Long Island Roller Rebels

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Long Island Roller Rebels
Long Island Roller Rebels.png
Metro area New York
Country United States
TeamsAll Stars (A team)
Rock-A-Betty Bruisers (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueSkate Safe America, Old Bethpage
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.longislandrollerrebels.org

The Long Island Roller Rebels (LIRR) are a women's flat track roller derby league based on Long Island, New York. Founded in 2005, [1] the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Long Island Roller Rebels is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]

Contents

History and organization

Long Island Roller Rebels was founded as the "Rockabetty Bruisers" [3] in mid-2005 by Lauren "Captain Morgan" Madonia and seven others. [4] [5] Aided in its early days by members of Gotham Girls Roller Derby, [6] Long Island's first official game was held in February 2006. [4] LIRR was announced as a new member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in May 2007. [7] They were early members of the WFTDA, competing in the East Region. [8]

The league's travel teams have participated in interleague bouts against teams across the east coast of the United States, reaching as far as Maine. [1] By 2009, their intraleague bouts were attracting around 350 to 400 fans to their regular venue, in Old Bethpage, New York, many of whom had previously watched banked track games. [9] Their 2010 season featured a tournament involving twelve teams from New York State, [10]

In 2011, the Roller Rebels competed in the East Coast Derby Extravaganza, [11] and also played a bout at the Men's Roller Derby Association Championships, which were held in their Old Bethpage rink. [12]

In March 2024 the Roller Rebels filed suit against Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman over an executive order he had made banning women's sports teams that include transgender women from using county facilities. They are represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union. [13]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [14] Playoffs Championship
200916 E [15] DNQDNQ
201017 E [16] DNQDNQ
201121 E [17] DNQDNQ
201217 E [18] DNQDNQ
201376 WFTDA [19] DNQDNQ
2014160 WFTDA [20] DNQDNQ
2015152 WFTDA [21] DNQDNQ
2016111 WFTDA [22] DNQDNQ
201774 WFTDA [23] DNQDNQ

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