2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 6
The Canberra Cavalry hosted the Perth Heat at Narrabundah Ballpark to complete their season series. The Sydney Blue Sox continued their road trip, facing the Adelaide Bite at Coopers Stadium. The Melbourne Aces completed their homestand with two back–to–back series at the Melbourne Showgrounds; two games against the Cavalry to make up for the games washed out in round 3, and four against the Brisbane Bandits as was originally scheduled.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 7
The Adelaide Bite completed their homestand by hosting the Canberra Cavalry for a five–game series, including a game postponed from round 4 due to wet weather, at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide. The Brisbane Bandits returned home to complete their season series against the Melbourne Aces at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. The Perth Heat faced the Sydney Blue Sox for the first time in the season, playing at Baseball Park, Perth.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8
The Melbourne Aces started their final homestand of the season at the Melbourne Showgrounds, facing the Adelaide Bite to complete their season series. The Canberra Cavalry and the Brisbane Bandits met for the first time, at Narrabundah Ballpark. The Sydney Blue Sox and Perth Heat completed their season series in back–to–back rounds, at Blacktown Olympic Park.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Melbourne v Adelaide
Though Adelaide were able to put together an early 6-run lead through 3 home runs—including a grand slam from Tom Brice—Melbourne built their score throughout the game to win the opening game of the series 11–8. Of the Aces' 11 runs, 6 were unearned resulting from the Bite's 7 errors. In a reversal of form, Adelaide won the second game 6–3: two plays in the eighth inning that would otherwise have resulted in the third out were missed, each allowing the Bite to score an additional run to take the lead.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Melbourne v Adelaide
For the third game in a row, the first team to score actually lost with Adelaide winning 9–2. Also continuing a trend in the series of runs scored from mistakes; both Bite runs scored in the sixth inning came when Melbourne's Shane Lindsay hit two consecutive hitters with bases loaded. Adelaide sealed the series win in the final game of the series, defeating Melbourne 10–7. The bite scored 5 runs without an out being recorded, including the first of two home runs from both Brandon Bantz and Tom Brice.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Canberra v Brisbane
The first game of the series was tied after the ninth inning, with both sides having had the lead at different points in the game. In the twelfth inning, Rory Rhodes for Brisbane and Donald Lutz for Canberra each hit solo home runs to keep the game tied. Alan Schoenberger scored the winning run in the thirteenth inning for the Bandits to win 7–6; Schoenberger doubled to centre field, was advanced by Wade Dutton's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Trent Baker's sacrifice fly.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Canberra v Brisbane
Alan Schoenberger opened the scoring in the second game with a grand slam in the second inning, while Michael Collins likewise ended the scoring with a grand slam in the eighth inning to give the win to Canberra 9–7. Despite Donald Lutz's third home run in as many games, Brisbane won the third game 16–9, after converting 7 hits and 5 walks in the first two innings into 11 runs.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Canberra v Brisbane
After the fourth game was tied in the bottom of the ninth inning through Tylor Prudhome's RBI-single broke the tie immediately in the tenth inning with an RBI-single from Trent Baker and a 3-run double from Josh Roberts to give Brisbane the win 8–4 and Canberra its first series loss at home.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Sydney v Perth
Despite having been swept at home by Sydney the previous weekend, and the addition of two Major Leaguers to the Blue Sox roster, Perth opened the series with a 3–1 win. A two-run single from Robbie Widlansky in the sixth inning proved the difference between the two teams. Allan de San Miguel's two 2-run home runs gave the Heat the lead in the second game and then provided insurance against a late Blue Sox rally, allowing Perth an 11–7 win.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 8, Sydney v Perth
In his longest start of the season, Cole McCurry pitched 7 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 6 hits, striking out 7 to get his first win in Perth's 4–3 victory, ensuring a Heat series win. Blue Sox manager Glenn Williams was ejected in the bottom of the sixth inning of the final game of the series, for arguing against two consecutive calls that according to him were "questionable". Had either call been made the other way, Sydney would likely have scored the first run of the game. Perth scored in each of the remaining innings to win the game 4–1, and complete the sweep of the series locking the season series at 4–4.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 9
The Sydney Blue Sox hosted their final home series of the season, against the Adelaide Bite at Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney. The Melbourne Aces and Perth Heat started their season series at the Melbourne Showgrounds. The Brisbane Bandits were scheduled to host the Canberra Cavalry at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, however the ABL postponed the series as a result of widespread flooding in South East Queensland.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 9
At the time, a decision had not been made as to whether the games would be rescheduled, however it was announced approximately one week later that the games would be rescheduled to the Monday and Tuesday immediately following round 10 in the form of two doubleheaders, but only if either team had a chance of making the playoffs, and only the games required for one of the teams to qualify.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 9, Sydney v Adelaide
For the third game in a row, Sydney allowed their opponents to get a 4-run lead before scoring themselves. However, in the first game of the series against Adelaide, the Blue Sox were able to snap a season-long 4-game losing streak through a walk off single from Trent Schmutter that drove in Mark Holland to win 5–4. Sydney regained first place in the league with a second consecutive win over the Bite 4–3.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League regular season, Round 9, Sydney v Adelaide
David Welch was credited with his 5th win of the season (6 innings pitched, 1 unearned run, 5 hits, 8 strikeouts), and Koo Dae-Sung earned his league leading 10th save (2 1⁄3 innings pitched, 1 unearned run, 2 hits, 3 strikeouts). For the second time in three games, Sydney recorded a walk-off win, beating Adelaide 6–5 in extra innings. Mark Holland's 2-run home run tied the game in the eighth inning, while in the tenth Alex Johnson doubled, then Michael Lysaught—pinch running for Johnson—scored on catcher Brandon Bantz's wild throw to third base to score the winning run. The Blue Sox secured the series sweep by beating the Bite 6–2 in their final home game of the regular season. The four runs driven in by Andrew Graham, Trent Schmutter and Alex Johnson in the fifth inning gave Sydney the lead for the rest of the game.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season
The 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season was the inaugural Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 6 November 2010 to 13 February 2011. It came 12 years after the old Australian Baseball League ceased and is the successor of the mostly amateur Claxton Shield competition that has been played since 1934. The season consisted of six teams competing in a 40-game schedule, followed by a three-round finals series to determine the ABL champion.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season
At the conclusion of the regular season, the Sydney Blue Sox, Perth Heat, Adelaide Bite and Melbourne Aces progressed to the finals series, while the Brisbane Bandits and Canberra Cavalry were only eliminated from contention on the final day of the season. Both Melbourne and Sydney were eliminated by Adelaide in the minor semi-final series and the preliminary final series, respectively. Perth became the inaugural ABL champions when they defeated Adelaide two games to one in the championship series.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Formation
In June 2009, it was announced that the rights to the Claxton Shield had been sold to a new Australian Baseball League, with ownership split between Major League Baseball's 75 percent share and the 25 percent share owned by the Australian Baseball Federation. The 2010 Claxton Shield tournament was considered preparation for the inaugural ABL season.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Formation
Although initial reports suggested that between eight and ten teams would contest the first season, including the possibility of a team based in New Zealand, six teams representing Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney were announced in November 2009 as the foundation clubs.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Formation
Compared to the previous season's Claxton Shield tournament, there were few structural changes to the competition. With the expansion from five to six teams, the need for teams to have a bye was eliminated, with all teams participating in games each round. The individual rounds were expanded from three to four games per round, resulting in an increase from 24 to 40 games per team for the season. The postseason was also expanded to include the top four teams, rather than only the top three.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Teams, Rosters
During the season each team made use of a 22-man active roster, drawn from 35-man squads announced on 28 October 2010.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Teams, Venues
Four of the six teams used their existing venues from the Claxton Shield: the Adelaide Bite, Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox all used the same grounds used in the 2010 Claxton Shield by the respective state teams, and the Canberra Cavalry used the same venue used by Australia Provincial when they last contested the Claxton Shield in 2008: Narrabundah Ballpark.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Teams, Venues
The Melbourne Aces played at the Melbourne Showgrounds, after the Victorian state government announced a A$300,000 upgrade of the grounds. Similarly the Queensland state government announced a A$300,000 upgrade of the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for use by the Brisbane Bandits as their home field.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The season length was similar to the 2010 Claxton Shield by spreading ten rounds over twelve weeks, playing only the season's first game in the first week and taking a week off for Christmas and Boxing Day. Six teams were involved, playing a four-game series every week totaling two series against each team, one at home and one away. In total, the schedule allowed for 40 regular season games per team before a four-team finals series. During the regular season, games were played Thursday to Sunday, varying depending on the series and team, with 18 games scheduled as doubleheaders on a Saturday. Doubleheaders were scheduled to have the first of the two games shortened to seven innings, with the second game using the full nine innings.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
One of the regular season games resulted in a tie, which is unusual in baseball given the provision in the rules of the game to play extra innings to determine a winner. The game between the Sydney Blue Sox and the Melbourne Aces at Blacktown Olympic Park was the second game of a makeup doubleheader as a result of rain earlier that weekend washing out two games, and so had been shortened to seven innings. A rain delay during the first game of the day forced the second game to a later start.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
Under a provision in the ABL rules that is modeled on the International Baseball Federation's tiebreaker rule, in any extra inning that starts within an hour of the curfew time for the game—a time set to allow the visiting team time to meet travel schedules to return home at the end of a series—each team starts with runners at first and second base with nobody out. In addition, no new inning may start within 15 minutes of the curfew time. The game was scoreless at the end of the regulation seven innings, and was tied at 1–1 at the end of the eighth inning, which ended at the curfew time. Though the game was an official game, the result did not count towards the season standings.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
All but 4 of the scheduled 120 games were played. The four games that were not played were the series scheduled between the Brisbane Bandits and the Canberra Cavalry at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for the ninth round. Flooding in Brisbane had resulted in the Exhibition Ground being used as an evacuation centre for affected residents. Initially the ABL postponed the series, leaving a decision as to whether the games would be rescheduled to a later time.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
Just prior to the final round of scheduled games, it was announced that the games would go ahead in the form of two doubleheaders, but that only games that would affect the playoffs would be played. When Brisbane lost the final game of their series against the Adelaide Bite, both they and Canberra were eliminated from contention for the playoffs; hence, the makeup games were not played.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox were the first teams to clinch positions in the finals series when Perth defeated the Melbourne Aces in the final game of their series in round 9. The Adelaide Bite were the next team to secure a place in the top four, after winning the third of an expanded six-game series against Brisbane. It was only on the final day of the regular season that Melbourne was able to claim the fourth finals position, and that the makeup of the semi-final series was decided: Sydney hosting Perth in the major semi-final series, and Adelaide hosting Melbourne in the minor semi-final series.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason
At the completion of the regular season, the top four teams progressed to the postseason. It was contested over three weeks, following the Page playoff system. Each stage was decided by a best–of–three game series. Unlike regular season games, which made use of a variation of the International Baseball Federation's mercy rule after seven innings, no such rule was in place for postseason games; all games went the full nine innings, with the only exception being two games that were tied after nine innings, therefore requiring extra innings.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason
The Perth Heat and Adelaide Bite each swept their semi-final series against the Sydney Blue Sox and Melbourne Aces respectively, resulting in the Heat qualifying for and hosting the championship series, and the Aces being eliminated. The Bite won the preliminary final series against the Blue Sox two games to one, to advance to the championship series. Though Adelaide won the first championship series game, the Perth Heat won the remaining two games to claim the title of ABL Champions.


