2009 Swedish Football Division 3
Statistics of Swedish football Division 3 for the 2009 season.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour
The 2009 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden, Finland and Lithuania.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour
The tournaments also featured on the 2009 Nordic Golf League (NGL).


2009 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 14 events played between April and October.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
The 2009 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
2009 was the second and final season with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) as main sponsor, as the airline ran into financial difficulties due to the Great Recession. Purses were reduced and the LET event Göteborg Masters, where 25 places were reserved for players of the tour, was cancelled.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
Karin Börjeskog, Hanna-Leena Ronkainen and Anna Rossi all won two events, and Börjeskog won the Order of Merit.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule
The season consisted of 14 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland, and one was a Ladies European Tour event.


2009 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Order of Merit
An official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2010.


2009 Swedish Open
The 2009 Collector Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the Collector Swedish Open. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 6 July through 11 July 2009 for the women and from 13 July through 19 July 2009 for the men. Robin Söderling and María José Martínez Sánchez won the singles title.


2009 Swedish Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2009 Swedish Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2009 Swedish Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Jaroslav Levinský /  Filip Polášek defeated  Robin Söderling /  Robert Lindstedt, 1–6, 6–3, [10–7]


2009 Swedish Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Nuria Llagostera Vives /  María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–2, 0–6, [10–6]


2009 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Robin Söderling were the defending champions, but Björkman retired from tennis before being able to defend the title.


2009 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles
Söderling teamed up with Robert Lindstedt, but Jaroslav Levinský and Filip Polášek defeated them in the final 1–6, 6–3, [10–7].


2009 Swedish Open – Men's Singles
Tommy Robredo was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Juan Mónaco.


2009 Swedish Open – Men's Singles
Robin Söderling won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–4), against Juan Mónaco.


2009 Swedish Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2009 Swedish Open – Women's Doubles
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won in the final 6–2, 0–6, 10–5, against Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez.


2009 Swedish Open – Women's Singles
The 2009 Collector Swedish Open was a tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. It was the 1st edition of the Collector Swedish Open. The women's singles section was played July 6–11, 2009. The winner was María José Martínez Sánchez, who defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the final by 7-5, 6-4. Participants and match results are listed below.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship
The 2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 14th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season. It was decided over nine race weekends (comprising eighteen races) at six different circuits.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship
Tommy Rustad won the drivers' championship for the second time. The ethanol powered Volvo C30 of Polestar Racing proved to be the fastest car over one lap, as evidenced by them setting all fastest qualifying times during the season (although grid penalties ruined the perfect score), but they were plagued by bad reliability. Instead, Thed Björk, driving for Flash Engineering, lead the championship most of the season, only to be overtaken in the last race.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship
The team championship also went down to the wire, with Polestar Racing besting WestCoast Racing by one point in the last race.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship
The entry of the Biogas.se team with their Volkswagen Scirocco meant the debut of a biogas powered car in STCC. Unfortunately, they had trouble matching the pace of the other factory teams and ended up last in the team championship.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Drivers
These were the STCC entries for the 2009 season. Drivers with numbers 88 and higher also competed in Semcon Cup, open for privateers only. All teams were Swedish-registered.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Drivers
* Mikko Tiainen, Petter Granlund and Joakim Ahlberg were on the official entry list, but failed to participate in any races during the season.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings
The points system used for both the main championship and Semcon Cup was the standard FIA system of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1, awarded to the top eight finishers of each race. In case of ties in points, the championship positions were determined by the classification in the latest race.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Races
* Robert Dahlgren set the fastest qualifying time, but was moved down 10 places on the grid, due to engine changes.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Races
♯ Robert Dahlgren set the fastest qualifying time, but was moved down 10 places on the grid, due to having received two yellow cards for unfair driving.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
The drivers' championship was won by Tommy Rustad. In the end he scored the same number of points as Thed Björk, but won thanks to finishing higher in the last race.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
* Tommy Rustad was given a 30 seconds time penalty for an incident in the start, dropping him from 7th to 14th place.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
♯ Robert Dahlgren was docked 10 points in the drivers' championship, due to being deemed responsible for a crash with Thed Björk. Note that this penalty didn't affect the team score.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Team Championship
The team championship was won by Polestar Racing, a single point ahead of West Coast Racing.


2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Semcon Cup
The results in the 2009 Semcon Cup were as follows:


2009 Swiss Federal Council election
A by-election to the Swiss Federal Council was held in Switzerland on 16 September 2009, after incumbent Federal Councillor Pascal Couchepin (Free Democratic Party, FDP/PLR) announced his intention to retire on 31 October 2009.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election
Some saw the election as an important decision regarding whom the "fourth seat" in the Federal Council belonged to (the FDP or the CVP), and as an indirect political decision regarding whether the SP or the SVP would have more influence in the future.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election
Didier Burkhalter (FDP/PLR) was elected to succeed Couchepin in the fourth ballot.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions
The election became a contest between the center-right Free Democrats and the centrist Christian Democrats, who both claimed to be entitled to the free Council seat. The right-wing Swiss People's Party and the left-wing Social Democratic Party's support, however, will decide the outcome.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Free Democratic Party
The FDP entered the election trying to retain Pascal Couchepin's seat. Representative Didier Burkhalter (Neuchâtel) announced his candidacy on 8 July 2009, followed by the Genevan representatives Christian Lüscher on 9 July and Martine Brunschwig Graf on 12 July, as well as Pascal Broulis (Vaud) on 6 August. Party president Fulvio Pelli, while not officially putting himself forward, stated that he would stand in the election if nominated by his party.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Free Democratic Party
The FDP decided on 29 August to nominate two candidates, Burkhalter and Lüscher. Lüscher was seen as a right-wing candidate and Burkhalter as a centrist; some speculated that the FDP had nominated Lüscher to appease the SVP, while wanting Burkhalter to be elected. This strategy was considered to be risky, however, as a final vote between the FDP's Lüscher and the CVP's Schwaller would likely see Schwaller's election. The FDP claimed that Lüscher was not at all meant as an appeasement, and that he was as legitimate a candidate as Burkhalter.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Free Democratic Party
Shortly before the election, Dick Marty (FDP Ticino) announced without the support of his party that he would accept an election; it was seen as possible that some SP and Green representatives might support him.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Christian Democratic Party
The Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) also stated it was entitled to a second seat. Dominique de Buman from the CVP Fribourg announced his candidacy on 7 August 2009. Urs Schwaller (CVP Fribourg) will also stand. Furthermore, Luigi Pedrazzini (CVP Ticino) was nominated on 31 August 2009. On 8 September 2009, the CVP unanimously nominated Schwaller.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) maintained that it was entitled to a second seat on the Federal Council, but that it had not yet decided when to try and obtain it. The SVP announced that it would only support the FDP's candidate if the FDP agreed to a fixed timetable for the election of a second SVP councilor. The SVP was strongly considering proposing their own candidate, with Jean-François Rime (SVP Fribourg) the only likely candidate; if they do not propose their own candidate, they stated they would only vote for FDP candidates, as they do not recognize the CVP's claim to a second seat.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Social Democratic Party
SP representatives stated that they would consider the candidates of CVP and FDP on their own merits, as they don't see either of the two parties having a natural claim to the seat; supporting the Greens was seen as unlikely, but possible. The FDP's Pelli was the only candidate the SP ruled out supporting. Analysts stated the SP had to take into account that it would likely shortly have to replace Moritz Leuenberger's seat, and that it couldn't risk alienating the FDP too strongly.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Social Democratic Party
The SVP almost directly threatened it might vote against the SP's second candidate and for a Green candidate in the next complete renewal of the Federal Council in 2011. Shortly before the election, the SP declared that it was not decided that its members would prefer Schwaller; while he was closer to the SP on the issues, some members of the SP were reluctant to vote for a non-FDP candidate on institutional grounds.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Social Democratic Party
The SP also stated it would openly announce its voting behaviour (likely in an attempt to show that some SVP members – likely from constituencies strongly influenced by the farming community – would vote for Schwaller, who had tried to raise his profile as a critic of agricultural free trade with the EU).


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Greens
The Greens decided on 28 August not to propose a candidate for the seat, as they had done in the two previous elections when SVP seats were contested, because they considered the time not to be right.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Candidates and party positions, Conservative Democrats
The small Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) stated that if any agreement to replace Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf with a SVP representative came to pass, the party would vote for the CVP's candidate. Furthermore, the BDP proposed giving the BDP's votes to the CVP candidate in exchange for the CVP's support for Widmer-Schlumpf's reelection in 2011.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Procedure
Federal Council elections proceed in as many ballots as are required for a candidate to receive an absolute majority of valid votes. Each of the 246 members of the Federal Assembly, members of the National Council and the Council of States alike, hold one vote. Article 132, par. 3 and 4 of the Parliament Act provides that:


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Procedure
3 In the first two ballots, any person who is eligible for election may be voted for. From the third ballot onwards, no additional candidatures are permitted.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Procedure
4 Excluded from the election are: a. those who obtain fewer than ten votes from the second ballot onwards; and b. the person who receives the lowest number of votes from the third ballot onwards, unless more than one person receives this same number of votes.


2009 Swiss Federal Council election, Results
After the first ballot, Dick Marty asked his colleagues, in a personal statement, to support his party's official candidates. After the third ballot, Christian Lüscher asked his colleagues to support Didier Burkhalter. Didier Burkhalter accepted his election to Federal Councillor.


2009 Swiss Figure Skating Championships
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2009 Swiss Figure Skating Championships
The 2009 Swiss Figure Skating Championships took place between 4 and 6 December 2008 at the Patinoire du Littoral arena in La Chaux-de-Fonds Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels. The results were used to choose the Swiss teams to the 2009 World Championships and the 2009 European Championships.


