HONG KONG ROLLER DERBY
Hong Kong's
ONLY roller derby league
Established since 2013
Tuesday 8-10pm
at Victoria Park roller skate rink
all skill levels welcome
Established 2014
why join roller derby?
Roller derby is a full contact sport played on quad skates. Not only is it an exciting sport to play, the community, and self-growth you will experience from being part of roller derby is something wonderful and can’t be put into words. This sport will allow you to feel strong and empowered in your body and in your mind.
Roller derby emerged in the 1930s as a staged spectacle, evolving into a legitimate competitive sport by the 2000s. With its roots in women's empowerment, today's roller derby has a strong focus on inclusivity and diversity. It welcomes participants of all genders, body types, and backgrounds. Roller derby has a vibrant and passionate community, with many leagues existing in many countries around the world.
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What is Roller Derby?
Roller derby is a quad skating full-contact sport, known for its physicality. Blocking, hitting, and strategic manoeuvres are key elements of gameplay.
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Basics of the game
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A game is made up of multiple sections called "jams" which last up to two minutes. At each jam, each team fields four blockers and one jammer onto the track. The jammer wears the star on their helmet cover and is the designated scoring player. The blockers do not have a helmet cover, apart from one blocker who is the pivot who wears a stripe on their helmet cover.
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At the start of a jam, the two teams of blockers are in a mixed formation called a "pack". The two jammers will line up behind the pack. When the start whistle blows, both jammers will attempt to push past the pack and be the first to come out the front legally, making the first jammer the "lead jammer". By being a lead jammer, they can call off the jam to end it earlier to stop the other team from gaining more points.
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After their initial pass, both jammers can continue scoring by legally passing the opposing blockers when they continue to lap around the track. Every legal pass counts as one point.
At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins!
WE ARE HONG KONG ROLLER DERBY
We are a volunteer-run sports society established in 2013. We are the only flat-track roller derby league in Hong Kong. Our league is open to women and gender-expansive participants (including transgender, non-binary, and intersex people).
