Rubber City Rollergirls

Rubber City Rollergirls

Metro area	Akron, OH
Country	United States
Teams	Tire Iron Maidens (A team) Hot Rod Dollies (B team)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	John S. Knight Center
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.rubbercityrollergirls.com

The Rubber City Rollergirls (RCRG) is a roller derby league based in Akron, Ohio. Founded in 2008, the league consists of two teams, which compete against teams from other leagues.

Rubber City played its first bout, at the John S. Knight Center, in April 2009.^[1] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2010,^[2] and instituted its B team later in the year.^[3] By 2011, it had forty skaters, and was claiming crowds of 1,000 fans.^[4]

Rubber City at some point left the Apprentice league, and was not listed as such in February 2013.^[5] In October 2014, Rubber City re-entered the Apprentice Program.^[6]

In November 2016, Rubber City and NEO Roller Derby, also of Akron, announced on their social media pages, in a statement confirmed by a new, mutual website, that the leagues had merged to become Akron Roller Derby.^[7]

References

↑ Bill Lilley, "New era to begin at Knight Center", Akron Beacon-Journal, November 3, 2008
↑ "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 23 March 2010]
↑ Sean Patrick, "Rubber City Rollergirls growing in numbers", West Side Leader, June 24, 2010
↑ Kim Hone-McMahan, "Voices champion roller derby feats", Akron Beacon-Journal, April 7, 2011
↑ "Apprentice Leagues Archived November 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.", WFTDA [retrieved 27 February 2013]
↑ "WFTDA Welcomes New Member, Apprentice Leagues". WFTDA. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
↑ "Joining Forces". Akron Roller Derby. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues

Accepted 2009	Mid Michigan Derby Girls Route 66 Roller Derby

Accepted 2011	Central California Area Roller Derby Grand Junction Rollergirls Lake City Roller Dolls Portneuf Valley Bruisers Star City Roller Girls

Accepted January 2012	NOtown Roller Derby River Valley Rollergirls

Accepted July 2012	Peoria Push Derby Dames Western Australia Roller Derby Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Roller Radicals

Accepted October 2012	Auckland Roller Derby League Shoreline Roller Derby Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby

Accepted January 2013	580 Rollergirls Gray City Rebels Northwest Derby Company Spokannibals Roller Derby

Accepted April 2013	2 x 4 Roller Derby Acadiana Rollergirls Enchanted Island Roller Derby Fog City Rollers Gothenburg Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby League

Accepted October 2013	Albany All-Stars Amsterdam Derby Dames Bangor Roller Derby Central Arkansas Roller Derby Central Maine Roller Derby Dub City Derby Girls Dublin Roller Derby Eerie Rollergirls Heart of Appalachia Roller Derby Herault Derby Girlz Northern Brisbane Rollers Northside Rollers Pensacola Roller Gurlz Perth Roller Derby Resurrection Rollergirls Roller Derby Bordeaux Roller Derby Karlsruhe Royal City Roller Girls St. Albert Heavenly Rollergirls Seaside Siren Roller Girls Winnipeg Roller Derby League

Accepted January 2014	Adelaide Roller Derby Barcelona Roller Derby Battle Creek Cereal Killers Brussels Derby Pixies Capital City Derby Dolls Dark River Derby Coalition Five 40 Roller Girls Gallatin Roller Girlz Jerzey Derby Brigade Kingston Derby Girls Marietta Derby Darlins Molly Rogers Rollergirls Namur Rollergirls Plattsburgh Roller Derby Red Deer Roller Derby Association Roller Derby Metz Club South Florida Roller Girls South Side Derby Dolls State College Area Roller Derby Vienna Rollergirls V-Town Derby Dames

Accepted May 2014	Belfast Roller Derby Blackland Rockin' K-Rollers Dock City Rollers Enchanted Mountain Roller Derby Ladies of HellTown MedCity Mafia Roller Derby Muscogee Roller Girls Naughty Pines Derby Dames Ohio Valley Rollergirls Rogue Rollergirls Roller Derby Rennes Strong Island Derby Revolution Thunder Bay Roller Derby League Zurich City Rollergirlz

Accepted September 2014	Convict City Roller Derby League Eindhoven Rockcity Rollers Jackson Hole Juggernauts Peninsula Roller Girls Roller Derby Quebec Southern Delaware Rollergirls Undead Bettys Unforgiven Rollergirls

Accepted October 2014	Aurora 88s Roller Derby League Beckley Area Derby Dames Birmingham Blitz Dames C-Max Roller Derby Dirty River Roller Grrrls Grand Rapids Area Roller Derby Jewel City Roller Girls Metropolitan Roller Derby Chile Rubber City Rollergirls Traverse City Roller Derby Yellow Rose Derby Girls

Accepted January 2015	10th Mountain Roller Dolls Beach Brawl Sk8r Dolls Brighton Rockers Roller Derby Capital City Crushers Central Ohio Roller Dolls Cologne Roller Derby E-Ville Roller Derby League Fernie Roller Derby Hurricane Alley Roller Derby Les Quads des Paris Lille Roller Girls Mid-Atlantic Roller Derby Mission City Roller Derby Munich Rolling Rebels Northern Arizona Roller Derby Orangeville Rollergirls River City Dames of Anarchy San Diego Roller Derby Skagit Valley Roller Girls Southern Maryland Roller Derby Umea Roller Derby Vasteras Roller Derby Waimea Wranglers Whidbey Island Roller Girls Wine Town Rollers

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

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