Gem City Rollergirls

Gem City Rollergirls
Metro area	Dayton, OH
Country	United States
Founded	2006
Teams	'A' Team: The Purple Reign 'B' Team: The Violet Femmes
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Hara Arena (Ball Arena)
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.gemcityrollergirls.com

The Gem City Rollergirls (GCRG) is a roller derby league based in Dayton, Ohio, US. Founded in 2006, as of 2016 the league consisted of two teams: The Purple Reign^[1] and The Violet Femmes.^[2]

GCRG was founded in January 2006 by Ginger Clark and Andrea Moore, known as "Helen of DesTroy" and "Cyn Vicious". The league initially formed two teams, the Queens of Hearts and the Aces of Spades, that later became the Rude Girls and Damage Inc. After a decrease in league membership, the two teams became one for several years. Steady growth led to a return of the two-team structure for the 2014 season. The new team names are The Purple Reign and The Violet Femmes.

GCRG joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) in July 2007.^[3] However, after struggling to maintain a sufficient number of eligible skaters, GCRG was unable to play any fully sanctioned bouts during the 2008 season. During 2009 several long-standing skaters left the league, which also incurred increases in rink costs; however the league survived.^[4] In 2010, the league reverted to the status of apprentice members of the WFTDA.^[3]^[5] The league grew each year following and, during the 2013 boot camp, nearly doubled in size to a total of over fifty skaters. GCRG earned its full WFTDA status back for the 2014 season and will field The Purple Reign as its official WFTDA team.

References

↑ "Purple Reign". Gem Ciry Rollergirls. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
↑ "Violet Femmes". Gem City Rollergirls. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
1 2 "Gem City Rollergirls", Flat Track Stats
↑ Amelia Robinson, "Rollergirls keep rollin' on", Dayton Daily News, 26 March 2010
↑ "Gem City Rollergirls", WFTDA

WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues

Accepted 2009	Mid Michigan Derby Girls Route 66 Roller Derby

Accepted 2011	Central California Area Roller Derby Grand Junction Rollergirls Lake City Roller Dolls Portneuf Valley Bruisers Star City Roller Girls

Accepted January 2012	NOtown Roller Derby River Valley Rollergirls

Accepted July 2012	Peoria Push Derby Dames Western Australia Roller Derby Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Roller Radicals

Accepted October 2012	Auckland Roller Derby League Shoreline Roller Derby Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby

Accepted January 2013	580 Rollergirls Gray City Rebels Northwest Derby Company Spokannibals Roller Derby

Accepted April 2013	2 x 4 Roller Derby Acadiana Rollergirls Enchanted Island Roller Derby Fog City Rollers Gothenburg Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby League

Accepted October 2013	Albany All-Stars Amsterdam Derby Dames Bangor Roller Derby Central Arkansas Roller Derby Central Maine Roller Derby Dub City Derby Girls Dublin Roller Derby Eerie Rollergirls Heart of Appalachia Roller Derby Herault Derby Girlz Northern Brisbane Rollers Northside Rollers Pensacola Roller Gurlz Perth Roller Derby Resurrection Rollergirls Roller Derby Bordeaux Roller Derby Karlsruhe Royal City Roller Girls St. Albert Heavenly Rollergirls Seaside Siren Roller Girls Winnipeg Roller Derby League

Accepted January 2014	Adelaide Roller Derby Barcelona Roller Derby Battle Creek Cereal Killers Brussels Derby Pixies Capital City Derby Dolls Dark River Derby Coalition Five 40 Roller Girls Gallatin Roller Girlz Jerzey Derby Brigade Kingston Derby Girls Marietta Derby Darlins Molly Rogers Rollergirls Namur Rollergirls Plattsburgh Roller Derby Red Deer Roller Derby Association Roller Derby Metz Club South Florida Roller Girls South Side Derby Dolls State College Area Roller Derby Vienna Rollergirls V-Town Derby Dames

