Toronto Roller Derby

Toronto Roller Derby

Metro area	Toronto, Ontario
Country	Canada
Founded	2006
Teams	All-Stars (travel team) Chicks Ahoy! Death Track Dolls Gore-Gore Rollergirls Smoke City Betties Vipers (rookie)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	The Bunker at Downsview Park
Affiliations	WFTDA
Org. type	Skater Owned
Website	http://torontorollerderby.com

Toronto Roller Derby (ToRD), is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 2006, the league started play in 2007,^[1] and completed its ninth season in 2015.^[2][3] Operated and managed by its skaters and members,^[4][5] ToRD has four house teams, one rookie team, and two travel teams. Since 2011, the league has operated out of a space in Downsview Park, but announced in January 2015 that they were in search of a new home.^[6][7]

The house league season runs from January through October, with events for ToRD's all-star travel team scheduled year round.^[8] Toronto Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, having gained membership in June 2011.^[9] In December 2011 ToRD served as host of the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup.^[4][10]

House teams

league logo 2006-15

The league has four house teams, which play against each other at Home events at The Bunker (also known as "Studio 3"),^[11] a former Canadian Armed Forces supply depot,^[12] located in Downsview Park:^[13][14] Chicks Ahoy!, The Death Track Dolls, The Gore-Gore Rollergirls and the Smoke City Betties.

Chicks Ahoy!

The Chicks Ahoy! feature bright green uniforms with a sailor theme. "The Chicks" appeared in the league final five out of the league's first six years, and were the league champion in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2016.^{[1][15][16][17]}

Death Track Dolls

The Death Track Dolls uniforms are white jerseys with red "blood splatter" accents.^[18] "The Dolls" won their first league championship in 2013.^[19]

Gore-Gore Rollergirls

The Gore-Gore Rollergirls wear distinctive leopard-print outfits.^[20] The only team to have appeared in all of the first six championship bouts, "The Gores" were the winners of the league's first final in 2007^[21] and were the first league team to capture back to back titles, winning in 2009 and 2010.^[22][23]

The Hangar, former venue for Toronto Roller Derby.

Smoke City Betties

The Smoke City Betties wear black and blue uniforms and were runner up in the 2009 and 2013 league finals,^[19][22] and in 2015 won their first championship.^[2][24]

Championship history

At the end of every season, Toronto Roller Derby holds playoff bouts, with the two finalists playing for the league championship trophy, known as The Boot.^[25]

Season	Champion	Runner Up	Final Score	Venue
2007	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	Chicks Ahoy!	89–53	Rinx[26]
2008	Chicks Ahoy!	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	114–97	George Bell Arena[1]
2009	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	Smoke City Betties	129–88	The Hangar[22]
2010	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	Chicks Ahoy!	107–31	The Hangar[23]
2011	Chicks Ahoy!	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	111–46	The Hangar[16]
2012	Chicks Ahoy!	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	196–56	The Bunker[15]
2013	Death Track Dolls	Smoke City Betties	258–73	The Bunker[19]
2014	Death Track Dolls	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	184-139	The Bunker[27]
2015	Smoke City Betties	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	171-140	The Bunker[2][24]
2016	Chicks Ahoy!	Gore-Gore Rollergirls	164-88	The Bunker[17]

Vipers

Two teams from the original group of six in 2007 disbanded before the start of the 2009 season.^[3][28] The D-VAS and Bay Street Bruisers both folded in the Spring of that year, with their skaters dispersed to the remaining four league teams. The D-VAS (pronounced diva, and short for Deadly Viper Assassination Squad), were relaunched in 2010 as the league's rookie squad, composed of newer and transfer skaters who have yet to be drafted onto the other four league teams, and they skate against other leagues' emerging talent.

