Helsinki Roller Derby is a roller derby

Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 league based in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Founded in 2009, the league currently consists of two home teams and one travel team who compete against teams from other leagues.

As of 2010, the league's skaters included Annabel Apocalipstick, Estrogeena Davis, Renée Hellweger and Bananaspit. Eleven of the their skaters were selected for Team Finland at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup

Roller Derby World Cup

The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world are fielded to compete for their respective nations. The inaugural 2011 event is being hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and is being...

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The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice, is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.- History :In July 2009, the WFTDA announced its new apprentice program for aspiring member leagues that replaced its traditional membership application process...

program in July 2011. In September 2011, Helsinki competed in the Battle of the Nordic Light, the first roller derby tournament in Scandinavia.