Derby Revolution of Bakersfield (DRB) 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

Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...

. Founded in 2008, DRB consists of a single travel team which competes against teams from other leagues, and is a member of the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

(WFTDA).

History

Derby Revolution of Bakersfield was founded in 2008 by Tonya "Tonka Toy" Warren, who was inspired by watching ''

Rollergirls ''Rollergirls'' is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas, Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website, the league was founded i ...

'' on television. Derby Revolution of Bakersfield 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 December 2009,Apprentice Leagues
, WFTDA ersion of 23 March 2010/ref> and graduated to full WFTDA membership at the end of 2010.WFTDA Welcomes Seven New Full Member Leagues
", WFTDA, 1 December 2010

WFTDA rankings

References

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