Pirate City Rollers

Pirate City Rollers
League logo
Metro area Auckland
Country New Zealand
Founded 2006
Teams Dead Wreckoning
Mascara Massacre
Blackheart Bruisers
Broadside Brawlers (Travel)
All Scars (Travel)
Track type(s) Flat
Venue Trusts Stadium
Affiliations WFTDA
Org. type Incorporated Society
Website piratecityrollers.com

Pirate City Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Auckland. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of three Home Teams and two Travel Teams.

History

The Pirates were founded by Black Dahlia, who had previously played roller derby in the United States. They formed in 2006, and claim to be the oldest roller derby league outside North America.[1] In 2007, the Pirates played their first home season,[1] and they bouted against Richter City Roller Derby in 2009, in New Zealand's first bout between leagues from two different cities, winning 174-88 in front of a crowd of 1,200 people.[2]

In October 2011, Pirate City became an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association,.[3] It graduated to full membership of the WFTDA in September 2013,[4] the same year they were crowned the champions of the Derby Royale national tournament.[5]

Teams

Pirate City Rollers have three home teams in their 2015 Intraleague competition. They have two travel teams competing in the New Zealand Interleague competition as well as in games and events overseas.

Home Teams

2015 season

RoundDateResult
Round 119 April 2015 Blackheart Bruisers 138197Mascara Massacre
Round 110 May 2015Mascara Massacretbctbc Dead Wreckoning
Round 124 May 2015 Dead Wreckoning 192180 Blackheart Bruisers
Round 212 July 2015 Blackheart Bruisers 149121 Mascara Massacre
Round 29 August 2015 Mascara Massacre TBCTBC Dead Wreckoning
Round 26 September 2015 Dead Wreckoning TBCTBC Blackheart Bruisers
FinalTBC TBC TBCTBC TBC

Travel Teams

Skaters

2015 Roster

Number Name Home Team Travel Team
04Bonnie CollideBlackheart Bruisers
7Sailor's CurseBlackheart BruisersBroadside Brawlers
08Sugar HitMascara MassacreAll Scars
11Machete ConfettiMascara MassacreAll Scars
12Stone Cold BerettaDead WreckoningAll Scars
14Ballistic ButtonMascara MassacreAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
15Skate Moss
17Baby Slice
18TutanKarnageBlackheart BruisersAll Scars
19Miss CrunchbullMascara MassacreAll Scars
20Auntie VenomBlackheart BruisersBroadside Brawlers
22Manic Street CreatureMascara MassacreAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
29Annie’maulBlackheart BruisersAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
31Shrew LooseDead WreckoningBroadside Brawlers
33Rumble StinsonDead WreckoningBroadside Brawlers
42Sledge HannahBlackheart Bruisers
49ShōGunnMascara Massacre
54Lady TrampleBlackheart BruisersAll Scars
61GoldiblocksBlackheart Bruisers
73Coup D’eTaliaDead WreckoningAll Scars
88Lass O'RateDead Wreckoning
89Ruthless DoomMascara MassacreBroadside Brawlers
92Mad KaoDead WreckoningAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
100Crash Test HoneyMascara Massacre
116Helen of DesTroyDead WreckoningBroadside Brawlers
117Nikalicious ViciousBlackheart Bruisers
151Babe Insane
247PNut Butt Her and JamDead WreckoningAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
262Jack the Rip-HerMascara Massacre
321Bomb AppetiteDead WreckoningBroadside Brawlers
345SheHardMascara MassacreAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
369Hellina HandbagDead Wreckoning
409Mind The YapBlackheart BruisersAll Scars
451MissBHavenDead WreckoningAll Scars
514Firefly SpiritBlackheart BruisersAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
711Kid ViciousMascara MassacreAll Scars
786Kraken SkullsBlackheart Bruisers
818BruiserellaDead Wreckoning
852Daphne HuiBlackheart BruisersAll Scars
911Zombie AblockahipsMascara MassacreBroadside Brawlers
925Linda ShoveLACEMascara MassacreBroadside Brawlers
999Drop The Pom!Mascara MassacreBroadside Brawlers
1102The Candy CrusherDead Wreckoning
2008DovenwolfHead Referee
3LYMass MorganizerMascara Massacre
A4PapercutMascara MassacreAll Scars
C4TSchro Ding HerDead WreckoningAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers
IR5Gonna Make Ya Pei-PeiBlackheart BruisersBroadside Brawlers
0UTPoppy KneecapsBlackheart BruisersBroadside Brawlers
P-51LEE-thal WeaponDead WreckoningAll Scars
SN0Tin TinNSO
X0X0Pash MaliceBlackheart BruisersAll Scars / Broadside Brawlers