2010–11 Australian Baseball League team rosters
The 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season will be the inaugural season of the re-launched Australian Baseball League, contested between six teams representing the mainland national and state capitals: Adelaide Bite, Brisbane Bandits, Canberra Cavalry, Melbourne Aces, Perth Heat and Sydney Blue Sox. Each of the teams take the place of one of the state teams from the 2010 Claxton Shield, with the exception of Canberra which was introduced as a new team. Clubs form a roster of up to 35; of which 22 will comprise the active roster named for each of the ten rounds of the regular season and each series of the finals for those teams that qualify.


2010–11 Australian Figure Skating Championships
The 2010–11 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Melbourne from 25 November through 3 December 2010. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of primary and intermediate.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season
During the summer of 2010–11, a relative lack of bushfires occurred along Eastern Australia due to a very strong La Niña effect, which instead contributed to severe flooding, in particular the 2010–11 Queensland floods and the 2011 Victorian floods. As a result of these weather patterns, most major fire events took place in Western Australia and South Australia. Some later significant fire activity occurred in Gippsland in eastern Victoria, an area which largely missed the rainfall that lead to the flooding in other parts of the state.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, September
On 24 September 2010, a fire started west Walpole at the Boronia Ridge sub-division. The fire moved east toward the town and burned through the thick coastal scrub near the Walpole Inlet making access difficult for fire crews. FESA issued bushfire advice to residents of the surrounding areas. The fire was contained by the following day and 23 hectares of bushland was burnt out with no loss of homes.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, November
On 30 November 2010, a fire began about 50 km South of Perth near the suburb of Karnup leading to FESA issuing an emergency warning for residents to take shelter and defend their homes on 1 December. By 2 December the fire had burnt through 350 hectares (860 acres) but had claimed no homes, and was brought under control by over one hundred firefighters.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, January
On 10 January 2011, a fire began about 30 km south of Mandurah, near the suburb of Lake Clifton, leading to FESA issuing an emergency warning for residents to evacuate or to defend their homes on 10 January. A shed was burnt and flames were reported to be as high as a two-storey building. By 12 January ten homes hade been destroyed and the fire had burnt an area of approximately 2000ha, the fire was deliberately lit with investigators identifying nine ignition points.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, January
Another fire occurred South of Perth, North East of Parmelia on 19 January 2011 and burnt an area of 45 hectares. Challenger Avenue, between Warner Road and Parmelia Avenue were closed while up to 90 fire-fighters tackled the blaze. Another fire near the neighbouring suburb of Bertram was also contained. Both fires were thought to have been deliberately lit.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, February
On 1 February 2011, a combination of high temperatures and strong winds led to the outbreak of several fires in the Gippsland region of Victoria. While most were relatively small and quickly contained, the worst of the fires, the Tostaree bushfires, spread rapidly, burning 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) of thinly populated State forest, grassland, and farmland near the Princes Highway between Nowa Nowa and Newmerella, just west of Orbost.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, February
The fires quickly destroyed two houses (with several other houses being saved by fire crews), cut power to most of East Gippsland east of Nowa Nowa for several days, and caused the Princes Highway to be closed for almost two days, effectively isolating the region. The firefighting effort included two hundred CFA firefighters, seven aircraft, and the Elvis air crane. Early speculation was that the fire had been started by clashing or fallen power lines caused by the strong winds. Milder weather conditions allowed the fire to be largely contained by 3 February, and the Princes Highway was reopened with a reduced speed limit. Further investigations suggested the fire had been started by smouldering tree roots from a lightning strike months earlier.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, February
On the night of 5 February 2011 a fire began to the east of Swan Valley when a tree branch fell on an electrical transmission tower, resulting in hundreds of people being evacuated. By 7 February the fire had burnt through 1,167 hectares (2,884 acres) with 150 firefighters tackling the blaze. The high winds resulted in all fixed wing water bombers being grounded, but five helicopters (four helitacs and one large type 1 helicopter) were used to combat the blaze.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, February
At about midday 6 February a fire began in the south eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia in the Perth Hills. By the next day hundreds of residents were evacuated from the suburbs of Roleystone and Kelmscott as firefighters battled to contain the blaze. At an early stage of the fire at least eight homes were lost and over 300 hectares (741 acres) of bush had been destroyed. By the end of daylight on the same day the number was raised to 35 homes lost.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, February
By late afternoon of 7 February the fire had destroyed 64 homes, with 32 more damaged, and was 95 percent contained with more than 100 firefighters still tackling the blaze. A total area of 440 hectares (1,087 acres) was burnt out by the blaze, which is believed to have been started by sparks from an angle grinder igniting dry grass.


