Pirate City Rollers
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| Metro area | Auckland |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Teams |
All Scars (A team) Broadside Brawlers (B team) Dead Wreckoning Mascara Massacre Blackheart Bruisers |
| 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 is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
Pirate City 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. In 2007, the Pirates played their first home season, 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.
In October 2011, Pirate City became an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, the first WFTDA Apprentice league in New Zealand. It graduated to full membership of the WFTDA in September 2013, the same year they were crowned the champions of the Derby Royale national tournament.
Pirate City Rollers features three home teams, the Blackheart Bruisers, Dead Wreckoning and the Mascara Massacre. Pirate City's travel teams competing are the B team Broadside Brawlers, and the A team All Scars, who were formed in 2009.
Pirate City first qualified for WFTDA Playoffs in 2017, as the tenth seed at the Division 2 Playoffs and Championships in Pittsburgh, United States. A narrow opening loss to Boston Roller Derby was followed by a 275-253 overtime loss to Bear City Roller Derby, ending Pirate City's weekend.
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. 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.
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