In 2011, the D-VAS split two bouts against Nickel City Roller Derby's Sister Slag squad, with the D-VAS winning the first bout in Toronto 71 to 38,^[29] and Nickel City hosting the follow-up bout in June in Sudbury, and taking the win 157 to 36.^[30] In July 2011, the D-VAS took second place in the 2 Fresh 2 Furious rookie tournament hosted by the GTA Rollergirls.^[31][32] In September 2011, the D-VAS faced off against Guelph's Royal City Roller Girls All-Stars, with Guelph winning, 203 to 42.^[14] They wear black and red.^[33]

In November 2016, the D-VAS officially changed their team name to the Vipers.^[34]

Travel teams

Toronto Roller Derby All-Stars

Former CN Power team logo

Toronto Roller Derby's charter travel team, formerly named CN Power (playing on the name of the CN Tower, a Toronto landmark) is the Toronto Roller Derby All-Stars. Every year, league members, including transfer skaters who have yet to be drafted to a home team, participate in tryouts, the results of which are used to select the All-Stars' roster. The team colours are pink, silver and white, and it plays home and away games against teams from other cities' leagues.^[35] Toronto was originally placed in WFTDA's North Central region,^[36] and after the introduction of the Divisions system debuted in Division 2 at 49th overall. By the end of 2013, Toronto had advanced 20 slots to 29th overall, and competed as a Division 1 team beginning in 2014.^[37]

All-Stars bouting history

The charts below itemize all-time results for Toronto Roller Derby's A team in competition.

CN Power bouting history through March 2011 (pre-WTFDA membership)
Date	Opponent	League and City	Site	Final Score	Winner
June 21, 2008	HCRG EH! Team	Hammer City Roller Girls – Hamilton, ON	George Bell Arena(Toronto, ON)	105–95	EH! Team[38]
January 17, 2009	PVRG All-Stars	Paper Valley Rollergirls – Appleton, WI	Skater's Edge (Appleton, WI)	88–79	All-Stars[39]
June 20, 2009	HCRG EH! Team	Hammer City Roller Girls — Hamilton, ON	Dave Andreychuk Arena (Hamilton, ON)	82–60	EH! Team[40]
August 22, 2009	Disassembly Line	Detroit Derby Girls – Detroit, MI	The Hangar (Toronto, ON)	122–90	CN Power[41]
September 26, 2009	Chicago Outfit Syndicate	Chicago Outfit Roller Derby – Chicago, IL	Windy City Fieldhouse (Chicago, IL)	147–28	Syndicate[42]
February 27, 2010	Rideau Valley Vixens	Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Ottawa, ON	The Hangar	199–49	CN Power[43]
March 27, 2010	Terminal City All-Stars	Terminal City Roller Girls – Vancouver, BC	The Hangar	97–79	CN Power[44]
March 27, 2010	HCRG EH! Team	Hammer City Roller Girls — Hamilton, ON	The Hangar	89–87	CN Power[44]
March 28, 2010	New Skids On The Block	Montreal Roller Derby – Montreal, QC	The Hangar	229–45	New Skids[45]
August 21, 2010	Lake Effect Furies	Queen City Roller Girls – Buffalo, NY	The Hangar	110–79	Furies[46]
September 25, 2010	Ironbound Maidens	Garden State Rollergirls – Wallington, NJ	Inline Skating Club of America (Wallington, NJ)	125–115	Maidens[47]
October 16, 2010	Tri-City Thunder	Tri-City Rollergirls – Kitchener, ON	New Hamburg Arena (New Hamburg, ON)	122–50	Thunder[48]
February 26, 2011	Killamazoo Derby Darlins	Killamazoo Derby Darlins – Kalamazoo, MI	The Hangar	197–35	CN Power[35]
March 26, 2011	Rideau Valley Vixens	Rideau Valley Roller Girls — Ottawa, ON	The Hangar	156–40	CN Power[49]
March 26, 2011	New Skids On The Block	Montreal Roller Derby — Montreal, QC	The Hangar	284–21	New Skids[49]
March 27, 2011	Tri-City Thunder	Tri-City Roller Girls — Kitchener, ON	The Hangar	112–98	CN Power[49]

