DED Archive
Southern SmashUp is Back!
Back for our third year, the Southern Smashup is the ultimate one-day roller derby event, hosted by Dead End Derby, Christchurch Roller Derby.
6 games of roller derby throughout the day, starting with 4 games of an ultimate mixed scrimmage, beginning at 9:30am.
We take 60 players from around the country who get 'smashed up' into different teams... for each game, so no game/team will be the same.
We are also hosting a junior roller derby game to showcase our up and coming Under 18 skaters.
The tournament finishes with a final game of our very own Dead End Derby Death Stars going head to head against the 'Smash Stars' invitational team at 6:30pm.
Check out the Facebook Event page for more details and to keep updated with latest developments!
Join us in 2024! Recruiting now!
Secure your spot for derby skating 101 now! Register on this form https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeh0K7X0Kq.../viewform... or drop by on the 1st Sunday of Term 1 to sign up.
Adults 18+ (We will take 17 soon to turn 18)
If you are a junior please sign up for Juniors on the separate junior form.
Coached training sessions are at Celebration Sports Stadium (179 Pages Rd, Wainoni): Sundays Term time session start 4.30 to 6 pm. (If possible skaters to come 15mins early for gear up). $70 per term and if needed $10 for hire gear per term. We only have limited hire gear*
Term 2 (May 5th - Jul 7th) no June 2nd
Term 3 (Jul 28th - Sep 15th)
Term 4 (Oct 6th - Nov 24th)
For more info or questions, contact us via email chchdeadendderby@gmail.com
Team list for our LDR bout against Remutaka Raptors. Exciting much!?
Our Living Dead Rollers are heading north to skate against our friends at Remutaka Roller Derby - Kill, Smash, Win LDR!!!
Last weekend Team NZ Junior trained together in Christchurch as they prepare to head to France for the Junior Roller Derby World Cup in July! Some of our league members went to help with the scrimmage on the last day of their training. We are so impressed by these amazing skaters and excited about the future NZ roller derby. All the best in France!!
Southern Smashup 2023!
We are hosting this amazing day of roller derby on May 27th at Pioneer Stadium and still have some more skater spots available. If you are interested in participating, please read the following info, then fill out the registration form at https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScJZ07hS83ubm.../viewform
Not long now until our Wednesday VS Barbie exhibition game!
Come and check Game On Canterbury! Dead End Derby will be there!
19th February 2023 at 10 am
At Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre
Come along to Game On Canterbury, an exciting, new FREE whānau event to find out.
Held at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre in February 2023, Game On Canterbury promises to be a fun family day out with plenty of opportunities to get involved and try new things.
Among the sports on offer will be cricket, golf, ultimate frisbee and much more.
For more information on the event, visit our website here: GameOnCanterbury
Congratulations to everyone who is part of the current Team NZ Training Squad But an extra special shout out to our own Serious Crash Unit #111, Iona Shotgun #13 and Skulls & Morphine #76
Regional Rumble 2022 - battle of the roller derby regions. Many of our skaters are skating for the Southern 1 team! This weekend, 22-23 Oct 2022
@Tahunanui Skating Rink, Nelson, Aotearoa
Southern 1 vs @mana_tangata_o_aotearoa 11am Saturday NZ time
Exhibition bout with Freight Train and skaters from throughout NZ : 7pm Saturday
Event details: https://facebook.com/events/s/regional-rumble-2022/779530539933841/
Live stream: https://twitch.tv/rollerderbystreamingnz
Exciting news!! Our Death Stars first game this year is on this weekend. DS vs Smashstars is on from 6:30. Come cheer us up!
Another exciting game this month. The Living Dead Rollers are taking on Swamp City Roller Derby on Matariki Weekend. Don’t miss out the action!!
Exciting news!! 2022 Death Stars and Living Dead Rollers squads are just announced. Congratulations to everyone. Can’t wait to see you in action!
Our first much awaited home game of the season is taking place at Pioneer Stadium on Saturday 28 May between our Living Dead Rollers and fellow South Island team, Nelson's Sirens of Smash..
For this event there are door sales only, $10 per adult, $5 kids.
BYO chair if you have one and get a seat trackside by the action!
It's time for our Death Stars to take on Dunedin Derby in their only home Top 10 roller derby game of the 2021 season.
Come and support our Death Stars who are playing Dunedin Derby as part of pool play in the Top 10 NZ Roller Derby Champs.
Merch, raffle, food and non-alcoholic drinks will be available to purchase.
Bring your friends and family along to this southern battle!
