SoCal Derby

SoCal Derby is a flat track roller derby league in San Diego, California. The league has one team, the Kraken.

History

The league was founded in 2011 by Ivanna S. Pankin and Trish The Dish.

"#1 Armed Bandit", a skater with SoCal, was selected to play for Team Scotland at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.^[1][2]

SoCal Derby was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2012,^[3] and graduated to Women's Flat Track Derby full membership in December 2013.^[4] Their charter team, the Kraken, rose from unranked in their first full membership season to rank #38 and achieve an invitation to the WFTDA Division One Playoffs in 2014.^[5]

In 2014, SoCal Derby partnered with South Coast Derby. The two small leagues provisionally merged business operations, leadership boards and practice calendars, but ultimately disconnected in 2015.

After a year long game hiatus, SoCal Derby announced a partnership in December 2015 with local RDCL (Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues) banked track league, San Diego Derby Dolls to share a facility and create the first coalition between a banked and flat track league under one roof in modern roller derby.^[6]

Game and Ranking History^[7]

Season Four 2015

• Game hiatus for the entire year of 2015

Season Three 2014

• WFTDA Division One Playoffs (Charleston, WV), October 3–5, 2015 - 10/5/14: #39 Jet City 183 – #45 SoCal Derby 133 - 10/4/14: #26 Naptown 178 – #45 SoCal Derby 155 - 10/3/14: #25 Madison 242 #45 SoCal 110
• WFTDA releases June 30 Rankings: The Kraken is ranked #38 and earns an invitation to Division One Playoffs!
• 6/22/14: #39 Sacred City 98 @ #34 SoCal 170
• 6/21/14: #58 Sin City 124 @ #34 SoCal 225
• Golden Bowl Invitational (Bay Area, CA), June 14–15, 2014 – #11 Windy City 481 vs #34 SoCal 135 – #6 Angel City 455 vs #34 SoCal 61 – #2 Bay Area 505 vs #34 SoCal 45
• 5/31/14: #38 SoCal 213 @ #42 Tucson RD 102
• 5/17/14 (banked track): SoCal 207 @ OC Rollers 177
• 4/12/14: #42 SoCal 182 @ #39 Sac City 116
• Spudtown Knockdown WFTDA Invitational (Boise, ID), April 5–6, 2014 – For first place: #42 SoCal 192 vs #48 Treasure Valley 94 – #42 SoCal 244 vs #48 Treasure Valley 78 – #42 SoCal 325 vs #125 Cherry City 59 – #42 SoCal 144 vs #108 Junction City 131
• 3/15/14: #64 Silicon Valley 99 @ #60 SoCal Derby 274
• 3/1/14: #60 SoCal Derby 309 @ #70 Rage City Rollergirls 101
• 2/8/14: #106 Ventura VenDolls 63 @ #61 SoCal Derby 316
• Pre-season 1/18/14: (UR) San Fernando Like OMGs 76 @ #95 SoCal Derby 306

Season Two 2013

• 12/14/13: #86 Sonoma County RD 71 @ #95 SoCal Derby 284
• SoCal enters the WFTDA Roller Derby Rankings at #95 in December 2013
• 11/23/13: (UR) West Coast Derby KOs 95 @ (UR) SoCal 328
• 11/2/13: AZRD Tent City Terrors 173 @ SoCal 136
• 10/12/13: SoCal 284 @ OC Rollergirls Blockwork Orange 108
• 8/31/13: Hidden City 139 @ SoCal 339
• 6/15/13: 1st WFTDA Sanctioned bout! #59 AZRD 270 @ (UR) SoCal 135
• 5/18/13: SoCal 117 @ Ventura VenDolls 267
• 4/20/13: Battle for the Coast: Came out 4th in our bracket!
• 3/23/13 Dust Bowl: We took 4th of 12 (after being seeded 10th)!
• 2/23/13: SoCal 206 @ San Fernando Like OMGs 107

Season One 2012

• 11/10/12: SoCal 308 @ Hidden City 82
• 10/27/12: WFTDA Sanctioned: SoCal 76 @ Santa Cruz Boardwalk Bombshells 215
• 9/8/12: BADG Berkeley Resistance 265 @ SoCal 104
• 8/25/12: SoCal 132 @ V-Town Derby Dames 187
• 8/11/13: AZRD Tent City Terrors 396 @ SoCal 81
• 6/23/12: SoCal 83 @ Sac City 183
• 6/15/12: Resurrection 88 @ SoCal 222
• 5/12/12: Ventura 213 @ SoCal 96
• 4/7/12: SoCal 154 @ South Coast Derby 62
• 2/18/12: Angel City 126 @ SoCal 98

Pre-season 2011

• 11/19/11: South Coast 92 @ SoCal 143
• 10/22/11: SoCal 94 @ Ventura 144
• 10/15/11: Mission City 101 @ SoCal 110
• 9/3/11: Arizona Roller Derby 127 @ SoCal Derby 173

References

1. ↑ "Armed Bandit", Team Scotland Roller Derby
2. ↑ Hurt Reynolds (2 September 2011). "Team Scotland World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Retrieved 5 October 2011. 
3. ↑ "13 Women's Roller Derby Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program", WFTDA, 31 January 2012
4. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members", 3 December 2012
5. ↑ "WFTDA Releases June 30, 2014 Rankings, Tournament Seeding - Latest News - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. Retrieved 2015-12-16.  line feed character in |title= at position 40 (help)
6. ↑ "New Partnership, Central Facility! | SoCal Derby". www.socalderby.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16. 
7. ↑ "The Kraken | SoCal Derby". www.socalderby.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16. 

External links

• Official website

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