Salt City Derby Girls

Salt City Derby Girls Banked Track
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Metro area Salt Lake City, Utah
Country United States
Teams Salt City Shakers (All Stars / Travel team)
Bomber Babes
Death Dealers
Leave it to Cleavers
Sisters of No Mercy
Track type(s) Banked
Venue Salt Palace
Org. type LLC
Website SLCDERBY.COM

The Salt City Derby Girls (SCDG) Banked Track league is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Formed in 2005,[1] SCDG is composed of four local teams and one all-star traveling team.

In 2011 The Salt City Derby Girls changed their focus and became a Banked Track Roller Derby League. All home teams will compete against each other on the Banked Track to claim the trophy and title as Season Champions. The Salt City Shakers compete nationally on both Banked Track and Flat Track.

The four teams wear distinct colors: The Bomber Babes wear camouflage and Olive drab, the Death Dealers wear Purple, the Leave it to Cleavers wear Red and White, often with cherry accents and the Sisters of No Mercy wear Black and Gold with nun habit accents. The All-star Travel team wear the league colors of Black and Yellow. They practice at the Taylorsville Recreation Center in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville, Utah, and hold local bouts at the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City.

As of 2013, the Salt City Derby Girls are no longer an active league.Due to money owed from the league president Brew Haha, the league is now defunct.

Local teams

In the league's first full season, 2007, the Bomber Babes were undefeated and became league champions.

In the 2008 season, the Bomber Babes were again undefeated until the season championships, when they lost to the Leave It To Cleavers.

The 2009 Championships saw the Leave it to Cleavers against the Sister of No Mercy were the Cleavers kept their title for a second consecutive season.

The Death Dealers saw their first Championship game against the Leave it Cleavers and ended the winning streak for the Cleaver. 2010 Season Champions, Death Dealers.

All-star teams

As of November 2008, the Salt City Derby Girls ranked 39th of the 46 member leagues ranked by the WFTDA.[2] They had played the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls, Pike's Peak Derby Dames, Treasure Valley Roller Girls, Reno Battle Born Derby Demons, Duke City Derby Girls, the Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls, and the Sacred City Derby Girls.

References

  1. ↑ Hot Wheels: Roller Derby in the Beehive State, Jared Richmond, June 2007.
  2. ↑ WFTDA Rankings
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