2013
Dire Skates - Bay City Rollers
Intraleague End of Year Bout Purple Pain vs Hell's Belles The Bay City Rollers split themselves into two Intraleague teams and battled it out as Purple Pain (Napier) vs Hell's Belles (Hastings) in an 80's themed bout - DIRE SKATES on 23rd of November. Purple Pain took an early lead, but Hell's Belles came back with some huge hits and amazing jamming to close the gap, but it was too little too late, as Purple Pain took out the game 188 to Hell's Belles 115. Hastings Hell's Belles have already been calling for a rematch, so watch this space! Purple Pain MVP - Annie Von Carnage Hell's Belles MVP - E Venger Thanks to everyone who came out to support or sponsor us this year, we've had a great time, roll on 2014!!! Photos by Robert Simpson Photography |
The Bay City Rollers Greatest Hits
2013 Calendar Hitting you with their best shots the Bay City Rollers release their Greatest Hits compilation album! SOLD OUT! The Bay City Rollers will be at it again in 2014 getting ready to wow you with yet another of our bi-annual derby girl calendars set to be released in late 2014. If you are interested in advertising in our next edition please contact us about our sponsorship packages. |
Derby Royale 2013
The busy Bay City Rollers calendar culminated in the skating event of the year, Derby Royale at the Manawatu Event Center, Palmerston North over labour weekend. Hosted by Swamp City Roller Rats, 16 teams battled it out over 2 days, 200 skaters supported by referees, non-skating officials, team photographers, fans and family had a blast over the weekend that eventually saw Auckland's Pirate City Rollers take the supreme title. Bay City Rollers fought hard all weekend in all 6 of their games, there were too many highlights to mention. BCR placed overall in lucky 13th! BCR Final Scores tbc BCR sincerely thanks Swampies and all their dedicated volunteers for organising this fantastic event. See you next year! Photos by Robert Simpson Photography 
War Of The Wheels II
The Bay City Runaways headed back to Tauranga on 28th September to take part in the second annual War of the Wheels, 3 way bout against Mount Militia Derby Crew and Richter City Roller Derby Convicts. The Runaways & the Convicts fought hard but in the end home team Mount Militia won the war this time. Final scores: Game 1: BCR 99 vs Mount Militia 161 Game 2: BCR 61 vs Richter Convicts 175 Game 3: Richter Convicts 83 vs Mount Militia 147 BCR MVP - Priti Manek Photos by Robert Simpson Photography 
Hastings Blossom Parade
While our Runaways were preparing to take on Hellmilton, The girls sticking behind were busy getting crafty with crepe paper and heating up their hot glue guns preparing to represent Bay City Rollers in Hastings annual Blossom Parade! Everyone did a fantastic job on the float and on the day, taking out an 'Highly Commended' for all their hard work. Big thanks to project manager Zom B Licious & everyone else involved. Photos by Robert Simpson Photography |
Bay City Rollers Grad Bout
Class of October 2013 In the land of Bay City derby you start Busking then become a Roadie as you hone your skating skills, eventually you ROCK. Our newest Rockers popped their bouting cherry at an SPCA fundraising faceoff invite only event at Rodney Green Centennial Center Saturday October 12th. One of the great things about derby is the support and encouragement for our newest skaters from the rest of the squad and they sure did rock and roll as our fastest and best mingled amongst them to see Team Black take out the win 232 to 191. As always our friends at the Thirsty Whale looked after us as the bruises came out, but be certain these awesome new derby darlings will be competing out in public real soon. Photos by Robert Simpson Photography 
Bay City Runaways vs
Hellmilton Roller Ghouls The Runaways roadtripped up to Hamilton to battle it out with the Hellmilton Roller Ghouls in their first match up on their home track. Final Score BCR 114 vs Hellmilton Roller Ghouls 197 MVPs - Angel Rage & Happy Killmore Photos by Devolution Photography 
Coastal Carnage
The Bay City Rollers Twisted Sisters headed up to Whakatane on 31st August for their first game of the season, to take part in a 3-way bout against Whakatane Roller Derby League & Wanganui River City Rollers. The Twisted Sisters fought hard thru two awesome games, but Whakatane beat out both visiting teams coming out the overall winner on the night. Final Scores: Game 1: BCR 52 vs Whakatane 173 Game 2: BCR 74 vs RCR 80 Game 3: Whakatane 157 vs RCR 61 BCR MVP - Dee Capitator Photos by Robert Simpson Photography |
Skate Battle & Roll
Bay City Runaways vs River City Rollers
Ankle biters, big daddys, and dollys made up a fantastic, supportive audience 1950’s style at Pettigrew Green Arena on 27th July for a fun-filled night of live roller derby. Wanganui’s River City Rats rolled into the sunny Hawke’s Bay to battle it out with our very own Bay City Runaways.