CN Power WFTDA bouting history 2011-2012
Date	Opponent	League and City	Site	Final Score	Winner
August 20, 2011	Killamazoo Derby Darlins	Killamazoo Derby Darlins — Kalamazoo, MI	Wings Stadium (Kalamazoo, MI)	220–76	CN Power [50]
September 10, 2011	Montreal Sexpos	Montreal Roller Derby — Montreal, QC	The Bunker (Toronto, ON)	79–44	CN Power[51]
October 1, 2011	HCRG EH! Team	Hammer City Roller Girls — Hamilton, ON	The Bunker	277–22	CN Power[52]
October 22, 2011	Grand Raggidy All Stars	Grand Raggidy Roller Girls – Grand Rapids, MI	Rivertown Sports (Grandville, MI)[53]	148–68	Grand Raggidy[54]
October 23, 2011	Lake Effect Furies	Queen City Roller Girls — Buffalo, NY	Rainbow Rink (North Tonawanda, NY)	139–129	CN Power[54]
November 19, 2011	Rideau Valley Vixens	Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Ottawa, ON	Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)	196–69	CN Power[55][56]
December 17, 2011	Tornado Sirens	Naptown Roller Girls – Indianapolis, IN	Pepsi Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN)	266–67	Sirens[57]
December 18, 2011	Derby City	Derby City Rollergirls – Louisville, KY	Indianapolis, IN	295–28	CN Power[57]
February 18, 2012	Bomb Squad	Fort Wayne Derby Girls – Fort Wayne, IN	The Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN)[58]	151–138	CN Power[59]
March 3, 2012	Roc Stars	Roc City Roller Derby – Rochester, NY	The Bunker	171–108	CN Power[60]
March 31, 2012	Rideau Valley Vixens	Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Ottawa, ON	The Bunker	197–84	CN Power[61]
March 31, 2012	Tri-City Thunder	Tri-City Roller Girls — Kitchener, ON	The Bunker	141–107	CN Power[61]
April 1, 2012	HCRG EH! Team	Hammer City Roller Girls – Hamilton, ON	The Bunker	408–55	CN Power[61]
April 14, 2012	Lake Effect Furies	Queen City Roller Girls – Buffalo, NY	The Bunker	184–92	CN Power[62]
May 20, 2012	Ohio Roller Girls A-Team	Ohio Roller Girls – Columbus, OH	The Bunker	197–91	Ohio[63]
June 2, 2012	Burning River All-Stars	Burning River Roller Girls – Cleveland, OH	U.S. Cellular Arena (Milwaukee, WI)[64]	158–125	CN Power[65]
June 3, 2012	Fox Cityz Scream Puffz	Fox Cityz Foxz – Appleton, WI	U.S. Cellular Arena[64]	441–43	CN Power[65]
June 23, 2012	Maine Port Authorities	Maine Roller Derby – Portland, ME	Sportsplex (Feasterville, PA)[66]	148–120	CN Power[67]
June 24, 2012	Harrisburg Nuclear Knockouts	Harrisburg Area Roller Derby – Harrisburg, PA	Sportsplex[66]	375–60	CN Power[68]
October 27, 2012	Grand Raggidy All Stars	Grand Raggidy Roller Girls – Grand Rapids, MI	Rivertown Sports (Grand Rapids, MI)	167–80	Grand Raggidy[69]

