San Diego Derby Dolls
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The San Diego Derby Dolls (SDDD) is a roller derby
league based in San Diego, California
. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of three teams, two of which are travel teams which compete against teams other leagues. The third team competes against the home teams of sister league, the Los Angeles Derby Dolls
(LADD).
The league was founded by Bonnie D.Stroir
, who lived in San Diego, but had been skating with LADD for two years. Around late 2006, the Dolls installed a banked track, but also continue to compete on a flat track, becoming the first "hybrid" league.
By 2009, the Dolls had more than 80 skaters, and welcomed up to 1,000 fans to its bouts. They won the 2009 Battle on the Bank national banked track roller derby championship, and held the title in 2010. In March 2011, they took on WFTDA Championship winners the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
on the Dolls' banked track, losing 100-125 to the flat track league.
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league based in San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of three teams, two of which are travel teams which compete against teams other leagues. The third team competes against the home teams of sister league, the Los Angeles Derby Dolls
Los Angeles Derby Dolls
The L. A. Derby Dolls is Los Angeles' original women's quad-skate banked track roller derby league. It was founded in October 2003 by Rebecca Ninburg and Wendy Templeton . The league is composed of more than 120 women divided into five teams who skate on a banked track.LADD plays real, unscripted...
(LADD).
The league was founded by Bonnie D.Stroir
Bonnie D.Stroir
Bonnie Beck , known as Bonnie D.Stroir, is a roller derby coach and former skater.D.Stroir began skating in October 2003, after reading an article on the sport in Jane magazine. She had been working as a barber in Oceanside, California, considered moving to Austin, Texas, to learn the sport from...
, who lived in San Diego, but had been skating with LADD for two years. Around late 2006, the Dolls installed a banked track, but also continue to compete on a flat track, becoming the first "hybrid" league.
By 2009, the Dolls had more than 80 skaters, and welcomed up to 1,000 fans to its bouts. They won the 2009 Battle on the Bank national banked track roller derby championship, and held the title in 2010. In March 2011, they took on WFTDA Championship winners the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
Rocky Mountain Rollergirls
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, or RMRG, are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Denver, Colorado. The league was founded in 2004. The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association .-Teams:...
on the Dolls' banked track, losing 100-125 to the flat track league.