Pikes Peak Derby Dames is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2005, Pike's Peak is a founding member of the

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(WFTDA).

League history and organization

Pikes Peak Derby Dames was founded in the summer of 2005, when Courtney "Slugs-N-Kisses" Mansfield was inspired after reading about the

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. With guidance from Denver's

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, Pike's Peak began training at Skate City that same year. The league is run by its members, and is a nonprofit organization. Pikes Peaks consists of three home teams that primarily play each other, and two travel teams. The home teams are the Candy Snipers, Danger Dolls, Killer Queens. The Pikes Peak travel teams, the All Stars and the Slamazons, play teams from other leagues. The All Stars are ranked internationally by the WFTDA, and their games factor into their ranking. The Slamazons are the B team, and typically play other B teams in non-sanctioned play.

WFTDA competition

Pikes Peak first competed at the

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in 2007, losing their opening round game to B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls 198-11. At the 2008 Western Regional, Pikes Peak dropped their opening game to

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138-99, and after victories over

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and

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, lost 159-71 to

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to finish the tournament in sixth place. In 2009, Pikes Peak finished a winless weekend at the Western Regional with a 185-91 loss to Tucson to finish in tenth place. After a five-year absence from WFTDA Playoffs, in 2015 Pikes Peak clawed all the way back from a pre-season ranking of 93 into the 30s, to qualify for Division 1 Playoffs in Jacksonville as the ninth seed. At Jacksonville, losses to Steel City,

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left Pikes Peak with a tenth-place finish. Pikes Peak dropped in the rankings in 2016 and did not qualify for Playoffs in that year.

WFTDA rankings

In the community

The Pikes Peak Derby Dames are active in the community, donating time, money, and event tickets to charities and nonprofit organizations in the Pikes Peak region. Members of Pikes Peak were featured on a 2007 episode of ''

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''.

References

External links

Official site
{{Colorado Sports Organizations based in Colorado Springs, Colorado Sports competitions in Colorado Springs, Colorado Roller derby leagues in Colorado Roller derby leagues established in 2005 2005 establishments in Colorado