Babe City Rollers

Babe City Rollers
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Metro area Bemidji, MN
Country United States
Founded 2009
Teams All Stars (A team)
Whistle Punks (B team)
Track type(s) Flat
Venue John Glas Fieldhouse
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.babecityrollers.com

The Babe City Rollers is a roller derby league based in Bemidji, Minnesota. Founded in 2009, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues.

The league was founded by two local women: Shannon Murray, inspired by watching a Windy City Rollers bout, and Sara Bronczyk, a former figure skater. By early 2010, it had members with ages ranging from 19 to 55,[1] totaling more than twenty skaters. It played its first bout in February of that year.[2]

Babe City was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010,[3] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2011.[4]

References

  1. Laurie Swenson, "Roller derby rolls into town", Bemidji Pioneer, February 16, 2010
  2. "Roller derby skates into Bemidji", Grand Forks Herald, February 22, 2010
  3. "WFTDA Apprentice Program welcomes 16 new leagues", 8 July 2010
  4. "WFTDA Welcomes Eight New Member Leagues", WFTDA, 1 June 2011