Dear friends!

Crime City Rollers has worked really hard all year to reach our main goal for 2018 – qualifying for Championships. At Playoffs our dedication paid off – we took the silver and earned a place at Champs!

We are currently ranked #10 in the world, have a better seed for Champs than last year, and are the only European team to play there this year!

But we’re not there yet, and playing this amazing sport is expensive. We’ve invested so much time and money  to get to where we are today, and now we ask you to help us with that final push to New Orleans.

Your contributions for this journey will make it possible for us to keep doing what we love and what we do best – play top level roller derby.

Friends and fans across the globe, please support us with any amount, no donation is to small!

We welcome contributions through our Gofundme campaign, or – if you have a Swedish account: use Swish number: 1233881885 – and make sure to mark your contribution with:  ”CHAMPS2018”

On Saturday 27 October, the Crime City Rollers A-team has the absolute luxury to meet our most beloved opponents in Helsinki Roller Derby All-stars in our own home venue.

You can find more information about the event on Facebook – and buy your tickets in advance through this link.  Remember: there is a limited number of seats in our venue!

Magdalena “Bricken” Nordahl, player and captain of the Crime City Rollers A-team is the first roller derby player ever to receive the pretigious stipend Elitidrottsstipendium from the national sports association, Riksidrottsförbundet. She was one out of 72 athletes to be awarded with the stipend this year.

Magdalena will through the stipend get the opportunity to go to a training camp at Bosön, get access to professional resources in sports psychology, sports medicine and sports physiology, and on top of that 50 000SEK to help finance her atheltic endeavors.

More information about the stipend and by the other winners, go to Skridskoförbundet’s and Riksidrottsförbundet’s websites. These pages are both in Swedish.

Photo: helenaisthlm.com

Feeling curious about roller derby? Interested in trying it out yourself?

Fantastic, because we are now looking for new players and officials (referees & non-skating officials) for the best roller derby league in Sweden, Crime City Rollers! In September 2018 we will have two occasions for intake where everyone is welcome. We will give a short introduction to the sport, and you can try what it’s like to skate.

Date, time and location

– Tuesday September 11th, 20.00 – 22.00
– Sunday September 16th, 15.00 – 17.00
– Our training hall is located at Kopparbergsgatan 8, with the entrance next to the climbing center.
– Please see that you come on time so that we can start as soon as possible!

Equipment

We have skates and protection for you to borrow, but as the quantities are limited we might have to take turns in skating in case we are many.
If you want to bring your own equipment, any roller skates with 2+2 wheels will do. The protection needed are elbow pads, knee pads, wrist pads and a skating or hockey helmet. You won’t need a mouth guard for these occasions, but later on you will need one for all the trainings.

If you are very excited about getting your derby career rolling, you are very welcome to join us for both of these occasions. In that case you will however let those who are trying out derby for the first time test before you if there is a shortage of equipment!

What should I have on and with me?

Comfortable clothing, but keep in mind that you will have knee, elbow and wrist protection and therefore can’t have too big or baggy clothes.
Don’t forget your water bottle!

What happens next?

If you want to start training with us you will pay a quarterly training fee and a yearly membership fee. The training fee for you who are new is free for Q3 (september through), 450 SEK for Q4 and then you’ll pay the regular training fee of 600 SEK / quarter. The membership fee for 2018 is 300 SEK, for 2019 it will be 360 SEK. You can train derby with us twice a week as a beginner (same times as the intakes), plus open skate which is open for the public each Wednesday 5 pm-7 pm.

Who can play with us?

Roller derby is a sport where there is space for everyone regardless of age, size or earlier background in sports. Crime City Rollers welcomes everyone to skate as a beginner regardless of gender. The players in our teams are women/non-binary people/trans people. Cis-men can take part in our association and in the sport for example as officials (referees & non-skating officials).

This event is open for everyone over the age of 18. If you are younger, check out our junior group Crime City Rollers – Candysnatchers.

More about us and roller derby

https://wftda.com/
Watch old matches here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDeiVXgXF4UT649T-e5PXcw
and here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eMWpvytqd3gYAqxTl9w7g

We are part of the Swedish Skating Association (SSF) and everyone taking part in our intakes is insured.
We are also members of the WFTDA, the international umbrella organization for our sport.

We are looking forward to meeting you – this could be the beginning of your new fantastic derby life!

Vill du börja träna med våra miniorer och juniorer, Candy Snatchers? Anmäl dig HÄR så skickar vi ut mer info innan terminsstart! Sista anmälningsdag 5 augusti, träningarna börjar v. 33.

Hoppas vi ses!

Crime City Rollers juniorer och minorer, Candy Snatchers, är barn och ungdomar i åldrarna 5-16 år.

Vi planerar att starta upp en ny nybörjargrupp för alla i åldern 12-16 år och gruppen startas när vi fått in tillräckligt många anmälningar. Använd detta formulär för anmälan och vi kommer att kontakta er för mer info.

Terminsavgiften är 425 kr varav 50 kr avser medlemsavgift och 375 kr träningsavgift. Man får lov att prova på gratis tre gånger innan man måste betala terminsavgiften.
Vi har skates, skydd och hjälmar till utlåning.

Vid frågor går det bra att mejla: juniorderby@crimecityrollers.com

Information om hur vi hanterar personuppgifter: http://crimecityrollers.com/?page_id=2812