Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

Demolition puts derby team on hunt for new skating site

By Anna Ferrick
Hawkes Bay Today·
1 Feb, 2014 11:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

FINAL CIRCUIT: The last lap at the team's old premises was a slow and sad occasion.

FINAL CIRCUIT: The last lap at the team's old premises was a slow and sad occasion.

Hawke's Bay's premier roller derby team is on the look-out for a new venue with the demolition of their building just around the corner.

The Bay City Rollers have been training in the old Williams and Kettle building in Ahuriri, Napier, for the past six years but yesterday they took their last lap at the venue before handing over the keys.

Now without a permanent home, the club is searching for a new venue in which to prepare for matches and train their sizeable troupe of new members.

"We've been lucky to have had access to such a large area since our club formed in 2009," team member and club chairwoman Tanya Yates-Finch said.

"All we want to do is skate, now we're expending all our energy on the search for new premises."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The Hawke's Bay club boasts a roll of 52 full members and has an intake of up to 35 trainees starting "fresh-meat" training in February.

"We have two competing teams, and our girls range from 18 to 45," she said.

"We train hard and fast, and we just want to get on and play derby!"

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Ms Yates-Finch, one of the original members of the Bay City Rollers, said the old Williams and Kettle building had been earmarked for demolition for some time, but only in the past few months were the plans set in stone and the women given the order to put their skates on and roll on out for good.

"We're investigating all options to find a venue that is fairly suitable and at a rent we can afford.

"This has even taken us to local council meetings to see who we can team up with to work as a corporate for other skating codes.

"What we really need is a 20m by 30m indoor area with a suitable wood or smooth concrete floor. Bigger is always better, of course, but we're on a budget."

Training is already under way, with the competitive season starting on February 8.

In the first match of the season, the Bay City Rollers development team Twisted Sisters will be facing off against the Whenua Fatales of Levin.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay

Hawkes Bay Today

'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues

Premium
Hawkes Bay Today

Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay

Some roads remained blocked.

17 Jul 06:02 AM
'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues
Hawkes Bay Today

'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues

17 Jul 04:06 AM
Premium
Premium
Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa
Hawkes Bay Today

Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa

17 Jul 04:00 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP