Tauranga Roller Skating Club

Background

Tauranga Roller Skating Club was formed in 2017. We are a small and vibrant club, and our focus is on developing our skaters and ensuring we promote Artistic Skating in our area. Our skaters compete all year round at various open days, regional and national competitions throughout the country and some, internationally.

Our club's first attendance at the National Championships was in 2018, where three of our skaters competed. The following year we doubled the number of qualifying skaters, increasing to sixteen skaters in 2025.

Our Club is continuing to grow as our skaters reach greater levels of outstanding achievements thanks to the dedication of our coaches.

Performance

In 2025, sixteen of our skaters qualified for the New Zealand National Championships held in Blenheim in July, all placed well in their events and taking home several medals and New Zealand titles.

This year we have two Pacific Cup entries in Mini Ladies Figures & Freestyle, to be helod alongside the Oceania Competition in Brisbane, Australia at the end of August.

After our first skater competing at the World Skate games in Rimini, Italy in September 2024, our club continues to grow and reach new levels with every coming season.

Our Skaters

Our competitive skaters range from 10 years upwards, including two juniors skating in advanced international grades.

We have two Precision teams, who will be also be competing this year.

Classes

We also hold structured Kiwiskate classes (facilitated by SkateNZ) for all ages as an introduction to skating and a prerequisite to artistic coaching lessons. Several of our advanced artistic skaters coach this program, which requires them to achieve the appropriate coaching accreditations, paving the way to a very exciting career.

Our club also offers Adult, Beginner Artistic, Recreational, Speed and Holiday classes from time to time, and we look forward to offering more classes now that we have an amazing permanent rink!

Check the Classes page to enrol.

Our Coaches

Michelle Webb - Figures & Freestyle

Jenny Bailey - Precision, Freestyle, Figures & Dance

Emma Bailey -Figures & Freestyle

Rachel Whitten - CAC & Learn to Skate

Emma Delo - CAC & Learn to Skate

Jamie Sutton - Speed

Our Committee

President: Jackie Evans

Treasurer: Jo Russell

Secretary: Bobbie Cornell

General: Steve Presant, Rachel Whitten

Our committee is a group of dedicated volunteers who have worked hard through 2024 & 2025 in partnership with Mount Mustangs Inline Hockey Club, to create REVOLUTION SKATE CENTRE, a Roller Sports Hub in the Bay of Plenty, a new home for our clubs, and other Roller Sports in our region, to train and host events.

We are focused on creating a fun and positive club culture to support our community of skaters to achieve their skating aspirations.