Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby
roller derby league
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).
History
The league was founded as the Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz and was the second to be founded in Europe, the same month as the London Rollergirls, founded in April 2006. The leagues did not initially know about the formation of each other.
As it was the first roller derby league in Germany, it initially bouted against teams from the UK. SVRD 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.
The league fielded two women's teams around its conception. The A team, the Hit Girls, played in international WFTDA competition and Bundesliga national competition. The B team, the Bad Seeds, played against newer and mid-level European teams. However, as the league expanded, it was restructured to operate under one team and two types of game- FLINTA* and all-gender.
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