Full time and a win to our @deadendderby Death Stars against @hellmilton_roller_ghouls Rqggedy Angst 376-29. MVB Serious Crash Unit, MVJ Iona Shotgun, Captains Choice Fury. #deadendderby #rollerderby #nztop10rollerderby #wftda
What an epic win for our Living Dead Rollers against Timaru Roller Derby and friends. LDR had tight walls and great offense for their jammers throughout the game. Thanks to all the supporters that came along, the Refs and NSOs and our volunteers who helped run the event so smoothly. Our next home game is in September when our Death Stars take on Dunedin Derby. #deadendderby #rollerderby #christchurch
Join us tomorrow at Cowles Stadium where our Living Dead Rollers will take on Timaru Roller Derby and friends in our daytime game. Doors open at 12.15pm and the first whistle will be at 12.30pm. Tickets available from Cosmic Ticketing or at the door! For more information see our event page at https://fb.me/e/3yxNi8B01 #deadendderby #rollerderby #christchurch #whatsonchch #explorechch
One of our only home bouts of the 2021 season, our Living Dead Rollers will be taking on Timaru Derby in this daytime game.
Come and support Living Dead Rollers, who will be skating hard to keep up their 2021 unbeatable reign.
Tickets available soon from Cosmic Ticketing (no booking fee!) or at the door.
Raffles, merch, food and drinks available.
For full event info please check out
https://www.facebook.com/events/843451356512664?active_tab=about
All of our teams have had a few games over the past few weeks and here are the results! Our next game is on July 10 at Cowles Stadium. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for more information. We also have our learn to skate and learn to derby that is running and you can join anytime, as well as our junior and mini skate session! Find out more on our Facebook or website. #deadendderby #rollerderby #wftda #deddeathstars #livingdeadrollers #therollingdead #therollingdeadjrrollerderby #juniorrollerderby #joinus #christchurch #christchurchnz #newzealand
Congratulations to our awesome Living Dead Rollers who took the win up in Nelson! Final score 192-114. Thanks to Nelson Bays Roller Derby for hosting us and also a shoutout to our traveling officials for making the trip up too! #deadendderby #rollerderby #win #wftda #christchurchVSnelson #livingdeadrollers
Some of our junior 'Rolling Dead' team modeling their awesome new reversible team tops that just arrived! Don't they look awesome? #deadendderby #deadendjuniors #therollingdead #juniorrollerderby #teamtops #rollerderby #uniform #christchurch #christchurchnz
This weekend 29th May, our Living Dead Rollers are heading to sunny Nelson to play Nelson Bays Roller Derby Also some of our skaters are also playing in Team Crazy Legs Get along and get some derby in your system! #rollerderby #nelson #livingdeadrollers #teamcrazylegs
Our Death Stars played back to back games vs Sulphur City Steam Rollers and Pirate City Rollers on 22nd May. We fought hard with some strong walls and amazing jamming. And took away two wins!! Final score Dead End Derby Christchurch 318 vs Sulphur City Steam Rollers 48. Dead End Derby Christchurch 166-89 Pirate City Rollers Thanks everyone for your support and Pirate City Rollers for hosting us.
You've been asking for it, here it is, the season dates (that we have currently locked in), there may be more games added and we will keep you posted.
As always, we always welcome new skaters, referees and non-skating officials to our league! Get in contact with us at dedfreshmeat@gmail.com to find out about our learn to skate/derby programme that runs each Sunday (at the same time as our junior learn to skate).
Come watch our 2021 Opening Season bout Pirates vs Vikings on 37th March 2021!!!
February ‘21
2021 season is now in session!
Look how happy we are to hit our friends again!!
If you wanna look this happy flick us an email to either join our freshmeat or juniors intake starting Sunday 14th February
Dedfreshmeat@gmail.com
Juniordeadendderby@gmail.com
NOVEMBER ‘20
The first and last bout for our Death Stars in 2020 was against Swamp City Roller Derby. Unofficial final score 111-152 to us. What a nice way to finish the year off. Great job team :)
OCTOBER ‘20
Regional Rumble - National Roller Derby Champs was held in Taupo on the Labour Weekend. Many of our skates represented Team Southern 1. The team took third place in the tournament. Well done!
DED Dead Seas had a tough but fun bout against Nelson Bays Roller Derby. The result was very close, DED110 - NBRD 112. Thanks so much for having us.
SEPTEMBER ‘20
Want to know how to give derby a go? We need skaters, NSOs, refs; there’s a place for everyone! Email dedfreshmeat@gmail.com and our coaches will get back to you with all of the information.
Freshmeat and Learn to Skate sessions are run by our some of our most awesome, friendly skaters, and hire gear is available.
Dead End Derby - Junior Roller Derby
Our mini-skate (3years plus), learn to skate (7-8 years plus) and junior team (8-17) are re-starting training on 7th June, Sunday afternoon.
If you have a child (any gender) who is keen to have a go at learning to skate and then maybe join our junior team, please get in contact with our Junior Coaches via email juniordeadendderby@gmail.com
JUNE ‘20
It was our first training back since Rāhui/NZ Lockdown. It was so good to be back on the track with awesome people learning new skills.
It's not too late to register your interest to learn to skate/play roller derby - make contact at dedfreshmeat@gmail.com and our coaches will get back to you with all of the information. Our junior and mini-skate are also starting back up soon, we'd love to have you join!
