Garden State Roller Derby

Garden State Roller Derby

Metro area	Newark, New Jersey
Country	United States
Founded	2006
Teams	Ironbound Maidens (A team) Brick City Bruisers (B team) Gateway Grim Reapers Northern Nightmares Hub City Hellrazors (inactive) Jersey City Bridge & Pummel (inactive)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Inline Skating Club of America Roller Skating Rink North Arlington, New Jersey
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.gardenstaterollerderby.org

Garden State Roller Derby (GSR) is a flat-track roller derby league based in Newark, New Jersey and competes at the Inline Skating Club of America in North Arlington, New Jersey. Founded in 2006, ^[1] it has three home teams, the Gateway Grim Reapers, the Jersey City 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. ^[2] Garden State Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). ^[3]

History

The NJ Dirty Dames were founded in March 2006 as the first roller derby league in New Jersey and was based in Kendall Park. ^[4] It merged with the Garden State Rollergirls June 1st 2008 with its All Star team, the Hub City Hellrazors, initially becoming an additional intraleague team. ^[5]

In 2009, the league was featured in an item on CBS News . ^[6] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in September 2009, ^[7] and became full members of the WFTDA in June 2010. ^[8] By 2010, it had around 40 skaters. ^[9]

In 2020, Garden State Rollergirls rebranded as Garden State Roller Derby to promote inclusivity.

WFTDA rankings

Season	Final ranking [10]	Playoffs	Championship
2011	27 E [11]	DNQ	DNQ
2012	27 E [12]	DNQ	DNQ
2013	88 WFTDA [13]	DNQ	DNQ
2014	92 WFTDA [14]	DNQ	DNQ
2015	97 WFTDA [15]	DNQ	DNQ
2016	96 WFTDA [16]	DNQ	DNQ
2017	70 WFTDA [17]	DNQ	DNQ
2018	75 WFTDA [18]	DNQ	DNQ
2019	113 WFTDA [19]	DNQ	DNQ
2023	119 NA Northeast [20]	DNQ	DNQ
2024	113 NA Northeast [21]	DNQ	DNQ

See also

• Roller derby in the United States
• Sports in Newark, New Jersey

References

1. Gorce, Tammy La (7 November 2008). "With Names That Could Kill, Women Rev Up Roller Derby". The New York Times . Retrieved 24 August 2017.
2. "ABOUT GSR". Garden State Roller Derby. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
3. "Garden State Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
4. "The Hub City Hellrazors say Goodbye to Dirty Jersey, Hello to the Garden State with Free Local Roller Derby Bout". New Brunswick Life. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
5. Chanta L. Jackson, "Roller derby leagues to unite", The Star-Ledger , 23 May 2008
6. Michelle Gielan, "The Return Of Roller Derby", CBS News , 11 February 2009
7. "Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA [version of 16 November 2009]
8. "WFTDA welcomes 11 new members, adds new regions Archived September 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 17 June 2010
9. Kelly Nicholaides, "Garden State Roller Girls Rumble, Rock", North Jersey Media Group , 7 April 2010
10. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
11. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
12. "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
13. "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
14. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
15. "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
16. "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
17. "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
18. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2450
19. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings?r=2841
20. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/na-northeast?r=5176
21. https://stats.wftda.com/rankings/na-northeast?r=7199