Tucson Roller Derby
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Tucson Roller Derby (TRD) is a women's roller derby league located in Tucson, Arizona. A member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), Tucson Roller Derby is a skater-run non-profit organization formed in late 2003. Now entering its fourth season, it holds monthly flat-track roller derby competitions which showcase bouts among the various teams in the league. Tucson Roller Derby is comprised of five teams, the Furious Truckstop Waitresses (FTW), the Iron Curtain, the VICE Squad, the Copper Queens, and the TRD Saddletramps, the travelling team formed for inter-league challenges. --Bertness 00:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History
TRD was formed in 2003 by founder Kim Kysar, aka Kim Sin, when the Tucson roller derby teams broke away from the Phoenix based Arizona Roller Derby league (AZRD) to form its own league. Irreconcilable differences between the Tucson team and the leaders of AZRD have been rumored to be the cause of the split. At the time of the split, Tucson Roller Derby consisted of one team, The Furious Truckstop Waitresses (FTW). Since then, Tucson Roller Derby has more than doubled in size, adding the Iron Curtain in 2004, the Vice Squad in 2005 and the Copper Queens in 2007. Meanwhile, AZRD has undergone two more league splits citing more irreconcilable differences.
[edit] Past Champions
Tucson Roller Derby completed its third season in September 2006. Its past champions include:
2004 The Furious Truckstop Waitresses
2005 The Vice Squad
2006 The Furious Truckstop Waitresses
