Bear City Roller Derby

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Bear City Roller Derby
Bear City Roller Derby.jpg
Metro area Berlin
Country Germany
Founded2008
TeamsA-Team
B-Team
C-Team (Breaking Bears)
Track type(s)Flat
Affiliations WFTDA
Website Official website

Bear City Roller Derby (BCRD) is a flat track roller derby league based in Berlin. Founded in 2008, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

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History

The league was founded as the Berlin Bombshells, [2] although it now reserves that name for its interleague bouting team. It was the second roller derby league in Germany, and was assisted in its early development by the first league, the Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz. [3] In its early days, it was forced out of its practice hall by Berlin's sports department; the team took legal action to regain access to public space. [4] The league gained visibility when skater Diane Rott transferred from the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls. [4]

It competed in the first roller derby bout between two German leagues, against the Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz in 2009. The same year, it participated in "Roll Britannia", the first roller derby tournament in Europe, and in December hosted the first European Roller Derby Organisational Conference (EROC). [2]

Bear City hosted the first German Roller Derby Championship in December 2010, losing 124–128 to Stuttgart in the final. [5]

In July 2016, the league announced it had officially changed its name to Bear City Roller Derby. [6]

WFTDA competition

Original Berlin Bombshells logo Berlin Bombshells logo.png
Original Berlin Bombshells logo
Secondary Bear City logo Bear City Roller Derby logo 2016.jpg
Secondary Bear City logo

In October 2010, the league was accepted as an apprentice member of the WFTDA. [7] By May 2011, it had more than 60 skaters. [8]

In March 2012, Bear City Roller Derby became the WFTDA’s first full member league in continental Europe. [9]

The league has since competed in multiple Division 2 Playoffs and Championships, with its 2014 appearance marking the first time a continental European team competed at a WFTDA Championship event. [10]

Rankings

Season Final ranking [11] Playoffs Championship
201223 E [12] DNQDNQ
2013132 WFTDA [13] DNQDNQ
201452 WFTDA [14] 2 D2 [15] 3 D2 [16]
201545 WFTDA [17] 6 D2 [18] DNQ
201650 WFTDA [19] 5 D2 [20] DNQ
201750 WFTDA [21] N/A10 D2 [22]
201831 WFTDA [23] CR [24] DNQ

References

  1. ↑ "Bear City Roller Derby – WFTDA". WFTDA. WFTDA. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 About Archived September 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Bear City Roller Derby (in German)
  3. ↑ Manda Singer, "Bombshelled Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine ", ProvokatoR, 6 September 2010
  4. 1 2 Marta Popowska, "A short history of roller derby in Europe", Blood and Thunder #15, pp.18–23
  5. ↑ "Stuttgarter Rollergirlz siegen in Berlin Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine ", Good News, 18 December 2010 (in German)
  6. ↑ "Berlin Bombshells become Bear City Roller Derby". Bear City Roller Derby. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 10 New Leagues Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 5 October 2010
  8. ↑ "Rollschuhfahren mal anders: Seit drei Jahren spielen Frauen aus Berlin und dem Umland „Rollerderby“", Märkische Allgemeine , 14 May 2011 (in German)
  9. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues". WFTDA. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  10. ↑ "Rideau Valley Makes WFTDA History at Thrilling D2 Tournament in Kitchener-Waterloo". Derby Nerd. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Current Rankings Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA
  12. ↑ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "August 22-24: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "WFTDA 2014 D1 & D2 Playoffs & Championships". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "D2 Playoffs Detroit, MI Aug 28-30". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "D2L 5th Place: #8 Bear City wins rematch against #9 Tri-City, 177-153". Derby Central. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  21. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  22. ↑ "2017 WFTDA D2 Tournaments: Pittsburgh Central". Derby Central. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  23. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  24. ↑ "2018 Playoffs Atlanta Game 10: Bear City vs. Queen City – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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