WFTDA News

The latest news and updates for WFTDA Members.

WFTDA Welcomes Five New Members

By WFTDA posted 03-01-2024
The WFTDA is pleased to welcome our newest Member Leagues accepted in January 2024. These leagues can now enjoy the benefits of WFTDA Membership, including rankings eligibility, voting rights in important leadership elections and other organizational issues, as well as having a voice in shaping the ...

Statement on Latin America Region and Championships

By WFTDA posted 02-27-2024
Declaración sobre la región de América Latina y los campeonatos El personal y el liderazgo de la WFTDA están conscientes de las preocupaciones que algunos miembros de la comunidad mundial de roller derby han expresado en relación con el sistema competitivo actualizado de la WFTDA y el proceso de selección ...

Officiating Applications Now Open for 2024 WFTDA Postseason

By WFTDA posted 02-21-2024
Applications for Officials who wish to officiate the 2024 WFTDA Regional and Global Championships are now open. The Regional Championship for each region will take place in May or June 2024. The Global Championship will take place November 1-3, 2024 in Portland, Oregon, USA. For information on the ...

WFTDA Announces New Regional Competitive System and Championships

By WFTDA posted 02-21-2024
The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) launched a new regional competitive system and an adjusted rankings algorithm in early 2023 . In this new system, WFTDA revised its game policies to allow for the following: Teams are assigned to a region based on their geographic location, and may ...

WFTDA Anti-Racism Team (ART) Project Report and Strategic Plan Released

By WFTDA posted 10-27-2023
The WFTDA has released the WFTDA Anti-Racism Team (ART) Project Report, which is the culmination of Phase One of the ART Project. This report envisions anti-racist and equity-based functions in every aspect of the organization, and is the lens through which the WFTDA Board of Directors has created ...

Rankings Website Updated with Exciting New Features

By WFTDA posted 09-13-2023
WFTDA Competitive Play is excited to announce the soft launch of our freshly updated Rankings and Stats website at stats.wftda.com . These updates include incorporating the new rankings algorithm, adding new teams that have started sanctioned play, and introducing a new predictor tool. Earlier in ...

WFTDA Competitive System Updated

By WFTDA posted 06-07-2023
The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) has updated its competitive system and rankings to support the recovery of its member leagues and the sport of roller derby. A Competitive Play Task Force composed of volunteers (WFTDA leadership, skaters, officials, and coaches) from leagues around the ...

WFTDA Releases 2023 Clarifications to the Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby

By WFTDA posted 02-02-2023
The WFTDA Rules Committee has made some adjustments to the Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby, which will be effective immediately. The adjustments are as follows: Rules Updates 2.3 Engagement Zone: Clarified that Skaters who are illegally blocked while out of play or out of bounds may legally ...

Updated COVID-19 Guidelines for WFTDA Member Leagues

By WFTDA posted 07-12-2022
With the COVID-19 virus variants rising and falling at different times around the world, and many localities and countries no longer reporting testing data, the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Leadership team and COVID-19 Medical Task Force have updated the WFTDA COVID-19 Guidelines, and ...

Announcing 2022 WFTDA “BACK ON TRACK” Events Series

By WFTDA posted 03-18-2022
In 2022, the WFTDA will host “Back on Track,” a global celebration of roller derby that will take place over a two-month period in September and October 2022, with capstone broadcast events to kickoff and closeout our celebration. This series of events will highlight our members' ability to come back ...

WFTDA Rules Committee Releases 2022 Adjustments to The Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby

By WFTDA posted 02-28-2022
The WFTDA Rules Committee has released adjustments to The Rules of Flat Track Roller Derby that were delayed during the pandemic. This revision is dated February 15, 2022 and is effective immediately, as sanctioning and rankings will continue to be on hold through 2022 to allow all Member Leagues to ...

February 2022 Adjustment to COVID-19 Return to Play Guidelines and Recovery Plan

By WFTDA posted 02-22-2022
Based on changes to quarantine recommendations and to clarify member league responsibilities, the WFTDA COVID-19 Medical Team has made an adjustment to the section of the WFTDA COVID-19 Return to Roller Derby Guidelines and Recovery Plan that pertains to leagues pausing due to a positive case in the ...

Announcing Plans for 2022 WFTDA Roller Derby Events

By WFTDA posted 01-26-2022
WFTDA Leadership and the Competitive Play Committee are pleased to announce our plans for WFTDA roller derby events in 2022. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be an enormous challenge for our world and our sport, we want to bring our members from all over the globe together so that we can begin to ...

Gearing Up for Roller Derby: Savings On the Gear You Need to Get Back on Track

By WFTDA posted 11-22-2021
Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has been presenting incredible challenges for the roller derby community’s ability to get back to playing the sport we love. We know that roller derby businesses and leagues have been hit incredibly hard, financially, and as we have planned our recovery path, we’ve tried ...

Updated WFTDA COVID-19 Guidelines for Member Leagues Effective Oct. 1

By WFTDA posted 10-01-2021
As previously communicated to WFTDA Member League representatives, the WFTDA COVID-19 Medical Task Force has updated the COVID-19 Return to Roller Derby Guidelines and Recovery Plan , effective October 1, 2021. The updated guidelines are now available for download. In 2020, the WFTDA assembled a team ...

WFTDI Wellness Launches New Online Wellness Community

By WFTDA posted 09-17-2021
WFTDI Wellness , brought to you by WFTDA Insurance , is excited to team up with the Phoenix Project to provide an invaluable wellness resource for our community! The Phoenix Project (Phoenix, for short) is a caring digital community that supports mental health and wellness—anywhere, anytime. ...

WFTDA Announces COVID-19 Recovery Fund to Help Roller Derby Get Back on Track

By WFTDA posted 07-27-2021
We all know the effect COVID-19 and the cancellation of last year's season had on roller derby. To help rebuild our community and our sport, we are establishing the WFTDA COVID-19 Recovery Fund. This fund will provide microgrants to leagues or other roller derby organizations to help support our community ...

Updated COVID-19 Return to Play Guidelines Released

By WFTDA posted 06-18-2021
The WFTDA is excited to bring you the next version of our Return to Play Guidelines and Recommendations, which you can access here . Our new COVID-19 Recovery Plan is created with the goal of reducing the risk to your league and local communities, your family, workplace, and friends. This version ...

RETURN TO TRAINING - A WFTDA INCUBATOR SESSION

By Bonezi posted 04-14-2021
After releasing the updates in our Return to Play Guidelines and the new beginner curriculum "This is Roller Derby" we want to come together as a community to start the conversation around getting back on track. We want to hear what you've been working on to get ready! Tell your league to come join ...

Spring Elections!

By Legs posted 04-06-2021
ELECTIONS! The call for nominations is out for the spring elections. We would love to see membership step forward and nominate a diverse group of people, especially BIPOC members, and members from under represented communities. Please take a moment to share widely and also nominate those that ...