2010–11 Australian bushfire season, February
On 6 February additional bushfires were burning in the Perth suburbs of Ferndale and Wilson in bushland adjoining the Canning River. Outside of Perth there were three additional fires burning in Chittering Estate, Jarrahdale, and in the Lesueur National Park. On 6 February the Victorian Government sent 21 specialist firefighters along with two helitankers, with an additional two helitankers due to arrive on 8 February.


2010–11 Australian cricket season
The 2010–11 Australian cricket season consists of international matches played by the Australian cricket team in Australia as well as Australian domestic cricket matches under the auspices of Cricket Australia.


2010–11 Australian cricket season, One Day domestic cricket
The Ryobi One-Day Cup will open on 6 October 2010 with a match between the Queensland Bulls and the Tasmanian Tigers


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season
The 2010–11 Australian region cyclone season was a near average tropical cyclone season, with eleven tropical cyclones forming compared to an average of 12. The season was also the costliest recorded in the Australian region basin, with a total of $3.62 billion (2011 USD) in damages, mostly from the destructive Cyclone Yasi. The season began on 1 November 2010 and ended on 30 April 2011, although the first tropical cyclone formed on 28 October. The Australian region is defined as being to the south of the equator, between the 90th meridian east and 160th meridian east.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season
Tropical cyclones in this area are monitored by five Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWC's): Jakarta, Port Moresby, Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane, each of which have the power to name a tropical cyclone. The TCWC's in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane are run by the Bureau of Meteorology, who designate significant tropical lows with a number and the U suffix. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center also issues unofficial warnings for the region, designating significant tropical cyclones with the "S" suffix when they form west of 135°E, and the "P" suffix when they form east of 135°E.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
Ahead of the cyclone season, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and various other Pacific Meteorological services, all contributed towards the Island Climate Update tropical cyclone outlook that was released during October 2010. The outlook took into account the moderate-strong La Niña conditions that had been observed across the Pacific and analogue seasons that had La Niña conditions occurring during the season.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
The outlook called for a normal or above average number of tropical cyclone occurring during the season, with nine to twelve named tropical cyclones, to occur between 135°E and 120°W compared to an average of nine. At least three of the tropical cyclones were expected to become category 3 severe tropical cyclones, while one was expected to become a category 4 severe tropical cyclone. In addition to contributing towards the Island Climate Update outlook, the BoM issued seven seasonal forecasts during October 2010, for the Australian region and the Southern Pacific with each forecast covering the whole tropical cyclone year. Each forecast issued took into account the La Niña conditions that had developed over the region and were forecasted to persist during the season.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
For the Australian region as a whole it was predicted that the season could be the most active season since 1983–84 and that between 20 – 22 tropical cyclones would either develop within or move into the basin compared to an average of 12 cyclones. For the Western region between 90°E and 125°E, the BoM forecast that the area would see between 11 and 12 tropical cyclones compared to the average of 7, it was also noted that the region had a 93% chance of an above average cyclone season.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
For the North-Western subregion between 105°E and 130°E, it was predicted that activity would be above average, with 5 tropical cyclones and a 67% chance of above average tropical cyclone activity. TCWC Perth also noted that there was a likelihood of two tropical cyclones and a significant likelihood of at least one severe tropical cyclone impacting Western Australia. It was also noted that there was an increased chance of an early season cyclone and a system impacting Western Australia before Christmas 2010.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
It was predicted that the Northern Territory between 125°E and 142.5°E had a 75% chance of an above average season, and that the first cyclone of the season over the Territory and the monsoon onset would be expected to be earlier than normal. The Eastern region between 142.5°E and 160°E had an 87% chance of an above average season, with 7–8 tropical cyclones predicted for the region compared to an average of 6.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
The BoM also issued forecasts for the Western Southern Pacific region, between 142.5°E and 165°E and the Eastern Southern Pacific region between 165°E and 120°W. It was predicted that the Western Southern Pacific would have a 79% chance of having an above average season with 7–8 tropical cyclones occurring within the region, compared to an average of 5 tropical cyclones. The Eastern Southern Pacific region was predicted to have a 33% chance of having an above average season and 5–6 tropical cyclones compared to an average of 7 tropical cyclones.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
The Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre (GCACIC) at the City University of Hong Kong and the Tropical Storm Risk Consortium (TSR) at the University College London also issued seasonal forecasts for the region.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Anggrek
On 28 October, TCWC Jakarta reported that Tropical Low 01U had developed to the southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia. Over the next few days, the system's low-level circulation centre gradually developed further as the low drifted towards the west. On 30 October, the JTWC began issuing advisories on the system, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 02S. The next day, TCWC Jakarta reported that the low had intensified into a category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, naming it "Anggrek".


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Anggrek
Later that day, as the system moved towards the southeast, it entered TCWC Perth's area of responsibility as it further intensified into a category 2 tropical cyclone. Anggrek passed to the east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands early on 2 November, with the system beginning a weakening trend soon afterwards. On 4 November, TCWC Perth issued the final advisory on the system as Anggrek weakened into a tropical low. The next day, the remnants of Anggrek entered the south-west Indian Ocean as a convective-less circulation center.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low Anggrek
Throughout the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, heavy rain and gusty winds were experienced as Cyclone Anggrek passed. Only minor damage was reported, with several trees and power lines brought down. No deaths were reported across the islands. In post-storm analysis, TCWC Perth declassified Anggrek as a tropical cyclone as gale-force winds never extended more than halfway around the system center.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Abele
Early on 3 December, TCWC Perth reported that Tropical Cyclone Abele had moved into the Australian Region from the South-West Indian Ocean as a category 2 tropical cyclone. As it entered the region the system was located well to the southwest of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, with the JTWC reporting that the system was equivalent to a category 1 hurricane with 1-minute sustained windspeeds of 120 km/h (75 mph). Over the next day Abele weakened further because of cooler sea surface temperatures and increasing vertical wind shear, before it was last noted by both the JTWC and TCWC Perth during 4 December.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
On 15 December a monsoonal low developed about 500 km north-west of Exmouth, Western Australia. The system drifted slowly to the south-east. Gales and heavy rain reached areas far from the centre of the system which crossed the coast near Coral Bay on 18 December. However, shortly after landfall the system turned sharply to the south-west and reached the Indian Ocean west of Carnarvon on 19 December. It moved away from the coast and dissipated late on 20 December some 500 km west of Geraldton.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
In the catchment basin of the Gascoyne River heavy precipitation fell from 16 to 19 December and triggered one of the worst floods along the Gascoyne River in history. The rain also affected other river basins in the area, such as Wooramel, Murchison, Lyndon-Minilya, and Ashburton rivers. For the period from 16 to 20 December some stations reported up to 300 mm cumulated precipitation which is equivalent to the normal annual rainfall amount. The highest 24 hours rainfall was reported at Carnarvon Airport on 17 December. During that day 207.8 mm fell which set an all-time record since recording began in 1883 with the previous record 119.4 mm set on 24 March 1923.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
Preliminary estimates placed damage at A$100 million (US$100.4 million) with at least 2000 head of cattle lost in the flood.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tasha
In late December, a low-pressure area was tracked for several days moving westwards towards Queensland. Early on Christmas Day (local time) it strengthened rapidly and was designated Tropical Cyclone Tasha when it was 95 km (59 mi) east northeast of Cairns. The cyclone crossed the coast between Cairns and Innisfail at about 5:30 am, with wind gusts of up to 105 km/h (65 mph) recorded off the coast. Rainfall of about 100 mm was recorded in the space of an hour. Damage from associated flooding was estimated at A$1 billion.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Vince
At midnight on 10 January, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) reported that a Tropical Low had developed off the coast of Western Australia. The system gradually intensified and became a Category 1 tropical cyclone on 12 January, receiving the name "Vince". The cyclone was initially expected to reach Category 2 status, but it became less well organised and lost cyclone intensity on 14 January.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia
On 12 January, TCWC Brisbane started monitoring Tropical Low 10U that had developed, over the Coral Sea to the northeast of Townsville in Queensland, Australia.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Anthony
During 22 January TCWC Brisbane reported that Tropical Low 11U had developed within the northwestern Coral Sea to the northeast of Cairns, Australia. Over the next day atmospheric convection developed and organised over the systems low level circulation, as it moved southeastwards away from the Queensland Coast under the influence of an upper-level trough of low pressure. The JTWC subsequently initiated advisories on the system early on 23 January and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 09P, before TCWC Brisbane reported that the system had developed into a category 1 tropical cyclone and named it Anthony.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Anthony
During that day the system may have become a category 2 tropical cyclone as radar and microwave imagery showed that Anthony had a well defined circulation and was forming a partial eyewall. The system subsequently moved into an area of higher vertical windshear and weakened into a tropical low during 24 January as it moved into the South Pacific basin.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Anthony
The system moved back into the Australian region during 25 January but remained a tropical low over the next few days, as it moved north-westwards across the Coral Sea as a low level circulation centre with little or no associated convection. During 28 January TCWC Brisbane briefly reported that Anthony had re-intensified into a category 1 tropical cyclone, after wind shear over the system reduced due to a possible Fujiwhara interaction with a secondary circulation to the east of Anthony and Severe Tropical Cyclone Wilma.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Anthony
However, later that day the system turned and started moving towards the north-west as the secondary system moved to its north, which meant that Anthony became sheared again and weakened into a tropical low. The system remained a sheared tropical low until late on 29 January, when convection began to increase and organize as a result of weakening upper atmospheric wind shear. During the next day as Anthony moved towards the southwest and the Queensland coast, the JTWC re-initiated advisories on the system, before reporting that it had peaked with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 100 km/h (60 mph).


