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{{Short description|Roller derby league}}
{{Infobox roller derby league
| name = Naptown Roller Derby
| founded = 2006
| dissolved =
| metro area = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| country = [[United States]]
| logo = Naptown Roller Girls logo.gif
| tracks = Flat
| venue = [[Indiana Farmers Coliseum]]<br>[[Indiana Convention Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://naptownrollergirls.com/schedule/home_bouts/ |title=Home Bouts :: Naptown Roller Girls :: Indianapolis Flat-Track Roller Derby |publisher=Naptown Roller Girls |access-date=2011-12-15}}</ref>
| teams = '''The Tornado Sirens''' (A team)<br>The Warning Belles (B team)<br>The 3rd Alarm (C team)
| affiliations = [[WFTDA]]
| orgtype =
| url = {{url|https://www.naptownrollerderby.com/}}
}}
'''Naptown Roller Derby''' ('''NRD''') is a women's flat-track [[roller derby]] league based in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]. Founded in 2006, the league started their 10th season in March 2016.<ref name="hip check">{{cite web|last1=Scheer|first1=Robert|title=Hip-check out 10 years of Naptown Roller Girls action|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2016/02/25/naptown-roller-girls/80946486/|website=Indianapolis Star|access-date=9 December 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> Naptown Roller Derby is a member of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]] (WFTDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wftda.com/leagues/naptown |title=Naptown Roller Girls – Women’s Flat Track Derby Association |publisher=Wftda.com |access-date=2011-12-15}}</ref> The home bouts of Naptown Roller Derby are held at the [[Indiana State Fairgrounds]] in Indianapolis.

==League history==
Naptown Roller Girls first formed in 2006, with ad hoc practices in public spaces, and first held a competitive bout in 2007.<ref name="becoming">{{cite web|last1=Dean|first1=Devon|title=Becoming a Naptown Roller Girl|url=http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/becoming-a-naptown-roller-girl/Content?oid=2784507|website=NUVO|access-date=9 December 2016|date=17 March 2014}}</ref> Naptown was announced as a member of the [[WFTDA]] in December 2007.<ref name="new member">{{cite web|title=The WFTDA Newsletter - December 2007|url=http://www.wftda.com/newsletters/12_2007.html|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513183136/http://www.wftda.com/newsletters/12_2007.html|archive-date=13 May 2008|date=December 2007}}</ref> By early 2008 NRG was repeatedly selling out events at the [[Indiana State Fairgrounds]], with nearly 4,500 in attendance on February 9 of that year.<ref name="perfect">{{cite web|last1=Schouten|first1=Cory|title=Roller Girls seek perfect attendance|url=http://www.ibj.com/blogs/4-the-score/post/1774-roller-girls-seek-perfect-attendance|publisher=Indianapolis Business Journal|access-date=9 December 2016|date=14 May 2008}}</ref> Naptown's top attendance mark was 4,978 at the [[Indiana Farmers Coliseum|Pepsi Coliseum]] with average attendance of 3,500 as of 2011.<ref name="Meet">{{cite web|last1=Woods|first1=David|title=Meet the women of the 21st century roller derby|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011111006019&odyssey=mod%7Cdnmiss%7Cumbrella%7C3|website=indystar.com|publisher=Indianapolis Star|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009132448/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011111006019&odyssey=mod%7Cdnmiss%7Cumbrella%7C3|archive-date=9 October 2011|date=6 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2009, Naptown was the host league for the [[WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament]] "Monumental Mayhem', held at the [[Indiana Convention Center]].<ref name="Meet" /><ref name="NC host">{{cite web|title=Monumental Mayhem WFTDA 2011 North Central Region Playoffs - Women’s Flat Track Derby Association|url=https://wftda.org/tournaments/2011/north-central|website=wftda.org|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>

