Rideau Valley Roller Girls – Roller Derby in Ottawa, ON

This past 2011 season has been an extra special one for us at RVRG. During the year, we have become a WFTDA apprentice league with hopes of becoming a full WFTDA League member before the year is out. We hosted the first ever CWRDA tournament and watched as 8 fierce teams from leagues all across eastern Canada fought for the prize. We held successful summer recruitment and have a great group of fresh meat who will be ready to join the league this fall.

The RVRG Slaughter Daughters took the Beast of the East 2011 by storm to win the tournament with a hard fought battle over ToRD’s Gore Gore Girls. Not a team to rest on their laurels, the Slaughter Daughters took the spirit of the Beast and went on to finish the 2011 home season undefeated! The Slaughter Daughters currently hold the number one spot on the Canadian Roller Derby House Team rankings.

Riot Squad continued their derby evolution in 2011. A new coach and new players has seen them end their season stronger and tougher than ever. We anticipate amazing things from them in 2012!

The Rideau Valley Vixens started the season off with a bang at the 2011 Quad City Chaos tournament and emerged with a whole new perspective and direction. With 3 more games left to play, the Vixens are looking to leave their mark on 2011.

The newly formed RVRG RefU (Referee Union) hosted it’s first ever referee clinic in 2011 and helped spread knowledge of the sport and our league to the surrounding communities all the while supporting another great charity.

Rideau Valley Roller Girls would like to send out a special thanks to all our volunteers, event staff, refs and NSOs, partner charities, league sponsors, WFTDA, the amazing derby leagues we’ve played in 2011 and of course, our fans. We couldn’t do this without you!

We can’t wait to see what 2012 has in store!

RVRG is proud to have been accepted into the WFTDA Apprentice Program

Great news, Ottawa!

The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is proud to announce that Rideau Valley Roller Girls (RVRG) has been accepted as an “Apprentice” affiliate of the WFTDA, the governing body for women’s amateur flat track roller derby.

As an Apprentice affiliate of the WFTDA, RVRG joins the ranks of more than 100 all-female, skater-owned-and-operated leagues nationwide that have united to lead the growing sport of women’s flat track roller derby.

About the WFTDA

The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association is the governing body for women’s flat-track roller derby, and a membership organization for the leagues to collaborate and network. The organization created and maintained the first standardized ruleset for the flat-track game, now in its fourth edition. The WFTDA also serves as the sanctioning body for games, hosts tournaments, sets safety standards and provides insurance to athletes and leagues. There are currently 78 WFTDA member leagues and more than 35 apprentice leagues in the United States, Canada and Europe.

YOWZA!!!! What a year it’s been for the Rideau Valley Roller Girls.

RVRG’s Slaughter Daughters are currently ranked #6 in Rollergirl.ca Canadian Roller Derby Ranking for House teams.

The Derby Nerd agrees, also ranking the Slaughter Daughters #6 in his Top 10 Eastern Canadian Hometeam rankings.

2010 was an awesome year for both RVRG home teams as well as its travel team. We rumbled with some of the best on the flat track and made some great friends along the way.

We’re only going to work harder so look for RVRG’s Riot Squad to join the Daughters in the top 10 rankings for 2011!

Here’s looking forward to another amazing year of roller derby.

We’re ready for it!