Mid-State Sisters of Skate

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Mid-State Sisters of Skate
Mid State Sisters of Skate logo.jpg
Metro area Stevens Point, WI
Country United States
Founded2010
TeamsAll Stars (A team)
Bam!B's (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueArnott Lions Park Goals (Stevens Point)
Marathon Park (Wausau)
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.midstatesos.org

Mid-State Sisters of Skate (MSSOS) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two travel teams which play teams from other leagues. Mid-State is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

Roller derby contact sport

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating counter-clockwise around a track. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly inside the United States.

Stevens Point, Wisconsin City in Wisconsin, United States

Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The city was incorporated in 1858.

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition (ULC), but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501(c)(6) business league organization, a type of nonprofit organization.

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History

Mid-State was founded in June 2010, with practices starting following try-outs in August. [2] It played its first public bout in June 2011, [3] and by 2013 was attracting up to 200 fans to each bout. However, it suffered a setback in April 2013 when its winter practice venue closed. [4]

The league was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme in July 2012, [5] and became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2013. [6] [7]

Starting in 2015, Mid-State hosts an annual tournament called Uff Da Palooza, attracting teams from Canada and the United States. [8] Uff Da Palooza is an official WFTDA Recognized Tournament. [9]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [10] Playoffs Championship
2014148 WFTDA [11] DNQDNQ
2015138 WFTDA [12] DNQDNQ
2016215 WFTDA [13] DNQDNQ
2017278 WFTDA [14] DNQDNQ
2018298 WFTDA [15] DNQDNQ

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References

  1. ↑ "Mid-State Sisters of Skate – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "About MSSOS", Mid-State Sisters of Skate
  3. ↑ Nate Barrett, "Roller derby comes to Central Wisconsin", WAOW , June 3, 2011
  4. ↑ B. C. Kowalski, "Roller derby league looking for new winter practice space Archived 2013-07-04 at Archive.today ", Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune , June 2, 2013
  5. ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 35 Apprentice Leagues Archived 2014-09-29 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 16 July 2012
  6. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine ", 6 June 2013
  7. ↑ B. C. Kowalski, "Roller Derby league ready for the next level Archived 2013-07-04 at Archive.today ", Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune , June 21, 2013
  8. ↑ "Mid-State Sisters of Skate Host Derby Teams From Across the US and Canada". WSAW-TV. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "WFTDA Announces Additional 2016 WFTDA-Recognized Tournaments - LatestNews - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  11. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2017 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2018 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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