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| Metro area | Carolina, Puerto Rico |
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| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Teams | Reckless Bandidas |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Cancha Comunal, St Just |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Website | www |
The Tropic Terrors Derby League (TTDL) is a roller derby league based in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2011, the league consists of a single team, which competes against teams from other leagues.
The league was founded in January 2011 by Nidzy Moringlane de Rivera, who had become interested in the sport while in Canada, although she had not previously played. An initial meeting to establish the level of interest in forming a team attracted 33 women.
Several other leagues developed from the Tropic Terrors. Wicked Island Roller Derby League split from the Tropic Terrors in April, while the West Side Rollers, representing the west coast of the island, left later in the year, in order that it and the Tropic Terrors could each focus solely on a more coherent area.
League members played their first official bout in October 2011 alongside members of Enchanted Island Roller Derby League on an All Star Team created to compete against the Dixie Derby Girls. By early 2012, the league was practicing four times a week. In July 2012, it was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme.
References
- ^ "Roller Derby llegó para quedarse", El Nuevo Dia, 7 February 2012 (in Spanish)
- Esteban Pagán Rivera, "Roller Derby: pura pasión sobre patines", Primera Hora, 28 May 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Acerca de la Liga... Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine", Tropic Terrors
- http://www.facebook.com/enchantedisland.rollerderby
- "Can You Believe There's a Roller Derby League HERE?! Puerto Rico Tropic Terrors | DerbyLife". Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- "WFTDA Accepts 35 Apprentice Leagues Archived 2014-09-29 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 16 July 2012
| WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues | |
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| Accepted October 2012 | |
| Accepted October 2013 | |
| Accepted May 2014 | |
| Accepted January 2015 | |
| Accepted April 2015 | |
| Accepted July 2015 | |
| Accepted October 2015 | |
| Accepted April 2016 | |
| Accepted July 2016 | |
| Accepted October 2016 | |
| Accepted January 2017 | |
| Accepted July 2017 |
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| Accepted October 2017 | |
| Accepted February 2018 | |