The Mid Iowa Rollers is a

roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

league based in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. The league was founded by Jamie "Dangerous" Daugharthy, after she watched ''

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 i ...

'' on television. The league initially had five women skaters, and was the first to be created in Iowa. In its early days, the league was given considerable assistance by the

No Coast Derby Girls The No Coast Roller Derby is a co-ed flat track roller derby league based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues. No Coast is a member of the Women's ...

, of

Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...

. By 2008, the league had twenty skaters, and was attracting around 500 fans to its bouts, while, in 2010, crowds topped 1,000, in a season in which the All Stars team won all eight of its interleague bouts.Andrew Potter,
A rolling good time
, ''Times-Republican'', February 27, 2011 Mid Iowa was accepted into the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...

Program in October 2010,WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 10 New Leagues
", WFTDA, 5 October 2010 and became a full member of the WFTDA in December 2011.WFTDA Adds Six Member Leagues
", WFTDA, 1 December 2011

References

{{Iowa Sports Sports in Des Moines, Iowa Roller derby leagues established in 2006 Roller derby leagues in Iowa 2006 establishments in Iowa