CN Power WFTDA bouting history 2013-2014
Date	Opponent	League and City	Site	Final Score	Winner
February 2, 2013	Killamazoo Derby Darlins	Killamazoo Derby Darlins – Kalamazoo, MI	The Bunker	263–169	CN Power[70]
February 16, 2013	Bomb Squad	Fort Wayne Derby Girls – Fort Wayne, IN	The Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN)	266–100	CN Power[71]
February 17, 2013	Tornado Sirens	Naptown Roller Girls – Indianapolis, IN	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)	239–96	Naptown[71]
March 23, 2013	Ohio Roller Girls A-Team	Ohio Roller Girls – Columbus, OH	The Bunker	201–155	Ohio[72]
March 23, 2013	Lake Effect Furies	Queen City Roller Girls – Buffalo, NY	The Bunker	230–178	CN Power[72]
March 24, 2013	Rideau Valley Vixens	Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Ottawa, ON	The Bunker	168–155	Rideau Valley[72]
March 30, 2013	Windy City Second Wind	Windy City Rollers – Chicago, IL	UIC Pavilion (Chicago, IL)	231–179	CN Power[73]
March 31, 2013	Windy City All Stars	Windy City Rollers – Chicago, IL	Lombard Roller Rink (Chicago, IL)	377–95	Windy City[74]
April 26, 2013	New Skids On The Block	Montreal Roller Derby – Montreal, QC	Arena St-Louis (Montreal, QC)	210–121	Montreal[75]
May 11, 2013	Black Sheep	Cincinnati Rollergirls – Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Gardens (Cincinnati, OH)	217–188	Cincinnati[76]
June 8, 2013	Flatliners	Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls – Bloomington, IN	Cardiac Arena (Bloomington, IN)	147–145	CN Power[77]
June 9, 2013	The Dynamite Dolls	Demolition City Roller Derby – Evansville, IN	Cardiac Arena	234–90	CN Power[78]
August 10, 2013	Brewcity All Stars	Brewcity Bruisers – Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee Sports Complex (Milwaukee, WI)[79]	301–98	CN Power[80]
September 27, 2013	Sacrificers	Sacred City Derby Girls – Sacramento, CA	Oregon State Fair Pavilion (Salem, OR)[81]	215–90	CN Power[82]
September 27, 2013	Dirty South Derby Girls	Atlanta Rollergirls – Atlanta, GA	Oregon State Fair Pavilion (Salem, OR)[81]	219–171	Atlanta[83]
September 28, 2013	Boston Massacre	Boston Derby Dames - Boston, MA	Oregon State Fair Pavilion (Salem, OR)[81]	204-198	CN Power[84]
September 29, 2013	VRDL All Stars	Victorian Roller Derby League - Melbourne, VIC	Oregon State Fair Pavilion (Salem, OR)[81]	208-124	Victorian[85]
October 19, 2013	Grand Raggidy All Stars	Grand Raggidy Roller Girls - Grand Rapids, MI	The Bunker	200-54	CN Power[86]
February 8, 2014	Team Ontario All Stars	Team Ontario - Ontario	The Bunker	211-152	CN Power[87]
March 16, 2014	Killamazoo Derby Darlins	Killamazoo Derby Darlins – Kalamazoo, MI	The Bunker	394-92	CN Power[88]
March 22, 2014	Flatliners	Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls – Bloomington, IN	The Bunker	384-69	CN Power[89]
March 22, 2014	New Skids On The Block	Montreal Roller Derby — Montreal, QC	The Bunker	233-216	Montreal[90]
March 23, 2014	Ohio Roller Girls A-Team	Ohio Roller Girls – Columbus, OH	The Bunker	185-172	Ohio[90]
April 12, 2014	London Brawling	London Rollergirls - London, UK	Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre (Guildford, UK)	477-41	London[91]
April 13, 2014	Detroit All-Stars	Detroit Derby Girls - Detroit, MI	Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre	199-159	Detroit[92]
April 13, 2014	5280 Fight Club	Rocky Mountain Rollergirls - Denver, CO	Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre	357-100	Rocky[93]
April 25, 2014	New Skids On The Block	Montreal Roller Derby — Montreal, QC	Arena St-Louis (Montreal, QC)	218-155	Montreal[94]
May 10, 2014	Steel Hurtin'	Steel City Roller Derby - Pittsburgh, PA	Romp N Roll - Glenshaw, PA[95]	156-136	Steel City[96]
May 17, 2014	New Jax City Rollers	Jacksonville RollerGirls - Jacksonville, FL	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Ft Wayne, IN)[97]	243-116	Jacksonville[98]
May 18, 2014	Jet City Bombers	Jet City Roller Girls - Everett, WA	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	235-86	CN Power[98]
May 18, 2014	Black Sheep	Cincinnati Rollergirls – Cincinnati, OH	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	370-83	CN Power[98]
May 24, 2014	Brandywine Belligerents	Brandywine Roller Girls - Downington, PA	The Bunker	296-90	CN Power[99]
July 12, 2014	Charm City All Stars	Charm City Roller Girls - Baltimore, MD	The Gardens Ice House (Laurel, MD)[100]	282-146	Charm[101]
August 9, 2014	Music City All Stars	Nashville Rollergirls - Nashville, TN	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, TN)[102]	231-178	CN Power[103]
September 19, 2014	Windy City All Stars	Windy City Rollers - Chicago, IL	Ford Center (Evansville, IN)[104]	327-80	Windy City[105]
September 20, 2014	Houston All Stars	Houston Roller Derby - Houston, TX	Ford Center	220-140	CN Power[106]
September 20, 2014	Tent City Terrors	Arizona Roller Derby - Phoenix, AZ	Ford Center	167-137	Arizona[107]
September 21, 2014	Steel Hurtin'	Steel City Roller Derby - Pittsburgh, PA	Ford Center	184-170	CN Power[108]

