Arizona Derby Dames (AZDD) is an amateur roller derby league based in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, established in 2005. The league currently plays RDCL ruleset. The Arizona Derby Dames are one of the only banked track roller derby leagues in the world, and a unique experience that can only be seen in Phoenix and a small handful of other cities. AZDD was founded by four skaters, Suzy Homewrecker (XXX), Joan Threat (50), All The Way Mae (213) and Prima Donna (32). These skaters aspired for AZDD to become Arizona's first banked-track roller derby league. These founding skaters were originally members of Arizona Roller Derby. AZDD holds one doubleheader bout about once a month (September to May). Between 2006 and 2008, these bouts were held at the Castle Sports Club in Phoenix. In late 2008, the league announced that the 2009 season would be held in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. On March 20, 2010, AZDD played their first doubleheader at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum using a newly designed banked track. The crowd, estimated to be over 4,000, is a record for the league and a record crowd for "resurgence era" roller derby in Arizona. Previously, the last known banked-track events in Arizona were in the 1960s with the Arizona Raiders of the National Skating Derby. In 2013 AZDD began hosting bouts in their own space, called The Hall of Dames. Arizona Derby Dames became a founding member of the Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues in January 2012.

Teams

The Arizona Derby Dames has five home teams: Additional teams:

"Rookie" program

AZDD recruits members through tryouts that are held a couple times per year. Those new recruits who pass the tryouts start attending required practices and will eventually need to pass a skills test and a scrimmage test before being drafted to a team. While waiting for placement on a team, the rookie skaters perform other tasks at the bout such as the sale of raffle tickets, talking to fans, and cleanup duties throughout bout nights. More info about joining the AZDD rookie program can be found on the website.