Southern Illinois Roller Girls

Southern Illinois Roller Girls
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Metro areaMarion, IL
CountryUnited States
Founded2009
TeamsPower SIRG (A team)
Rolling Blackouts (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueThe Pavilion of The City of Marion
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.soillrollergirls.com[dead link‍]

The Southern Illinois Roller Girls (SIRG, or So Ill Roller Girls) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Marion, Illinois. So Ill is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

The league was founded in June 2009 by a group of women from the area and So Ill Roller Girls had their first public scrimmage in December 2009, and their first official home bout in April 2010.[2] It was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2011,[3] and became a full member of the WFTDA in January 2012.[4]

Southern Illinois Roller Girls currently[when?] play at The Pavilion of the city of Marion, and their regular bouting season runs from March until November.[5]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking[6] Playoffs Championship
2012 34 NC[7] DNQ DNQ
2013 169 WFTDA[8] DNQ DNQ
2014 180 WFTDA[9] DNQ DNQ
2015 195 WFTDA[10] DNQ DNQ
2016 281 WFTDA[11] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ^ "Southern Illinois Roller Girls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ "MARION", Southern Illinoisan, 8 January 2010
  3. ^ "WFTDA Accepts 12 Additional Apprentice Leagues Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 13 January 2011
  4. ^ "WFTDA Adds Three New Members Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 10 January 2012
  5. ^ Southern Illinois Roller Girls website.
  6. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  7. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. January 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.