Dutchland Derby Rollers or Dutchland Rollers, is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2005, the Dutchland Rollers have been a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) since 2008.
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Dutchland Rollers was founded in 2006 by Jen "Josie Cuervo" Cole. By 2014, home games were attracting between 500 and 800 fans. The Dutchland Rollers league is composed of two interleague teams, the Dutchland All-Stars (A-Team) and the Dutchland Blitz (B-team). A third team, the C-level Orange Crush, was disbanded ahead of the 2016 season.
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The forfeit was ultimately scored a 100-0 victory for Gotham. Dutchland next played in the consolation round against Montreal, losing 225-124 in a game in which the crowd often expressed its feelings about the forfeit. After a 213-90 loss to Boston Derby Dames Dutchland finished the weekend in eighth place. At the 2012 Eastern Regional, Dutchland lost to Carolina Rollergirls and Montreal, before finishing in tenth place after a 476-107 loss to Steel City Derby Demons.
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Dutchland earned their first WFTDA-sanctioned victory on June 13, 2009, 206-75 against the Long Island Roller Rebels. At the 2010 WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament, Dutchland fell to Providence Roller Derby, Montreal Roller Derby and DC Rollergirls to finish in tenth place. At the 2011 Eastern Regional, Dutchland opened with a 198-117 victory over Maine Roller Derby, positioning them to face top-seeded Gotham Girls Roller Derby in the quarterfinal. However, in a move widely considered to be controversial, Dutchland opted to forfeit their game against Gotham, determining it would be better for the team's final performance in other games to not play a game they expected to lose by a wide margin.
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Home eventsare held at the Overlook Activities Center in Manheim Township. All-star skater Vanessa "V-Diva" Sites was a member of Dutchland when named to the inaugural Team USA roster for the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup. In 2019, Dutchland was the host league for the WFTDA North American East Continental Cup held in Lancaster.
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In 2004, the amateur Lancaster Lightning football team of the North American Football League played at Pequea Valley High School's football stadium in Kinzers.Lancaster Lightning . Retrieved September 30, 2006. Lancaster is home to the Dutchland Derby Rollers (DDR), a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA.) Founded in 2006, The Dutchland Rollers have two travel teams, the All-Stars and the Blitz.
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A lover of animals and a student, particularly of breeding of domestic stock, from boyhood, Fred F. Field established Dutchland Farms as a hobby in 1897, setting up a model dairy, supplying many of the residents of Brockton and vicinity with milk and cream. Dutchland Farms had become recognized internationally for its herd of purebred Holstein Friesian cattle, some individual members of which made and held world records for milk and butter production. Progeny from this famous herd enriched the livestock of regal bovine blood in North and South America, Africa, and other distant countries. Authorities on the breeding of dairy cattle crossed the seven seas to personally select Dutchland Farms bull calves and heifers to improve the standards of their own herds.
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Following Field's death, the Dutchland Farms operation continued to be owned and operated by his immediate family to the third generation, with franchised restaurants now spanning from New Hampshire to New Jersey.
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Both rosters play teams from neighboring leagues, though it is the Dutchland All-Stars that compete for national ranking. Their home rink is Overlook Activities Center, and their colors are orange and black.
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In 1929, a disastrous fire occurred at Dutchland Farms, destroying several valuable buildings which brought about the dispersal of the herd. Turning from the satisfaction of having bred the best Holstein herd in the world, farm owner Fred Fields set his sights on restaurant operations. Fields had successfully operated several roadside stands, and had a vision of a "Glorified Road-side Stand," dispensing quality ice cream unfamiliar to the motoring public. By the 1930s, Dutchland Farms ice cream became available on principal highways in Massachusetts.
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By 1940, the Howard Johnson Company, founded by Howard Deering Johnson, had surpassed Dutchland Farms in its presence across New England motorways, and was more familiar to the traveling public. Dutchland's Middleboro, MA and Milford, CT locations had already joined Howard Johnson's restaurant chain by this time, and it is believed that within the same year the Howard Johnson Company had acquired the remainder of the Dutchland Farms corporation. Howard Johnson's continued to use elements from the chain, including the trademarked orange and blue colors.
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Dutchland Farms was a regional distributor of dairy based in Brockton, Massachusetts which later expanded into restaurant franchising during the 1930s. Its restaurants were known for their distinctive orange and blue buildings with a trademark windmill atop the entrance. The company promoted the use of Grade "A" dairy milk in its ice cream, while comparable producers at the time still used Grade "B" milk. It competed in the New England market alongside Howard Johnson's into the 1930s; some Dutchland stores were converted to Howard Johnson's units before being acquired as a whole company in 1940.
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Lititz is often named in lists of "delightfully- named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Mount Joy, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.Ward's Quarterly 1965; 1:109.Anderson, William Charles, Home sweet home has wheels, or, Please don't tailgate the real estate, 1979, 209.Museums Journal 2006; 106: 1–6, 61.
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109 quote: ...in such delightfully-named towns in Pennsylvania Dutchland as his native Mount Joy, and neighboring Lititz, Blue Ball, Bareville, Intercourse, Bird in Hand, and Paradise.Anderson (1979) p.214 quote: ...but anyone who names their towns Mount Joy, Intercourse, and Blue Ball can't be all bad. Obviously they have more on their minds than just religion.
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Leacock-Leola-Bareville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 6,625. The area is heavily populated by the Amish and Mennonites. Bareville is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Lititz, Mount Joy, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.
