Roller Derby
Roller derby is a fun, fast paced contact sport played worldwide by two teams of fifteen members wearing quad skates, on a flat, oval track. Play is broken up into two 30 minute periods, and within those periods, into units of play called jams, which last up to two minutes. There are 30 seconds between each jam.
During a jam, each team fields up to five skaters. Four of these skaters are called blockers (together, the blockers are called the pack), and one is called a jammer. The jammer wears a helmet cover with a star on it.
The two jammers start each jam behind the pack, and score a point for every opposing blocker they lap, each lap. Because they start behind the pack, they must get through the pack, then all the way around the track to be eligible to score points on opposing blockers.
The teams attempt to hinder the opposing jammer while assisting their own jammer—in effect, playing both offense and defense simultaneously. Roller derby is a full-contact sport, however skaters cannot use their heads, elbows, forearms, hands, knees, lower legs, or feet to make contact to opponents. Skaters cannot make contact to opponents’ heads, backs, knees, lower legs or feet.
Roller derby is an international sport with mostly all-female teams, though there is a growing number of male, unisex and junior roller derby teams.
Rocky Mountain Rollergirls have absolutely nailed a simple and speedy blow-by-blow run down of the game in this video:
Find a League
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane City Rollers
Coastal Assassins Roller Derby - Sunshine Coast
Coastal Junior Roller Derby - Sunshine Coast
Junior programs offered
East Coast Derby Dolls - Gold Coast
Fraser Coast United Rollers
Little Brisbane Roller Girls - Juniors
Mackay City Rollers
Maryborough Roller Derby
Northern Brisbane Rollers
Northern Brisbane Warriors
Rocky Roller Derby - Rockhampton
Rum City Derby Dolls - Bundaberg
Sun State Roller Derby - Brisbane
Tableland Roller Derby League - Atherton
The Guild of Roller Derby - Brisbane
Toowoomba City Rollers
Junior program offered
Towns Villains Roller Derby League
NEW SOUTH WALES
Central Coast Roller Derby United - Gosford
Central West Roller Derby - Bathurst
Coffs Coast Derby - Coffs Harbour
Great Skates Roller Derby - Manning Great Lakes
Hunter Valley Roller Derby League
Inner West Roller Derby League - Sydney
Maitland Roller Derby
New England Roller Derby League
Newcastle Roller Derby League
Newcastle Junior Roller Derby
Junior programs offered
Northern Beaches Roller Derby League
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Northern Rivers Roller Derby - Lismore & Byron Bay
Port Macquarie Roller Derby League
Riverina Rollers - Wagga Wagga
South Side Derby Dolls - Sydney
Sydney City Smash Roller Derby
Sydney Roller Derby League
Tweed Valley Rollers
Western Sydney Rollers
Western Sydney Junior Roller Derby
Junior programs offered
Woollongong Illawarra Roller Derby
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Canberra Roller Derby League
Varsity Derby League
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Darwin Roller Girls
Gentlemen Rollers of Darwin
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Roller Derby
Lil Adelaide Rollers
Junior program offered
Light City Derby - Adelaide
Murder City Roller Derby - Adelaide
Rockabellas Roller Derby - Southside, Gawler, Mt Barker
VICTORIA
Albury Wodonga Roller Derby
Ballarat Roller Derby League
Diamond Valley Roller Derby Club - Melbourne
Dragon City Roller Derby - Bendigo
East Vic Roller Derby - Melbourne
Junior programs offered
Geelong Roller Derby League
Gippsland Lakes Roller Derby - Sale
Gippsland Ranges Roller Derby - Traralgon
Kingston City Rollers - Melbourne
Melbourne Northside Rollers
Mildura Roller Derby League
Mornington Peninsula Roller Derby - Dandenong
North East Roller Derby - Wangaratta
South Sea Roller Derby - Melbourne
Victorian Roller Derby League
Junior programs offered
Warrnambool Roller Derby
WestSide Roller Derby - Melbourne
Wimmera Roller Derby - Warracknabeal
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Albany Roller Derby League
Dread Pirate Rollers - Perth
Geraldton Roller Derby League
Margaret River Roller Derby
North West Roller Derby - Port Hedland
Perth Junior Roller Derby
Perth Mens Derby
Perth Roller Derby
WA Roller Derby
TASMANIA
Convict City Roller Derby League - Hobart
Junior program offered
Cradle Coast Junior Rollers - Launceston
Devil State Derby League - Launceston
Hobart Junior Roller Derby
South Island Sirens - Hobart
Van Diemen Rollers - Burnie & Devonport
Rules and Regulations
The rules of flat track roller derby are listed on the World Flat Track Derby Association website.
The international rules of roller derby are listed on the World Skate website.
