Treasure Valley Rollergirls

The Treasure Valley Rollergirls (TVR) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 2006, Treasure Valley is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

Treasure Valley Rollergirls
Metro areaBoise, ID
CountryUnited States
Founded2006
TeamsAll Stars (A team)
Boise River Rollers (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueCenturyLink Arena Boise
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.tvrderby.com
TVR (in their original livery) vs. Utah's Wasatch Midnight Terror in 2010

History and organization

Treasure Valley was formed in February 2006, shortly after the television series Rollergirls began airing, and played its first season the following year.[2] In January 2008, it faced the top teams in the Northwest in a tournament hosted by the Rat City Rollergirls.[3] Around this point, it had four teams: the B-Town Battalion, Cell Block B, the Devil's Darlings and the Derailers, but these were subsequently disbanded[4] shortly after the omnibus league moved from its grass roots beginnings at Expo Idaho in Garden City to Century Link Arena in downtown Boise.

The league was accepted into the WFTDA Apprentice Program in April 2010,[5] and became a full member of the WFTDA in September 2011.[6] Treasure Valley began hosting a tournament in its own right, the annual SpudTown Knockdown, an international annual two-day double bracket elimination tournament (typically held at what is now Century Link Arena in downtown Boise over the Labor Day weekend).[7][8][9] Characterized as "the Best of the Rest of the West," as it took place prior to the WFTDA's annual Playoff tournaments,[10] the fourth annual SpudTown Knockdown, in a return to the TVR's roots, was held at Expo Idaho on July 20–21, 2013.[11]

WFTDA competition

Treasure Valley has competed at WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs numerous times, most recently at the Division 2 Playoffs and Championship in 2017 as the #13 seed in Pittsburgh, where they lost both their games to finish out of the medals.[12]

Rankings
Season Final ranking[13] Playoffs Championship
2012 21 W[14] DNQ DNQ
2013 43 WFTDA[15] 3 D2[16] DNQ
2014 69 WFTDA[17] 5 D2[18] DNQ
2015 58 WFTDA[19] 10 D2[20] DNQ
2016 62 WFTDA[21] DNQ DNQ
2017 62 WFTDA[22] N/A CR D2[12]
  • CR = consolation round

References
  1. "Treasure Valley Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. Chad Dryden, "A different kind of roller derby", Idaho Statesman, March 13, 2007
  3. Athima Chansanchai, "Rat City roller girls get ready to rumble", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 31, 2008
  4. Denise "Jake" Freeman, "Skate A Little Lower Now ...", Boise Weekly, March 21, 2007
  5. "WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 13 New Leagues", WFTDA, 8 April 2010
  6. "WFTDA Welcomes 7 New Members", WFTDA, 1 September 2011
  7. Lang, Aaron. "Spudtown Knockdown". Boise Weekly.
  8. http://www.derbynews.net/live/events/2011/09/spudtown_knockdown
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-06-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Fragglepuss (29 August 2012). "SpudTown Knockdown 3: An Interview with CandyMan, Tournament Director".
  11. "Treasure Valley Roller Derby –". www.treasurevalleyrollergirls.net.
  12. "2017 WFTDA D2 Tournaments: Pittsburgh Central". Derby Central. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  13. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  14. "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  15. "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  16. "August 16-18, 2013: Des Moines, Iowa - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  17. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  18. "August 15-17, 2014: Duluth, Minnesota, USA - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  19. "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  20. "August 21 - 23, 2015 - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  21. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  22. "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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