Our Club Hombegowda Skating Club (HSC) has been functioning since 2001. We started with 6 skaters and over the last years we have had the good fortune of getting several thousands of youngsters to enjoy the sport of Roller Skating as a hobby, as a recreational sport and as a serious sport.

We practice every day from Monday to Saturday at the roller skating rink at Corporation Playgrounds, Hombegowdanagar, 10th Cross, Wilson Garden, Bengaluru 560 027. We are available at the rink everday from Monday Evening to Sunday Morning from Morning 6:30 am to 9:30 am & Evening 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. 

Our Mentor - The President of our club and our mentor Late Sri.K B Uthappa, fondly referred to as “the father of skating” in Karnataka has been the strength of our club since inception and continues to inspire us in our endeavors. “Uthappa Uncle” to our little children, he has been instrumental in the development of the sport of roller skating in Bangalore and other districts of Karnataka. He is responsible for many of the several rinks that have mushroomed in Bangalore these past few years and the entire skating fraternity of Bangalore will continue to remain forever grateful to him for his immense contribution to the field.

Our Coach - Our coach Sri. A Anthony James is one of the pioneers of roller skating in the state of Karnataka. With over 45 yrs of experience and involvement in the roller skating movement in India, he continues to inspire the little boys and girls who look forward to adopt the sport of roller skating.  He started skating at the age of 9 yrs and has won several laurels in speed, artistic, figure and pair skating.  He has been named “National Speed Champion” for several times during his skating career. He was the recipient of the prestigious “Dasara Award” awarded by the government of Karnataka for excellence in the sport of Roller Skating in the year 1986. He has also been the Indian Team Coach for the World Championships in 2011.

He has been training skaters for the past 30 years and has mentored several youngsters who have gained richly under his care and guidance. Several of them have won laurels for themselves at the State and National levels. Several have also had the honor of representing our country at the World and Asian Championships like, Arun Vishwanath, Gautam Purushotham, Dr Dauphin Kuriakose, Nikitha Harish, Neha Harish, Nischitha Veerendra, Charitha Reddy, Brinda Cariappa, Madhu, Myna among others and his own children Jonathan James and Julainna James who is also an international Skater

Our coach also trains at a sister concern the Domlur Roller Sports Skating Club (DRSCC) which practices every day from Monday to Saturday at the BBMP roller skating rink under the Domlur Flyover, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. We are available at the rink everday from Monday Evening to Sunday Morning from Morning 6:30 am to 9:30 am & Evening 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm.