Gainesville Roller Rebels

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Gainesville Roller Rebels
Gainesville Roller Rebels logo.jpg
Metro area Gainesville, FL
Country United States
Founded2007
TeamsAllstars (A team)
Swamp City Sirens
Millhopper Devils
Track type(s)Flat
VenueMLK Center
Affiliations WFTDA
Website gainesvillerollerrebels.com

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 (WFTDA). [1]

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History

The league was founded in late 2007 by Catherine Seemann, known as "Ms. Rebel". [2] She recruited skaters using a variety of methods, including flyering, posting on MySpace, and talking to friends. [3]

By late 2009, the league was playing regularly to crowds of around 400 people, and beat the Tallahassee Rollergirls in an upset. [4]

The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2012, [5] and it graduated to full membership in December 2012. [6]

In March 2013, the league debuted in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's rankings at 51, [7] the highest entry by a previously unranked team and the first to debut within the top 100. [8]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [9] Playoffs Championship
201366 WFTDA [10] DNQDNQ
2014210 WFTDA [11] DNQDNQ
2015272 WFTDA [12] DNQDNQ
2016223 WFTDA [13] DNQDNQ

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References

  1. ↑ "Gainesville Roller Rebels – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Dorene Internicola, "Roller Derby: The sisterhood of the skates [ dead link ]", Reuters , September 28, 2009
  3. ↑ Drew Harwell, "Gainesville 'rebels' try to take over roller derby", Independent Florida Alligator , February 25, 2008
  4. ↑ Robert Hilson, "Gainesville Roller Rebels end season on a high note", Gainesville Sun , November 29, 2009
  5. ↑ "13 Women's Roller Derby Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program Archived November 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, January 31, 2012
  6. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members Archived December 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", December 3, 2012
  7. ↑ "Current Rankings Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, March 15, 2013
  8. ↑ Lex Talionis, "WFTDA Release Rankings; Gotham Shock #1 Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine ", Derby News Network , March 15, 2013
  9. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  10. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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