In January 2017, the league announced it had changed its name to Naptown Roller Derby as part of an effort to be an "inclusive and supportive environment for skaters and staff."<ref name="name change">{{cite web|title=A Special Announcement! :: Naptown Roller Girls :: Indianapolis Flat-Track Roller Derby|url=http://www.naptownrollergirls.com/2017/01/a-special-announcement/|website=www.naptownrollergirls.com|access-date=3 January 2017|date=3 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="indy name">{{cite web|last1=Bartner|first1=Amy|title=Why are the Naptown Roller Girls changing their name?|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/01/04/why-naptown-roller-girls-changing-their-name/96115394/|website=Indianapolis Star|access-date=4 January 2017|date=4 January 2017}}</ref>

==Teams==
The league is composed of three teams at different levels of competitive play: The Tornado Sirens ''(A-Team)'', The Warning Belles ''(B-team)'' and The Third Alarm (''C-team)''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://naptownrollergirls.com/roster/ |title=Indianapolis Flat-Track Roller Derby |publisher=Naptown Roller Girls |access-date=2011-12-15}}</ref>

==WFTDA competition==
[[Image:Naptown Roller Girls 001 Klubens.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Tornado Sirens jammer Maiden America in 2011]]
Naptown's WFTDA A team, the Tornado Sirens, has consistently qualified for WFTDA Playoffs at various levels since 2010, including appearances at [[WFTDA Championships]] in 2011<ref name="2011 champs">{{cite web|last1=Marshall|first1=Justice Feelgood|title=Championships Opening Round: 2E Philly Bashes 3NC Naptown, 225-68 {{!}} Derby News Network|url=http://www.derbynews.net/2011/11/12/championships_opening_round_2e_philly_bashes_3nc_naptown_225_68/|publisher=Derby News Network|access-date=9 December 2016|date=12 November 2011}}</ref> and 2012.<ref name="2012 champs">{{cite web|last1=Marshall|first1=Justice Feelgood|title=Championships Quarterfinal: 1E Gotham Routs 3NC Naptown, 316-111 {{!}} Derby News Network|url=http://www.derbynews.net/2012/11/03/championships_quarterfinal_1e_gotham_routs_3nc_naptown_316_111/|publisher=Derby News Network|access-date=9 December 2016|date=3 November 2012}}</ref> Naptown qualified for the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2|WFTDA Division 2]] Playoffs and Championship in 2017 as the twelfth seed in [[Pittsburgh]], and finished in third place with a 215-144 victory over [[Dublin Roller Derby]].<ref name="2017 D2">{{cite web|last1=Fristoe|first1=Chelsea|title=3rd Place: #12 Naptown Knocks Out #16 Dublin, 215-144|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2017/08/12-naptown-knocks-16-dublin/|publisher=Derby Central|access-date=5 January 2018|date=20 August 2017}}</ref> In 2018 the league declined invitation to the WFTDA Playoffs, citing the cost of travel.<ref name="2018 decline">{{cite web |title=2018 WFTDA Playoff Bracket Releases to a Record Number of Declines |url=https://thederbyapex.com/2018-wftda-playoff-bracket-releases-to-a-record-number-of-declines-fdc66b296ba6 |website=The Apex |access-date=18 January 2019 |date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

