Stuttgart Valley Rollergirls

Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Stuttgart. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Stuttgart is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby
Metro areaStuttgart
CountryGermany
Founded2006
TeamsHit Girls (A-team)
The Bad Seeds (B-team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueSpOrt Stuttgart, Sporthalle West
AffiliationsWFTDA DRIV
Websitehttp://www.svrd.de

History

The league was the second to be founded in Europe, in the same month as the London Rollergirls,[2] founded in April 2006. The leagues did not initially know about the formation of each other.[3] As it was the first roller derby league in Germany, it initially bouted against teams from the UK.[4] The SVRG played the London Rockin' Rollers in November 2007, in the first public bout in Europe between two leagues and in June 2009 the first all German game against Barock City Roller Derby.

Other leagues began appearing in Germany in 2008 and 2009,[4] with Stuttgart giving particular assistance to Bear City Roller Derby in organising itself.[3] The Zurich Rollergirlz credit Stuttgart with helping organise Switzerland's first roller derby information meeting.[3]

The first German Championship was held in December 2010 in Berlin, Stuttgart beating Bear City Roller Derby 128-124 in the final.[5]

In October 2011, Stuttgart entered the WFTDA Apprentice Program,[6] and it became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2013.[7]

International

Ten of Stuttgart's skaters were selected for Team Germany at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup,[8] and one was selected for Team Brazil.[9]

WFTDA rankings
Season Final ranking[10] Playoffs Championship
2014 169 WFTDA[11] DNQ DNQ
2015 164 WFTDA[12] DNQ DNQ
2016 231 WFTDA[13] DNQ DNQ

References
  1. "Stuttgart Valley Rollergirls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. Sofia Stridsman, "En livsstil på åtta hjul", SvD, 10 November 2006 (in Swedish)
  3. Marta Popowska, "A short history of roller derby in Europe", Blood and Thunder #15, pp.18-23
  4. Janos Berghardt, "Hart und schnell - Frauensport Roller Derby", Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 10 March 2008 (in German)
  5. Melanie Sevcenko, "Roller derby warriors skate to glory", The Local, 13 December 2010
  6. "WFTDA accepts 14 leagues into apprentice program", WFTDA, 27 October 2011
  7. "WFTDA Welcomes 5 New Members", WFTDA, 7 March 2013
  8. "Die komplette deutsche Mannschaft" (in German). Roller Derby Germany. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  9. Hurt Reynolds (26 August 2011). "Argentina, Brazil Announce World Cup Rosters". Derby News Network. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  10. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  11. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  12. "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  13. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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