Roc City Roller Derby (RCRD) is a roller derby league based in

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. Founded in 2008, it has three league or home teams, and two travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues. The league primarily plays at

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, with occasional games at

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and at local roller rinks. In January 2013 it was announced that the league would begin playing at the

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starting in April 2013. The league was founded in February 2008 by a group of women including Kate Atronic, known as "Resident Eva", who had previously skated with the

Queen City Roller Girls Queen City Roller Derby or QCRD, is the flat-track roller derby league based in Buffalo, New York. Founded as Queen City Roller Derby in 2006, the league is scheduled to play its fourteenth season in 2020. QCRD is a member of the Women's Flat ...

, and held its first bout in May 2009.Roc City Roller Derby's Inaugural Brawl
, ''

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'' Roc City 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 January 2011,WFTDA Accepts 12 Additional Apprentice Leagues
", WFTDA, 13 January 2011 and became a full member of the

WFTDA 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 ...

in September.WFTDA Welcomes 7 New Members
", WFTDA, 1 September 2011 By the end of the year, it was already 17th in the East Region.

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