===Rankings===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Season
![[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Rankings|Final ranking]]<ref>"[https://wftda.com/category/rankings/ Current Rankings]", WFTDA</ref>
!Playoffs
![[WFTDA Championships|Championship]]
|-
|2008
|5 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings – WFTDA|url=http://wftda.com/rankings|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202070211/http://wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=2 February 2009}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|2009
|11 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings – WFTDA|url=http://wftda.com/rankings|website=wftda.com|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430194525/http://wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=30 April 2010}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|''DNQ''
|-
|2010
|6 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings – WFTDA|url=http://wftda.com/rankings/|website=wftda.com|access-date=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302222136/http://wftda.com/rankings/|archive-date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
|6 [[WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament|NC]]<ref>"[http://wftda.org/tournaments/2010/thunda-on-the-tundra Thunda on the Tundra 2010 North Central Region Playoffs]", WFTDA</ref>
|''DNQ''
|-
|2011
|3 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Rankings|url=http://wftda.com/rankings|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125085842/http://wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=25 January 2012}}</ref>
|3 [[WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament|NC]]<ref name="2011 NC">{{cite web|title=North Central Third Place: 4NC Naptown Advances to Championships Over 2NC Detroit, 136-125 {{!}} Derby News Network|url=http://www.derbynews.net/2011/10/10/north_central_third_place_4nc_naptown_advances_championships_over_2nc_detroit_136_125/|publisher=Derby News Network|access-date=9 December 2016|date=10 October 2011}}</ref>
|R1<ref name="2011 champs" />
|-
|2012
|3 [[North Central Region (WFTDA)|NC]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Rankings|url=http://www.wftda.com/rankings|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings|archive-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
|3 [[WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament|NC]]<ref name="2012 NC">{{cite web|last1=Marshall|first1=Justice Feelgood|title=NC 3rd Place: 3NC Naptown Slams 5NC Ohio, 222-86 {{!}} Derby News Network|url=http://www.derbynews.net/2012/09/16/nc_3rd_place_3nc_naptown_slams_5nc_ohio_222_86/|publisher=Derby News Network|access-date=9 December 2016|date=16 September 2012}}</ref>
|QF<ref name="2012 champs" />
|-
|2013
|12 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2013|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2013/|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>
|4 [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1|D1]]<ref name="2013 D1">{{cite web|last1=Marshall|first1=Justice Feelgood|title=D1R 3rd: (1) Angel City Rejects (4) Naptown, 222-130 {{!}} Derby News Network|url=http://www.derbynews.net/2013/09/15/d1r_3rd_1_angel_city_rejects_4_naptown_222_130/|publisher=Derby News Network|access-date=9 December 2016|date=15 September 2013}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|-
|2014
|27 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2014/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>
|6 [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1|D1]]<ref name="2014 D1">{{cite web|title=Sept. 26-28 – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Women’s Flat Track Derby Association|url=https://wftda.org/tournaments/2014/salt-lake-city|website=wftda.org|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|-
|2015
|46 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2015/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref>
|3 [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2|D2]]<ref name="2015 D2">{{cite web|last1=Deadwards|first1=Lisa|title=D2D 3rd Place: Naptown wears out Chicago Outfit, 190-107|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2015/08/d2d-3rd-place-4-naptown-48-wears-out-6-chicago-outfit-52-190-107/|publisher=Derby Central|access-date=9 December 2016|date=30 August 2015}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|-
|2016
|31 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2016/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>
|10 [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1|D1]]<ref name="2016 D1">{{cite web|last1=Sherman|first1=Zach Nomad|title=D1V: #10 Arizona holds down #6 Naptown, 197-142|url=http://www.derbycentral.net/2016/09/d1v-10-arizona-holds-down-6-naptown-197-142/|publisher=Derby Central|access-date=9 December 2016|date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
|''DNQ''
|-
|2017
|45 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2017/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>
|''NA''
|3 [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2|D2]]<ref name="2017 D2" />
|-
|2018
|28 WFTDA<ref>{{cite web |title=Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA |url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2018/ |website=wftda.com |publisher=WFTDA |access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
|''DNP''<ref name="2018 decline" />
|''DNQ''
|}
* ''DNP = did not play''

==In the community==
Local brewery [[Sun King Brewing]] produces an [[Beer in the United States|American brown ale]]<ref name="sun king">{{cite web|title=Naptown Brown|url=http://www.sunkingbrewing.com/naptown-brown.html|website=www.sunkingbrewing.com|publisher=Sun King Brewing|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> for Naptown called "Naptown Brown".<ref name="naptown brown">{{cite web|last1=Schoettle|first1=Anthony|title=Pacers, Sun King partner to launch Tip-Off Ale|url=http://www.ibj.com/blogs/4-the-score/post/55487-pacers-sun-king-partner-to-launch-tip-off-ale|publisher=Indianapolis Business Journal|access-date=9 December 2016|date=27 October 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==

*[https://www.naptownrollerderby.com/ Official Website]

{{WFTDA Division 2}}
{{Indiana Sports}}

[[Category:Roller derby leagues in Indiana]]
[[Category:Women's sports in the United States]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Indianapolis]]
[[Category:Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 2]]
[[Category:Roller derby leagues established in 2006]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Indiana]]

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