The Sioux City Roller Dames (SCRD) were a

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team based in

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. Founded in 2008, the team originally competed in the Upper Midwest Division of the regional Women's Flat Track Roller Derby League. The league played its first bouts, away and then at home, against the

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in October 2008. In 2010, the Roller Dames won the "Rolling Along The River" tournament, beating the Fargo-Moorhead Derby Girls in the final. Sioux City also supported the creation of a new league in

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, while three of the Roller Dames' members attracted attention by skating across

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to raise money for charity. The league was accepted into the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

(WFTDA) Apprentice Program in April 2011, and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012." The Roller Dames shut down in December 2016 due to lack of players.

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