2009 Swiss Figure Skating Championships
The senior compulsory dance was the Paso Doble and the junior compulsory dance was the Starlight Waltz.


2009 Swiss Olympic curling trials
The 2009 Swiss Olympic curling trials were held October 12-14 in Arlesheim. The winning team represented Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.


2009 Swiss Olympic curling trials
Only a men's event was held. Mirjam Ott's women's team was the only team that entered for the women's event.


2009 Swiss Open Super Series
The 2009 Swiss Open Super Series was the fourth tournament of 2009 BWF Super Series badminton tournament. It was held from March 10 to March 15, 2009 in Basel, Switzerland.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum
The federal popular initiative "against the construction of minarets" was a successful popular initiative in Switzerland to prevent the construction of minarets on mosques. In a November 2009 referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new minarets was approved by 57.5% of the participating voters. Only three of the twenty Swiss cantons and one half canton, mostly in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, opposed the initiative.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum
This referendum originates from action on 1 May 2007, when a group of right of centre politicians, mainly from the Swiss People's Party and the Federal Democratic Union, the Egerkinger Komittee ("Egerkingen Committee") launched a federal popular initiative that sought a constitutional ban on minarets. The minaret at the mosque of the local Turkish cultural association in Wangen bei Olten was the initial motivation for the initiative.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum
The Swiss government recommended that the proposed amendment be rejected as inconsistent with the basic principles of the constitution. However, after the results were tabulated, the government immediately announced that the ban was in effect.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum
As of the date of the 2009 vote, there were four minarets in Switzerland, attached to mosques in Zürich, Geneva, Winterthur and Wangen bei Olten. These existing minarets were not affected by the ban, as they had already been constructed.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Background, Legal dispute
The Swiss minaret controversy began in a small municipality in the northern part of Switzerland in 2005. The contention involved the Turkish cultural association in Wangen bei Olten, which applied for a construction permit to erect a 6-metre-high minaret on the roof of its Islamic community centre. The project faced opposition from surrounding residents, who had formed a group to prevent the tower's erection. The Turkish association claimed that the building authorities improperly and arbitrarily delayed its building application. They also believed that the members of the local opposition group were motivated by religious bias.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Background, Legal dispute
The Communal Building and Planning Commission rejected the association's application. The applicants appealed to the Building and Justice Department, which reverted the decision and remanded. As a consequence of that decision, local residents (who were members of the group mentioned) and the commune of Wangen brought the case before the Administrative Court of the Canton of Solothurn, but failed with their claims. On appeal the Federal Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the lower court. The 6-metre (20 ft)-high minaret was erected in July 2009.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Background, Initial attempts at popular initiatives
From 2006 until 2008, members of the Swiss People's Party and the Federal Democratic Union launched several cantonal initiatives against the erection of minarets. The initiatives were  held to be unconstitutional by cantonal parliaments and therefore void, and did not proceed to balloting.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum
In 2007, in response to the political defeats described above, the Egerkinger committee launched a federal popular initiative against minarets. The committee's proposed amendment to article 72 of the Swiss Federal Constitution read: "The building of minarets is prohibited."


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum
In Switzerland, federal popular initiatives are not subject to judicial review, as they amend the federal constitution (whereas cantonal initiatives can be challenged in court for violating federal law). Federal initiatives are still bound by international law (jus cogens), however. Promoters of popular initiatives have 18 months to collect at least 100,000 signatures. If they succeed, the initiative is put before the Swiss citizenry in a national vote. Both federal and cantonal initiatives are common in Switzerland, resulting in many referendum votes each year.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Egerkinger committee
The Egerkinger committee was made up of members of the Swiss People's Party and the Federal Democratic Union. The committee opined that the interests of residents, who are disturbed by specific kinds of religious land uses, are to be taken seriously. Moreover, it argued that Swiss residents should be able to block unwanted and unusual projects such as the erection of Islamic minarets. The committee alleged, inter alia, that "the construction of a minaret has no religious meaning. Neither in the Qur'an, nor in any other holy scripture of Islam is the minaret expressly mentioned at any point.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Egerkinger committee
The minaret is far more a symbol of a claim of religious-political power [...]." The initiators justified their point of view by quoting parts of a speech in 1997 by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (later Prime Minister and President of Turkey), which stated: "Mosques are our barracks, domes our helmets, minarets our bayonets, believers our soldiers. This holy army guards my religion." Ulrich Schluer, one of the Egerkinger committee's most prominent spokesmen, stated on that point: "A minaret has nothing to do with religion: It just symbolises a place where Islamic law is established." The members of the Egerkinger committee included, among others, Ulrich Schluer, Christian Waber, Walter Wobmann, Jasmin Hutter, Oskar Freysinger, Eric Bonjour, Sylvia Flückiger, Lukas Reimann, and Natalie Rickli.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Poster campaign
First poster (in German); showing minarets on a Swiss flag and a woman wearing an abaya and niqab. The text reads, "Stop", "Yes to the minaret ban".


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Poster campaign
Second poster (in French); after some municipalities refused to allow posting of the original version on public ground, the second poster reads "Censorship, one more reason to say yes to the minaret ban".


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Poster campaign
The committee's campaign featured posters featuring a drawing of a Muslim woman in an abaya and niqab, next to a number of minarets on a Swiss flag pictured in a way "reminiscent of missiles". The Swiss People's Party also published a similar poster, with the minarets protruding through a Swiss flag. A few days before the election, campaigners drove a vehicle near Geneva Mosque in the Le Petit-Saconnex imitating the adhan, the Islamic call to ritual prayer (salat) using loudspeakers. Its neighbourhood voted by 1,942 votes to 1,240 to reject the ban.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Feminists
The British newspaper The Times cited support of the minaret ban from "radical feminists" who opposed the oppression of women in Islamic societies. Among those named were the notable Dutch feminist and former politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who in December gave her support to the ban with an article entitled "Swiss ban on minarets was a vote for tolerance and inclusion". The Times further reported that in pre-election polling, Swiss women supported the ban by a greater percentage than Swiss men.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Society of St Pius X
The traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX), which has its headquarters at Ecône in Switzerland, supported the ban on minarets, denouncing opposition to the ban by some Catholic bishops:


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Society of St Pius X
the confusion maintained by certain Vatican II Council authorities between tolerating a person, whatever his religion and tolerating an ideology that is incompatible with Christian tradition.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Support, Society of St Pius X
The Islamic doctrine cannot be accepted when you know what it is all about. How can one expect to condone the propagation of an ideology that encourages husbands to beat their wives, the “believer” to murder the “infidel”, a justice that uses body mutilation as punishment, and pushes to reject Jews and Christians?


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, The Swiss Government
On 28 August 2008 the Swiss Federal Council opposed a building ban on minarets. It said that the popular initiative against their construction had been submitted in accordance with the applicable regulations, but infringed guaranteed international human rights and contradicted the core values of the Swiss Federal Constitution. It believed a ban would endanger peace between religions and would not help to prevent the spread of fundamentalist Islamic beliefs. In its opinion, the Federal Council therefore recommended the Swiss people to reject the initiative. On 24 October 2008 the Federal Commission against Racism criticised the people's initiative, claiming that it defamed Muslims and violated religious freedom, which was protected by fundamental human rights and the ban on discrimination.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Parliament
The Federal Assembly recommended (by 132 to 51 votes and 11 abstentions) in spring of 2009 that the Swiss people reject the minaret ban initiative.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Non-governmental organisations
The Society for Minorities in Switzerland called for freedom and equality and started an internet-based campaign in order to gather as many symbolic signatures as possible against a possible minaret ban. Amnesty International warned the minaret ban aimed to exploit fears of Muslims and encourage xenophobia for political gains. "This initiative claims to be a defense against rampant Islamification of Switzerland," Daniel Bolomey, the head of Amnesty's Swiss office, said in a statement cited by Agence France-Presse (AFP). "But it seeks to discredit Muslims and defames them, pure and simple."


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Non-governmental organisations
Economiesuisse considered that an absolute construction ban would hit Swiss foreign interests negatively, claiming that merely the launch of the initiative had caused turmoil in the Islamic world. The Swiss-based "Unser Recht" ("Our Law") association published a number of articles against the minaret ban. In autumn 2009, the Swiss Journal of Religious Freedom launched a public campaign for religious harmony, security, and justice in Switzerland, and distributed several thousand stickers in the streets of Zürich in support of the right to religious freedom.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Religious organisations
Roman Catholic bishops opposed a minaret ban. A statement from the Swiss Bishops Conference said that a ban would hinder interreligious dialogue and that the construction and operation of minarets were already regulated by Swiss building codes. The statement added that "Our request for the initiative to be rejected is based on our Christian values and the democratic principles in our country." The official journal of the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland published a series of articles on the minaret controversy.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Religious organisations
The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches held that the federal popular initiative was not about minarets, but was rather an expression of the initiators’ concern and fear of Islam. It viewed a minaret ban as a wrong approach to express such objections. The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities was also against any ban on building minarets. Dr Herbert Winter, the president of the Federation, said in 2009: “As Jews we have our own experience. For centuries we were excluded: we were not allowed to construct synagogues or cupola roofs. We do not want that kind of exclusion repeated.”


