Flint Roller Derby 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

Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 8 ...

. Founded in 2007, the league consists of one team which competes against teams from other leagues. Flint is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league was founded in March 2007. In 2009, it created a roller derby program at the

University of Michigan–Flint The University of Michigan–Flint (UM-Flint, UMF) is a public university in Flint, Michigan. It is one of the two regional universities operating under the policies of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, the other being the University ...

. For many years, the league played its bouts at the Rollhaven Family Fun Center, but in 2012 it moved to the larger Perani Arena, while continuing to use the Rollhaven venue for scrimmage and practices. In January 2011, Flint was accepted as a 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. ...

Program,WFTDA Accepts 12 Additional Apprentice Leagues
", WFTDA, 13 January 2011 but was no longer listed as a member as of February 2013. By December 2017, the league had rebranded as Flint Roller Derby, and had re-entered the WFTDA Apprentice Program. Flint became a full member league of the WFTDA in September 2018.

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{{Michigan sports Roller derby leagues established in 2007 Roller derby leagues in Michigan Sports in Flint, Michigan 2007 establishments in Michigan