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Roller derby league

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.

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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]

In March 2023, the league announced a changed name to St. Pauli Roller Derby on their Facebook profile.[6] This change was made to reflect the expansive genders within the league, and to honour their history with FC St. Pauli. The logo was updated with this change.

References

  1. [1]
    "Viva St. Pauli!". Harbor Girls Hamburg. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Roller Derby: Ruppige Frauen auf Rollschuhen", Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, 11 February 2009 (in German)
  3. [3]
    Julian König, "Roller-Derby: „Psyk Angel“ lässt es krachen", Hamburger Morgenpost, 10 July 2011 (in German)
  4. [4]
    "Die komplette deutsche Mannschaft" (in German). Roller Derby Germany. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011. (in German)
  5. [5]
    "Harbor Heroes Crowdfunding" (in German). St. Pauli Roller Derby. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. [6]
    "St. Pauli Roller Derby". Facebook. Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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