APRIL ‘20
The Lockdown may have put a temporary stop to skating (damn you Covid-19), but DED has been as active as ever! On social media that is. Check out https://www.facebook.com/deadendderby for the pass the helmet challenge, #skatepalette challenge and #formalfriday!
MARCH ‘20
Just before the Nation Lockdown due to Covid-19, we have managed to host a fun Fire vs Ice Expo Bout!
MAY '19
What a way to start the season! On May 11th, LDR took on Hellmilton’s Raggedy Angst in their season opener in Christchurch - and took the win 187-61! Pleased with the win, the team now turns it focus towards Sulphur City and their annual Slam Rock event in Rotorua (click here for more info).
The Death Stars are in preparation for the upcoming Royal Rumble tournament on the Gold Coast. Good luck ladies!
APRIL '19
After a break over the summer months, DED is back and ready for the 2019 season! Lots of exciting things happening in the league right now, from new transfer skaters to our Death Stars competing in Australia later on in the year. We will be kicking things off with an exhibition bout, with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Come see Team Alice take on Team Red Queen on March 30th at Cowles Stadium, in what will no doubt be the start of a great year!
SEPTEMBER '18
In a stunning season closer for the Living Dead Rollers, they faced off against the Richter City Convicts in Wellington. They fought hard against their opponents, having only ten skaters on their bench and came away with the result, beating the Convicts by nearly 300 points! Final score 338-59 to LDR. What a way to finish up an undefeated season!
The Death Stars have been training hard for the upcoming Top 10 finals, being hosted by DED on the weekend of 13/14 October. See our Facebook page for more information!
AUGUST '18
Off the back of a successful trip to Northland, LDR took part in the annual War of the Wheels tournament in Tauranga this past weekend. After going undefeated in all three pool games, the Living Dead Rollers snatched the win from the Whenua Fatales in the final to be named 2018 War of the Wheels Champions!
JUNE '18
On the 16th of June our DED Death Stars (formally All Stars) played two big back to back games in Napier as part of the New Zealand Derby Top 10 Champs. Both the Moana Salty Rollers and the Bay City Roller Iron Maidens put up a big fight but in the end we took the win on both games.
The Living Dead Rollers have been training hard ready to take on the Northland Nightmares on Saturday 30th in Whangarei. Good luck ladies!
Junior Roller Derby has been going from strength to strength with the juniors numbers increasing and on top of training they have also been involved in demonstrations at events that the league has gone along to.
Due to popular demand we now have a Baby Roller Derby skating program. Baby Derby is for children aged between 4 and 7 years old with the sessions made up of games, stories and some fun skating. This is scheduled to start in Spring 2018.
MARCH '18
We had our first game of the year on the 24th of March! We celebrated our 10th anniversary with an Expo Bout - 1970's vs 2000's. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a great night!
Our freshmeat intake has started- you can now come along to a session on the first Sunday of each month, and we'll teach you the basics of being a roller girl!
FEBRUARY '18
Great job to our skaters who represented New Zealand at the Roller Derby World Cup over in Manchester, UK this past weekend, Evil K. Neevil and Maggie Mayhem. Team Aotearoa came away ranked 10th in the world!
NOVEMBER '17
The All Stars returned from the Top Ten Tournament as triumphant champions, securing the spot as the #1 team in New Zealand!
OCTOBER '17
The All Stars headed to Wellington to participate in Quake, Battle and Roll. After playing 4 games, and winning them all, they came home victorious as the champions of the tournament. Great job, ladies!
SEPTEMBER '17
The All Stars had a brilliant home game on the 30th of September! The Northland Hell's Wives put up a good fight against our girls, but ultimately the AS's skated away with a win of 587 - 22. Fantastic!
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Term 2 Derby 101 - Learn to Skate, Mini Skate and Juniors
Starts Sunday 5th May 2024, 4:30 - 6 pm
Celebration Sports Stadium, 179 Pages Rd, Wainoni
Please email: chchdeadendderby@gmail.com
Or fill out the online forms here:
Juniors (skaters aged 5-17) https://bit.ly/DEDjuniors
Adults (skaters aged 18+) https://bit.ly/DEDskate101
Do you have a child interested in learning to skate or play roller derby? Come along and try our junior skating programme that runs each term.
Dead End Derby Junior Skaters train at Celebration Stadium, Wainoni, Ōtautahi Christchurch alongside our adult learn to derby skaters.
Volunteer skate coaches are friendly and skilled derby players.
Start with the Learn to Skate class, suitable for those 5-17 years of age (Sunday 4:30-6 pm).
The Advanced Skills / Learn to Derby class is for 8+ years who have graduated from the Learn to Skate program. (Sunday 4:30-6 pm).
Skaters must wear a helmet, wrist guards, elbow guards and knee guards. Derby training also requires a mouth guard be worn. Coaches will be able to help with gear recommendations and sizing.
Subs are $60-65 per month (enquire about our sibling skater discount).
Please email chchdeadendderby@gmail.com or additional information and to arrange your free skating trial.