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Religious organisations
Other religious organisations described the idea of a complete minaret ban as lamentable; the Association of Evangelical Free Churches; the Swiss Evangelical Alliance; the Old Catholic Church in Switzerland; the Covenant of Swiss Baptists; the Salvation Army; the Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland; the Orthodox Diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; the Serbian Orthodox Church in Switzerland; and the Anglican Church in Switzerland.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Individual legal experts
Marcel Stüssi argued that any ban would be incompatible with articles of international law, to which Switzerland was a signatory. In any case, cantonal zoning laws already prohibited the construction of buildings that did not match their surroundings. "Right-wing initiatives like the minaret one can misuse the system," said Stüssi. He called the initiative "obsolete and unnecessary", but added that the public discourse on the issue could put Switzerland in a positive light, at least for the majority who at that point opposed a ban. In July 2008, before the popular initiative, he argued that "crisis always creates an opportunity.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Individual legal experts
A popular vote against a proposed ban would be the highest declaration for the recognition of the Swiss Muslim community." "It would also be an expressed statement that anybody is equally subject to the law and to the political process," Stüssi said in an interview with World Radio Switzerland. Heinrich Koller stated that "Switzerland must abide by international law because both systems together form a unity." Giusep Nay states that from an objective viewpoint jus cogens is to be read and given effect in association with fundamental norms of international law.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Individual legal experts
According to Nay, this interpretation meant that any state action must be in accordance with fundamental material justice, and applied not only to interpretations of applicable law but also to new law. Erwin Tanner saw the initiative as breaching not only the constitutionally entrenched right to religious freedom, but also the rights to freedom of expression, enjoyment of property, and equality. The editorial board of the Revue de Droit Suisse called for invalidation of the initiative as "it appears that the material content of popular initiatives is subject to ill-considered draftsmanship because the drafters are affected by particular emotions that merely last for snatches."


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Opposition, Individual legal experts
Sami Aldeeb positioned himself for ban on the erection of minarets in Switzerland, since in his opinion the constitution allows prayer, but not shouting.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Result
In a referendum on 29 November 2009, the amendment, which needed a double majority to pass, was approved by 57.5% (1 534 054 citizens) of the voters and by 19½ cantons out of 23. Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel, all of which are French-speaking cantons, voted against the ban (59.7%, 53.1% and 50.9% respectively). The canton of Basel-City, which has half a cantonal vote and the largest Muslim community of Switzerland, also rejected the ban by 51.6%. The voter turnout was 53.4%.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Result
At the district level, not including Basel-City and Geneva (which are not divided into districts), the initiative gained a majority of the vote in all 148 districts, apart from sixteen:


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Result
The cities of Zurich and Berne, along with Geneva and Basel, also showed a slight majority opposed to the ban. The canton of Zurich as a whole, however, voted 52% in support of it. The highest percentage of votes in favour of the ban were counted in Appenzell Innerrhoden (71%) followed by Glarus (69%), Ticino (68%) and Thurgau (68%).


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Referendum, Result
An independent study carried out by the political scientists Markus Freitag (University of Konstanz), Thomas Milic and Adrian Vatter (University of Bern) noted a good level of knowledge among voters. Contrary to what had been previously thought, the surveys before the referendum did not influence voters, as it is hard to do so with people who are accustomed to them. Those who voted did so according to their political convictions, and by taking into account the different arguments. The study also attributed the result to the fact that supporters of the ban overwhelmingly turned out to vote in the referendum.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Aftermath of the referendum and implementation of the ban
There was a claim that the ban on new minarets might be put to the test in the case of a pending project to build a minaret for a mosque in Langenthal, canton of Berne. The Muslim community of Langenthal announced its intention to take its case to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, and, if necessary, to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Aftermath of the referendum and implementation of the ban
The community's attorney also expressed doubts as to whether the ban could be considered to affect the Langenthal project, because an application for planning permission had been made to the local planning authority in 2006, prior to the referendum result; thus, it was arguable that the ban should not be taken to apply to this project ex post facto. However, a professor of law at St. Gallen University expressed the opinion that the ban rendered the Langenthal project obsolete.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Aftermath of the referendum and implementation of the ban
Whether the Langenthal mosque would be affected would depend on the details of the eventual implementation. According to Alexander Ruch, professor of building law at ETH Zurich, there was, at that point, no official definition of the term "minaret", leaving open the handling of hypothetical cases, such as the chimney of a factory building that is converted into a mosque. In the case of the Langenthal minaret, it was even argued that the planned structure was a minaret-like tower and not a minaret.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Aftermath of the referendum and implementation of the ban
Calls to prayer had been a frequent argument against permitting new minarets, and the planned tower in Langenthal could not be used for that purpose. In the case of the Islamic center in Frauenfeld, canton of Thurgau, an existing ventilation shaft had been adorned with a sheet metal cone topped with a crescent moon. In October 2009, the Frauenfeld city council declined to treat the structure as a "minaret", saying that it had been officially declared a ventilation shaft, and that the additional crescent moon had not provided cause for comment during the six years since its installation.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Aftermath of the referendum and implementation of the ban
The Swiss Green Party declared that in their opinion, the ban introduced a contradiction into the Swiss constitution, which also contains a paragraph guaranteeing freedom of religion, and in November 2009, the party announced its intention to appeal to the European Court on Human Rights on the matter.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, Aftermath of the referendum and implementation of the ban
Several applications to the European Court of Human Rights were rejected in 2011 on the grounds that the applicants were not affected parties, as they did not intend to build minarets.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, International reactions
The ban sparked reactions from governments and political parties throughout of the world.


2009 Swiss minaret referendum, International reactions, Non-governmental political responses
The Swiss referendum was welcomed by several European far right parties:


2009 Swiss referendums
Eight referendums were held in Switzerland during 2009. The first was held on 8 February on extending the freedom of movement for workers from Bulgaria and Romania. The next two were held on 17 May 2009 on introducing biometric passports and the "Future with complementary medicine" proposal. A further two were held on 27 September on increasing VAT and the introduction of public initiatives. The final three were held on 29 November on banning the construction of new minarets, exporting weapons and the use of aviation fuel taxation.


2009 Swiss referendums, February referendum
The February referendum was held on extending the freedom of movement for workers within the European Union to Bulgaria and Romania, who joined the EU on 1 January 2007, and on removing the sunset provision from the agreement. If Swiss voters had rejected the continuation and extension, the EU would likely have invoked the so-called "guillotine clause" to terminate all agreements made as part of the bilateral treaties.


2009 Swiss referendums, February referendum
A poll from January 2009 saw 49% in favour of extending the agreement, 40% opposed and 11% undecided; 48% of voters said they would participate in the referendum.


2009 Swiss referendums, February referendum
The referendum concluded with a vote in favour of the extension, with German and French-speaking cantons mostly voting in favour (except for narrow votes against in Schwyz, Glarus and Appenzell Innerrhoden) and the Italian-speaking Ticino strongly voting against.


2009 Swiss referendums, February referendum
The result caused the left-wing Green Party and the Social Democratic Party to state that they would renew their push for Swiss EU membership.


2009 Swiss referendums, May referendums
The biometric passport introduction approval was accepted with a slim majority, with 50.15% in favour of the proposal; the complementary medicine proposal was accepted with 67.0% in favour. Turnout was 39%.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums
In the November referendum voters decide on three proposals on the federal level:


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums
There were numerous other issues voted upon at the cantonal and municipal levels.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Minaret ban
Only one political party, the right wing Swiss People's Party supported the referendum. It aimed at stopping the "Islamization of Switzerland". Pakistani newspaper  The Nation on 30 January 2010 carried a fabricated story according to which  "the first man who had launched a drive for imposition of ban on mosques minarets" had seen the error of his "evil ways" and had converted to Islam, which had supposedly "created furore in Swiss politics", claiming that Streich "is ashamed of his doings now and desires to construct the most beautiful mosque of Europe in Switzerland." Tikkun Daily on 5 February debunked  The Nation's story as a distorted version of a report on Daniel Streich, a Swiss Muslim who left the Swiss People's Party because he was outraged with their campaign.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Minaret ban
Final results showed 57.5% of voters in favour of the ban, 19.5 cantons out of 23 in favour of the proposals.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Arms export
The arms referendum sought to ban the export of military weapons and ammunition, in order to further reduce Switzerland's involvement in war. Current law prohibits the exports of materiel to countries involved in armed conflict, or violating human rights. The Swiss arms industry warned of possible job losses if passed, and the cabinet recommended against it saying that existing legislation offers enough protections. The group backing the initiative argued that weapons exports contradict the country's neutrality. A similar initiative was defeated in 1997.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Arms export
Voters rejected the proposal by 68.2%, with 31.5% in favour of the measure. Turnout was 53%.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Aviation fuel taxation
The aviation fuel tax referendum was initiated by centre-right and right members of parliament to direct much of the taxes on kerosene to airport spending. Previously two-thirds of the taxes collected were spent on road safety, with the rest going to the federal general fund. The initiative directs the two-thirds to aviation safety and environmental concerns, with the remainder continuing to be used for discretionary spending.


2009 Swiss referendums, November referendums, Cantonal referendums
In the canton of Obwalden, the voting population  turned down plans to reserve sections of land for the wealthy,  officially designated "high quality standard of life zones of cantonal interest". These zones were part of Obwalden's strategy of increasing tax attractiveness in competition with other cantons. The referendum was successfully opposed by the cantonal section of the  Swiss Green Party. Obwalden already has a flat tax system for the benefit of its rich residents, and attempted to introduce a regressive tax system, which was ruled unconstitutional by the  Swiss Federal Court.


2009 Sydney FC W-League season
The 2009 season is Sydney FC's second season of football (soccer) in Australia's women's league, the W-League.


