Gainesville Roller Rebels (GRR) is a women's flat track
roller derby league based in
Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 2007, the league consists of a home team and an all star team which competes against teams from other leagues. Gainesville is a member of the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...
(WFTDA).
History
The league was founded in late 2007 by Catherine Seemann, known as "Ms. Rebel". She recruited skaters using a variety of methods, including
flyering, posting on
MySpace, and talking to friends.
By late 2009, the league was playing regularly to crowds of around 400 people, and beat the
Tallahassee Rollergirls in an upset.
The league was accepted into the
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 (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...
Program in January 2012, and it graduated to full membership in December 2012.
[WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members]
", December 3, 2012
In March 2013, the league debuted in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's rankings at 51, the highest entry by a previously unranked team and the first to debut within the top 100.
[Lex Talionis,]
WFTDA Release Rankings; Gotham Shock #1
", ''Derby News Network
Derby News Network (DNN), based in Baltimore, was an internet broadcast network, founded in 2007, which featured the women's skating sport of roller derby. DNN used the internet to collect remote streaming video
Video on demand (VOD) is a med ...
'', March 15, 2013
WFTDA rankings
References
{{Florida Sports
Roller derby leagues established in 2007
Roller derby leagues in Florida
Sports in Gainesville, Florida
Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3
2007 establishments in Florida