Rock and Roller Queens (RRQ) is a

roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

league based in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. Founded in 2009, the league consists of two teams, which compete against teams from other leagues. Rock and Roller Queens 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

The league was founded in December 2009Acerca de Rock&Rollers Queens
, Rock and Roller Queens by María Paola Hernandez, a local graphic designer with experience of roller skating, after she saw the movie '' Whip It''. By late 2011, the league was one of about ten in the country, and the sport was recognised by Colombian Sports Federation. The league won the first roller derby tournament in Colombia, which was contested by eight teams, in June 2012.DNN Live Coverage: 1er Torneo Roller Derby Colombia 2012
, ''

Derby News Network Derby News Network (DNN), based in Baltimore, was an internet broadcast network, founded in 2007, which featured the women's skating sport of roller derby. DNN used the internet to collect remote streaming video Video on demand (VOD) is a med ...

'' In July, it was accepted as the first member of the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...

Programme from South America,WFTDA Accepts 35 Apprentice Leagues
, WFTDA, 16 July 2012 and it became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2013.WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America
, 6 June 2013

WFTDA rankings

References

{{WFTDA Division 3 Sport in Bogotá Roller derby leagues established in 2009 Roller derby leagues Roller derby in Colombia Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3 2009 establishments in Colombia