2009 Sydney FC W-League season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 Sydney FC W-League season, Records
First game = 3-1 loss home V Central Coast MarinersLargest win = Largest loss = 3-1 home V Central Coast Mariners


2009 Sydney Roosters season
The 2009 Sydney Roosters season was the 102nd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in last place and collecting the club's first wooden spoon since 1966.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
All the Teams and Results round by round for Season 2009.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 1: South Sydney Rabbitohs 52 (Nathan Merritt 3, Fetuli Talanoa 2, Colin Best, Eddy Pettybourne, Chris Sandow, Rhys Wesser tries; Chris Sandow 5, Issac Luke 3 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 12 (Braith Anasta, Jake Friend tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Anthony Minichiello, Sam Perrett, Mitchell Aubusson, Iosia Soliola, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Nate Myles, Lopini Paea, Craig Fitzgibbon, Setaimata Sa; Interchange: Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Shane Shackleton, Jake Friend, Martin Kennedy.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 2: Sydney Roosters 28 (Braith Anasta 2, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Anthony Minichiello, Mitchell Pearce tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 3, Shaun Kenny-Dowall goals) def. Canberra Raiders 4 (Bronson Harrison try)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Anthony Minichiello, Sam Perrett, Mitchell Aubusson, Iosia Soliola, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Nate Myles, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon, Setaimata Sa; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Shane Shackleton, Ben Jones.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 3: Wests Tigers 40 (Chris Lawrence 2, Taniela Tuiaki 2, Dean Collis, Robbie Farrah, Tim Moltzen tries; Benji Marshall 6 Goals) def. Sydney Roosters 24 (Mitchell Aubusson 2, Braith Anasta, Shaun Kenny-Dowall tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 4 goals)				Team: Ben Jones, Sam Perrett, Mitchell Aubusson, Iosia Soliola, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Nate Myles, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon, Setaimata Sa; Interchange: Sonny Tuigamala, Lopini Paea, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Shane Shackleton.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 4: Sydney Roosters 24 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall 2, Sam Perrett tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 6 goals) def. Parramatta Eels 6 (Jarryd Hayne try, Luke Burt goal)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sisa Waqa, Mitchell Aubusson, Iosia Soliola, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Shane Shackleton, Craig Fitzgibbon, Setaimata Sa; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Martin Kennedy, Jake Friend, Rohan Ahern.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 5: Brisbane Broncos 28 (Karmichael Hunt 2, Antonio Winterstien 2, Steve Michaels tries; Corey Parker 4 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 24 (Braith Anasta, Willie Mason, Mitchell Pearce, Sam Perrett tries; Braith Anasta 3, Craig Fitzgibbon goal)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sisa Waqa, Mitchell Aubusson, Setaimata Sa, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Nate Myles, Craig Fitzgibbon, Shane Shackleton; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Willie Mason, Jake Friend, Ben Jones.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 6: New Zealand Warriors 17 (Stacey Jones, Jerome Ropati, Manu Vatuvei tries; Denan Kemp 2 goals; Stacey Jones field goal) def. Sydney Roosters 16 (Mitchell Pearce, Shane Shackleton, Iosia Soliola tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sonny Tuigamala, Ben Jones, Iosia Soliola, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Nate Myles, Craig Fitzgibbon, Shane Shackleton; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Willie Mason, Jake Friend, Jordan Tansey.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 7: St. George Ilawarra Dragons 29 (Jamie Soward 2, Brett Morris, Jason Nightingale tries; Jamies Soward 6 goals, field goal) def. Sydney Roosters 0.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sisa Waqa, Iosia Soliola, Setaimata Sa, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Wilie Mason, Nate Myles, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Shane Shacleton, Jake Friend, Jordan Tansey.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 8: Sydney Roosters 19 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall 2, Sam Perrett tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 3 goals; Braith Anasta field goal) def. Cronulla Sharks 12 (Paul Gallen, Reece Williams tries; Luke Covell 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Jordan Tansey, Sam Perrett, Setaimata Sa, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Nate Myles, James Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Iosia Soliola, Craig Fitzgibbon, Shane Shacleton; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Willie Mason, Jake Friend, Rohan Ahern.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 9: Melbourne Storm 28 (Brett Finch, Ryan Hoffman, Jeff Lima, Steve Turner, Brett White tries; Joseph Tomane 4 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 12 (Sam Perrett, Setaimata Sa tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Jordan Tansey, Sam Perrett, Setaimata Sa, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Nate Myles, James Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Iosia Soliola, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Jake Friend, Nick Kouparitsas, Sisa Waqa.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 10: Newcastle Knights 38 (Jarrod Mullen 2, Zeb Taia 2, Danny Wicks, Cooper Vuna; Kurt Gidley 7 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 6 (Jordan Tansey try; Braith Anasta goal)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Jordan Tansey, Sam Perrett, Setaimata Sa, Sisa Waqa, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Nate Myles, Jake Friend, Lopini Paea, Iosia Soliola, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Ben Jones, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Mark O'Meley, Nick Kouparitsas.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 11: Penrith Panthers 48 (Michael Jennings 3, Wade Graham 2, Lachlan Coote, Shane Elford, Luke Lewis, Frank Pritchard tries; Jarrod Sammut 3, Luke Walsh 3 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 6 (Ben Jones try, Braith Anasta goal)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Braith Anasta, Shaun-Kenny-Dowall, Setaimata Sa, Sam Perrett, Sonny Tuigamala, Ben Jones, Mitchell Pearce, Nate Myles, Jordan Tansey, Mark O'Meley, Shane Shackleton, Willie Mason, Lopini Paea; Interchange: Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Nick Kouparitsas, Tom Symonds, Stanley Waqa.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 13: Manly Sea Eagles 38 (Michael Robertson 2, Steve Matai, Glenn Stewart, Anthony Watmough, David Williams, Tony Williams tries; Matt Orford 5 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 18 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall 2, Setaimata Sa, Ben Jones tries; Craig Fitzgibbon goal)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sonny Tuigamala, Setaimata Sa, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, Jake Friend, Lopini Paea, Shane Shackleton, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Nate Myles, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Tom Symonds, Jordan Tansey.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 14: Gold Coast Titans 24 (Aaron Cannings, Nathan Friend, Esi Tonga, Chris Walker tries; Scott Prince 4 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 20 (Sisa Waqa 2, Mitchell Pearce, Tom Symonds tries; Braith Anasta, Craig Fitzgibbon goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sisa Waqa, Setaimata Sa, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, Jake Friend, Nate Myles, Shane Shackleton, Anthony Cherrington, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Tom Symonds, Mitchell Aubusson.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 15: North Queensland Cowboys 24 (Travis Burns, Aaron Payne, Steve Southern, Carl Webb tries; John Williams 4 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 22 (Mitchell Aubusson, Anthony Cherrington, Shane Shackleton, Ben Jones tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 3 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sisa Waqa, Ben Jones, Mitchell Aubusson, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Braith Anasta, Mitchell Pearce, Lopini Paea, Jake Friend, Shane Shackleton, Iosia Soliola, Anthony Cherrington, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Ray Moujalli, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Tom Symonds, Rohan Ahern.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 16: Sydney Roosters 19 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Mitchell Pearce, Sam Perrett tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 3 goals; Mitchell Pearce Field Goal) def. Cronulla Sharks 12 (Blake Ferguson, Nathan Stapleton tries; Luke Covell 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sandor Earl, Mitchell Aubusson, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Setaimata Sa, Mitchell Pearce, Nate Myles, Jake Friend, Lopini Paea, Anthony Cherrington, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Shane Shackleton, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Tom Symonds, Nick Kouparitsas.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 17: St. George Illawarra Dragons 34 (Matt Prior 2, Jamie Soward 2, Neville Costigan, Wendell Sailor tries; Jamie Soward 5 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 12 (Craig Fitzgibbon 2 tries, 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 19: New Zealand Warriors 30 (Manu Vatuvei 2, Patrick Ah Van, Stacey Jones, Simon Mannering, Wade McKinnon tries; Stacey Jones 3 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 24 (Tom Symonds 2, Willie Mason, Ben Jones tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 4 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Sandor Earl, Mitchell Aubusson, Tom Symonds, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Ben Jones, Mitchell Pearce, Shane Shackleton, Jake Friend, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Setaimata Sa, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Lopini Paea, Stanley Waqa, Anthony Cherrington, Nick Kouparitsas.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 20: South Sydney Rabbitohs 40 (Jamie Simpson 3, Issac Luke, Nathan Merritt, Eddy Pettybourne, John Sutton, Craig Wing tries; Chris Sandow 4 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 20 (Mitchell Aubusson, Jake Friend, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Mitchell Pearce tries; Shaun Kenny-Dowall 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Anthony Minichiello, Mitchell Aubusson, Tom Symonds, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Ben Jones, Mitchell Pearce, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Jake Friend, Lopini Paea, Setaimata Sa, Willie Mason, Iosia Soliola; Interchange: Shane Shackleton, Stanley Waqa, Rohan Ahern, Nick Kouparitsas.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 21: Sydney Roosters 30 (Craig Fitzgibbon, Willie Mason, Mitchell Pearce, Iosia Soliola, Setaimata Sa tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 5 goals) def. Newcastle Knights 18 (Kurt Gidley 2, Adam MacDougall tries; Kurt Gidley 3 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Mitchell Aubusson, Setaimata Sa, Iwi Hauraki, Ben Jones, Mitchell Pearce, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Jake Friend, Lopini Paea, Iosia Soliola, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Stanley Waqa, Shane Shackleton, Riley Brown, Nick Kouparitsas.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 22: Wests Tigers 17 (Beau Ryan 2, Taniela Tuiaki tries; Benji Marshall 2 goals; Robbie Farrah field goal) def. Sydney Roosters 10 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Setaimata Sa tries; Craig Fitzgibbon goal) *Sin Bin: Mitchell Aubusson.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Iwi Hauraki, Mitchell Aubusson, Setaimata Sa, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Anthony Minichiello, Mitchell Pearce, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Jake Friend, Lopini Paea, Iosia Soliola, Willie Mason, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Stanley Waqa, Shane Shackleton, Riley Brown, Ben Jones.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 23: Manly Sea Eagles 44 (Michael Robertson 2, David Williams 2, Jason King, Matt Orford, Glenn Stewart tries; Matt Orford 6, Jamie Lyon 2 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 12 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Iwi Hauraki tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 24: Bulldogs 28 (Luke Patten 2,Hazem El Masri, Josh Morris, David Stagg tries; Hazem El Masri 4 goals def. Sydney Roosters 4 (Ben Jones try)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Iwi Hauraki, Mitchell Aubusson, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Anthony Minichiello, Mitchell Pearce, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Riley Brown, Shane Shackleton, Iosia Soliola, Setaimata Sa, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Jake Friend, Willie Mason, Stanley Waqa, Nate Myles.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 25: Melbourne Storm 38 (Greg Inglis 2, Steve Turner 2, Will Chambers, Billy Slater, Aiden Tolman tries; Cameron Smith 5 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 4 (Shaun Kenny-Dowall try)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Iwi Hauraki, Mitchell Aubusson, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Anthony Minichiello, Mitchell Pearce, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Riley Brown, Shane Shackleton, Iosia Soliola, Nate Myles, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Jake Friend, Willie Mason, Stanley Waqa, Khalid Deeb.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Round 26: North Queensland Cowboys 32 (Ashley Graham, Donald Malone, Johnathan Thurston, Willie Tonga, Shane Tronce, Ty Williams tries; Johnathan Thurston 4 goals) def. Sydney Roosters 16 (Iwi Hauraki, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Willie Mason tries; Craig Fitzgibbon 2 goals)


