Roller derby name and number: Block Buster #33 Roller derby position – on the track (and why): Block, so I can bust up the other Blockers. Roller derby position – off the track (and why): Treasurer, just trying to do my part to help out. How long have you been playing roller derby for GRR? [...]
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’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 [...]
The Gainesville Roller Rebels’ new home teams, The Swamp City Sirens and the Millhopper Devils, will be facing each other in a can’t miss hometown bout. Come out watch some local rivalry duke it out on the flat track!! September 24, 2011, at Skate Station Funkworks. Doors open 8:15pm, bout begins 9:00pm Tickets: $8 in advance, available [...]
Join us as the Gainesville Roller Rebels take on the on the Ft. Myers Derby Girls’ Palm City Punishers, Saturday, August 20th! Doors open 8:15pm, bout begins 9:00pm Tickets: $8 in advance, available at Sweet Dreams Ice Cream (3437 W. University Ave), Skate Station Funworks, and Brown Paper Tickets. $12 at the door, and as [...]
July 9, 2011 Tonight the Gainesville Roller Rebels host the Atlanta Sake Tuyas, one of the Atlanta Roller Girls (a founding member of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) home teams. Electricity and music are in the air tonight as the teams warm up prior to the bout. The Duppies are rockin’ out under the [...]
The Gainesville Roller Rebels will take on the Tri-County Rolling Militia for our first Saturday Home Bout of 2011!! Doors open 8:15pm and the bout begins 9:00pm Tickets: $8 in advance, available at Sweet Dreams Ice Cream (3437 W. University Ave), Skate Station Funworks, and Brown Paper Tickets. $12 at the door; 12-and-under get in free! [...]
In honor of our men and women in uniform, the Gainesville Roller Rebels defended their home rink with a 218-62 drubbing of the Bradentucky Bombers. After losing their first bout of the season the Rebels have gone on a tear winning five straight. They have shut down the competition with tight blocking, and run up [...]
It’s a fine, warm night for Derby, and tonight the Gainesville Roller Rebels host their sister team, the Ocala Cannibals, in a bout sure to break records. It’s Grizzly Madams’s (#2nd Amendment) first bout back from an injury and the GRR ladies are thrilled to have one of their pivotal blockers back in action. Also, [...]
3/27/2011 Gainesville Roller Rebels vs. Tampa Bay Bruise Crew Prior to the Sunday evening bout, teams warm up physically and mentally as they prepare once again to ride their skates into battle. Tonight the Gainesville Roller Rebels host the Tampa Bay Bruise Crew who can be heard screaming “AAAAaaahhh! Bruise Crew!!” just before taking to [...]
