User:Smoify/BADGirls

B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls
Metro area	Oakland, CA
Founded	2004
Teams	Berkeley Resistance; Oakland Outlaws; Richmond Wrecking Belles; San Francisco ShEvil Dead; Golden Girls (All-Star Team);
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Craneway Pavillion
Affiliations	WFTDA
Org. type	non-profit
Website	bayareaderbygirls.com

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The B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, or B.A.D. Girls, is an all female flat-track roller derby league based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California^[1] . B.A.D. Girls was founded in 2004 and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). B.A.D. Girls is a skater owned and operated 501 (c)(3) non-profit league. The league is composed of 4 member teams for intra-league play, and an all-star travel team that competes with other leagues. B.A.D. Girls has earned a bid to the WFTDA National Championships three times, competed in the WFTDA Western Regional tournament every single year since its inception and have ranked as high as #3 in WFTDA’s Western Region^[2] .

Teams[edit]

The league is composed of four local teams. A fifth travel team, the Golden Girls, exists with membership drawn from the other four.

The local teams are

Berkeley Resistance
Oakland Outlaws
Richmond Wrecking Belles
San Francisco ShEvil Dead

Community Involvement[edit]

B.A.D Girls provides an environment for women of all athletic abilities to be around like-minded women and push themselves to a higher athletic ability. BAD started a recreation league in 2010, Reckless Rollers, which is composed of derby skaters in training, BAD alumni and league members, and any woman who does not want to make the committment to being on the league^[3] . Other community involvement includes representing in the San Francisco PRIDE Parade with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan in 2011, skating in the Piedmont Fourth of July Parade 2010 and 2011^[4] , and participating in a breast cancer fundraiser for Beats 4 Boobs^[5] .

References[edit]

External Links[edit]

B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls official website

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[1] "Bay Area Derby Girls homepage".

[2] "Women's Flat Track Derby Association list of leagues". WFTDA.

[3] "Reckless Rollers".

[4] "Ronada-Ramona Neighbors Win For Parade Float".

[5] "Beats for Boobs 2010".

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