CN Power/ToRD All-Stars WFTDA bouting history 2015-2016
Date	Opponent	League and City	Site	Final Score	Winner
March 21, 2015	Boston Massacre	Boston Derby Dames - Boston, MA	The Bunker - Toronto, ON	229 – 174	CN Power[109]
March 21, 2015	Rideau Valley Vixens	Rideau Valley Roller Girls - Ottawa, ON	The Bunker	186 – 154	CN Power[109]
March 22, 2015	Steel Hurtin'	Steel City Roller Derby - Pittsburgh, PA	The Bunker	235 – 191	CN Power[109][110]
April 24, 2015	New Skids on the Block	Montreal Roller Derby - Montreal, QC	Arena St Louis (Montreal)	180-171	Montreal[111]
May 16, 2015	Kansas City Roller Warriors All-Stars	Kansas City Roller Warriors - Kansas City, MO	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum (Fort Wayne, IN)	191 – 188	CN Power[112]
May 17, 2015	St. Louis All-Stars	Arch Rival Roller Girls - St. Louis, MO	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	230 – 74	Arch Rival[112]
May 17, 2015	Army of Darkness	Dallas Derby Devils - Dallas, TX	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	167 – 127	Dallas[112]
June 20, 2015	Tornado Sirens	Naptown Roller Girls - Indianapolis, IN	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis)	186 - 175	CN Power[113]
June 21, 2015	All Stars	Ohio Roller Girls - Columbus, OH	Integrity Moving and Storage Warehouse (Columbus)	205 - 160	Ohio[114]
August 8, 2015	All Stars	Rat City Rollergirls - Seattle, WA	Royal City Curling Club (New Westminster, BC)[115]	273-61	Rat City[116]
August 8, 2015	All-Stars	Calgary Roller Derby Association - Calgary, AB	Royal City Curling Club	243-171	CN Power[116]
August 9, 2015	All-Stars	Terminal City Rollergirls - Vancouver, BC	Royal City Curling Club	239-122	Terminal City[116]
October 2, 2015	Lake Effect Furies	Queen City Roller Girls - Buffalo, NY	Ralston Arena (Omaha, NE)[117]	232-229	Queen City[118]
October 3, 2015	Boston Massacre	Boston Derby Dames - Boston, MA	Ralston Arena	212-127	Boston[118]
October 4, 2015	Windy City All-Stars	Windy City Rollers - Chicago, IL	Ralston Arena	215-138	Windy City[118]
March 19, 2016	Les Duchesses	Roller Derby Québec - Quebec City, QC	The Bunker	212-97	ToRD All-Stars[119][120]
March 19, 2016	Lake Effect Furies	Queen City Roller Girls - Buffalo, NY	The Bunker	257-96	Queen City[119][120]
March 20, 2016	Tri-City Thunder	Tri-City Roller Derby - Kitchener-Waterloo, ON	The Bunker	207-158	Tri-City[119][120]
April 17, 2016	Windy City All-Stars	Windy City Rollers - Chicago, IL	Detroit Masonic Temple (Detroit, MI)	307-52	Windy City[121]
April 22, 2016	New Skids on the Block	Montreal Roller Derby - Montreal, QC	Arena St Louis (Montreal)	430-67	Montreal[122]
May 21, 2016	Kill Stars	Killamazoo Derby Darlins - Kalamazoo, MI	Wings Event Center (Kalamazoo)	193-139	ToRD All-Stars[123]
June 17, 2016	Tornado Sirens	Naptown Roller Girls - Indianapolis, IN	Sportsplex (Feasterville, PA)	263-94	Naptown[124]
June 18, 2016	All-Stars	Charm City Roller Girls - Baltimore, MD	Sportsplex	279-148	Charm[124]
June 19, 2016	Boston Massacre	Boston Roller Derby - Boston, MA	Sportsplex	305-81	Boston[124]
August 20, 2016	Steel Hurtin'	Steel City Roller Derby - Pittsburgh, PA	Romp N Roll (Glenshaw, PA)	384-34	Steel[125]

