin Sports
Sports in Appleton, Wisconsin
Roller derby leagues established in 2007
Roller derby leagues in Wisconsin
Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3
2007 establishments in Wisconsin