Garden State Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Newark, New Jersey and competes at the Inline Skating Club of America in North Arlington, New Jersey.
Founded in 2006,[1] it has three home teams, the Gateway Grim Reapers, the Jersey City Bridge and Pummel, the Northern Nighmares and two travel teams, the all-star Ironbound Maidens and the B-team, the Brick City Bruisers, which compete against teams from other leagues.
[3] The NJ Dirty Dames was founded in March 2006 as the first roller derby league in New Jersey, and was based in Kendall Park.
[4] It merged with the Garden State Rollergirls June 1 2008, with its All Star team, the Hub City Hellrazors, initially becoming an additional intraleague team.
[6] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in September 2009,[7] and became full members of the WFTDA in June 2010.