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DC Rollergirls' All-Star team competes on an international level. , they occupied 42nd place in the WFTDA's rankings.Current Rankings - Women’s Flat Track Derby Association In 2009, DC competed at the WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament as the ninth seed and finished in eighth place. At the 2010 Eastern Regional, DC was the tenth seed but finished in ninth place after defeating Dutchland Rollers 206-118.
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The village's name is often the subject of jokes relating to sexual intercourse. Along with that of Blue Ball, Pennsylvania, the publishers of Eros Magazine sought mailing privileges from the postmasters of the town.Krassner (1963) Intercourse and Blue Ball are often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Gap, Fertility, Mount Joy, Lititz, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand and Paradise.Ward's quarterly (1965) p.
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This initial roster comprised 11 skaters from Barcelona Roller Derby, 10 from Tenerife Roller Derby, two from Black Thunders Derby Dames (Madrid), two from London Rollergirls, as well as one each from Alcoy Roller Derby, Dutchland Rollers, Garden State Roller Girls, Lisboa Roller Derby Troopers, Manchester Roller Derby, Rayo Dockers Valencia, Roller Derby Cáceres, Roller Derby Madrid, Toronto Roller Derby and Zaragoza Roller Derby.
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The town's name is suggestive, reminding some of the slang term "blue balls" (1916), also known as "hot nuts," which refers to the sexual condition of temporary testicular and prostate fluid congestion due to prolonged and unsatisfied sexual excitement. Blue Ball is often listed among the "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, alongside Pleasureville, Mount Joy, Lititz, Bareville, Bird-in-Hand, and Paradise.Ward's quarterly (1965) p.109 quote: Anderson (1979) p.
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Paradise is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a ZIP code of 17562. The population was 1,129 at the 2010 census. Paradise, like Intercourse, is a popular site in Pennsylvania Dutch Country for tourists who like the name of the town; they are together often named in lists of "delightfully named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Fertility, Bird-in-Hand and Mount Joy.Ward's quarterly (1965) p.
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The town remained relatively unknown until a musical called Plain and Fancy opened in New York in 1955. The play was set in the village of Bird-in- Hand and is often credited as a catalyst for the boom in Pennsylvania Dutch Country tourism in the mid-twentieth century. The Plain & Fancy Restaurant opened in 1960, and is the oldest "family-style restaurant" in the area. Bird- in-Hand is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Mount Joy and Paradise.Ward's quarterly (1965) p.
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Kollitides is currently a managing director and co-head of A&M; Capital Opportunities, a middle-market private equity firm, where he sits on the Investment and Conflicts committees. He also sits on the boards of Dutchland Plastics, LLC, one of the largest contract rotational molders in the U.S., Frontier Dermatology, LLC, the largest dermatology practice in the Pacific Northwest and the fifth largest in the U.S., adMarketplace, a search advertiser, Champion ONE Optical Networking, LLC, an electro-optical components business, and Precision Aero Gear Group, LLC, a manufacturer of critical gears for aerospace and defense. Kollitides is also on the Advisory Board of Tomahawk Strategic Solutions.
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Providence competed at the first WFTDA Eastern Regional Tournament, known as "Heartand Havoc", as the sixth seed in 2007, and was eliminated in the second round following a 98-55 loss to Carolina. At the 2008 Eastern Regionals, Providence lost to Detroit Derby Girls, Grand Raggidy Roller Girls and Minnesota Rollergirls and finished in 12th place. At the 2009 Eastern Regional tournament, Providence lost their opening game to Gotham, then defeated CT RollerGirls, and then lost to Carolina to finish in sixth place. In 2010, Providence opened the Eastern Playoff by defeating the Dutchland Rollers, but then lost to Gotham, Steel City and Montreal Roller Derby to finish in eighth place.
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The potential country is also known as Dutchland (Dietsland), which uses the word Diets – an archaic term for Dutch. This label was popular until the Second World War, but its associations with collaboration (especially in Flanders), mean that modern supporters generally avoid using it. "Greater Dutch Movement" or "Greater Netherlandism" (Grootneerlandisme) are other terms used while in literature it is also called the "Greater Dutch Thinking" (Grootnederlandse Gedachte). "Whole-Netherlands" or "Burgundism" (after the historical Burgundian Circle) are other terms that were used for the country, but these names are now used for a movement that aims to combine all of the Low Countries (Benelux) as a single multilingual entity, which would be similar to the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands, also including Wallonia, Luxembourg, and Northern France (most likely Nord-Pas de Calais).
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After gaining WFTDA membership in 2007, Steel City first qualified for WFTDA Playoffs in 2009, as the seventh seed at that year's Eastern Regional Tournament. After opening the weekend with a sound defeat against Philly, Steel City bounced back with victories over the Dominion Derby Girls and DC Rollergirls to finish the weekend in seventh place. In 2010, Steel City improved their Eastern Regional performance by taking the fifth- place game 151-121 over the Carolina Rollergirls, and improved yet again in 2011, losing the third-place game 189-94 to Charm City to finish in fourth place. At the final East Region Playoff in 2012, fifth-seeded Steel City lost their first games to Charm City and DC, but rebounded to set a then-new Playoffs record by defeating the Dutchland Rollers 476-107 to take ninth place. In 2013, the WFTDA moved to a top-40 Division system for Playoffs, and Steel City qualified at the Division 1 level for the tournament in Asheville, North Carolina, where they entered as the fifth seed and finished in fifth place with a 202-185 victory over Houston Roller Derby.
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