BCR’s captain Porterhouse Skate, proudly stated that the team plays to their strengths, “We keep the trainings consistent and focused on crafting the base derby strategies then add in a bit of flair”. And they obviously do the basics really well coming out with a majority win of 87/244 points.
Both teams included “cherry poppers”, players competing in their first-ever bouts. River City Rollers’ Captain, Mel-icious Mayhem, revealed that it’s the only way for newbies to learn the game. When asked about strategies used to even up the score Mayhem explained she was impressed with how the team played. “You can’t exhaust your strong players”, she expressed. River City Rollers rate themselves as players in a team, one big family, and have been working hard on scrum starts and on their jam lines. Players who had been noted for ‘pretty mean plays’ included Gutter Wench, Ship Stirrer, and Tawh.
Also needing a mention are the Most Valuable Players from each team – World Waugh from River City Rollers and Kill Billy from Bay City Runaways. “Billy dislocated her finger in the first jam but proved what a trooper she was by taping it up and continuing to not only play but block brilliantly”, said Porterhouse. Both skaters were a credit to their teams.
Bay City Rollers would like to thank their sponsors for support with this event – Thirsty Whale, ZM and Sports Hawke’s Bay. Also a great big thank you to the fans who came along to support roller derby in Hawke’s Bay.
Final Score BCR Runaways 244 vs River City Rollers 87
Thanks to Robert Simpson for the photos.
Bay City Runaways vs River City Rollers
Ankle biters, big daddys, and dollys made up a fantastic, supportive audience 1950’s style at Pettigrew Green Arena on 27th July for a fun-filled night of live roller derby. Wanganui’s River City Rats rolled into the sunny Hawke’s Bay to battle it out with our very own Bay City Runaways.
BCR’s captain Porterhouse Skate, proudly stated that the team plays to their strengths, “We keep the trainings consistent and focused on crafting the base derby strategies then add in a bit of flair”. And they obviously do the basics really well coming out with a majority win of 87/244 points.
Both teams included “cherry poppers”, players competing in their first-ever bouts. River City Rollers’ Captain, Mel-icious Mayhem, revealed that it’s the only way for newbies to learn the game. When asked about strategies used to even up the score Mayhem explained she was impressed with how the team played. “You can’t exhaust your strong players”, she expressed. River City Rollers rate themselves as players in a team, one big family, and have been working hard on scrum starts and on their jam lines. Players who had been noted for ‘pretty mean plays’ included Gutter Wench, Ship Stirrer, and Tawh.
Also needing a mention are the Most Valuable Players from each team – World Waugh from River City Rollers and Kill Billy from Bay City Runaways. “Billy dislocated her finger in the first jam but proved what a trooper she was by taping it up and continuing to not only play but block brilliantly”, said Porterhouse. Both skaters were a credit to their teams.
Bay City Rollers would like to thank their sponsors for support with this event – Thirsty Whale, ZM and Sports Hawke’s Bay. Also a great big thank you to the fans who came along to support roller derby in Hawke’s Bay.
Final Score BCR Runaways 244 vs River City Rollers 87
Thanks to Robert Simpson for the photos.
Bay City Rollers Grad Bout/Hate Camp
Our new Twisted Sisters finally got a chance to show off their skills in a real game against our Runaways in what was the highlight of our Pieces of Hate led training camp on the 6th of July. Our newest Rockers who have been training hard since February mixed with our more established players and split into two evenly matched teams to battle it out. Final Score BCR White 220 vs BCR Black 90 MVP - Daisy Devil Spawn Thanks to Robert Simpson for the photos. 
BCR vs Taranaki Rumble Bees
Bay City Rollers traveled to the 'Naki on May 25th to take on the Taranaki Roller Corps Rumble Bees.
Final score Bay City Rollers 167 - Taranaki Roller Corps 124 Thanks to Chris Fuller on behalf of Taranaki Roller Corps for the photos. |
Bay City Rollers vs Mixed Whenua
Fatales/River City Rollers As an all pink pack it was an easy choice to support the breast cancer foundation with our June 15th closed bout at Rodney Green Centennial Arena against a mixed team of Whenua Fatales and River City Rollers - over $300 was raised through a gold coin collection at the door. Final Score BCR 182 - WF/RCR 116 MVP - Porterhouse Skate Thanks to Robert Simpson for shooting us, our new official team photographer. 
BCR vs SCRRBay City Rollers kicked off their 2013 season against the Swamp City Roller Rats on April 6th.
Final Score: BCR 72 - SCRR 196 Read a blog about the action: click here Thanks to Sandy Carter Photography for the fabulous photos |