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Round By Round
Team: Sam Perrett, Iwi Hauraki, Mitchell Aubusson, Ben Jones, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Anthony Minichiello, Mitchell Pearce, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Riley Brown, Shane Shackleton, Iosia Soliola, Nate Myles, Craig Fitzgibbon; Interchange: Stanley Waqa, Willie Mason, Jake Friend, Martin Kennedy.


2009 Sydney Roosters season, Ladder
* Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2


2009 Sydney Telstra 500
The Sydney Telstra 500 was the fourteenth and final event of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the inaugural running of the Sydney 500. It was held on the weekend of the December 4 to 6 on the roads running through the former Olympic precinct at Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500
The Sydney Telstra 500 consisted of the 25th and 26th races of the season. The race format followed the same as the Adelaide 500, with a 250 kilometre race each day.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500
The first race was won by Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander from pole position while, the second 250 km race was won by Dick Johnson Racing's James Courtney (who started from second position on the grid). Jamie Whincup secured the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series after finishing fifth in Race 25 and fourteenth in Race 26.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500
This event also marked the final race for Cameron McConville, who has now retired from full-time V8 Supercar racing. The Sydney 500 was the end of Triple Eight Race Engineering's association with Ford before shifting to Holden in 2010.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 25, Race
Garth Tander led early with Lee Holdsworth in pursuit. Buried in the grid, Craig Lowndes was the first to pit when the pit window opened. David Reynolds damaged his car in the early running. On lap 10 Michael Patrizi crashed into the wall with no brakes, bringing out the safety car. Tander lost the lead in the pits, then as Holdsworth pulled away, Whincup took second from Tander as well. Fighting over fourth position, Cameron McConville and Greg Murphy made contact in pitlane, as Murphy was released from his pitbay into McConville's path. Murphy was later black flagged for the incident. Both Holden Racing Team Commodores were slowing, affecting Will Davison's chances of keeping the championship alive, and affecting Tander's ability to match pace with Holdsworth and Whincup.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 25, Race
Lap 24 saw Alex Davison pitting with suspension damage after having clouted the wall earlier in the race. Lap 26 saw Paul Dumbrell dive up the inside of Jack Perkins and made contact with Dean Fiore in front of Perkins sending both cars into a spin. The two cars cleared the chicane with Fiore stopping soon afterwards and Dumbrell exiting on the inside of the chicane.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 25, Race
Immediately afterwards race leader Lee Holdsworth slid into the wall on the outside of the middle part of the chicane having found no traction after hitting a portion of the track compromised by fluid dropped by Fiore. At the safety car restart Whincup overshot a corner, allowing Tander back into the race lead.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 25, Race
On lap 39 Will Davison made a big dive up the inside of Craig Lowndes at the first turn but dived in too deep with a locked tyre and hit Lowndes, deranging Lowndes steering. Davison continued with a bent steering arm while Lowndes had more severe damage. Davison was later given a black flag penalty. Lap 43 Cameron McConville hit the wall having freshly stopped for tyres damaging the front right corner of the car. Shane van Gisbergen briefly nosed into the wall behind McConville. Lap 47 saw Russell Ingall dive into a wall.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 25, Race
Murphy received contact from Jack Perkins, spinning Murphy's car into a tyre barrier. James Courtney received a mechanical black flag as his right side front door started flapping open. Courtney was forced to pit to address the flapping door. The problem was not fixed correctly and Courtney was forced to make a second stop. Steven Johnson hit the wall on lap 57 with Jack Perkins also making contact two laps later.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 26, Race
Holdsworth led away from pole position, only to lose it to James Courtney on the second lap. Rick Kelly also passed Holdsworth. Winterbottom slotted into fourth ahead of Jason Bright and Michael Caruso. Steven Richards was first to pit with damage after contact with Shane van Gisbergen sent Richards into the wall, damaging the right side of the car. Rick Kelly briefly brushed the wall exiting turn 8 and lost four race positions, dropping behind Holdsworth, Winterbottom, Bright and Greg Murphy.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 26, Race
Lap 14 saw Rick Kelly hit turn eight even harder, this time deranging the front right corner of the car, effectively putting him out of the race. Two laps later, Todd Kelly, having just made his first pit-stop, under-steered into the same barrier as his brother, with much lighter damage. Lap 21 saw Mark Winterbottom have an off and drop to 18th place. Holdsworth stayed out on a long stint. The stint came to an end when Holdsworth understeered off at turn 8, damaging the front right corner and cutting a brake line. Michael Patrizi crashed lightly into the same barrier and continued. Holdsworth was unable to make it back to the pits and a safety car was called for although Holdsworth pulled up off the course.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 26, Race
At the restart Greg Murphy understeered off the track at the first turn in a self-inflicted mistake, backing the car into the wall and popping out the rear windscreen, handing second position to the charging Craig Lowndes. Whincup pitted at the end of lap 37 then on his outlap Whincup nosed into the wall at turn 8. Jason Bargwanna also hit the wall but continued. Most of the front runners pitted immediately, with Craig Lowndes striking Alex Davison leaving pitlane, subsequently leaving pitlane. Courtney missed the pitstop and had to pit the following lap but retained the race lead.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 26, Race
At the restart, Jason Bright leapt out of turn 8 to blast past James Courtney to take the lead. Bright also received a drive through penalty as well, again for contact in the pitlane, an 'unsafe release'. That handed the lead back to James Courtney with Michael Caruso pressing hard. An accident for Mark McNally triggered the fourth safety car period, with the race restarting on lap 54 with Courtney leading Caruso, Winterbottom, Ingall and Fabian Coulthard. Cameron McConville, Jason Bright and Craig Lowndes (sucked into Bright's accident) all brushed walls on the restart lap. Lowndes and McConville retired. Todd Kelly began dropping down field with battery or alternator problems.


2009 Sydney Telstra 500, Results, Race 26, Race
Lap 60 saw Winterbottom brush the wall exiting the rapidly infamous turn 8, peeling off the door skin on the right side of the car. Winterbottom kept in third place, tucked into a six car train, ending in a position battled between Shane van Gisbergen and Greg Murphy.


2009 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 65th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Line honours in the 99-boat event were won by the New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo II raced by Neville Crichton, recording her 146th consecutive ocean classic victory. Defending line honours champion Wild Oats XI was attempting to establish a new record of five successive wins, but was second to Alfa Romeo.


2009 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
As in the past, the race was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales. Unlike previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht races which traditionally began at noon, the 2009 event began on Sydney Harbour, at 1:00pm (AEDT) on Boxing Day, 26 December, before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. Coverage of the race start was on Channel Seven after a 90-minute launch program.


2009 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 2009 fleet
99 yachts registered to begin the 2009 Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. They are:


2009 Sylvania 300
The 2009 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh stock car race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the first in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on September 20, 2009 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire before a crowd of 101,000 people. The 300-lap race was won by Mark Martin of the Hendrick Motorsports team after starting from fourteenth position. Denny Hamlin finished second and Juan Pablo Montoya came in third.


2009 Sylvania 300
Montoya, who initially held the pole position, was immediately passed by Tony Stewart. One lap later, Montoya reclaimed the lead. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Hamlin and Kurt Busch were in the top ten for most of the race. Martin became the leader of the race, after the leaders made their pit stops. Martin retained the first position to win the race, his fifth of the 2009 season. There were eleven cautions and twenty lead changes among ten different drivers during the race.


2009 Sylvania 300
The race was Martin's fifth win of the season, as well as the 40th and final win of his Cup career. After the race, Martin maintained his lead in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points ahead of Hamlin, who advanced to second, and equal on points with Johnson. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-nine points ahead of Toyota and eighty-one ahead of Dodge, with nine races of the season remaining. The race attracted 5.04 million television viewers.


2009 Sylvania 300, Background
The 2009 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh of thirty-six scheduled stock car races of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the first in the ten-race season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on September 20, 2009, in Loudon, New Hampshire, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, an intermediate track that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a four-turn oval track, 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. The track's turns are banked at two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at one degree.


2009 Sylvania 300, Background
Before the race, Mark Martin led the Drivers' Championship with 5,040 points, followed by Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson who were tied for second place on 5,030 points. Denny Hamlin, was 5,020 points, was tied with Kasey Kahne, with Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch and Brian Vickers all level with 5,010 points. Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Juan Pablo Montoya and Greg Biffle rounded out the top twelve with 5,000 points each. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 190 points, thirty-six points ahead of their rival Toyota in second. Dodge and Ford were tied on points in the battle for third place. Biffle was the race's defending champion.


