Bear City Roller Derby (BCRD) is a Berlin-based Roller Derby league founded in May 2008 by eight women under the name Berlin Bombshells. Shortly afterwards it joined the traditional Kreuzberg sports club Sport-Club Lurich 02 e.V. as a separate department. In the past ten years one of the biggest roller derby leagues in Germany has developed from that handful of women.
Currently 3 competitive teams, a talent pool, own Officials and a junior derby department belong to the league. BCRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the international roller derby governing body, and is the only German league in the WFTDA Class A Division 1 – currently ranked 24th.
