The Long Island Roller Rebels (LIRR) are a women's flat track roller derby league based on Long Island, New York. Founded in 2005,2011 Press Kit
, Long Island Roller Rebels the league currently consists of two teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Long Island Roller Rebels is a member of the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

(WFTDA).

History and organization

Long Island Roller Rebels was founded as the "Rockabetty Bruisers" in mid-2005 by Lauren "Captain Morgan" Madonia and seven others. Aided in its early days by members of

Gotham Girls Roller Derby Gotham Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York (state), New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham is the first flat track roller derby league in the metropolitan New York area and a founding member league of ...

, Long Island's first official game was held in February 2006. LIRR was announced as a new member of the

(WFTDA) in May 2007. They were early members of the WFTDA, competing in the East Region. The league's travel teams have participated in interleague bouts against teams across the east coast of the United States, reaching as far as

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

. By 2009, their intraleague bouts were attracting around 350 to 400 fans to their regular venue, in

Old Bethpage, New York Old Bethpage is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located on Long Island in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 5,283 at the 2020 United States Census. It is served by the Old ...

, many of whom had previously watched banked track games. Their 2010 season featured a tournament involving twelve teams from New York State, In 2011, the Roller Rebels competed in the East Coast Derby Extravaganza, and also played a bout at the

Men's Roller Derby Association The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition (renamed to Men's Roller Derby Association in 2011), and currently has 59 ...

Championships, which were held in their Old Bethpage rink.Big Apple Beatdown
, New York Shock Exchange

WFTDA rankings

References

{{NYCMetroSports Roller derby leagues in New York (state) Nassau County, New York Roller derby leagues established in 2005 Women's sports in the United States 2005 establishments in New York (state) Sports in Long Island