Spindletop Roller Girls is a women's flat track
roller derby league based in
Beaumont, Texas. Founded in 2008, as of 2017 the league consists of a single All Star team that competes against teams from other leagues. Spindletop is a member of the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...
(WFTDA).
History
Founded in November 2008, by January 2009 the league had ten skaters and was hoping to recruit more, in order to put a bouting team together. The formation of the Bayou Outlaw Rollergirls, based in
Orange, Texas
Orange is a city and the county seat of Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 19,324. It is the easternmost city in Texas, located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, and is from Hous ...
, was inspired by the Spindletop league, and the two maintained close links. For the 2012 season, the Bayou Outlaws merged with Spindletop, becoming a new home team for the league.
Spindletop Roller Girls 2012 League Announcements
, Spindletop Roller Girls
Spindletop was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...
Program in January 2010,[Apprentice Leagues]
, WFTDA ersion of 23 March 2010/ref> and became a full member of the WFTDA in December.[WFTDA Welcomes Seven New Full Member Leagues]
", WFTDA, 1 December 2010
WFTDA rankings
References
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Sports in Beaumont, Texas
Roller derby leagues established in 2008
Roller derby leagues in Texas
Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3
2008 establishments in Texas