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Black Rose Rollers (BRR) is a women's flat track
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
Hanover, Pennsylvania Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, southwest of York and north-northwest of Baltimore, Maryland and is north of the Mason-Dixon line. The town is situated in a productive agricultural region. The population was 16,429 at the ...
. Founded in 2010, Black Rose is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).


History and organization

The league was founded in May 2010 by a group of women, including Kim Underwood (known as "Gogo Tenenbomb"). They lacked skating experience, but were inspired by the movie '' Whip It''. It played its first public bout in June 2011, against
Harrisburg Area Roller Derby Harrisburg Area Roller Derby (HARD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2005, as of 2017 it has a single team, which competes against teams from other leagues. Harrisburg Area Roller Derby i ...
's Fallout Femmes, and was accepted into 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. ...
Program in January 2012. They graduated to full membership of the WFTDA in December 2012.WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members
", 3 December 2012 As of 2022, the league consists of two teams, the All-Stars and the Riveters, who compete against teams from other leagues. The league has attracted attention for its charitable fundraising. The league also has a
junior roller derby Junior roller derby is the sport of roller derby, modified for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age. The sport is played in both modified-contact, known as "positional blocking," and full-contact approaches, to facilitate safety across m ...
team, Black Rose Rebellion, who play by the JRDA ruleset.


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{{Pennsylvania Sports Roller derby leagues established in 2010 Roller derby leagues in Pennsylvania Hanover, Pennsylvania Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3 2010 establishments in Pennsylvania