You can follow Dirty River Roller Derby’s home tournament on Sunday the 18th of January via a live stream as well!
Timetable:
• 1:10pm (Finnish Championship)
Tampere Roller Derby All-Stars vs. Oulu Roller Derby Shitty City Rollers
• 3.45pm (Finnish Championship)
Dirty River Roller Derby Föri Fighters vs. Kallio Rolling Rainbow All Colours
Dirty River Roller Derby opens the spring season by organizing a home tournament in Kupittaa Ball Game Hall on Sunday 18.1. Three games are played in the tournament: one first division game and two Finnish Championship games. Welcome!
Timetable
Doors open at 10:00
10:35 (First division)
Kallio Rolling Rainbow Kinapori Fistfunkers vs. JoKu Seinä Brick-Walls
13:10 (Finnish Championship)
Tampere Roller Derby All-Stars vs. Oulu Roller Derby Shitty City Rollers
15:45 (Finnish Championship)
Dirty River Roller Derby Föri Fighters vs. Kallio Rolling Rainbow All Colours
Tickets 6/10 €, support ticket 14 €.
Children under 12 enter for free.
Accessibility and safer space
If you have any questions regarding accessibility or safer space, you can contact us before the event by commenting on this post, sending us a message through our social media channels or sending us an email at media@dirtyriverrollerderby.com.
Kupittaa Ball Game Hall is an accessible venue. There are two disabled parking spaces and a very gentle uphill slope in front of the building. The doors are automatic but there is a 2 cm threshold. The audience is on the same level as the entrance and can be accessed with a wheelchair. There are two accessible toilets on the same floor.
There is a tactile walking surface indicator guiding you from the door to the audience. Guide dogs are obviously allowed at the event. There is an induction loop in the audience. A personal care assistant can attend the event for free when attending with the person they are assisting. There are gender neutral toilets available.
We as the organizers would kindly ask you to come to this event scent-free so that people with chemical and fragrance sensitivities can also attend and enjoy the event. Thank you!
We follow a safer space policy. If you are faced with an uncomfortable situation or see something that is disrespectful, please contact the security guard or any of the organizers.
Do you need more information? Do not hesitate to contact us, we are here to help!
Dirty River Roller Derby is organizing an open scrimmage on Turku Pride week on Monday the 25th of August from 7 pm to 9 pm at Ilpoisten Palloiluhalli! The event is open for audience and also players of all skill levels, referees and officials are welcome to join!
There will be fast paced action, glitter and rioting within the boundaries of the rules! We encourage you to bring your own Pride flags with you and come as you are! Players, referees and officials can sign up by via this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPg6jTpJKJWD1QtIhdb9D_irmgvAXjz17Ro1B7KEpOTad5cw/viewform) or by sending us a message on Instagram (preferred) or Facebook.
The event is free of charge. See you at Ilpoisten Palloiluhalli! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
The rumbling of roller skates echoes in the Kupittaa Sports Hall when Turku’s roller derby league Dirty River Roller Derby organises a Finnish Championship series tournament on Saturday the 10th of May. There will be played one Finnish Championship game and two first division games in the tournament.
Timetable:
Doors open at 10.30am
11am (Finnish Championship)
Dirty River Roller Derby Föri Fighters vs. Oulu Shitty City Rollers
2pm (First division)
Tampere Howlin’ Rolls vs. Helsinki C-kasetti
4.30pm (First division)
Dirty River Roller Derby Boss-Ankat vs. JoKu Seinä
Tickets 3/5e, support ticket 8e
Children under 12 enter for free.
Accessibility and safer space
If you have any questions regarding accessibility or safer space, you can contact us before the event by commenting on this post, sending us a message through our social media channels or sending us an email at media@dirtyriverrollerderby.com.
Kupittaan palloiluhalli is an accessible venue. There are two disabled parking spaces and a very gentle uphill slope in front of the building. The doors are automatic but there is a 2 cm threshold. The audience is on the same level as the entrance and can be accessed with a wheelchair. There are two accessible toilets on the same floor.
There is a tactile walking surface indicator guiding you from the door to the audience. Guide dogs are obviously allowed at the event. There is an induction loop in the audience. A personal care assistant can attend the event for free when attending with the person they are assisting. There are gender neutral toilets available.
We as the organizers would kindly ask you to come to this event scent-free so that people with chemical and fragrance sensitivities can also attend and enjoy the event. Thank you!
