Glass City Rollers (GCR) is a

roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

league based in

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. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues. Glass City 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

Glass City was founded in 2007 by Jessica "Betty Floored" Crossfield and others. By late 2009, the league had twenty skaters, and it opened its first season in October by playing the Fox Cityz Foxz. The league later inspired the founding of the Sandusky Rollergirls.Kelly Metz,
Derby not a trend or fad, it’s a way of life
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'', April 3, 2011 Glass City 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 April 2010,WFTDA Apprentice Program Welcomes 13 New Leagues
", WFTDA, 8 April 2010 and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012.WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Member Leagues
", 1 March 2012

WFTDA rankings

References

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