Garden State Roller Derby is a flat track
roller derby
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leaguesA Roller Derby league is synonymous with an individual club or team in other team sports, as ...
league based in
Newark, New Jersey
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and competes at the Inline Skating Club of America in
North Arlington, New Jersey
North Arlington is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 16,457, an increase of 1,065 (+6.9%) from the 2010 ...
. Founded in 2006, it has three home teams, the Gateway Grim Reapers, the
Jersey City
Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous Bridge and Pummel, the Northern Nighmares and two travel teams, the all-star
Ironbound Maidens and the B-team, the Brick City Bruisers, which compete against teams from other leagues. Garden State Roller Derby is a member of the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
History
The NJ Dirty Dames was founded in March 2006 as the first roller derby league in New Jersey, and was based in
Kendall Park. It merged with the Garden State Rollergirls June 1 2008, with its All Star team, the Hub City Hellrazors, initially becoming an additional intraleague team.
In 2009, the league was featured in an item on ''
CBS News
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''. The league was accepted into the
Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in September 2009, and became full members of the WFTDA in June 2010. By 2010, it had around 40 skaters.
[Kelly Nicholaides,]
Garden State Roller Girls Rumble, Rock
, '' North Jersey Media Group'', 7 April 2010
In 2020, Garden State Rollergirls rebranded as Garden State Roller Derby.
WFTDA rankings
See also
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Roller derby in the United States
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Sports in Newark, New Jersey
References
{{New Jersey Sports
Roller derby leagues established in 2006
Roller derby leagues in New Jersey
Sports in Newark, New Jersey
2006 establishments in New Jersey