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Anthony
TCWC Brisbane also reported that the system had re-intensified into a category 1 tropical cyclone during that day, before reporting that it had become a category 2 tropical cyclone with peak 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 100 km/h (60 mph). The system subsequently made landfall on the Queensland east coast near Bowen and rapidly weakened over land.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Anthony
Ahead of Anthony's landfall on the Queensland east coast, tropical cyclone watches and warnings were issued for the region between Innisfail, St Lawrence and Charters Towers. Townsville and Mackay were pre-emptively declared disaster areas in order to aid the recovery response, while the ports of Townsville, Mackay, Hay Point and Abbott Point were closed.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca
Early on 21 January TCWC Darwin reported that Tropical Low 12U had developed within the Gulf of Carpentaria. Gradual strengthening took place and on 25 January, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began monitoring the system as Tropical Cyclone 10P. A few hours later, TCWC Perth upgraded the low into a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone, naming it Bianca. Early on the next day, TCWC Perth further upgraded Bianca to a Category 2 Tropical Cyclone. Intensification continued and late on the same day, TCWC Perth upgraded Bianca into a Category 3 Severe Tropical Cyclone. The system continued to intensify and became a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone on 28 January. On the same day, the system started weakening rapidly and TCWC Perth downgraded Bianca into a Category 3 Severe Tropical Cyclone.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca
Rain and strong winds were experienced along the Kimberley coast on 25 January. On 26 January, Bianca moved away from Kimberley and weather conditions started to improve. Bianca disrupted operations in Australia's major iron ore port and several oil facilities. In Western Australia, preparations were underway as the system was soon expected to approach land. As soon as Bianca became a category 3 Severe tropical cyclone, strong winds lashed through Pilbara suspending oil and gas production and port facilities.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca
Though Bianca was moving away and the level of risk was going down, coastal communities between Onslow and Exmouth remained on a red alert as the system intensified. On 28 January, according to the media, there was a chance for Bianca to start weakening, as it was moving further south into a colder, high pressure zone.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca
The last cyclone to track south of Perth was Cyclone Ned in 1989.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca
Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca was expected to make landfall around Mandurah as a weak Category 1 or strong Tropical Low late on 30 January. A Cyclone Warning was issued for the area between just north of Jurien Bay and Albany, including Perth. However, the warnings were cancelled on 30 January as Bianca dissipated south of Western Australia in the afternoon of 30 January. The airmass around Bianca was responsible for giving Perth and the Southwest of WA a taste of the tropics with severe thunderstorms, unrelated to Bianca, springing up on 29 January causing damage in the Geraldton region. Two deaths were attributed to damaging severe thunderstorms that formed along the storm's outer rainbands.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi
Yasi entered the Australian region from the South Pacific basin on 31 January. By the time Yasi crossed into the basin, preparations for the storm were under way. Media outlets referred to the storm as "what could be the state's worst cyclone in history." Many feared that the tropical cyclone could cause damage more severe than Cyclone Larry in 2006 and Cyclone Tracy, which nearly destroyed Darwin, in 1974. Thousands of residents in the path of the storm were urged to evacuate by Premier Anna Bligh.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi
Yasi crossed the Queensland coast near Mission Beach shortly after midnight (local time) on 3 February. At that time, the large destructive core around the eye extended between Innisfail and Cardwell, Queensland. Yasi caused at least $3.6 billion (2011 USD) in damage, becoming the costliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Australian region. Accounting for inflation, Yasi was the second-costliest tropical cyclone in Australia's history, after Cyclone Tracy. One death occurred due to asphyxiation in Ingham.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 15U
A low formed off the Western Australian coast on 8 February and drifted steadily west south west for the next few days. On 11 February, the Bureau of Meteorology identified the system as Tropical Low 15U and began monitoring the system for further development. Later that day, the JTWC began issuing advisories on the system under the name 14S. The storm was expected to reach minimal category 1 cyclone intensity (Australian scale) on 12 February but high shear, cool sea temperatures and poor organisation saw the system stay as a low.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Dianne
Tropical Low 16U developed within a monsoon trough during 14 February, about 405 km (250 mi) to the north of Port Hedland in Western Australia. Over the next few days, the system remained well offshore and was steered drifted towards the west-southwest by a ridge of high pressure while slowly developing further.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Dianne
A Cyclone watch was issued for the coastal communities between Onslow to Coral Bay. Late on 16 February, the low formed into Tropical Cyclone Dianne whilst 445 km NW of Exmouth. Dianne intensified as expected and was upgraded to a Category 2 cyclone on 18 February whilst slowly moving towards the SSW. On 19 February the system intensified into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone. By late 21 February the system lost its strength as it moved into colder waters and was downgraded to a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone, and by 22 February it was classified as an ex-Tropical low.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Carlos
On 14 February the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Darwin reported that a tropical low formed near latitude 13.2S, longitude 130.7E, about 40 km (25 mi) west southwest of Batchelor. A severe weather warning was issued for northwest Darwin-Daly District and the Tiwi Islands. Heavy rain pounded the area on 15 February with reports of Marrara recording 179.4 mm (7.06 in) and Darwin International Airport 131.0 mm (5.16 in) of rain. This was later followed by 339.6 mm (13.37 in) of rain in just 24 hours, which is the highest 24-hour rainfall for the city on record.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Carlos
On 16 February the slow moving system strengthened into Tropical Cyclone Carlos causing localised flooding and damage to homes, with fallen trees. Schools in Darwin, Darwin International Airport and East Arm Wharf were closed. After looping around the Darwin area overnight and back over land the system weakened on 17 February and BOM downgraded it to a Tropical low. A record three-day total of 684.8 mm (26.96 in) rain was recorded at Darwin International Airport due to the lingering of the system.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Carlos
The system moved slowly southwest on 18 February moving towards the Northern Territory/Western Australian border with a possibility of restrengthening. The community of Daly River received 442 mm (17.4 in) of rainfall. On 19 February the system passed into the Northern Kimberley region. Rainfall totals were not as large as in previous days. Wyndham recorded 90 mm (3.5 in) while Kalumburu recorded 80 mm (3.1 in) of rainfall.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Carlos
In the early hours of 21 February the system returned to the open waters of the Indian Ocean, causing it to redevelop back into a cyclone. The system was located 75 km (47 mi) northwest of Broome. The cyclone continued to track southwest at a relatively fast pace and produced a squall line that generated four tornadoes in the mining town of Karratha which damaged 38 homes as well as numerous cars, buildings and a school. It also strengthened steadily to become a category 2 cyclone.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Carlos
On 22 February the system moved parallel to the Pilbara coast. Varanus Island recorded 59 mm (2.3 in) of rainfall and the highest wind gust recorded in the area was 120 km/h (75 mph) at Bedout Island. The system became more organised and on 23 February the record rainfall amount of 283 mm (11.1 in) was recorded at Barrow Island. The strongest gusts of 139 km/h (86 mph) recorded at Varanus Island. The cyclone crossed the North West Cape and lashed Onslow and Exmouth with high winds up to 155 km/h (96 mph) and rain.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Carlos
As Carlos moved away from the western coast of Australia on 24 February it strengthened into a Severe Tropical Cyclone. Carlos also spun-off a mini tornado to Ellenbrook, Perth, Western Australia on 28 February.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 18U
On 25 February, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth reported that a tropical low formed estimated to be 75 km (47 mi) west northwest of Kalumburu and 445 km (277 mi) northeast of Derby and moving slowly southwest parallel to the north Kimberly coast. In the early hours of 28 February the tropical low moved inland from King Sound. Heavy rainfall was reported on the Dampier Peninsula east and southeast of Port Hedland, including Telfer and parts of the De Grey catchment. Derby recorded 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain while Camballin received 142 mm (5.6 in) and the aboriginal community of Looma had 105 mm (4.1 in). The tropical low continued moving overland and the BOM issued their final advisory on 28 February.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 23U (Cherono)
On 10 March TCWC Perth reported that Tropical Low 23U, had developed within TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility about 1,640 km (1,020 mi) to the east of Jakarta, Indonesia. Over the next couple of days the low remained slow moving. On 13 March, the low briefly moved into TCWC Perth's area of responsibility, before crossing 90°E and moving out of the Australian region and into the South-West Indian Ocean. It later developed into Tropical Storm Cherono.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 25U
On 26 March TCWC Darwin reported that Tropical Low 25U had developed in the western Arafura Sea, to the north of the Tiwi Islands. Over the next few days the system slowly moved around the Arafura Sea, before TCWC Darwin initiated advisories on the low during 30 March as atmospheric convection surrounding the system organised further.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Errol
During 12 April the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported that Tropical Low 29U, had developed over the Timor Sea to the south of Timor-Leste. Over the next couple of days the system moved southwards towards the Australian state of Kimberly and intensified gradually before it was declared a category 1 tropical cyclone and named Errol by the BoM early on 15 April.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
During 15 December, Tropical Low 04U was located to the northeast of Nhulunbuy, though TCWC Darwin did not mention their low in their next bulletin. On 30 December, TCWC Perth started issuing advisories on Tropical Low 06U that had developed inland over the Top End of Western Australia. On 1 January, when 06U had emerged over the Indian Ocean waters, it was forecast that it would intensify into a tropical cyclone, though shear had caused the low to struggle to develop. TCWC Perth issued its final advisory the next day as 06U weakened to a low-pressure area.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 31 January, Tropical Low 13U developed well over in the Indian Ocean. Tropical Low 19U developed over in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria on 26 February, monitored by TCWC Darwin. 19U was last noted on 1 March as it was close the Northern Territory and Queensland border with a pressure of 1000 hPa. During 5 March, Tropical Low 20U briefly developed about 200 km (120 mi) west of Lockhart River, Queensland.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 7 March, the BoM reported that Tropical Low 21U had developed within the Coral Sea, about 1,000 km (620 mi) to the northwest of Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. During that day, the low tracked eastwards, and gradually intensified. On 8 March it continued eastwards. Later that day, the low moved out of the Australian region, entered the South Pacific and was assigned the new designation 12F. Tropical Low 22U briefly developed during 11 March over Kimberley associated within the monsoon trough.


