Terminal City Roller Derby
{{Short description|Roller derby league}}
{{Infobox roller derby league
| name = Terminal City Roller Derby
| founded = 2006
| dissolved =
| metro area = Vancouver
| country = Canada
| logo = Terminal_City_Roller_Derby_logo_2019.png
| pixels =
| teams = Team Terminal City
Terminal City All-Stars
| tracks = Flat
| venue = Royal City Curling Club, New Westminster, BC & Poirier Forum, Coquitlam, BC
| affiliations = WFTDA
| orgtype =
| url = {{url|www.tcrd.ca}}
}}
Terminal City Roller Derby (TCRD) is a flat track roller derby league based in Vancouver. Founded in January 2006 as Terminal City Rollergirls, TCRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).{{cite web|title=Terminal City Rollergirls – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/wftda-leagues/terminal-city-rollergirls/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=4 January 2018}}
History and organization
Terminal City was founded in 2006 by Michelle "Micki Mercury" Lamoureux, who was inspired by childhood memories of watching roller derby on television and recruited initial members with a craigslist ad.{{cite web|last1=Zacharias|first1=Yvonne|title=Sport mixes fishnets with hipchecks|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20090606/282243776563010|via=PressReader|publisher=Vancouver Sun|access-date=4 January 2018|date=6 June 2009}} By 2009, Terminal City was drawing over 1,000 fans for home events. Terminal City is the first roller derby league in the Vancouver area,Amy Reid, "[http://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/movie-guide/like+playing+dress+little+more+hardcore/2998908/story.html 'It's like playing dress-up, but a little more hardcore']", Vancouver Courier, 7 May 2010 became an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in October 2010,"[http://wftda.org/news/apprentice-program-welcomes-10-new-leagues-october-2010 WFTDA Apprentice Program welcomes 10 new leagues]", WFTDA, 5 October 2010 and a full member of the WFTDA, initially placed in the WFTDA's West Region in March 2011."[http://wftda.org/news/3-1-11-ap-grads WFTDA welcomes 6 new members]", WFTDA, 1 March 2011
In September 2016, Terminal City hosted a 2016 International Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 playoff tournament at the Richmond Olympic Oval in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond.{{cite web|title=D1 Playoffs Vancouver, BC Sept 16-18 - About the Venue|url=https://wftda.com/tournaments/2016/vancouver/venue|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=17 September 2016}}{{cite web|title=International Roller Derby event comes to Richmond Olympic Oval|url=http://globalnews.ca/video/2945501/international-roller-derby-event-comes-to-richmond-olympic-oval|publisher=Global News|access-date=17 September 2016|date=16 September 2016}}
The league currently consists of one house team, Team Terminal City and one travel team, the Terminal City All-Stars. In 2010, Raw Meat was formed, a drop-in skating group open to all skill levels, which later became Terminal City Mix Tapes. Now, the league runs two Intro to Roller Derby{{cite web|title=LEARN TO PLAY ROLLER DERBY WITH TCRD|url=https://tcrd.ca/learn-roller-derby-vancouver/|access-date=7 October 2020|website=TCRD.ca}} programs per year. The spring 2020 program was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In January 2019, the league announced it was updating its name to Terminal City Roller Derby.{{cite web |title=Terminal City Roller Derby - Vancouver Flat-Track Roller Derby Since 2006 |url=http://tcrd.ca/weve-changed-our-name/ |website=Terminal City Roller Derby |access-date=22 January 2019 |date=22 January 2019}}
WFTDA competition
{{update section|date=October 2023}}
Image:Rollergirl quad city.jpg's Quad City Chaos tournament in March 2010.]]
The Terminal City All-Stars represents Terminal City within the WFTDA, and is ranked by the association. In 2013, The All-Stars, at the time considered a WFTDA Division 2 team, qualified for Division 1 playoffs for the first time, entering the playoff tournament in Richmond, Virginia as the tenth seed, and finishing the tournament in seventh place. At the 2016 Division 1 tournament in Vancouver, Terminal City was the fifth seed, and finished in fifth place.{{cite web|title=D1V: #5 Terminal City contains #9 Queen City, 239-133|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2016/09/d1v-5-terminal-city-contains-9-queen-city-239-133/|publisher=Derby Central|access-date=25 November 2016|date=18 September 2016}} In 2017, Terminal City was the tenth seed at the Malmö Division 1 Playoff, but lost 197-145 to Stockholm Roller Derby{{cite web|last1=Khaos|first1=Merry|title=D1M: #7 Stockholm cleans up #10 Terminal City, 197-145|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2017/09/d1m-7-stockholm-cleans-up-10-terminal-city-197-145/|publisher=Derby Central|access-date=4 January 2018|date=8 September 2017}} and 257-181 to Detroit Roller Derby{{cite web|last1=Defiance|first1=Brooklyn|title=D1M: #8 Detroit stops #10 Terminal City, 257-181 {{!}} Derby Central|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2017/09/d1m-8-detroit-stops-10-terminal-city-257-181/|publisher=Derby Central|access-date=4 January 2018|date=9 September 2017}} and finished out of the medals. In 2018, Terminal City was the fourth seed at the North American West Continental Cup held in Omaha, Nebraska, and after losing their quarterfinal to Calgary Roller Derby finished the weekend with a 264-183 victory over No Coast Derby Girls in the consolation round.{{cite web |title=Canberra Roller Derby League Wins 2018 WFTDA Continental Cup – North America West – WFTDA |url=https://wftda.com/canberra-roller-derby-league-wins-2018-wftda-continental-cup-north-america-west/ |website=wftda.com |publisher=WFTDA |access-date=22 January 2019 |date=28 August 2018}} In 2019, the Terminal City All-Stars did not compete in WFTDA sanctioned play, and they were therefore ineligible for post-season play for the first time since 2012.
=Rankings=
- CR = consolation round
International play
Terminal City skaters Luludemon and 8Mean Wheeler were selected for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.Kimiya Shokoohi, "[http://www.vancourier.com/sports/Vancouver+Luludemon+rolls/5536824/story.html Vancouver's Luludemon rolls her way to the top]", Vancouver Courier, 12 October 2011{{cite news|last=Mercy Less|title=Team Canada Roster Announced|url=http://derbynewsnetwork.com/2011/08/team_canada_roster_announced|access-date=9 December 2011|newspaper=Derby News Network|date=5 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205005943/http://www.derbynewsnetwork.com/2011/08/team_canada_roster_announced|archive-date=5 December 2011}} 8Mean Wheeler (now skating as MacKenzie), Luludemon and four other Terminal City Skaters, Buffy Sainte Fury, Evada Peron, Eve Hallows and Kim Janna were named to the 2014 edition of Team Canada.{{cite web|last=Derby Nerd|title=Team Canada Releases Roster for the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup|url=http://derbynerd.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/team-canada-releases-roster-for-the-2014-roller-derby-world-cup/|publisher=The Derby Nerd|access-date=6 January 2014|date=30 December 2014}} In addition, TCRG's Mack the Mouth was named to Team Canada's coaching staff in both 2011 and 2014.
References
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{{WFTDA Division 1}}
{{Vancouver Sports}}
Category:Roller derby leagues in Canada
Category:Roller derby leagues established in 2006