Metro area | Newark, New Jersey |
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Country | United States |
Founded | 2006 |
Teams | Ironbound Maidens (A team) Brick City Bruisers (B team) Gateway Grim Reapers Jersey City Bridge & Pummel Northern Nightmares |
Track type(s) | Flat |
Venue | Inline Skating Club of America Roller Skating Rink |
Affiliations | WFTDA |
Website |
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Garden State Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Newark, New Jersey. Founded in 2006, [1] it has three home teams, and two travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Garden State Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [2]
The NJ Dirty Dames was founded in March 2006 as the first roller derby league in New Jersey, and was based in Kendall Park. [3] It merged with the Garden State Rollergirls June 1 2008, with its All Star team, the Hub City Hellrazors, initially becoming an additional intraleague team. [4]
In 2009, the league was featured in an item on CBS News. [5] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in September 2009, [6] and became full members of the WFTDA in June 2010. [7] By 2010, it had around 40 skaters. [8]
In 2020, Garden State Rollergirls rebranded as Garden State Roller Derby.
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Season | Final ranking [9] | Playoffs | Championship |
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2011 | 27 E [10] | DNQ | DNQ |
2012 | 27 E [11] | DNQ | DNQ |
2013 | 88 WFTDA [12] | DNQ | DNQ |
2014 | 92 WFTDA [13] | DNQ | DNQ |
2015 | 97 WFTDA [14] | DNQ | DNQ |
2016 | 96 WFTDA [15] | DNQ | DNQ |
2017 | 70 WFTDA [16] | DNQ | DNQ |