Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby
{{Short description|Roller derby league}}
{{Infobox roller derby league
| name = Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby
| founded = 2006
| dissolved =
| metro area = Bloomington, Indiana
| country = United States
| logo = Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby logo.jpg
| teams = Flatliners (A team)
Code Blue Assassins (B team)
| tracks = Flat
| venue = Frank Southern Ice Arena
| affiliations = WFTDA
| orgtype =
| url = {{url|http://bleedingheartlandrollerderby.com/}}
}}
Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby (BHRD) is a roller derby league based in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Founded in 2006, but has since disbanded in 2019.{{cite web|title=Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/wftda-leagues/bleeding-heartland-roller-derby/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=13 May 2017}}
History
The league played its first home bout in August 2007.Dan Coleman, "[http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2007/08/04/news.nw-220374.sto Women’s roller derby team has home debut game tonight]", Bloomington Herald-Times, 4 August 2007 Founded as "Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls", the league rebranded in 2014{{cite web|last1=Deadwards|first1=Lisa|title=February Follow Up|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2015/03/february-follow-up/|publisher=Derby Central|accessdate=18 November 2016|date=20 March 2015}} as Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby, to "more accurately reflect the composition of our organization", as noted in an announcement on their official Facebook page.{{cite web|title=As you may have noticed|url=https://www.facebook.com/bleedingheartland/photos/a.434436414430.235611.18706989430/10153022663714431/|publisher=Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby|accessdate=18 November 2016|date=4 February 2015}}
WFTDA play
File:Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls.png
The league was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association in December 2008."[https://web.archive.org/web/20220331094506/http://www.bleedingheartlandrollergirls.com/2008/12/local-roller-derby-league-makes-it-official/ Local Roller Derby League Makes It Official!]", BHRG, 23 December 2008 It competed in the 2010 Spring Roll event, hosted by the Fort Wayne Derby Girls.Justice Feelgood Marshall, "[http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com/2010/05/preview_spring_roll_2010 Preview: Spring Roll 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116100834/http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com/2010/05/preview_spring_roll_2010 |date=November 16, 2010 }}", Derby News Network, 7 May 2010 Bleeding Heartland initially had a losing record, and finished both the 2009 and 2010 seasons ranked in 16th place in the North Central Region, but rose to 13th over the course of 2011.
In 2013, Bleeding Heartland qualified for the WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs for the first time, ultimately finishing the Fort Wayne tournament in 10th place.
Rankings
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Season
!Final ranking"[http://wftda.com/rankings Current Rankings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430194525/http://wftda.com/rankings |date=2010-04-30 }}", WFTDA !Playoffs |
|---|
| 2009
|16 NC |DNQ |DNQ |
| 2010
|16 NC |DNQ |DNQ |
| 2011
|13 NC |DNQ |DNQ |
| 2012
|11 NC{{cite web|title=Rankings: February 28, 2013|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-february-28-2013/|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=18 November 2016}} |DNQ |DNQ |
| 2013
|10 D1{{cite web|title=2013 WFTDA D1 Playoffs - Fort Wayne: Grand Raggidy Roller Girls VS Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls|url=http://wftda.tv/archives/2013-d1-playoffs-fort-wayne/game-13-grand-raggidy-vbleeding-heartland/|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=18 November 2016}} |DNQ |
| 2014
|DNQ |DNQ |
| 2015
|DNQ |DNQ |
| 2016
|DNQ |DNQ |
| 2017
|DNQ |DNQ |
References
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{{Indiana Sports}}
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Category:Roller derby leagues established in 2006
Category:Roller derby leagues in Indiana
Category:2006 establishments in Indiana
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