2010–11 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Tropical Low 26U, located north of Pilbara coast and Tropical Low 27U, over in the 90° east median, developed on 30 March. Both lows did not intensify further and dissipated while last mentioned in the bulletins of TCWC Perth during 3 April, though 27U moved into the South-West Indian Ocean basin and the MFR gave the designation of 08R. On 14 April, Tropical Low 28U developed to the northwest of New Caledonia until it crossed the basin into the South Pacific the next day.


2010–11 Austrian Cup
The 2010–11 Austrian Cup (German: ÖFB-Cup) was the 77th season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It commenced with the matches of the Preliminary Round in July 2010 and concluded with the Final on 29 May 2011. The winners of the competition qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.


2010–11 Austrian Cup, Preliminary round
The Preliminary Round involved 68 amateur clubs from all regional federations, divided into smaller groups according to the Austrian federal states. The draw for this round was conducted in Vienna on 7 July 2010. After the draw, SV Bad Aussee had to withdraw from the competition after going into administration, earning their opponents USV Allerheiligen a walkover. The remaining thirty-three matches were played between mid-July and 1 August 2009, with the winners of these matches advancing to the First Round.


2010–11 Austrian Cup, First round
The draw for this round was conducted on 3 August 2010. The draw involved the 34 winners of the Preliminary Round, the 20 professional teams from the 2010–11 Bundesliga and First League, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 as losing team of the 2009–10 Regionalliga promotion play-offs and nine regional cup winners. The matches of this round were played between 12 and 17 August 2010.


2010–11 Austrian Cup, Second round
The draw for this round was conducted on 18 August 2010. The draw involved the 32 winners of the First Round. The matches of this round were played on 16–18 September 2010.


2010–11 Austrian Cup, Third round
The 16 winners from the previous round competed in this stage of the competition.


2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 99th season of top-tier football in Austria. The competition was officially called tipp3-Bundesliga powered by T-Mobile, named after the Austrian betting company tipp3 and the Austrian branch of German mobile phone company T-Mobile. The season began in July 2010 and ended in May 2011. Red Bull Salzburg are the defending champions, having won their sixth title last season.


2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Teams
Austria Kärnten were relegated after finishing the 2009–10 season in 10th and last place. They were replaced by First League champions Wacker Innsbruck.


2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Results
Teams played each other four times in the league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away), and then did the same in the second half of the season.


2010–11 Austrian Football First League
The 2010-11 Austrian Football First League (German: Erste Liga, also known as ADEG Erste Liga due to sponsorship) was the 37th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 14 July 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011.


2010–11 Austrian Football First League
The size of the league was reduced from twelve to ten teams for this season after a reform of the second- and third-level tiers of the Austrian football league pyramid. Reserve teams from Bundesliga clubs were excluded from competing in the First League, and relegation/promotion playoffs between the ninth-placed First League team and the two Regionalliga champions missing out on direct promotion were introduced.


2010–11 Austrian Football First League, Teams
Wacker Innsbruck as 2009–10 First League champions were promoted to the 2010–11 Bundesliga. Wacker were originally to be replaced by SK Austria Kärnten, who finished the 2009–10 Bundesliga season in last place; however, Kärnten were not awarded a professional licence by the Bundesliga licensing board and hence relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.


2010–11 Austrian Football First League, Teams
As part of the reform of the Austrian second and third levels, the reserve teams of Bundesliga clubs Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Vienna were both relegated to the Regionaliga at the end of the 2009–10 season. They were joined by Dornbirn 1913, who finished the 2009–10 season in last place of the league table and hence were relegated as well.


2010–11 Austrian Football First League, Teams
Due to the decreased size of the league, only two teams from the Regionalliga were promoted. WAC St. Andrä as winners of the promotion playoff between the three Regionalliga champions were directly promoted, while SV Grödig were scheduled to play in another playoff against 9th-placed First League team First Vienna FC. The playoff was then cancelled and Grödig directly admitted to the First League after Austria Kärnten were denied their professional licence.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2010–11 Austrian Hockey League was a season of the Austrian Hockey League (known as Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (or EBEL league) for sponsorship reasons). The 2010-11 season ended with an exciting victory in game 7 of the championship finals for the EC Red Bull Salzburg team.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season, Regular season, Individual statistics, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season, Regular season, Individual statistics, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season, Playoffs
The EC Red Bull Salzburg team won the season, after beating the EC KAC 4-3 in the final series. Game 7 ended with an exciting overtime goal by the Red Bulls, giving them the league championship for the second year in a row, with a final game score of 3-2.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season, Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs. In the playoff games the better placed team at the end of the regular season will have the right to play at home first. In the quarterfinals the 1st ranked team will play against the 8th ranked team, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th - each in a best-of-seven series.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season, Playoffs
In the semifinals the four winners of the quarterfinals will play as follows: the best ranked club (in the regular season) of the four semifinalists will play against the worst ranked club, the second best ranked club against the second worst ranked club - each in a best-of-seven series. The two winners of the semifinals will play a best-of-seven series in the final round.


