Route 66 Roller Derby

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Route 66 Roller Derby
Metro areaAmarillo, TX
CountryUnited States
Founded2006
Dissolved2015
Track type(s)Flat
VenueAmarillo Civic Center
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.rt66rollerderby.com

Route 66 Roller Derby (Rt66RD) was a roller derby league based in Amarillo, Texas. Founded in 2006, the league consisted of a single team, which competed against teams from other leagues.

The league first began bouting at Amarillo Civic Center for the 2008 season.[1] By the middle of the year, it had already played teams from around the southern United States, and had skaters with a wide range of ages and backgrounds.[2]

In November 2009, Route 66 was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program,[3] where they remained through the end of 2014[4] before being removed from the list maintained by the WFTDA. The final game that Flat Track Stats lists them as playing was in November 2014, and they similarly list the organization as disbanding approximately in November 2015.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Route 66 Roller Derby Girls Partner with the Amarillo Civic Center", NewsChannel 10, April 1, 2008
  2. ^ John Mark Beilue, "Rejuvenated roller derby is a cat fight on wheels", Amarillo Globe News, August 3, 2008
  3. ^ "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 16 November 2009]
  4. ^ "Apprentice Leagues". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Route 66 Roller Derby". flattrackstats.com. Flat Track Stats. Retrieved 25 March 2017.