Sioux Falls Roller Dollz
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The Sioux Falls Roller Dollz (SFRD) is a roller derby
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 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two teams, and two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues.

The league was founded by Queen Elizabitch and PainMaker in October 2006, after they watched Rollergirls
Rollergirls
Rollergirls is a 2006 A&E Network reality show examining the personalities, antics and motivations of the women involved with the Austin, Texas Lonestar Rollergirls roller derby league. According to their website, the league was founded in 2001 and is run as a "skater-owned and operated" company...

on television and saw a live bout between the Mad Rollin' Dolls
Mad Rollin' Dolls
Mad Rollin' Dolls is an all-women flat-track roller derby league based in Madison, Wisconsin.-League:As a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association , the Mad Rollin' Dolls compete as part of the WFTDA North Central region....

 and the Minnesota RollerGirls
Minnesota RollerGirls
Minnesota RollerGirls is an all-women amateur flat-track roller derby league based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area of the U.S. state of Minnesota...

. They were immediately able to recruit a group of around twenty skaters. They constituted the first league in South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

; when a second league, the Rushmore Rollerz, was set up, the Dollz acted as mentors to it.

The Roller Dollz joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is an association of women's flat track roller derby leagues in the United States. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501 business...

, playing their first sanctioned bout against the North Star Rollergirls in January 2009.

By May 2011, the Dollz had raised almost $40,000 for local charities. In late 2011, they toured to England, to play the London Rollergirls
London Rollergirls
The London Rollergirls is an all-women flat track roller derby league and not-for-profit organisation based in London, England. Founded in April 2006, the London Rollergirls is the oldest all-female roller derby league in the United Kingdom...

, Central City Rollergirls
Central City Rollergirls
Central City Rollergirls are a flat track roller derby league based in Birmingham, UK. The league was founded in 2007 and play by Women's Flat Track Derby Association rules.- League History :...

 and Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls
Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls
The Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls are Lincoln's first and original Roller Derby team located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Established in 2008, by captain and founder She'za Payne, the team has grown rapidly, paying its first competitive season in 2009...

.
Season Q4 ranking Regionals Championship
WFTDA Championships
The WFTDA Championships are the leading competition for roller derby leagues.The Championships are organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association . They originated in 2006 as the National WFTDA Championship...

2009 13 N/A N/A
2010 17 N/A N/A
2011 TBA N/A N/A
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