The Eastern Regionals this past weekend brought a lot of surprises, especially considering which teams will be moving on to nationals in September. The top four are as follows:
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Windy City Rollers
Carolina Rollergirls
Detroit Derby Girls
This means there were be some major shake-ups in the WFTDA rankings. As of right now, Gotham sits at #10, Windy City at #14, Carolina at#7 and Detroit all the way down at #19 nationally. The Mad Rollin’ Dolls, Minnesota Rollergirls, and Philly Rollergirls all currently sit above Gotham but didn’t make the cut to Austin, while Providence Roller Derby and the Boston Derby Dames are both ranked above Detroit.
Obviously some major changes will be made to the Eastern rankings, which begs the question as to how everything will look as a whole after nationals. There is talk that the Western teams will sweep Austin, but teams like Gotham and Windy City have proven to be underestimated previously. It will most likely be difficult to figure out exactly how to move around everyone that isn’t in the top four of their region, not to mention what it will look like if one region completely dominates the tournament.
I wish I could have made it to the regionals, and I really REALLY wish I could make it to nationals - hopefully next year!