     indicates game result was officially sanctioned by the WFTDA

WFTDA competition

CN Power, initially representing Toronto in the WFTDA's North Central Region, received their first ranking at the conclusion of the 2011 WFTDA season, and debuted at 17th in the region.^[126] At the conclusion of the first quarter of 2012, this ranking had improved to 15th, and after the second quarter, another improvement, to 13th.^[126] In 2013, the WFTDA did away with regional rankings, and changed to ranking all member leagues from top to bottom; as of April 2013, Toronto was ranked 49th out of 155 ranked teams overall.^[127] In July 2013, it was announced that Toronto had moved 10 spots up in the rankings, to 39th overall, qualifying them for their first appearance in the WFTDA Division 1 playoffs, held in September 2013 in Salem, Oregon.^[128] On the first day of the tournament, Toronto, seeded 10th in the tournament,^[81] upset the 7th-seeded Sacred City Derby Girls in their first bout of the weekend, 215–90.^[82] This set up a bout versus the 2nd-seeded Atlanta Rollergirls, who defeated Toronto 219–171.^[83] On the Saturday, CN Power upset the 6th-seeded Boston Derby Dames, narrowly defeating them 204-198, and qualified for the bout to determine 5th place on the Sunday,^[84] where they fell 208-124 to the All Stars from the Victorian Roller Derby League, ending the tournament with a 6th-place finish.^[85] As of March 31, 2014, Toronto was ranked 13th in the WFTDA,^[127] making Toronto the highest-ranked team in Canada for the first time.^[129]

In 2014, CN Power qualified for the WFTDA playoffs for the second time, with an overall ranking of 23,^[127] earning them an appearance at their second consecutive Division 1 playoff tournament, held September 19–21 in Evansville, Indiana.^[130] Toronto entered the tournament as the 6th seed,^[131] and played their first game of the tournament against the Windy City Rollers of Chicago, losing 327-80, relegating them to the consolation bracket.^[105] Toronto then defeated the All Stars of Houston Roller Derby 220-140,^[106] lost to Arizona Roller Derby 167-137^[107] and defeated Steel City Roller Derby of Pittsburgh, 184-170,^[108] to finish the tournament in 7th place.^[131]

