Metro area Hanover, PA Founded 2010 Venue Magic Elm Skateland | Country United States Track type(s) Flat | |
Teams All Stars (A team)
The Rotten Cherries (B team) | ||
The Black Rose Rollers (BRR) is a roller derby league based in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two teams, the All-Stars and the Rotten Cherries, who compete against teams from other leagues.
The league was founded in May 2010 by a group of women, including Kim Underwood (known as "Gogo Tenenbomb"). They lacked skating experience, but were inspired by the movie Whip It. It played its first public bout in June 2011, against Harrisburg Area Roller Derby's Fallout Femmes, and was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2012. They graduated to full membership of the WFTDA in December 2012.
The league has also attracted attention for its charitable fundraising.
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