International

Pirate City Rollers were the only league from New Zealand to field a team at the Great Southern Slam, the Asia-Pacific region's first roller derby tournament, held in June 2010.[6] They easily beat Sydney and Western Australia in the pool matches, and Perth in the quarter final, before succumbing to Victorian in the semi final, and narrowly losing to hosts Adelaide in the third-place play-off.[7]

The Pirates travel Team 'All Scars' played at Beach Brawl 2015, hosted by Gold Coast Derby Grrls and held in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA, from 12–14 June.[8] where they aimed to be the first WTFDA internationally ranked team in New Zealand.[9] From their performance at this tournament they debuted at number 87 in the WFTDA 30 June 20015 rankings,[10] 69 places above the other New Zealand team Richter City Roller Derby which also debuted in these rankings.

2011 World Cup

The inaugural 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was hosted by Toronto Roller Derby,[11] and was held 1–4 December 2011 at The Bunker at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Seven Pirate City skaters were selected to play for Team New Zealand, with the coach and assistant coach also coming from the league.[12] Team New Zealand finished 8th out of 13 countries competing. Pirate City Rollers skater Skate The Muss was awarded MVP for Team New Zealand.[13]

RoundDateResult
Group C1 December 2011 New Zealand8377 United States
Group C2 December 2011 New Zealand124111 Scotland
Elimination3 December 2011 New Zealand (9)142127 Germany (8)
Quarterfinals3 December 2011 New Zealand8470 United States
Consolation Semifinals3 December 2011 New Zealand (9)6694 Sweden (5)
Placement Round3 December 2011 New Zealand (9)129180 France (6)

2014 World Cup

All four of the Pirate City Rollers skaters selected for the 2014 Team New Zealand training squad also made the final 20 selection to play the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup,[14] held 4–7 December at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, USA. Team New Zealand finished 5th out of 30 countries competing.

RoundDateResult
Group 14 December 2014 New Zealand21859 Norway
Group 14 December 2014 New Zealand31515 South Africa
Group 15 December 2014 New Zealand25060 Wales
Playoffs6 December 2014 New Zealand35691 Netherlands
Quarterfinals6 December 2014 New Zealand56284 Australia

Hire-A-Pirate

Pirate City Rollers are available to skate at a range of events. Past events include:

References

  1. 1 2 "The History of Roller Derby & PCR", Pirate City Rollers
  2. ↑ Hadyn Green, "Skate Highway One: New Zealand's First Interleague Bout!", Blood and Thunder #15, pp.36-38
  3. ↑ "WFTDA accepts 14 leagues into apprentice program", WFTDA, 27 October 2011
  4. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 Full Member Leagues". WFTDA. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Pirate City Rollers Take Out National Roller Derby Competition", Scoop, 30 October 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2015
  6. ↑ Beck Wise, "Preview: Great Southern Slam", Derby News Network, 10 June 2010
  7. ↑ Beck Wise, "Tournament Recap: The Great Southern Slam", Derby News Network, 23 June 2010
  8. ↑ http://www.beachbrawl2015.com/ Retrieved 18 May 2015
  9. ↑ http://piratecityrollers.com/newsite/category/news/ Help Us Get To Florida. Retrieved 18 May 2015
  10. ↑ http://www.wftda.com/rankings Retrieved 20 July 2015
  11. ↑ Yuen, Jenny (20 February 2011). "Roller Derby attracts a crowd". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  12. ↑ Roller Derby Team NZ
  13. ↑ Roller Derby AU "DAY FOUR: Roller Derby World Cup", Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  14. ↑ http://www.rollerderby.org.nz/the-team/
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