St. Pauli Roller Derby
| League logo | |
| Metro area | Hamburg |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Teams | Harbor Girls |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Sporthalle Wirtschaftsgymnasium, Christianeum Othmarschen |
| Website | harborgirls |
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 Harbor Girls A and Harbor Girls 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]
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]
"Heavy Miss Gale", a skater from the league, was selected for the German national team for the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ^ "Viva St. Pauli!", official website - retrieved 10 June 2014 Template:De-icon
- ^ "Roller Derby: Ruppige Frauen auf Rollschuhen", Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, 11 February 2009 Template:De-icon
- ^ Julian König, "Roller-Derby: „Psyk Angel“ lässt es krachen", Hamburger Morgenpost, 10 July 2011 Template:De-icon
- ^ "Die komplette deutsche Mannschaft" (in German). Roller Derby Germany. Retrieved 5 October 2011. Template:De-icon
- ^ "Harbor Heroes Crowdfunding" (in German). St. Pauli Roller Derby. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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