Stockholm Roller Derby

Stockholm Roller Derby
League logo
Metro area Stockholm
Country Sweden
Founded 2007
Teams All Stars (A team)
Bstrds (B team)
C-Stars (C team)
Track type(s) Flat
Affiliations WFTDA
Website rollerderby.se

Stockholm Roller Derby (STRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Stockholm is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

The first roller derby league in Sweden, Stockholm Roller Derby was founded by Nattis Mörkenstam, Linn Hultström, Jenny Stendahl, Emmelie Bogårdh and Michel Diaz Nocetti and initially practised in a garage. They struggled to find a permanent practice venue, and initially recruited only slowly. However, the league received a major boost when the film Whip It! was released, and found training space in an abandoned shopping mall.[2] By mid-2010, the league had forty skaters, while three other leagues had emerged in the country, including the Crime City Rollers.[3]

Stockholm played their first bout in October 2010, against Helsinki Roller Derby, and took part in the first all-Swedish bout in March 2011, against Crime City.[4] The league also participated in the first Scandinavian tournament, "Battle of the Nordic Light",[5] losing to Helsinki but beating Copenhagen.[6]

In October 2011, Stockholm became an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association,[7] and it graduated to full membership in December 2012.[8] Seven of Stockholm's skaters were selected to play for Team Sweden at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[9]

WFTDA competition

At the first European WFTDA tournament in November 2012, "Track Queens Battle Royal",[10] Stockholm came at third place out of ten bouting teams, defending their ingoing ranking[11] for the tournament. Stockholm first qualified for the international WFTDA Division 1 Playoffs in 2015, entering the Dallas tournament as the fifth seed, and finishing in seventh place.[12] In 2016, Stockholm returned to Division 1 Playoffs, entering the Vancouver tournament as the eighth seed and again finishing in seventh place.[13] At the 2017 Malmo Division 1 Playoff, Stockholm won their opening game against Terminal City Rollergirls 197-145,[14] but then lost their quarterfinal against Denver Roller Derby, 330-152.[15] Stockholm finished the weekend with a 184-166 consolation bracket victory over Kallio Rolling Rainbow.[16]

Rankings

Season Final ranking[17] Playoffs Championship
2013 116 WFTDA[18] N/A N/A
2014 41 WFTDA[19] N/A N/A
2015 17 WFTDA[20] 7 D1[12] DNQ
2016 28 WFTDA[21] 7 D1[13] DNQ
2017 20 WFTDA[22] CR D1[16] DNQ
  • CR = consolation round

References

  1. ↑ "Stockholm Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Anna Bodin, "I rollerderby är blåmärken snyggt", Dagens Nyheters 28 October 2011 (in Swedish)
  3. ↑ "Roller derby Archived 12 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine.", ETC, 19 July 2010 (in Swedish)
  4. ↑ "Bouts", Stockholm Roller Derby
  5. ↑ "Battle of the Nordic Light", Crime City Rollers, 26 July 2011
  6. ↑ "Tre vinster mot nordiskt motstånd", Crime City Rollers, 8 September 2011 (in Swedish)
  7. ↑ "WFTDA accepts 14 leagues into apprentice program Archived 18 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine.", WFTDA, 27 October 2011
  8. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members Archived 6 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine.", 3 December 2012
  9. ↑ "WFTDA and the Roller Derby World Cup Archived 9 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine.", WFTDA, 1 November 2011
  10. ↑ "Track Queens Battle Royal Scores", Track Queens Battle Royal, 18 November 2012,
  11. ↑ "Track Queens Battle Royal Teams", Track Queens Battle Royal
  12. 1 2 Deadwards, Lisa (13 September 2015). "D1D 7th: #5 Stockholm beats #7 Sun State, 210-146". Derby Central. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. 1 2 "D1V: #8 Stockholm demolishes #7 Sacred City, 252-109". Derby Central. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  14. ↑ Khaos, Merry (8 September 2017). "D1M: #7 Stockholm cleans up #10 Terminal City, 197-145". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Berrick, Genevieve D (9 September 2017). "D1M: #2 Denver takes flight over #7 Stockholm, 330-152". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  16. 1 2 Deadwards, Lisa (10 September 2017). "D1M: #7 Stockholm rolls past #9 Kallio, 184-166". Derby Central. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  18. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  22. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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