St. Pauli Roller Derby

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St. Pauli Roller Derby
League logo
Metro areaHamburg
CountryGermany
Founded2008
TeamsSt. Pauli A
St. Pauli B
St. Pauli United Team Roster
Track typeFlat
VenueSporthalle Wirtschaftsgymnasium, Christianeum Othmarschen
Websitewww.stpaulirollerderby.de

St. Pauli Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Hamburg in Germany. It consists of two trip teams, an A team and a B team, which compete against teams from other leagues. They are called St. Pauli A and St. Pauli B respectively.

St. Pauli Roller Derby is the follow-up club to the Harbor Girls e.V., which was an independent roller derby club before it became part of FC St. Pauli and changed its name.[1]

History

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The Harbor Girls were founded by Spooky Spiky and Killing Zoe, the former had previously skated with the Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz.[2] By mid-2011, the league had thirty skaters.[3]

Logo of the "Harbour Girls" before the 2023 name change

St. Pauli was accepted by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association in 2016 as a member league, marking the league eligible for international ranking.[4]

In March 2023, the league announced a changed name to St. Pauli Roller Derby on their Facebook profile.[5] This change was made to reflect the expansive genders within the league, and to honor their history with FC St. Pauli. The logo was updated with this change.

Competition

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"Heavy Miss Gale", a skater from the league, was selected for the German national team for the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[6]

In the 2014 World Championship, four player from SPRD were selected to play in the Dallas roster: Ostblocker, Jeanne Dark, Knock 'n' Rose and Lotta Loveless.[7]

In 2024, St. Pauli came in first place in the German national competition, Bundesliga.[8] The win came after taking second place in both 2016 and 2018 and third place in 2023.

WFTDA rankings

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Season Final ranking[9] Playoffs Championship
2017 237 WFTDA[10] DNQ DNQ
2018 255 WFTDA[11] DNQ DNQ
2019 331 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ
2023 62 Europe[13] NPS NPS
2024 35 Europe[14] DNQ DNQ

References

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  1. ^ "Viva St. Pauli!". Harbor Girls Hamburg. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Roller Derby: Ruppige Frauen auf Rollschuhen", Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, 11 February 2009 (in German)
  3. ^ Julian König, "Roller-Derby: „Psyk Angel“ lässt es krachen", Hamburger Morgenpost, 10 July 2011 (in German)
  4. ^ https://www.stpaulirollerderby.de/
  5. ^ "St. Pauli Roller Derby". Facebook. Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Die komplette deutsche Mannschaft" (in German). Roller Derby Germany. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011. (in German)
  7. ^ "Harbor Heroes Crowdfunding" (in German). St. Pauli Roller Derby. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  8. ^ https://rollerderbygermany.de/?page_id=28
  9. ^ "Current Rankings Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA
  10. ^ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2440
  11. ^ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2450
  12. ^ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2841
  13. ^ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/europe?r=5176
  14. ^ https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/europe?r=7199
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