2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season, Playoffs
If a playoff game is undecided at the end of the regular time after a 17 minutes break a 20-minute "Sudden Victory Overtime" will be played. Should the game still be undecided after the first overtime period after another 17 minutes break a second 20-minute "Sudden Victory Overtime" will be played and so on until the deciding goal is scored. Each team may only use four skaters; however, at least three skaters must be used.


2010–11 Austrian National League season
The 2010–11 Austrian National League season was contested by eight teams, and saw VEU Feldkirch win the championship. The top four teams from the regular season qualified for Group A of the placing round. The bottom four teams took part in Group B. All four teams from Group A qualified for the playoffs, along with the top three teams from Group B.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season
After relegation to the Third Tier of Scottish Football, Ayr United play in the Second Division with Airdrie United, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, Dumbarton, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Livingston, Peterhead and Stenhousemuir. Ayr regained First Division status following promotion via the Play-Offs, in which Ayr secured a 7–4 aggregate win over Forfar Athletic and a 3–2 aggregate win over Brechin City.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season
Ayr also enjoyed respectable cup runs, progressing to the Quarter-Finals of the Challenge Cup, before being defeated away to Partick Thistle and reaching the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup, with victories over Junior side, Sunnybank and SPL club, Hibernian before being knocked out by St Mirren of the SPL respectively, However failed to progress beyond Elgin City of the Scottish Football League Third Division in the League Cup.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Kit
In the aftermath of relegation Ayr United changed kit makers from Surridge Sports to global sportswear giants Nike. The Main shirt sponsor, Paligap, remained the same. The Home Kit with the traditional White with Black trimmings used with either Black or white shorts, The Away kit with Black and Gold trimmings used with black shorts and socks and the Third kit a Red shirt used with either Black or White shorts and socks.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Kit
For a complete pictorial history of Ayr United playing kit, see footnote


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Other Fixtures
After numerous years of Service Kilmarnock veteran Garry Hay was awarded with a testimonial match against local neighbours, Ayr United. Mehdi Taouil scored two goals, Craig Bryson with one and Garry Hay the other (penalty). Ironically Ayr's goal came from former Killie player Mark Roberts, Who in his previous game for Ayr scored a hat-trick of penalties against East Fife.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws
Shortly after the 2009–10 season the draws for the Challenge Cup (Airdrie away) and the Co-operative Cup (Elgin City away) were made. After Victory against Airdrie in the Challenge Cup Ayr United were given a Home Draw against Fife Side Cowdenbeath. The third round draw was made and Ayr United were drawn away to Partick Thistle. In November the Draw for the Scottish Cup draw was made and Ayr were granted a home tie against Junior side Sunnybank. After comfortably beating Sunnybank, Ayr were rewarded with an away draw with SPL club, Hibernian. After defeating Hibs in a replay, a fifth round tie against another SPL side, St Mirren (at Home) awaited, in which the Paisley club won.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws
The Challenge Cup ties was arranged to be played at the Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie but due to the fact Airdrie United hadn't completed laying their artificial turf, The SFL granted Airdrie the permission to move the venue to Clackmannanshire side Alloa Athletic's stadium Recreation Park, because of its synthetic pitch. (Alloa were playing away to Dundee in the Cup). A week after, Ayr United made the way up to Elgin, for the first time since July 1979. Ayr scored first, then Elgin scored two quick goals. Aaron Connelly scored the first goal of his career.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws
Elgin City scored 40 seconds before the tie went to penalties. After two defeats in both the Co-Operative cup and league Ayr had a second round tie with, First Division side, Cowdenbeath, in which Ayr ran out surprise winners. However Ayr were knocked out in the next round by Glasgow Club Partick Thistle. As November approached Ayr entered the Scottish Cup and faced Aberdeen Junior team, Sunnybank. A game that Ayr easily won 5–0 with goals from loan-signing Stuart Bannigan, two goals from the Penalty spot, A header and a sublime over-head kick from Andy Rodgers. An Away draw against SPL side, Hibernian awaited Ayr. Ayr drew 0–0 in the Capital. But were victorious in a replay. United were knocked out in the fifth round by SPL club, St Mirren, by two goals to one.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws, Fixtures, August
On the opening day of the Season, Brechin City made the journey to Somerset Park and took all three points. Ayr made the first away trip of the season to Airdrie United. Ayr went two-nil up with two goals from Mark Roberts. David Crawford was sent off, and Airdrie were awarded a penalty (from which they scored). Airdrie also had two players sent off. With his red card David Crawford was suspended for the home game against Dumbarton. Alan Main had to play in the goals (as a trialist) and did again against Peterhead at home as well.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws, Fixtures, August
At the end of August, Ayr had only picked up five points from four games (winning against Dumbarton at home and drawing with Airdrie United and Peterhead). Ayr United sat seventh in the Second Division, five points adrift from league leaders Livingston and two points from a play-off spot. Average Home Attendance: 1,184Total Average Attendance: 1,170


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws, Fixtures, September
Ayr United started September with a trip to Alloa to play Alloa Athletic. Ayr were convincingly beaten by their hosts, by Four-Goals to One. The following week Ayr United travelled to Methil, Fife to face East Fife, In a game which saw four penalties awarded (all but one being awarded to Ayr). Mark Roberts scored all three, becoming the first ever Ayr United player to do so in the 100-year history of the club. The following week Ayr played host to Stenhousemuir in which they were comfortable two-nil winners. Average Home Attendance: 1,065Total Average Attendance: 790


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws, Fixtures, October
October began on a high as the League Leaders Livingston made the journey to the West coast and were convincingly beaten 3–1 after taking the lead through Liam Fox but was cancelled out by goals from Eddie Malone and Mark Roberts. Ayr's next fixture wasn't as good as they were beaten by conceded three penalties and had Dean Keenan and Ross Robertson sent off. The Next visitors to Somerset Park were Alloa Athletic who were beaten Goals from Mark Roberts and an Own-Goal, Claimed by Scott McLaughlin. Ayr's Next Away trip was to Peterhead. Where Ayr were comfortable 4–2 Winners with goal from Mark Roberts, Alan Trouten, Ryan McCann and Daniel McKay. Average Home Attendance: 1,223Total Average Attendance: 887


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws, Fixtures, November
Ayr started the month victorious over rivals Airdrie United, when former diamond Scott McLaughlin scored a late winner against his old team. Ayr were not quite as fortunate as they were beaten 3–2 away to bottom club Dumbarton. The Next week saw Ayr face junior side Sunnybank in the Scottish Cup, which Ayr won with goals from Stuart Bannigan, Two from Mark Roberts scored two and Andy Rodgers who also scored twice. Ayr fixture with East Fife that was due to take place on the 27/11/2010 but was postponed due to the Referee strike. Average Home Attendance: 1,439Total Average Attendance: 1,125


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Cup Draws, Fixtures, December
None of Ayr United's fixtures scheduled to take place in December went ahead due to the big freeze.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Changes to the squad
After relegation to the Second Division many players parted ways with the club, such as Tam McManus, who later joined Falkirk, Craig Samson, who joined St Mirren in the SPL, and Stephen Grindlay re-joined one of his former clubs Dumbarton. Scott Agnew and David Mitchell went to the Third Division to play with Stranraer, as did Kevin Cawley, who joined East Stirlingshire and Andy Aitken who joined his home town club Annan Athletic.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Changes to the squad
However, manager Brian Reid brought in David Crawford, who was voted the Player of the Year at Alloa Athletic the season before and Ryan McWilliams from Greenock Morton as goalkeepers. Chris Smith and Bobby Donnelly were signed at the back, but were later joined by Eddie Malone and the well-experienced Jim Lauchlan. Alan Trouten and Scott McLaughlin were signed from Airdrie United as did Ryan McCann later in the campaign, Stephen McKeown was also signed but only played 6 games before his contract was terminated after a bust up with the management.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Changes to the squad
Andy Rodgers was signed from East Stirlingshire and Michael Moffat joined in January from Junior side Girvan. Reid also brought in players such as Stephen Reynolds (from St Johnstone) and Daniel McKay (from Kilmarnock) in on Loan. Also Jonathan Tiffoney, Ross Robertson, Roddy Patterson, Shaun Kelly and Aaron Connelly (who joined Annan Athletic and later Girvan on loan).


