Burning River Roller Derby is a women's flat-track

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league based in

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. Founded in 2006, Burning River is a member of the

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(WFTDA).

History and organization

Burning River Roller Derby was started as Burning River Roller Girls in 2006, and joined the

(WFTDA) in December 2007. Burning River Roller Derby has three travel teams that play against other teams from other leagues. The A team, "Burning River All-Stars", plays WFTDA-sanctioned games. The B team, "Burning River Hazmat Crew", plays competitive regional games, and the C team, "Burning River Pyromaniacs", plays very close, regional games. The league also has four home teams who play each other in league play, the Cleveland Steamers, the Hard Knockers, the HellBombers, and the Rolling Pin-Ups. In early 2015, Burning River announced the change of the league name from Burning River Roller Girls to Burning River Roller Derby, to place less emphasis on gender and better reflect its members. In August 2015, Burning River hosted a WFTDA Division 2 playoff tournament.

WFTDA competition

In 2009 Burning River was the ninth

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at the

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and finished in eighth place after an

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loss to

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, 126-116. In 2013, the WFTDA changed their playoff structure, and Burning River qualified for the WFTDA Division 2 International Playoff tournament in Kalamazoo, Michigan as the ninth seed, ultimately finishing in eighth place.

Rankings

References

External links

Official Website
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