In 2015, CN Power again qualified for the WFTDA Division 1 playoffs, entering as the 8th seed in Omaha, Nebraska, and lost all 3 of their games to end the tournament in 10th place.^[118]

Rankings

Season	Final ranking[132]	Playoffs	Championship
2011	17 NC	DNQ	DNQ
2012	14 NC	DNQ	DNQ
2013	29 WFTDA[133]	6 D1[81]	DNQ
2014	28 WFTDA[134]	7 D1[135]	DNQ
2015	41 WFTDA[136]	10 D1[137]	DNQ

Quad City Chaos

Montreal's New Skids On The Block vs CN Power, Quad City Chaos Tournament, March 28, 2010

Toronto Roller Derby hosts an invitational tournament called Quad City Chaos each March, bringing in three WFTDA Division 1 leagues' A teams to play the All-Stars, along with B teams. In 2015 the leagues were the Boston Derby Dames, Steel City Roller Derby from Pittsburgh and the Rideau Valley Roller Girls from Ottawa.^[110][138]

Bay Street Bruisers

The Bay Street Bruisers were one of the original six home teams when the league started play in 2007, but disbanded in early 2009 along with the original D'VAS.^[3] In 2011 the Bruisers name was resurrected for a "B team", to be a secondary travel squad in addition to CN Power. In October 2011, it was announced that they intended to start game play in 2012.^[3] The Bruisers uniforms are navy blue and gold, and feature a necktie detail, referencing their namesake in Toronto's financial district, Bay Street. On May 20, 2012, The Bruisers played their first interleague bout against the Ohio Roller Girls' B-team, Gang Green, bowing to the Ohio team, 163–109.^[139] In July 2012, the Bruisers competed at the Roller Derby Association of Canada's Eastern Region Championship tournament, held in Guelph, Ontario, and finished the tournament in first place, defeating the All Stars from Forest City Derby Girls (London, Ontario) in the final, 163–88.^[140] The Bruisers' roster is determined using the same tryout process that determines the CN Power roster.

ToRD in the media

Toronto Roller Derby skaters play an exhibition bout at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Whip It, September 13, 2009

Whip It promotion

During the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, Drew Barrymore's film Whip It had its North American premiere. To help promote the film, Toronto Roller Derby skaters wore "Hurl Scouts" uniforms from the movie,^[141] while others from the league held a public exhibition bout at Yonge-Dundas Square, an event which was attended by the stars of the film at halftime, giving Toronto Roller Derby their largest media exposure to date.^[142] ToRD's luck in securing the premiere, the legacy of the film festival event, and the film itself, have contributed to larger crowds and greater numbers of women trying out for the league.^[143][144]

Rogers TV

Since 2010, Rogers TV in Toronto has been airing playoff games from the Toronto Roller Derby house league season, beginning with the Championship Bout from November 2010,^[145] which was the first time a complete ToRD event was broadcast on local television. Starting in 2011, Rogers property CITY-TV has been providing regular news coverage on CityNews, provided by sports anchor Kathryn Humphreys, as well as Hugh Burrill.^[35]

Roller Derby World Cup

It was announced in early 2011 that Toronto Roller Derby was chosen to host the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup.^[25] In early December 2011 the event saw teams representing 13 countries in a four-day tournament held at The Bunker at Downsview Park.^{[4][146][147]} League member Brim Stone, captain of both the Gore-Gore Rollergirls as well as CN Power,^[148] was named to Team Canada for the event,^[4][149] and was also named co-captain for the team.^[150] The event was won by Team USA who defeated Team Canada in the final.^[150]

On December 29, 2013, five members of Toronto Roller Derby were announced as having made the 2014 Team Canada roster for the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup, to be held in Dallas, Texas: Bala Reina, Dusty, Dyna Hurtcha, Nasher the Smasher and Rainbow Fight.^[151] All five skaters are members of CN Power.

See also

• Roller derby
• History of roller derby
• List of roller derby leagues

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