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| Metro area | The Kootenays, BC |
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| Country | Canada |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Teams | Kootenay Kannibelles (travel team) Babes of Brutality Dam City Rollers Gnarlie's Angels Killjoys Valley Vendettas |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Castlegar Community Complex Nelson and District Community Complex Rossland Arena |
| Affiliations | RDAC, WFTDA |
| Website | www |
West Kootenay Roller Derby (WKRD) is a roller derby league based in The Kootenays region of British Columbia in Canada. Co-founded in 2009 as the West Kootenay Women's Roller Derby League (WKWRDL) by Shelly "Hoar Frost" Grice-Gold, the league consists of five house teams, and an all-star travel team which competes against teams from other leagues for national standings.
The league has skaters from Castlegar, Fruitvale, Kaslo, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Rossland, Salmo, Slocan City, Trail and Ymir. Different teams represent the various communities; for example, the Dam City Rollers are linked to Castlegar, the Killjoys to Nelson, and the Babes of Brutality to Salmo. By mid-2011, the two Nelson teams had a total of more than forty skaters.
Bobbi Barbarich, known as "Beretta Lynch", a skater on the Babes of Brutality team, played for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.
In early 2012, West Kootenay was a founder member of the Roller Derby Association of Canada, while in October, it was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program.
References
- "About", WKWRDL
- Bruce Fuhr, "Nelsonites pack NDCC Arena for latest stop on West Kootenay Flat Track Roller Derby circuit", Nelson Daily, 29 May 2011
- Jim Bailey, "Barbarich runner up at Worlds", Trail Daily Times, 6 December 2011
- "Press Release – December 1, 2011", RDAC, 1 December 2011
- "22 Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program", WFTDA, 18 October 2012
| WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues | |
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| Accepted October 2012 | |
| Accepted October 2013 | |
| Accepted May 2014 | |
| Accepted January 2015 | |
| Accepted April 2015 | |
| Accepted July 2015 | |
| Accepted October 2015 | |
| Accepted April 2016 | |
| Accepted July 2016 | |
| Accepted October 2016 | |
| Accepted January 2017 | |
| Accepted July 2017 |
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| Accepted October 2017 | |
| Accepted February 2018 | |
