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Youngstown Area Roller Derby

Metro area	Youngstown, OH
Country	United States
Founded	2008
Teams	Lawless Rollers (A team) Rust Belt Rollers (B team)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Cortland Roller Rink
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.facebook.com/LittleSteelRollerDerby/

Youngstown Area Roller Derby (YARD) (formerly known as the Little Steel Derby Girls) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Youngstown, Ohio. Founded in 2008, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. YARD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

History

The league was founded in December 2008 by Tifany Griffith, known as "Ground Zero". Little Steel won its first bout against a Steel City Derby Demons team, but progress was initially slow and it was only in October 2010 that it was ready to play its first home bout. By early 2011, the league had 24 skaters, and was aiming to join the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Little Steel was accepted into the WFTDA Apprentice Program in October 2011, and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2012.

Little Steel rebranded in 2023 to become the Youngstown Area Roller Derby to have a more inclusive name to bring in more skaters and to extend into co-ed competition in the future.

WFTDA rankings

References

1. "Little Steel Derby Girls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. ^ Ashley Luthern, "Derby league wins first bout", Youngstown Vindicator, April 10, 2011
3. "Derby Girls Roll Over Youngstown Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine", WKBN, September 29, 2010
4. "WFTDA Accepts 13 Leagues into Apprentice Program Archived 2014-11-18 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 27 October 2011
5. "Nine Leagues Become Full WFTDA Members Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 1 June 2012
6. "The Re-Brand". youngstownarearollerderby.com. 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
7. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
8. "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
9. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
10. "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
11. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
12. "Rankings: December 31, 2017". WFTDA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
13. "Rankings: December 31, 2018". WFTDA. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
14. Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
15. Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

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