2009 Sylvania 300, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, and the second 45 minutes. The final session lasted 60 minutes. During the first practice session, Montoya was fastest, placing ahead of Kevin Harvick in second and Clint Bowyer in third. Stewart took fourth position, and Martin placed fifth. Kurt Busch, A. J. Allmendinger, Kyle Busch, Johnson and Hamlin rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session.


2009 Sylvania 300, Practice and qualifying
Forty-five drivers were entered in the qualifier on Friday afternoon; due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure,  forty-three were allowed to race. Each driver ran two laps, with the starting order determined by the competitor's fastest times. Montoya clinched his second pole position of the season, with a time of 28.545. He was joined on the grid's front row by Stewart. Kurt Busch qualified third, Hamlin took fourth, and Edwards started fifth. David Stremme, Martin Truex, Jr., Bobby Labonte and Kyle Busch completed the top nine qualifiers.


2009 Sylvania 300, Practice and qualifying
Jeff Gordon, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified tenth, while Harvick set the twelfth-fastest time. The two drivers who failed to qualify for the race were Derrike Cope and Dexter Bean. After the qualifier Montoya said, "You know how these races go, "If it was a 10-lap shootout, I'll say, 'Hey, we're looking good.' But it's like 200 laps, 300 laps or something, or 400, I don't even know. It's a bunch of laps. As long as I lead the last one I don't care."


2009 Sylvania 300, Practice and qualifying
On Saturday morning, Montoya was fastest in the second practice session, ahead of Truex in second, and Martin in third. Stremme]] was fourth quickest, and Johnson took fifth. Hamlin managed sixth. Kurt Busch, Biffle, Labonte and Kahne followed in the top ten. Of the other drivers in the Chase, Stewart was eighteenth-fastest, while Edwards ended with twenty-third-fastest time. Later that day, Montoya paced the final practice session, ahead of Truex in second and Kurt Busch in third. Martin was fourth-fastest, ahead of Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. Hamlin was seventh-fastest, Jeff Gordon eighth-, Harvick ninth- and Stewart tenth-fastest. Other Chase drivers included Kahne in fourteenth and Biffle in twentieth.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
The race, the twenty-seventh of a total of thirty-six in the 2009 season, began at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and was televised live in the United States on ESPN. Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny with the air temperature around 67 °F (19 °C). Bishop Michael Cote began pre-race ceremonies with the invocation. Universal Music Group Nashville recording artist Josh Turner performed the national anthem, and Tim Leach, Vice President of Sales, Service and Logistics for Sylvania, gave the command for drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Tony Raines had to move to the back of the grid because of him changing his engine.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
Stewart accelerated faster than Montoya off the line, getting ahead of him by the first turn. One lap later, Montoya reclaimed the lead by passing Stewart at turn one. Stremme moved into fourth on lap three, while Hamlin passed Stewart for the second position. Vickers, who began the race in twenty-sixth, had moved up seven positions to nineteenth by lap five. By the sixth lap, Montoya had increased his lead over Stewart to 1.4 seconds. Five laps later, Jeff Gordon moved into sixth position, while Edwards passed Labonte for eighth. By lap 15, Montoya had a 2.3-second lead over Stewart. Seven laps later, Stewart had reduced Montoya's lead to 1.1 seconds.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
On lap 24, Dave Blaney took his car to the garage because of an electrical problem. Seven laps later, Truex lost three positions after running seventh. On lap 37, Stewart reclaimed the lead from Montoya. On the 39th lap, Michael McDowell drove to the garage because of brake problems. During the 43rd lap, Jeff Gordon passed Hamlin for fourth position. After starting the race in twenty-third, Earnhardt moved up into fifteenth position by lap 46. Four laps later, Stremme dropped to sixth position, after being passed by Edwards and Johnson. On lap 51, Jeff Gordon passed Hamlin for the fourth position, while Mike Wallace took his car to the garage because of brake problems.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
By lap 56, Harvick and Labonte were running in nineteenth and twentieth, while Stewart's lead was 1.7 seconds by lap 63. Four laps later, Kahne's car suffered an engine problem, causing the first caution of the race. During the caution, all of the leaders elected to make pit stops. Montoya reclaimed the lead during the caution and maintained it at the restart. On lap 79, Jeff Gordon passed Martin for the seventh position. By the 83rd lap, Montoya's lead was 1.8 seconds over Stewart. Two laps later, the second caution was given because of debris on the track at turn three. None of the leaders elected to make pit stops. Montoya maintained his lead at the restart, followed by Stewart and Hamlin.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
On lap 92, Stewart fell to fifth after contact with Hamlin, allowing Kurt Busch to move into second position one lap later. On lap 95, Jeff Gordon passed Truex for twelfth position. By lap 101, Montoya had a lead of 1.2 seconds. Kurt Busch managed to close the gap to Montoya by 0.7 seconds by lap 110. On the 113th lap, Jeff Gordon passed Vickers to claim eleventh. Twelve laps later, Kurt Busch claimed the lead off Montoya. Five laps later, Jeff Gordon moved up to ninth, while Newman and Vickers moved up to tenth and eleventh respectively. On lap 131, Earnhardt passed Martin for the tenth position.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
By lap 138, Kurt Busch had a 2.4-second lead over Montoya. On lap 141, the third caution was given as debris was spotted on the track. During the caution, all of the leaders made pit stops. At the lap 146 restart. Montoya became the leader, ahead of Hamlin and Kurt Busch. Two laps later, Hamlin moved into first, one lap after colliding with Montoya. On lap 153, Montoya reclaimed the lead through turn four. Five laps later, Johnson passed Martin for the sixth position. Three laps later, the fourth caution was given after Erik Darnell spun sideways in turn two.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
Most of the leaders made pit stops (which included a pit road collision between Kurt Busch and David Ragan), and Stewart became the leader at the lap 165 restart. Two laps after the restart, the fifth caution was given as a multi-car collision occurred, as Joey Logano and Elliott Sadler collided, collecting Paul Menard, Michael Waltrip, Robby Gordon and John Andretti.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
Stewart led on the restart; On the next lap, the sixth caution was given as Jeff Burton spun sideways. At the lap 180 restart, Stewart was the leader, ahead of Johnson, Newman, Earnhardt and Hamlin. On the next lap, Johnson claimed the lead through turn one, while Sam Hornish, Jr. went to his garage due to oil issues. Two laps later, Earnhardt and Montoya moved up into third and fifth positions respectively. Five laps later, Montoya passed McMurray for the fourth position; Earnhardt passed Stewart for second.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
By the 190th lap, Johnson had a lead of three seconds, while Montoya passed Stewart for third. On lap 193, Allmendinger made contact with Stremme who spun into the wall at turn two, prompting the seventh caution. Most of the leaders made pit stops during the caution. Kurt Busch became the leader by the lap 197 restart, from Martin and Sadler.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
On lap 199, Burton and David Reutimann moved into third and fourth respectively after passing Sadler. Five laps later, Martin passed Kurt Busch to claim the lead. On lap 208, Jeff Gordon had fallen to fourteenth position after minor contact with Johnson, while Hamlin and Montoya moved into fourth and sixth positions respectively. Three laps later, Montoya moved into fifth after passing Reutimann. On the 219th lap, Johnson passed Sadler for the seventh position. Nineteen laps later, Johnson passed Montoya to take over fifth, while Hamlin passed Burton to claim the second position.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
On lap 243, green flag pit stops began, as Martin was the first to pit, handing the lead back to Kurt Busch. On lap 248, Hamlin became the new race leader after Kurt Busch came into pit road. Twenty-one laps later, Kevin Harvick drove to pit road due to mechanical problems.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
On lap 272, Martin reclaimed the lead as the previous leaders had made their pit stops. Four laps later, the eighth caution was given because of debris on the track in turns three and four. Most of the drivers made pit stops during the caution, although Martin stayed out and remained the leader on the restart. After the restart, the ninth caution was given after Reutimann and Earnhardt made contact, causing Earnhardt to collide with the turn two wall. At the lap 287 restart, Martin remained the leader ahead of Kurt Busch.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
One lap later, Montoya moved up into third after passing Hamlin and Johnson. On lap 289, Montoya passed Kurt Busch at the first turn for the second position. One lap later, Kurt Busch lost a further position when he was passed by Hamlin. On lap 292, Martin had a 1.1-second lead. Two laps later, the tenth caution came out after Allmendinger spun in turn two after he made contact with Marcos Ambrose. Martin led on the restart, followed by Montoya and Hamlin.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race
On the final lap, Allmendinger spun sideways, bringing out the eleventh and final caution, and the field was frozen, with the finishing order determined by where the drivers were running at the moment of caution. The result gave Martin the victory, which was his fifth win of the 2009 season. Hamlin finished second, ahead of Montoya in third, Johnson in fourth, and Kyle Busch in fifth. Kurt Busch, Newman, Sadler, Biffle and Bowyer rounded out the top ten finishers.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race, Post-race
"This is just incredible, Pinch me, I'm sure I'm dreaming. This is my hardest place."


2009 Sylvania 300, Race, Post-race
Martin appeared in victory lane to celebrate his fifth win of the season, and his first(and only) at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, in front of 101,000 who attended the race. Martin also earned $232,750 in race winnings. Montoya was somewhat frustrated with the result, saying: "Martin just screwed me – he just stopped the car on the apex, right on the bottom, and I had nowhere to go," Montoya said. "I could have pushed him out of the way ... but I respect him a lot."


