Southern Illinois Roller Girls Explained

Southern Illinois Roller Girls
Founded:2009
Metro Area:Marion, IL
Country:United States
Teams:Power SIRG (A team)
Rolling Blackouts (B team)
Tracks:Flat
Venue:The Pavilion of The City of Marion
Affiliations:WFTDA

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 play at The Pavilion of the city of Marion, and their regular bouting season runs from March until November.[5]

WFTDA rankings

SeasonFinal ranking[6] PlayoffsChampionship
201234 NC[7] DNQDNQ
2013169 WFTDA[8] DNQDNQ
2014180 WFTDA[9] DNQDNQ
2015195 WFTDA[10] DNQDNQ
2016281 WFTDA[11] DNQDNQ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southern Illinois Roller Girls – WFTDA. wftda.com. WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  2. "MARION", Southern Illinoisan, 8 January 2010
  3. "WFTDA Accepts 12 Additional Apprentice Leagues ", WFTDA, 13 January 2011
  4. "WFTDA Adds Three New Members ", WFTDA, 10 January 2012
  5. http://www.soillrollergirls.com/ Southern Illinois Roller Girls
  6. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  7. Web site: Current Rankings. WFTDA. 28 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320122723/http://www.wftda.com/rankings. 20 March 2013.
  8. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2013. January 2014 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  9. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2015 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA. wftda.com. January 2016 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA. wftda.com. 6 January 2017 . WFTDA. 28 December 2017.