Metro area | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Country | United States |
Founded | August 2005 |
Teams | Muñecas Muertas (A team) Juggernaughties (B team) Disco Brawlers Dooms Dames Hobots Marionettes ( junior roller derby) |
Track type(s) | Flat |
Venue | Heights Community Center |
Affiliations | WFTDA |
Website | dukecityderby.com |
Duke City Roller Derby (DCRD) is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 2005, Duke City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]
Founded in 2005, [2] Duke City is the oldest roller derby organization in Albuquerque. [3] Early on, the league comprised three teams based in Albuquerque, one in Santa Fe [4] and one in Rio Rancho. [2] By 2009, the league had moved its home events to the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, with the hopes of drawing 1,000 fans per game. [5]
Originally in the WFTDA's West Region, Duke City was moved to the South Central Region in 2011. [6] Duke City has been credited with developing "slow derby" strategies that are still employed by top teams in the WFTDA. [7] [8]
Duke City has three home teams, comprising the Disco Brawlers, Dooms Dames and Hobots. Duke City has two travel teams, the Juggernaughties B-team, and the Muñecas Muertas - "Murder Dolls" [4] - A team, which competes against other A teams of members of the WFTDA. [9]
Duke City also operates a junior roller derby branch called the Marionettes, for girls between the ages of 8 and 17. [10]
Duke City's all-star travel team, the Mueñcas Muertas, represented the league at the first WFTDA Championships in 2006, where they finished 19th out of 20 teams. [11] At the 2007 WFTDA Western Regional Tournament Duke City won their opening game 110–82 over the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, [12] but then lost to Tucson Roller Derby in the quarterfinals, 166–41. [13] At the 2008 Western Regional, Duke City opened with a victory over Pikes Peak Derby Dames and then upset the defending WFTDA Champion Kansas City Roller Warriors 132–117, automatically qualifying for Championships. [14] Duke City then lost to Bay Area in the semifinals and Rat City Rollergirls in the third place game to finish Westerns in fourth place. [14] At Championships in Portland, Duke City lost their opening round game to Gotham Girls Roller Derby 182–25. [15] At the 2009 Western Regional, Duke City lost the fifth place game to Bay Area 105–103 to finish in sixth place. [16] As the eighth seed at the 2009 Western Playoff, Duke City lost their opening games to Tucson and Denver, before falling to Sacred City Derby Girls to finish in tenth place. [17]
Ahead of the 2013 season, the WFTDA restructured its playoff system and that year Duke City qualified for the first Division 2 Playoff in Des Moines, Iowa as the sixth seed. [18] Duke City defeated the Omaha Rollergirls 212–189 to finish in seventh place. [19]
Season | Final ranking [20] | Playoffs | Championship |
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2006 | 15 WFTDA [21] | — | 19 [11] |
2007 | 16 WFTDA [22] | QF W [13] | DNQ |
2008 | NR [23] | 4 W [14] | R1 [15] |
2009 | 7 W [24] | 6 W [16] | DNQ |
2010 | 11 W [25] | 10 W [17] | DNQ |
2011 | 13 SC [26] | DNQ | DNQ |
2012 | 13 SC [27] | DNQ | DNQ |
2013 | 55 WFTDA [28] | 7 D2 [19] | DNQ |
2014 | 107 WFTDA [29] | DNQ | DNQ |
2015 | 181 WFTDA [30] | DNQ | DNQ |
2016 | 136 WFTDA [31] | DNQ | DNQ |
Duke City members do community outreach and fundraising, for organizations such as Ronald McDonald House and the Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico. [32]