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Connecticut Roller Derby

Metro area	Naugatuck, Connecticut
Country	United States
Founded	2006
Teams	CT All Stars (A team) The Yankee Brutals (B team) Home teams: The Bone Crushers The Iron Angels The Widowmakers
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Roller Magic (Waterbury, Connecticut)
Affiliations	WFTDA
Org. type	Non Profit Organization
Website	http://www.ctrollerderby.com/

Connecticut Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Naugatuck (Greater Waterbury), Connecticut. Founded in 2006, the league reached its 10th anniversary in 2016. Connecticut Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

History and league structure

Connecticut Roller Derby was launched as "CT RollerGirls" in March 2006, and by early 2009 was attracting up to 500 fans to games held at venues such as the Connecticut Sports Center.

Connecticut Roller Derby has travel teams and home teams. The home teams play each other, and are the Bone Crushers, the Iron Angels, and the Widowmakers, whereas the two travel teams, The CT All-Stars and The Yankee Brutals, play teams from other leagues, with the All-Stars representing the league at the WFTDA level.

WFTDA competition

CT RollerGirls became a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association in early 2007, announced by the WFTDA in May of that year. In 2009, the CT All-Stars qualified for the WFTDA Playoffs for the first time. Entering the WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament as the eighth seed, the All-Stars opened their tournament with losses to DC Rollergirls and Providence Roller Derby, before defeating Dominion Derby Girls 156-57 to finish the weekend in ninth place.

Rankings

• NR = no end-of-year ranking supplied

Scholarship program

As part of Connecticut Roller Derby's community outreach mandate, the league sponsors a scholarship each year, the Cindy Luberto Scholarship for Women Athletes, which is a $500.00 grant towards post-secondary education.

References

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13. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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18. "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
19. "Rankings: December 31, 2018". WFTDA. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
20. "Regional Digest: CT RollerGirls give scholarship to SCSU student from Hebron". tribunedigital-thecourant. Hartford Courant. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
21. "Scholarship - CT RollerGirls Inc". www.ctrollerderby.com. CT RollerGirls. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

External links

• Official Website

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