Sick Town Derby Dames

Sick Town Derby Dames
League logo
Metro area Corvallis, OR
Country United States
Founded 2008
Teams S*M*A*S*H Unit
Track type(s) Flat
Venue Linn County Fairgrounds
Affiliations WFTDA
Website sicktownderbydames.com

The Sick Town Derby Dames (STDD) is a roller derby league based in Corvallis, Oregon. Founded in 2008, the league consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues.

The league was founded by Brick Wallace and Magic Hips, two skaters with the Emerald City Roller Girls who wanted a league closer to their home town.[1] It played its first home bout in September 2009, against the Lava City Roller Dolls.[2]

Sick Town accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in December 2009.[3] By early 2012, it had enough skaters to host an intraleague bout,[4] and in June 2012 it was accepted as a full member of the WFTDA.[5]

Sick Town now has enough skaters to support two teams: the charter team, the SMASH Unit, as well as a B team, the Dis-Orderlies.

References

  1. Nancy Raskauskas, "Bounce, rock, skate, roll", Corvallis Gazette-Times, August 29, 2008
  2. "Derby Dames host Skatemberfest", Corvallis Gazette-Times, September 24, 2009
  3. "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 23 March 2010]
  4. Raju Woodward, "Ready to rumble and roll!!!", Albany Democrat Herald, March 8, 2012
  5. "Nine Leagues Become Full WFTDA Members", WFTDA, 1 June 2012
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