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Current squad
As of 3 June 2010Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Ayr United F.C. season, Current squad, Appearances
These statistics include League, Challenge Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup for every player to have played for Ayr United during the 2010–11 season.


2010–11 Azadegan League
The 2010–11 Azadegan League was the 20th season of the Azadegan League and tenth as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2009–10 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup: Moghavemat Shiraz, Aboumoslem and Esteghlal Ahvaz and four new teams promoted from the 2009–10 2nd Division: Sepidrood as champions, Naft Masjed Soleyman, Shahrdari Yasouj and Foolad Yazd. Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin, Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz and Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars. Shensa Arak changed their name into Hamyari Arak. The league started on 23 September 2010 and ended on 9 May 2011. Damash won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Damash, Mes Sarcheshmeh and Moghavemat Shiraz promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.


2010–11 Azadegan League, Final
1 Scheduled between Mes Sarcheshmeh and Damash, however, Mes Sarcheshmeh did not show up, Damash awarded championship.


2010–11 Azadegan League, Attendances, Average home attendances
Updated to games played on 9 May 2011Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesAboumoslem, Esteghlal Ahvaz and Moghavemat Shiraz played last season in Persian Gulf CupFoolad Yazd, Naft MIS, Sepidrood and Shahrdari Yasouj played last season in Iran 2nd Division  Foolad Natanz replaced Sepahan Novin  Machine Sazi replaced Petroshimi Tabriz  Sanat Sari replaced Mehrkam Pars  Shensa Arak changed their name into Hamyari Arak


2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup 2010–11 is the 19th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. It started on 26 October 2010 with four games of the Premiliary Round and will end in May 2011 with the Final held at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium in Baku. FK Baku are the defending champions. Twenty-two teams are scheduled to compete in this year's competition. The winners will receive a berth in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup, Preliminary round
Twelve lower division teams qualified for this competition played against each other over one leg. The winners of these matches joined the ten teams of the Azerbaijan Premier League 2009–10 in the next round. The draw was held on 15 October 2010 and the games were played on 26 and 27 October 2010.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup, First round
The six winners from the Preliminary Round joined ten teams of the 2010-11 Azerbaijan Premier League in this round andplayed against each other over one game. The games were played on 7 and 8 December 2010.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the First Round were drawn into four two-legged ties. The first legs were played on 2 and 3 March 2011, while the second legs were played on 8 and 9 March 2011.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals
The four quarterfinal winners were drawn into two two-legged semifinal ties. The first legs were played on 27 April 2011, while the second legs were competed on 4 May 2011.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Cup, Final
The two semifinals winners participated in this stage of the competition.


2010–11 Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First Division 2010-11 is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan, it is also known as the Birinci Dästä. There will be fourteen teams participating in Azerbaijani First Division this year.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League (known as the Unibank Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 29 July 2010; the season began on 7 August 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011. Neftchi Baku were the eventual champions, winning their first Azerbaijani championship since 2005.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League
The league was competed over two stages. The first stage consisted of a regular home-and-away round-robin schedule for a total of 22 matches per team. The competition was then split in half, with the teams ranked first through sixth playing out the championship and the European spots while the bottom six teams having to avoid one of the two relegation places. In contrast to the previous season, each team transferred their full record from the first to the second stage.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams
Standard Sumgayit and Karvan were relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division after finishing 11th and 12th, respectively, at the end of last season. They were replaced by First Division champions Ganja and runners-up MOIK Baku.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams
Olimpik-Shuvalan Baku were renamed AZAL Baku prior to the start of the season.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, Second round
The league was split into two groups; however, each team retained its record from the first round.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, Second round, Championship group
The top six teams of the first phase participate in this group, which will decide which team will win the championship. Additionally, teams in this group compete for one 2011–12 Champions League and two Europa League spots.


2010–11 Azerbaijan Premier League, Second round, Championship group
The winners will qualify for the Champions League Second qualifying round, with the runners-up and third place team earning a spot in the Europa League first qualifying round.


2010–11 B Group
The 2010–11 B Group was the 56th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. The season started on 31 July 2010 and finished in May 2011 with the A Group promotion play-off.


2010–11 B Group
On 3 June the Executive Committee of Bulgarian Football Union decided to reduce the number of teams in both West and East B PFG due to the licensing problems that occurred in the last 5 years. The new format will consist 12 teams in each group playing three times during the season. The draw for the third matches will be conducted after Round 22 based in the Berger tables. The same principles were used in the first level football leagues in Macedonia and Montenegro.


2010–11 B Group
There is also change regarding the A Group promotion play-off. Since this season it will be played in two stages. The first will be the match between the runners-up from the East and West B PFG. The final stage will be played between the 14th finished team from A Group and the winner from the first stage.


2010–11 B Group, Team changes from 2009–10, Movement between A Group and B Group
The champions of the two B Group 2009/10 divisions were promoted to the A Group 2010/11. These were Kaliakra Kavarna (East) and Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo (West).


2010–11 B Group, Team changes from 2009–10, Movement between A Group and B Group
Lokomotiv Mezdra, Sportist Svoge and Botev Plovdiv were relegated from A Group 2009/10 after finishing in the bottom three places. Botev and Lokomotiv did not even receive license for the B Group, so they will participate in 2010-11 V AFG


2010–11 B Group, Team changes from 2009–10, Movement between B Group and third-level leagues
Rodopa Smolyan and Belite Orli Pleven declared bankruptcy during the winter break and so relegated from respectively East B PFG and West B PFG. Bdin Vidin finished in 15th place in West B PFG and relegated to the Bulgarian North-West V AFG.


2010–11 B Group, Team changes from 2009–10, Movement between B Group and third-level leagues
The relegated teams were replaced by teams from the third-level leagues of the Bulgarian league pyramid and allocated to one of the two divisions. Dorostol Silistra as winners of a North-East V AFG and Ravda as winners of South-East V AFG joined the Eastern division. Malesh Mikrevo as winners of South-West V AFG and Chavdar Byala Slatina as winners of North-West V AFG were included to the Western division.


2010–11 B Group, Team changes from 2009–10, Movement between B Group and third-level leagues
On 20 July AKB Minyor Radnevo declared that their financial status would not be secured, so they were removed from East B PFG. It is not clear what the future of AKB Minyor would be. On 27 July the Executive committee of Bulgarian Football Union decided that the new member of East B PFG will be FC Razgrad 2000. At the same time FC Razgrad renamed themselves and from this season they will be PFC Ludogorets Razgrad.


2010–11 B Group, Team changes from 2009–10, Reducing the size of the divisions
Because of the reducing the size of the divisions, some teams from both East and West B Group lost their license. The teams of Spartak Varna, Volov Shumen, Svilengrad and Botev Plovdiv, which should play in East B PFG this season, did not receive professional license and so were relegated to the next division levels. The same is the case with the following teams from West B PFG - Marek Dupnitsa, Balkan Botevgrad, Rislki Sportist Samokov and Lokomotiv Mezdra.


2010–11 B-Meg Llamados season
The 2010–11 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados season is the 23rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2010–11 BAI Basket
The 2010–11 season of BAI Basket (33rd edition) ran from November 26, 2010, to May 28, 2011, with 12 teams playing the regular season in a double round robin system (regular season). The six best teams played a double round robin tournament for the title in serie A and the last six did the same for the consolation group, serie B.


2010–11 BAI Basket, Regular season (November 25, 2010 - March 31, 2011
The home team is listed on the left-hand column. The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively.


2010–11 BAI Basket, Group stage (April 1–16, 2011)
The home team is listed on the left-hand column. The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively.


2010–11 BCHL season
The 2010–11 BCHL season is the 49th season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). The regular season began on September 10, 2010 and ended on February 20, 2011.