Accepted May 2014	Belfast Roller Derby Blackland Rockin' K-Rollers Dock City Rollers Enchanted Mountain Roller Derby Ladies of HellTown MedCity Mafia Roller Derby Muscogee Roller Girls Naughty Pines Derby Dames Ohio Valley Rollergirls Rogue Rollergirls Roller Derby Rennes Strong Island Derby Revolution Thunder Bay Roller Derby League Zurich City Rollergirlz

Accepted September 2014	Convict City Roller Derby League Eindhoven Rockcity Rollers Jackson Hole Juggernauts Peninsula Roller Girls Roller Derby Quebec Southern Delaware Rollergirls Undead Bettys Unforgiven Rollergirls

Accepted October 2014	Aurora 88s Roller Derby League Beckley Area Derby Dames Birmingham Blitz Dames C-Max Roller Derby Dirty River Roller Grrrls Grand Rapids Area Roller Derby Jewel City Roller Girls Metropolitan Roller Derby Chile Rubber City Rollergirls Traverse City Roller Derby Yellow Rose Derby Girls

Accepted January 2015	10th Mountain Roller Dolls Beach Brawl Sk8r Dolls Brighton Rockers Roller Derby Capital City Crushers Central Ohio Roller Dolls Cologne Roller Derby E-Ville Roller Derby League Fernie Roller Derby Hurricane Alley Roller Derby Les Quads des Paris Lille Roller Girls Mid-Atlantic Roller Derby Mission City Roller Derby Munich Rolling Rebels Northern Arizona Roller Derby Orangeville Rollergirls River City Dames of Anarchy San Diego Roller Derby Skagit Valley Roller Girls Southern Maryland Roller Derby Umea Roller Derby Vasteras Roller Derby Waimea Wranglers Whidbey Island Roller Girls Wine Town Rollers

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

Sports teams based in Ohio

Baseball	MLB Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Indians IL Columbus Clippers Toledo Mud Hens EL Akron RubberDucks NYPL Mahoning Valley Scrappers MWL Dayton Dragons Lake County Captains FL Lake Erie Crushers PL Chillicothe Paints Lorain County Ironmen GLSCL Cincinnati Steam Galion Graders Grand Lake Mariners Hamilton Joes Licking County Settlers Lima Locos Lorain County Ironmen Northern Ohio Baseball Club Southern Ohio Copperheads Xenia Scouts

Basketball	NBA Cleveland Cavaliers NBADL Canton Charge

Football	NFL Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns AFL Cleveland Gladiators WFA Cleveland Fusion Columbus Comets Toledo Reign

Hockey	NHL Columbus Blue Jackets AHL Lake Erie Monsters ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones Toledo Walleye FHL Dayton Demolition USHL Youngstown Phantoms NA3HL Cincinnati Thunder Toledo Cherokee Wooster Oilers

Horse racing	Belterra Park Beulah Park Miami Valley Gaming Northfield Park Raceway Park Scioto Downs Thistledown

Lacrosse	MLL Ohio Machine

Roller derby	WFTDA Burning River Roller Derby Cincinnati Rollergirls Gem City Rollergirls Glass City Rollers Little Steel Derby Girls NEO Roller Derby Ohio Roller Girls MRDA Cincinnati Battering Rams Others Rubber City Rollergirls

Rugby union	Dayton Area Rugby Club

Soccer	MLS Columbus Crew SC USL FC Cincinnati PDL Cincinnati Dutch Lions Dayton Dutch Lions NPSL AFC Cleveland Dayton Dynamo WPSL Columbus Eagles Columbus Sirens Dayton Dutch Lions WFC

Softball	NPF Akron Racers

Australian rules football	USAFL Cincinnati Dockers

College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Akron Bowling Green Cincinnati Cleveland State Dayton Kent State Miami Ohio Ohio State Toledo Wright State Xavier Youngstown State

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