East_Texas_Bombers

East Texas Bombers

East Texas Bombers

Roller derby league

The East Texas Bombers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Lufkin, Texas. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues.

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The league was a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1] However, the Bombers left the organization in mid-2009, becoming only the second league to do so.[2] The league briefly disbanded, but reformed later in the year,[3] with the aim of regaining WFTDA Apprentice membership in 2012.[4] The league's director described the reformed group as a "brand new team".[5] As of 2016, the league comprised members from Lufkin, Central, Texas, Hudson, Texas, and Huntington, Texas.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Member Leagues". WFTDA. April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    Marshall, Justice Feelgood (30 July 2009). "WFTDA Releases Second-Quarter Rankings | Derby News Network". Derby News Network. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. [3]
    Jay Neal, "Resurgent roller derby alive and well in Jacksonville", Jacksonville Daily Progress, 14 June 2010
  4. [4]
    Vanessa Pearson, "Roller Derby Brings Women Of All Kinds To The Rink Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine", Tyler Morning Telegraph, 24 June 2011
  5. [5]
    "How They Roll[permanent dead link]", Longview News-Journal, 26 August 2010
  6. [6]
    "The Bombers To Host Memorial Day Roller Derby Tournament - Texas Forest Country Living". texasforestcountryliving.com. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  8. [8]
    ""12/8/2006 WFTDA National Rankings"". Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-23., WFTDA [version of 23 February 2007]
  9. [9]
    "Current WFTDA Rankings", Derby News Network, October 2007
  10. [10]
    "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2016.


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