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Founded | 2014 |
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Colors | Black and gold |
Head coach | Philipp Schmid |
Manager | Barbara Plank |
Championships | 35th place at 2018 Roller Derby World Cup |
Website | www |
Team ZA Roller Derby represents South Africa in women's international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup.
History
[edit]The team was first formed to compete at the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup, at which it was known as Team South Africa Roller Derby. It played a warm-up mixed scrimmage against the Texas Rollergirls,[1] but lost all of its group stage matches and exited the competition.[2]
At the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup, on the first day, the team lost narrowly to Greece, and then by 283 to nil to England.[3] However, it then beat Romania and Costa Rica, recording its first ever wins in the tournament.[2][4] It finished the tournament ranked 35 out of 38 teams.[5]
Squad
[edit]2014
[edit]Real name | Derby name[1] |
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Candice Van Niekerk | Ling Vom Bot |
Michelle Dosson | Booty Queen |
Philippa Van Welie | Pippa |
Aimee Plank | The Iron Tyrant |
Emilia Domagala | Bug-Off |
Samantha Scholtz | Slam-U-Well Jackson |
Teri Robberts | Gazelle |
Lauren Barkume | Pit Bullet |
Kelly Wooldridge | Electri-Kell |
Laurie Bauer | Sookie Smackhouse |
Rozanne du Preeze | Betty Bone Crusher |
Jeanette Venske | Sugarfists |
Szerdi Nagy | Julia Seize-Her |
Claire Hayward | Miss C Malice |
Nic Chalmers | Coach Nic |
2018
[edit]Number | Name |
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00 | Samurai |
000 | Booty Queen |
001 | Bug Off |
11 | Nagy |
1610 | Kez |
17 | Beaten Mess |
1981 | Red Mist |
2020 | Axl Bruise |
222 | Trouble |
313 | Wrecking Bell |
4 | Stingray |
47 | Betty Bone Crusher |
55 | Kill Gill |
7 | Sookie Smackhouse |
73 | Mother |
7530 | Van Der Moseley |
78 | Hooligan Barbie |
911 | Empress Pain-guin |
917 | Iron Tyrant |
Head Coach | Philipp Schmid |
Bench | Andrew Stent |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Abby, Hammer (3 December 2014). "Roller Derby World Cup Preview – Pool 1: New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Wales". Derby Central. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ a b Head, Tom (4 February 2018). "On a roll: How South Africa's roller derby team made history this weekend". The South African. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Results - Day 1". Roller Derby World Cup.
- ^ "Another South African sports team has made history". Jacaranda FM. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Rankings". Roller Derby World Cup. Retrieved 7 February 2018.