Sick_Town_Derby_Dames

Sick Town Roller Derby

Sick Town Roller Derby

Roller derby league

Sick Town Roller Derby (STRD), formerly known as Sick Town Derby Dames, is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Corvallis, Oregon. Founded in 2008, the league consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues. Sick Town is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

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History

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.[2] It played its first home bout in September 2009, against the Lava City Roller Dolls.[3]

Sick Town accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in December 2009.[4] By early 2012, it had enough skaters to host an intraleague bout,[5] and in June 2012 it was accepted as a full member of the WFTDA.[6]

In 2013, the league purchased the Lake Park Roller Rink in Lewisburg, the third-oldest roller rink in the Pacific Northwest.[7] Sick Town planned to use the building as a practice rink, but shortly afterwards the facility was declared unsafe by the local fire marshal, leading to lengthy and costly restoration efforts.[8] Membership dropped off during a lengthy hiatus, and in October 2017 the league played its first home game in three years, at the Linn County Fair and Expo Grounds in Albany.[9]

In September 2016, league member Miranda "Dixieskullpopper" Prince gained local news coverage for appearing on the game show Jeopardy!.[10]

WFTDA rankings

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References

  1. [1]
    "Sick Town Derby Dames – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    Nancy Raskauskas, "Bounce, rock, skate, roll", Corvallis Gazette-Times, August 29, 2008
  3. [3]
    "Derby Dames host Skatemberfest", Corvallis Gazette-Times, September 24, 2009
  4. [4]
    "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 23 March 2010]
  5. [5]
    Raju Woodward, "Ready to rumble and roll!!!", Albany Democrat Herald, March 8, 2012
  6. [6]
    "Nine Leagues Become Full WFTDA Members", WFTDA, 1 June 2012
  7. [7]
    Fuqua, Canda (10 October 2013). "Mid-valley roller derby rolls home at historic rink". Corvallis Gazette Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. [8]
    Blank, Kyra (17 February 2016). "Sick Town Derby Dames Nurse Old Rink, Throw Party For the Cause - The Corvallis Advocate". The Corvallis Advocate. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. [9]
    Fancher, Patrick (26 October 2017). "Sick Town Derby Dames host first home bout in three years Saturday". Albany Democrat Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. [10]
    Paul, Alex (19 September 2016). "Albany woman gets "once in lifetime" shot on Jeopardy!". Albany Democrat Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  11. [11]
    "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  12. [12]
    "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  14. [14]
    "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  15. [15]
    "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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