We follow a safer space policy. No form of discrimination, harassment, racism or LGBTIQ-fobia will be tolerated. Try not to assume people’s ethnicity, sexuality, gender etc. Give space to others and respect people’s boundaries. If you are faced with an uncomfortable situation or see something that is disrespectful, please contact the security guard, any of the organizers.
Do you need more information? Do not hesitate to contact us, we are here to help!
Dirty River Roller Derby is organizing an open scrimmage on Turku Pride week on Monday the 26th of August from 7 pm to 9 pm at Ilpoisten Palloiluhalli! DRRD wants to remind everyone of the roots of the Pride movement so in the scrimmage Stonewall Rioters are playing against Turku Rebels. The event is open for audience and also players of all skill levels, referees and officials are welcome to join!
There will be fast paced action, themed costumes and rioting within the boundaries of the rules! We encourage you to bring your own Pride flags with you and come as you are! Players, referees and officials can sign up by sending us a message either on Instagram (preferred) or Facebook.
The event is free of charge. See you at Ilpoisten Palloiluhalli! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Turku’s Dirty River Roller Derby is organizing a Finnish Championship series and 1st division roller derby tournament at the Kupittaa Sports Hall (Lemminkäisenkatu 32a) on May 11th.
The tournament will feature two Finnish Championship level games and one 1st division game.
Schedule:
Doors open at 10:30 AM
At 11:00 AM
(Finnish Championship) Dirty River Roller Derby Föri Fighters vs. Helsinki Roller Derby Bees
At 2:00 PM
(1st division) Kallio Rolling Rainbow Kinapori Fistfunkers vs. Tampere Roller Derby Howlin’ Rolls
At 4:35 PM
(Finnish Championship) Kallio Rolling Rainbow All Colours vs. Helsinki Roller Derby Bees
Tickets are 3/5 euros, supporter ticket 8 euros.
Children under 12 enter for free.
Turku Pride -week is starting soon, and DRRD will be a part of the official program! 
The match theme is ‘Rage and Love,’ fitting the spirit of Turku PrideWe will organise an open-for-everyone Pride Scrimmage at the very beginning of the week, on Monday 21.8. at 18–20 in Ilpoisten palloiluhalli. We would love to have players, bench crew and commentators also from other leagues! Everybody is welcome! If you are interested in participating in any role, you can sign up via form below. Come and start the Pride Week with us and the best sport ever! 
https://forms.gle/MBRQcdSPpMtutfweA
We will have an intraleague 10 year anniversary scrimmage at Kupittaan palloiluhalli on September 12th. Audience is also warmly welcome at 1:45 pm. FREE ENTRY!
However, there will be no contact with the audience and the skaters. We will monitor the COVID19 situation and cancel the event if necessary.
Welcome!
Need something fun to do during the quarantine? Join our Fun Skate Friday on 22 May! While we cannot physically skate together at the moment, we can still go skating inside or outside and share our happy feelings on social media. Check the Facebook event for more info.
Here’s how it works: go skate and have fun on May 22nd and take a picture or film a video of it. You can add the photo/video to the Facebook event and mention if DRRD can post it on our social media channels. Alternatively you can participate by posting your photo or video on Instagram using the hashtag #funskatefriday. If your account is public, we will then share your post in DRRD’s Instagram Stories!
Roller Derby Super September in Turku is almost here!
HOME TOURNAMENT AND AFTERPARTY 14 SEPTEMBER
We are organizing a triple header at Kupittaa on Saturday 14 September. Come and cheer for our A and B team!
Here’s the schedule for the games:
Tickets 7 € / 5 €
More info about the tournament: https://www.facebook.com/events/604165600109999/
We’re also organizing an afterparty. Check the Facebook event for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/378523276403570/
NSO TRAINING 15 SEPTEMBER
We’re organizing a free NSO (Non-Skating Official) training for everyone on 15 September at Ilpoisten palloiluhalli. No previous experience or knowledge needed. Come and learn more about roller derby!
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/666270150527087/
OPEN SKATE 18 SEPTEMBER
Are you interested in skating and roller derby? Would you like to try it our? This fall’s beginners’ course starts on 2 October, and we’re organizing an open skate before that on 18 September. Join us!
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/397412087586004/
Welcome! Check the Facebook events for more info and send us a message if you have any questions.