2009 Sylvania 300, Race, Post-race
Martin was delighted with his victory: "Alan [Gustafson] won the race, Alan's the man. This is a dream come true. ... We still have the lotto at Talladega [Nov. 1], and [I] think we'll run OK at Martinsville. We finished [seventh] in the spring, but I don't run good there – but this is my hardest place. It's a tough place." Martin also argued that his driving did not cause the final caution: " Once you got the lead, you need to make sure you don't drive it in there and turn it sideways (and) slide it up the racetrack. I mean, how stupid would I look then?"


2009 Sylvania 300, Race, Post-race
The race result kept Martin in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 5,230 points. Hamlin, who finished second, moved into second, tied on points with Johnson on 5,195, twenty points ahead of Montoya and thirty ahead of Kurt Busch. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained the lead with 199 points. Toyota remained second with 160 points. Dodge advanced to third with 118 and Ford was bumped to fourth with 117. 5.04 million people watched the race on television. The race took three hours, nine minutes and one second to complete; because it ended under caution, no margin of victory was recorded.


2009 Sylvania 300, Race, Post-race
Three days after the race, Joe Gibbs Racing were given penalties for Kyle Busch's car. Joe Gibbs Racing's penalty, for unauthorized alterations to the ride height of Kyle Busch's car, included a fine of $25,000 for crew chief Steve Addington, and the loss of 25 owner and driver points for Joe Gibbs and Kyle Busch respectively. Addington was also placed on probation until December 31, 2009.


2009 Syracuse Orange football team
The 2009 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were coached by Doug Marrone and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The Orange finished the season 4–8 and 1–6 in Big East play.


2009 São Paulo FC season
The 2009 season was São Paulo's 80th season since club's existence. For the third year consecutive Tricolor fall in semifinals of Campeonato Paulista, this time losing to rival Corinthians. In Copa Libertadores was defeated in quarterfinals by Cruzeiro after two losses 1–2 (away), 0–2 (home). At the league, the club broke the triumph's sequence of the three previous titles. Ending in the 3rd position took a place in Copa Libertadores. After three and a half, the coach Muricy Ramalho was fired by the fourth consecutive elimination in Libertadores.


2009 São Paulo FC season, Squad
As of 20 August 2009Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 São Paulo FC season, Transfers, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 São Paulo FC season, Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 São Paulo FC season, Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2009 TAC Cup season
The 2009 TAC Cup season was the 18th season of the TAC Cup competition. Calder Cannons have won there 5th premiership title after defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final by 14 points.


2009 TBL Playoffs
2009 Turkish Basketball League (TBL) Playoffs was the final phase of the 2008–09 Turkish Basketball League season. The playoffs started on 14 May 2009. Fenerbahçe Ülker were the defending champions.


2009 TBL Playoffs
The eight highest placed teams of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. All series were best-of-5 except the final, which was best-of-7. Under Turkish league rules, if a team swept its playoff opponent in the regular season, it was granted an automatic 1–0 series lead, and the series started with Game 2.


2009 TBL Playoffs
Efes Pilsen competed against Fenerbahçe Ülker in the finals, won the series 4-2 and got their 13th championship.


2009 TC 2000 Championship
The 2009 TC 2000 Championship was the 31st Turismo Competicion 2000 season. It began on April 5 and ended on November 29 after 12 races. José María López won his second successive title for Equipo Petrobras.


2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson. The Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs finished the season 12–1 (8–0 MWC) and won the Mountain West Conference title. On December 6, they were invited to their first Bowl Championship Series game and their first major bowl since the 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, against #6 Boise State in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 4, 2010. In the Fiesta Bowl, TCU was upset by underdog Boise State, 17–10.


2009 TEAN International
The 2009 TEAN International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands between 7 and 13 September 2009.


2009 TEAN International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 TEAN International, Champions, Doubles
Jonathan Marray /  Jamie Murray def. Sergei Bubka /  Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6–1, 6–4


2009 TEAN International – Doubles
Rameez Junaid and Philipp Marx were the defending champions, but only Marx played this year. Marx and Sebastian Rieschick were eliminated by Jesse Huta Galung and Igor Sijsling in the quarterfinals. Jonathan Marray and Jamie Murray won in the final 6–1, 6–4, against Sergei Bubka and Sergiy Stakhovsky.


2009 TEAN International – Singles
Simon Greul chose to not defend his 2008 title. Stéphane Robert defeated Michael Russell 7–6(2), 5–7, 7–6(5) in the final.


2009 TOP 09 leadership election
The first leadership election was held in the TOP 09 party in the Czech Republic on 28 November 2009. Karel Schwarzenberg became party's leader.


2009 TOP 09 leadership election, Background
During  2009, Miroslav Kalousek left Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and decided to form a new party called TOP 09 He managed to attract some personas from other parties. It included Senator Karel Schwarzenberg who was speculated to be a possible candidate for party's leader.


2009 TOP 09 leadership election, Results
Party's assembly was held on 28 November 2009. Schwarzenberg was introduced as the only candidate for the leader of TOP 09. 164 delegates were allowed to vote, including Schwarzenberg. Schwarzenberg refused to vote in the election and received 163 votes. Schwarzenberg became icon of the party and many delegates looked up to him with much admiration.


2009 TPG Tour
The 2009 TPG Tour was a season of golf tournaments on the TPG Tour, the official professional golf tour of Argentina. The season ran from February 2009 to January 2010 and consisted of eleven tournaments, ten in Argentina and one, the Carlos Franco Invitational, held in Paraguay.


2009 TPG Tour
Five events were also part of the Tour de las Americas, the highest level tour in Latin America.


2009 TPG Tour
The Order of Merit was won by Fabián Gómez. César Costilla was second, and Julio Zapata finishing third.


2009 TSC Stores Tankard
The 2009 TSC Stores Tankard was the 2009 edition of the Ontario provincial men's curling tournament. It was held on February 2-8 at the Woodstock District Community Complex in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary, Alberta (who ended the tournament second in the standings).


2009 TSC Stores Tankard, Qualification
The tournament will consist of ten teams. Two from each of Southern Ontario's four regions and two from a provincial "last chance" qualification tournament. Teams from Northern Ontario will play in that region's provincial championship. Each of the four regions consist of four zones where two teams from which qualify for the regional tournaments.


2009 TSC Stores Tankard, Zones
Teams in bold advanced to regionals. Teams in italics elected to play in the challenge round (see below).


2009 TSC Stores Tankard, Challenge Round
Challenge rounds will be held January 16-19 at the Trenton Curling Club in Trenton and the Grey Granite Club in Owen Sound to determine the last two spots. Both rounds are double knock-out


2009 TSFA Season
The 2009 TSFA season was the 11th regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.


2009 TSFA Season
In 2008,  veteran team changed ownership and name again, another longtime veteran returned and two rookies joined the mix. That left the TSFA with 13 teams again and the post season ended with the 4th straight all-star game. 2009 also marked the first TSFA night games with the Epler Cup and All-Star games being played at The Winston School.


2009 TSFA Season, Teams
The Rhinos continued as the longest tenured organization in the TSFA coming back for their tenth season. The Bandits, Longhorns and Wolverines entered their ninth years of competition. The Bucs returned for their eighth season after a year hiatus. The Wrecking Crew returned for their fifth season. The Panthers returned for a fourth season of play. The Bulldawgs and Phoenix returned for their third seasons. The Revolution entered into their second season of play. The Ruff Ryders again changed ownership hands this time coming in as the Renegades. The Cowboys entered for their first season and the Outlawz was revived for their first season of play.


2009 TSFA Season, Teams
The Northern Conference consisted of the Bandits, Bucs, Longhorns, Outlawz, Panthers, Phoenix and Revolution. The Southern Conference consisted of the Bulldawgs, Cowboys, Renegades, Rhinos, Wolverines and Wrecking Crew.


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season
The eleventh year of the TSFA lasted eleven weeks from January 31, 2009 to April 26, 2009.


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 1
January 31, 2009Renegades 33 - Phoenix 12Longhorns 31 - Cowboys 14Rhinos 34 - Bucs 8Outlawz 33 - Wolverines 26Wrecking Crew 18 - Panthers 12Bulldawgs 26 - Revolution 20


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 2
February 8, 2009Wrecking Crew 23 - Bandits 20Bulldawgs 41 - Bucs 21Phoenix 30 - Cowboys 15Revolution 13 - Renegades 12Wolverines 20 - Longhorns 6Outlawz 32 - Rhinos 19


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 3
February 15, 2009Bucs 33 - Wolverines 25Phoenix 26 - Wrecking Crew 19Revolution 34 - Rhinos 20Renegades 44 - Panthers 6Outlawz 50 - Cowboys 6Bulldawgs 30 - Bandits 19


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 4
February 22, 2009Bulldawgs 26 - Panthers 18Revolution 53 - Cowboys 24Phoenix 37 - Wolverines 26Longhorns 20 - Rhinos 12Renegades 20 - Bandits 13Bucs 22 - Wrecking Crew 13


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 5
March 1, 2009Bulldawgs 19 - Rhinos 13Longhorns 15 - Panthers 13Wrecking Crew 13 - Wolverines 12Bucs 37 - Phoenix 33Renegades 53 - Cowboys 6 M*Outlawz 40 - Bandits 21


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 6
March 8, 2009Outlawz 37 - Bucs 6Renegades 26 - Wolverines 6Bandits 31 - Longhorns 30Wrecking Crew 34 - Bulldawgs 31Revolution 42 - Panthers 12


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 7
March 22, 2009Revolution 40 - Outlawz 33Bulldawgs 33 - Renegades 21Panthers 21 - Bandits 19Rhinos 27 - Wolverines 14Longhorns 33 - Phoenix 12


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 8
March 29, 2009Phoenix 33 - Bandits 20Bulldawgs 27 - Wolverines 19Outlawz 40 - Panthers 27Revolution 39 - Bucs 38Renegades 26 - Wrecking Crew 7


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 9
April 5, 2009Outlawz 45 - Phoenix 6Revolution 1 - Bandits 0*Bulldawgs 37 - Rhinos 19Longhorns 21 - Bucs 0


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 10
April 11, 2009Revolution 32 - Longhorns 18Panthers 19 - Phoenix 13Wrecking Crew 26 - Rhinos 21


2009 TSFA Season, Regular season, Week 11
April 26, 2009Renegades 19 - Rhinos 6Bucs 41 - Panthers 20Outlawz 33 - Longhorns 6Wrecking Crew 27 - Wolverines 0Phoenix 27 - Revolution 20


2009 TSFA Season, Playoffs
The eleventh year of playoffs for the TSFA consisted of the top 4 from each conference making the playoffs.


