Metro area Gainesville, FL Founded 2007 | Track type(s) Flat | |
Teams Allstar Travel TeamMillhopper DevilsSwamp City Sirens Venue Alachua County Fairgrounds | ||
The Gainesville Roller Rebels (GRR) is a roller derby league based in Gainesville, Florida. Founded in 2007, the league consists of two home teams, and an all star team which competes against teams from other leagues.
The league was founded in late 2007 by Catherine Seemann, known as "Ms. Rebel". She recruited skaters using a variety of methods, including flyering, posting on MySpace, and talking to friends.
By late 2009, the league was playing regularly, to crowds of around 400 people, and beat the Tallahassee Rollergirls in an upset.
The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2012, and it graduated to full membership in December 2012.
In March 2013, the league debuted in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's rankings at 51, the highest entry by a previously unranked team and the only to premier within the top 100.