Gainesville Roller Rebel “Rage-rienne” recently sat down with The Leaflet (Odds and Ends from Parisleaf Printing and Design) as part of their Thursday Shout-Out Series. Click here to read the Q&A interview about roller derby, the GRR’s community impact and what “Rage-rienne” loves about roller derby!
It was a slow start to Sunday evening’s women’s flat track derby bout between the Gainesville Roller Rebels and the Thunder City Derby Sirens, hailing from Central Florida. After GRR’s Millhopper Devils lost by less than 20 points to Thunder City just over a month ago, the Gainesville Roller Rebels were hungry for redemption. GRR [...]
During our bout Sunday, October 23rd bout vs. Thunder City Derby Sirens, GRR will have a fundraiser for GRR’s Injured Skater Fund. These funds go to help our players get back on their “skates” after serious injuries on the track. This first drawing will go to help the Jamburglar, who during our home bout on Aug. 20th, sustained a serious [...]
It’s our 2nd to last bout of the 2011 Season! Come watch the Gainesville Roller Rebels take on the Thunder City Derby Sirens from Deland, FL. Last time our leagues met, Thunder City played and won the Millhopper Devils in a hard fought match. They’ll be playing the Rebels now and the Rebels want revenge!! Don’t [...]
GRR is having a Bake Sale this Wednesday, October 12th from 3pm-7pm at Maude’s Classic Cafe downtown! See our Facebook event for more details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140113616086555
Roller derby name and number: RuBrawl Roller derby position – on the track (and why): Right now, I’m mostly stomping around in the middle of the track as a penalty wrangler, but I’m also training to be a ref. Being a skater just wasn’t in the cards for me, but I like the deep understanding [...]
In a town where Gator games dictate wedding plans and entire wardrobes are based on the orange and blue, it was fitting that the Gainesville Roller Rebels would pit orange—the Swamp City Sirens—against blue—the Millhopper Devils—in GRR’s intra-league bout Sept. 24, 2011.