2009 TSFA Season, Playoffs, Conference Semi-Finals
May 3, 2009Bucs 42 - Revolution 38Outlawz 26 - Longhorns 19Bulldawgs 29 - Rhinos 18Renegades 31 - Wrecking Crew 0


2009 TSFA Season, Playoffs, Conference Championships
May 9, 2009Outlawz 40 - Bucs 20Renegades 24 - Bulldawgs 14


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI
Epler Cup XI MVPHenry "Silk" Booth - #9 QB Renegades


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
The first ever TSFA night game was a classic, both teams made the league proud with the level of commitment, determination and sportsmanship with which both teams exhibited before, during and after this memorable championship game. Coach Fred Garcia and his Outlaw football team, along with a few hundred fans, attacked first. The Outlaw defense created turnovers and scored the first points of the game. Shawn Battles and his Renegade football team, along with a few hundred of their fans struck back and tied the score 6 all.


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
The scoring exchange continued as both teams managed to each get 6 points on the board, for their respective teams, with only 45 seconds on the clock and halftime on the brink. The Renegades scored the final 6 points of the half with no time on the clock. Halftime arrived with both teams tied.


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
The second half saw a continuation of the first half with hard aggressive hits and big play after big play on both sides of the ball. #9 Henry Booth, a.k.a. Silk, made smart decisions while tucking the ball and running when nothing was open downfield. He played with a high level of energy and leadership that was unmatched. #66 Leo Reyes also had some timely catches as #15 Manuel Garcia found him on two consecutive plays open and earning positive yards as they drove towards their end zone with both teams continuing to match the other score after score.


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
The 4th quarter arrived and the match continued with big offensive and defensive plays. With seconds on the clock and a tie score, Outlawz QB Manuel Garcia connected with #21 Zachary Young on a deep pass that placed the Outlawz inside the 5 yard line. The Outlawz found themselves rushing downfield with the clock running, as they were out of timeouts, and a dramatic miscue resulted in overtime.


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
The Renegade defense was determined not to let the Outlawz score, led by South Defensive Player of the Year Oscar Valdez and South Defensive Player of the Year Runner-up Eric Trinidad the Renegade defense caused a turnover by Outlaw running back. Eric Trinidad, a.k.a. Turtle, forced the turnover.


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
The Renegades took possession as #32 Eric Martinez was not denied the end zone. The Renegades scored and secure the victory and earn The Epler Cup XI Championship. The final score was 38–32 in overtime.


2009 TSFA Season, Epler Cup XI, Epler Cup XI Summary
Henry Booth was a unanimous selection as Epler Cup XI MVP.


2009 TSFA Season, Regular-season swards
Northern Conference Offensive Player of the Year: Phillip Barron - #8 Revolution Northern Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Steve Navarro - #21 LonghornsSouthern Conference Offensive Player of the Year: Jimmie Kelley - #11 BulldawgsSouthern Conference Defensive Player of the Year: Oscar Valdez - #99 Renegades2009 TSFA Regular Season MVP: Carlos Garcia - #5 Bucs


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 TSFA All-Stars
The 2009 All-Star Game was held May 23, 2009 at the Winston School. It ended with the Southern Conference All-Stars beating the Northern Conference All-Stars with a score of 32 to 6. The game was sponsored by Pampered Chef.


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 TSFA All-Stars, Rosters
The All-Stars were selected on a voting system. The league's players, coaches and fans were allowed to vote for six weeks with the top players at each position getting a spot.


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, 1st Team, Offense
QB: Carlos Garcia - 5 BucsRB: Phillip Barron - 8 RevoRB: Zachary Young - 21 OutlawzWR: Michael Sanchez - 85 OutlawzWR: George Reyes - 0 RhinosWR: Richard Cardenas - 9 RevoC: Erwin Stilzig - 51 Revo


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, 1st Team, Defense
DE: Dawg Valdez - 99 RenegadesDE: Vince Stevenson - 7 RenegadesLB: Eric Trinidad - 6 RenegadesLB: Patrick Kinslow - 7 BulldawgsDB: Steve Navarro - 21 LonghornsDB: Chris Boldon - 10 BulldawgsDB: Richard Martinez - 4 Renegades


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, 1st Team, Special teams
K: Nathan Ruiz - 11 RevoUt: Eric Martinez - 32 Renegades


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, 2nd Team, Offense
QB: Henry 'Silk' Booth - 9 RenegadesRB: Leonard Walker - 2 Wrecking CrewRB: Eric Martinez - 32 RenegadesWR: Andre Williams - 9 WolverinesWR: John Martin - 23 BulldawgsWR: Jeremy Nellum - 81 PhoenixC: Aaron Caudell - 55 Wolverines


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, 2nd Team, Defense
DE: Dontay Evans - 3 LonghornsDE: Richard Mireles - 1 OutlawzLB: Shaun Battles - 8 RenegadesLB: Eddie Trejo - 7 OutlawzDB: Ray Garcia - 3 OutlawzDB: Nathan Ruiz - 11 RevoDB: JT Taylor - 5 Wrecking Crew


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, 2nd Team, Special teams
K: Dawg Valdez - 99 RenegadesUt: Daylin Rowland - 5 Renegades


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, Honorable Mention, Offense
QB: Manuel Garcia - 15 OutlawzQB: Jimmie Kelley - 11 BulldawgsRB: Curly Mitchelle - 22 OutlawzRB: Blake Sledge - 33 BulldawgsWR: Gibby Alverado - 32 OutlawzWR: Damien Alston - 6 RevoC: Leo Reyes - 66 Outlawz


2009 TSFA Season, 2009 All-TSFA team, Honorable Mention, Defense
DE: Chris Davis - 57 Wrecking CrewLB: Mario Bustamante - 2 OutlawzDB: Noel Miller - 4 PhoenixDB: Sheridan Young - 37 Rhinos


2009 TSL season
The 2009 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season was an Australian rules football competition, staged across Tasmania, Australia over eighteen roster rounds and six finals series matches between 4 April and 19 September 2009.


2009 TSL season
This was the first season of a return to statewide football after a hiatus of eight seasons caused by the collapse of the former TFL in December 2000.


2009 TSL season
The League was known as the Wrest Point Tasmanian State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with Wrest Point Casino in Hobart.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
After a hiatus of eight years, during 2008, AFL Tasmania announced plans for a return of the Tasmanian State League in 2009.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
The concept attracted widespread public and media debate on the return of a statewide competition, with many in the football world hesitant over such a move due to the perilous financial position most of the participating clubs were left in after the previous competition was disbanded in 2000.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
Many believed the push for a return of the league was a direct result of the media and the Tasmanian State Government's strong campaign in getting a Tasmanian team admitted into the AFL.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
Under the AFL Tasmania plan, ten (10) clubs were invited to join the competition.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart and North Hobart along with former Southern Amateur club Lauderdale in the South.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
North Launceston, South Launceston and Launceston from the North and Devonport and Burnie Dockers from the North West Coast.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
The response from many clubs was initially lukewarm at best with many concerned at the lack of detail in the AFL Tasmania plan and the rushed decision-making process of the move.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
Ulverstone Football Club from the North West Coast bowed to pressure from its playing list and some factional groups within the club to put in a submission to join the TSL in 2009.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
Despite a membership vote narrowly ending in favour of joining, the Robins had missed the AFL Tasmania enforced deadline and were initially to be included in the 2010 TSL Roster, however the remaining clubs (most notably its closest and most bitter rival Devonport) exerted considerable pressure upon the League not to alter the current makeup of teams for a period of ten years, therefore Ulverstone were excluded from joining.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
SFL Premier League club Kingborough also lobbied AFL Tasmania to be included in the competition, but their case for inclusion was dismissed by the game's governing body due to their inadequate facilities and poor standard Kingston Beach Oval headquarters.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
Former TFL club New Norfolk (1947–1999) was not invited to join the league because of their poor financial plight, however after the Eagles won the SFL Premiership with an undefeated season in 2009, there were calls to return them to top-flight status, however AFL Tasmania stated that there were no plans on the horizon to include a New Norfolk team in the competition in the near future.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
As a result of the competition resuming, the Tasmanian Devils were removed from the Victorian Football League and were wound up.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
On Monday 8 December 2008, the Wrest Point Tasmanian State League was launched at Wrest Point Casino in Hobart.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
On 4 April 2009, the opening match of the reformed TSL competition took place at KGV Football Park between the reigning premiers of the SFL Premier League, Glenorchy and reigning NTFL premier Launceston and resulted in a 21-point triumph to the Blues.


2009 TSL season, The Return of Statewide Football
The match was brought forward from Round 17 and billed as the "Battle of the State Premiers" given the extra spice created when the two clubs were due to meet at North Hobart Oval at the end of the 2008 season to play off for the Tasmanian State Premiership, but the match was called off due to Launceston's refusal to come to the Capital and participate in the match due to financial costs involved, with the NTFL refusing to fund the Blues match costs as the SFL had done with Glenorchy.