The
Sacred City Derby Girls (SCDG) were founded in the fall of 2006 in the
spirit of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's (WFTDA) "by the skaters, for the skaters"
mantra. As a WFTDA member league, SCDG is owned, managed and operated
by its skaters. Largely, this is made possible by season
sponsorships. This is a great opportunity to promote your business.
At the end of SCDG's 2007 inaugural season, home bouts were drawing crowds
of between 800 and 1000 fans. We are anticipating sell-out crowds in 2008,
which translates to maximum exposure for your business! Custom sponsorship
packages are also available.
The original Roller Derby had it's heyday in the 1950s and 60's. The sport was a common fixture on TV and was played in venues that would pack in tens of thousands of fans.
By the early 1970's, Roller Derby had run its course. Poor management, high travel costs and an emphasis on staged theatrics helped finish off the formerly proud sport. In 1973, League owner Jerry Seltzer shut down operations. The original Roller Derby was finished.
Several attempts were made over the years to revive the sport. Matches featuring the aging original stars of Derby's latter day history took place sporadically. The late 90's saw a re-envisioning of Roller Derby in "Rollerjam", which fused Roller Derby with professional wrestling style theatrics. Rollerjam never achieved wide spread popularity, and by 2001, Roller Derby again fell by the wayside.
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Roller
Derby was invented in 1935 by Leo Seltzer. It was initially
an endurance exhibition where skaters circled on a track traveling
the equivalent distance of skating from coast to coast. While
this version of the derby did prove to be popular, Seltzer quickly
noticed that the spectators seemed to really enjoy when the
skaters occasionally came into contact with each other and the
crashes that ensued. In 1937, Leo Seltzer re-launched Roller
Derby as a full contact sport, played on a banked track with
teams competing against each other for points. |
The original Roller Derby had it's heyday in the 1950s and 60's. The sport was a common fixture on TV and was played in venues that would pack in tens of thousands of fans.
By the early 1970's, Roller Derby had run its course. Poor management, high travel costs and an emphasis on staged theatrics helped finish off the formerly proud sport. In 1973, League owner Jerry Seltzer shut down operations. The original Roller Derby was finished.
Several attempts were made over the years to revive the sport. Matches featuring the aging original stars of Derby's latter day history took place sporadically. The late 90's saw a re-envisioning of Roller Derby in "Rollerjam", which fused Roller Derby with professional wrestling style theatrics. Rollerjam never achieved wide spread popularity, and by 2001, Roller Derby again fell by the wayside.
Right
about this time, a group of women banded together in Austin Texas to
reinvent Roller Derby. This new version of the sport was played on a
flat surface, by teams consisting entirely of women. Flat track derby
contests (known as "Bouts") were physically grueling and were
not scripted or have pre-determined outcomes. This was the vision of
Roller Derby that finally clicked with the multitudes as new players
and fans flocked to the sport. Over the next few years, Flat Track Women's
Roller Derby would see massive growth. In 2004, a group of the earliest
revival leagues banded together and formed the Women's Flat Track Derby
Association (WFTDA). The sport continues to grow, with over 200 leagues
in existence at the end of 2006.
