Oklahoma Victory Dolls
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Metro area | Oklahoma City, OK |
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Country | United States |
Founded | 2007 |
Teams |
All Star Squad (A team) Tornado Alley (B team) |
Track type(s) | Flat |
Venue | Oklahoma State Fairgrounds |
Affiliations | WFTDA |
Org. type | 501(c)3 non-profit organization |
Website |
oklahomavictorydolls |
The Oklahoma Victory Dolls (OVD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of two inter-league teams which compete against teams from other leagues. They formerly had four home teams that competed against each other. Oklahoma Victory Dolls is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]
History
As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the Victory Dolls donate a portion of their profits to local charities and have also organized fundraisers for injured skaters.[2] They have participated in local events, such as Mardi Gras.[3]
In January 2017, the league announced it was merging with Oklahoma City Roller Derby and the new organization would continue under the Oklahoma Victory Dolls name.[4]
Oklahoma City Roller Derby
Oklahoma City Roller Derby (OKCRD) was founded by eight local women in March 2006 as the "Tornado Alley Rollergirls".[5] More skaters joined in April, and the league grew rapidly.[6] By the end of the year, the league already had four teams comprising a total of around 40 skaters, and was bouting regularly.[7] However, in 2007, the majority of two of the teams left the league: most of the Cell Block 9 team founding the Red Dirt Rebellion banked track league, and most of the Victory Dolls forming the Oklahoma Victory Dolls league.[5] In 2008, the league adopted the Oklahoma City Roller Derby name, with Tornado Alley Rollergirls becoming a team name.[5] It was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010,[8] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2011.[9]
WFTDA rankings as OKCRD
Season | Final ranking[10] | Playoffs | Championship |
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2011 | 27 SC[11] | DNQ | DNQ |
2012 | 28 SC[12] | DNQ | DNQ |
2013 | 100 WFTDA[13] | DNQ | DNQ |
2014 | 135 WFTDA[14] | DNQ | DNQ |
2015 | 110 WFTDA[15] | DNQ | DNQ |
2016 | 138 WFTDA[16] | DNQ | DNQ |
Oklahoma Victory Dolls
The Oklahoma Victory Dolls were the youngest league to be accepted as full members of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA)[17] at the time of their induction in September 2008.[18] They were a part of the South Central Region[19] of the WFTDA from 2008 to 2012. When the WFTDA changed to a Divisions-based ranking system in 2013, the Oklahoma Victory Dolls debuted in Division 2, ranked at 55.[20]
WFTDA competition
In 2013, Oklahoma Victory Dolls first qualified for WFTDA Playoffs, entering the Division 1 tournament in Asheville, North Carolina as the ninth seed, and taking seventh place with a 200-131 victory over the Nashville Rollergirls.[21] As the eighth seed in Salt Lake City in 2014, Oklahoma finished in tenth place with an overtime loss to Tri-City Roller Derby, 190-185.[22] In 2015, Oklahoma City dropped into Division 2 Playoffs in Cleveland as the ninth seed and came out in eighth place after a 179-137 loss to Jet City Rollergirls of Everett, Washington.[23] Oklahoma City returned to Playoffs for the Division 2 Playoffs and Championship in 2017 as the fifth seed in Pittsburgh, and finished the weekend in seventh place.[24]
Rankings
Season | Final ranking[25] | Playoffs | Championship |
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2008 | NR[26] | DNQ | DNQ |
2009 | 18 SC[27] | DNQ | DNQ |
2010 | 18 SC[28] | DNQ | DNQ |
2011 | 17 SC[11] | DNQ | DNQ |
2012 | 15 SC[12] | DNQ | DNQ |
2013 | 34 WFTDA[13] | 7 D1[21] | DNQ |
2014 | 32 WFTDA[14] | 10 D1[22] | DNQ |
2015 | 64 WFTDA[15] | 8 D2[23] | DNQ |
2016 | 64 WFTDA[16] | DNQ | DNQ |
2017 | 39 WFTDA[29] | N/A | 7 D2[24] |
References
- ↑ "Oklahoma Victory Dolls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ Jenni Carlson, "Derby players pitch in", The Oklahoman, 8 November 2009
- ↑ "NEW: Mardi Gras parade winners announced", Norman Transcript, 23 February 2009
- ↑ "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE". oklahomavictorydolls.com. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 "About OKCRD", OKCRD
- ↑ Tony Pennington, "Down and derby", Norman Transcript, May 20, 2007
- ↑ Alice Collinsworth, "Rolling in the new year", Edmond Sun, December 30, 2006
- ↑ "WFTDA Apprentice Program welcomes 16 new leagues Archived 2010-09-12 at the Wayback Machine.", 8 July 2010
- ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 6 New Members Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine.", WFTDA, 1 March 2011
- ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
- 1 2 "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ↑ "Oklahoma Victory Dolls"
- ↑ Moose Ondaluce, "MooseCast: (u) West Texas Roller Dollz at (u) Oklahoma Victory Dolls Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.", Derby News Network", 3 October 2008
- ↑ "WFTDA'sSouth Central Region - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ "First Rankings Calculator Release Today - LatestNews - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- 1 2 Marshall, Justice Feelgood (22 September 2013). "D1A 7th: (9) Oklahoma Repeats on (8) Nashville, 200-131 | Derby News Network". Derby News Network. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 Deadwards, Lisa (28 September 2014). "D1SLC 9th: Tri-City (#40) Finds Victory in Overtime over Oklahoma (#32), 190-185". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 "WFTDA D2 Playoffs: Cleveland". Derby Central. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- 1 2 Khaos, Merry (20 August 2017). "7th Place: #5 Oklahoma repeats Victory over #15 E-Ville, 295-238". Derby Central. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
- ↑ "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 5 January 2018.