2010–11 BCHL season
At the end of the playoff season, the Vernon Vipers defeated the Powell River Kings in a 4–0 sweep to win the Fred Page Cup. The Vipers then continued on to win the Doyle Cup by defeating the Spruce Grove Saints in a 4–3 series. During the 2011 Royal Bank Cup run, the Vipers lost to the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the final round.


2010–11 BCHL season, 2011 Doyle Cup
The 2011 Doyle Cup was played between the BCHL champion Vernon Vipers and the AJHL champion Spruce Grove Saints


2010–11 BCHL season, 2011 Doyle Cup, Game Results
Vernon would then move on to the 2011 Royal Bank Cup, where they would finish in second place after losing to the Central Junior Hockey League's Pembroke Lumber Kings in the final.


2010–11 BCHL season, Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.


2010–11 BCHL season, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2010–11 BCHL season, Scoring leaders, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2010–11 BCHL season, Award Winners
With the exception of the Brett Hull Trophy and goaltender awards, each award is given to two players; One in each conference.


2010–11 BIBL season
In the third season of the Balkan International Basketball League, ten participants from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and the new represented countries Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia has competed.


2010–11 BIBL season, Format, Regular season
In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away. The two teams that finished at the top of their group advance to the final four. The teams that finish second and third in their group advance to the quarterfinals. The opening game has been played on October 2, 2010 and the last matchday has been played on 1–2 May 2011.


2010–11 BIBL season, Format, Quarterfinals
The teams that finished second in their home played against the third placed teams in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage.


2010–11 BIBL season, Format, Final four
The four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The final four has been hosted at the Jasmin Sports Hall, Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia.


2010–11 BIBL season, Quarterfinals
First legs were on March 22 and 23; Second legs were on March 29 and 30; Third leg was on April 6


2010–11 BVIFA National Football League
The 2010–11 BVIFA National Football League was the 2nd season of the competition. Islanders FC won the title.


2010–11 BVIFA National Football League, Table
NB: abandoned match between VG United and VG Ballstars apparently declared void


2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
The 2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's sixth season at BYU. The Cougars, in their final season in the Mountain West Conference, played their home games at the Marriott Center. The Cougars ended regular season play as co-champions with San Diego State, and were the only team to defeat the Aztecs in regular-season play. Led by combo guard Jimmer Fredette, the nation's leading scorer and consensus national player of the year, the Cougars advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost  in overtime to Florida.


2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
This was the Cougars' final season as a member of the Mountain West as their basketball team became a member of the West Coast Conference in July 2011.


2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Rankings
The team has consistently been ranked higher in computer rankings such as Jeff Sagarin's than in the AP and Coaches Polls. On  November 13, 2010 they were ranked 2 in Sagarin's rankings, while they were ranked as high as 1 in Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) on January 9 and 24, 2011, as well as on February 15 and 28, 2011.


2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Davies controversy
Sophomore starting forward Brandon Davies was dismissed from the team on March 1, 2011 for the remainder of the season for a violation of the school's honor code. The Salt Lake Tribune published that the transgression involved the provision that prohibits premarital sex. This led to a media frenzy in which the Honor Code was spotlighted and debated, particularly because Davies had not committed a criminal act, or even an NCAA violation, but instead a violation of Mormon and school ethics. Davies had started 26 of 29 games for the Cougars, averaging 11.1 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds.


2010–11 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Davies controversy
At the time, BYU had a 27-2 record and ranked No. 3 nationally, while analyst Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com had projected the Cougars as the No. 1 seed in the West region for the 2011 NCAA tournament. After Davies' suspension, Lunardi maintained his stance that BYU should be a No. 1 seed as long as they continued to perform. The Cougars lost their next game 82–64 to New Mexico (19–11), who beat BYU for the second time in the season, but quickly recovered in a 102-78 victory over Wyoming.


2010–11 Bahrain First Division League
The 2010–11 Bahrain First Division League is the 54th edition of top-level football in Bahrain. Al-Ahli (Manama) were the defending champions. The winner of the league was Al-Muharraq SC


2010–11 Bahrain First Division League, Teams
East Riffa Club were relegated to the second level after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom place. They were replaced by Al Hidd of Muharraq.


2010–11 Bahrain First Division League, Teams
The league was heavily disrupted by the Bahraini uprising in February and a number of games were cancelled or awarded to the opposition team. As it became clear that the league would struggle to continue with the number of postponements, it appeared that Al-Shabab and Malkiya either withdrew from the championship or suspended from the championship presumably resulting in automatic relegation.


2010–11 Bahrain First Division League, Topscorers
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2010–11 Baltic Basketball League
The MasterCard Baltic Basketball League 2010–11 was the 7th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the second under the title sponsorship of MasterCard. It was the fourth season of BBL as a two division league.


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League
The format featured 14 teams in the Elite Division and 10 teams in the Challenge Cup. Elite Division regular season started on September 29, 2010 and ended with the Final Four held in the Kaunas Sports Hall. It was won by BC Žalgiris who defeated BK VEF Rīga in the championship game on April 10, 2011.


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League
Challenge Cup regular season started  on October 12, 2010 and ended with two-legged finals between BC Juventus and KK Kaunas. The champions were BC Juventus who won both games.


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League, Teams
† As winner of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup ‡ As runner-up of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup^ Qualified directly to playoffs


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League, Elite Division, Regular season
The Regular season began on October 29, 2010 with BK Ventspils hosting BC Rūdupis.


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League, Elite Division, Playoffs
2009-10 Elite Division finalists BC Žalgiris and BC Lietuvos Rytas qualified directly to quarterfinals where they were joined by the six top teams of the regular season.


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League, Challenge Cup, Relegation Playoffs
TTÜ/Kalev and SK Valmiera from the Elite Division and the Challenge Cup finalists BC Juventus and KK Kaunas participate in a two-legged playoffs for two spots in the BBL Elite Division for 2011–12 season.


2010–11 Baltic Basketball League, Individual Statistics
Note: Excluded are all players who have played less than 10 games during all stages of the season in their respective division.


2010–11 Baltic League
The 2010–11 Baltic League (known as the Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was a 16-team football tournament held in the Baltic states. Five top teams from each participating country – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – along with the winner of the 2009–10 season played a 4-round and 2 legged (excluding final) play-off style knockout tournament. The competition was held from Autumn 2010 through Summer 2011.


2010–11 Baltic League, Participating clubs
The clubs were divided into 4 pools depending on the rankings in their domestic leagues:


2010–11 Bangladesh League
The 2010-11 Grameenphone Bangladesh League started on the 27 December 2010. 12 teams competed with each other on a home and away basis. 2010-11 was the fourth Bangladeshi league season in the professional and the second since being was renamed from B League to Bangladesh League in order to combat suggestions that it is a second-tier league. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club won the league and won the right to represent Bangladesh in the 2012 AFC President's Cup (later withdrawing from the continental competition).


2010–11 Bangladeshi cricket season
Bangladesh co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka the 2011 Cricket World Cup from February to April 2011 during the 2010–11 Bangladeshi cricket season, also featuring a limited overs international series between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Rajshahi Division won the National Cricket League championship title in the third consecutive season. The One Day League was contested a final time and won by Dhaka Division.


2010–11 Bangladeshi cricket season, International cricket
New Zealand played five limited overs internationals, but no Tests, in October 2010, Bangladesh winning the series 4–0 after the second match was abandoned. This was the first time of Bangladesh winning an international series against a full-strength Test-playing nation (barring the West Indies series plagued by strikes).


2010–11 Bangladeshi cricket season, International cricket
Bangladesh co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka the 2011 Cricket World Cup from February to April 2011. Bangladesh did not fare well and failed in qualifying for quarter-finals stage.


2010–11 Barako Bull Energy Boosters season
The 2010–11 Barako Bull Energy Boosters season is the 11th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2010–11 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
The 2010–11 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2010–11 Barnet F.C. season
This article documents the 2010–11 season for North London football club Barnet.


2010–11 Barnsley F.C. season
In the 2010–11 season, Barnsley competed in the Championship. Barnsley finished in 17th-place on 56 points. Barnsley also competed in the FA Cup and League Cup, in which they were eliminated in the third and first rounds respectively. The season covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.


2010–11 Barnsley F.C. season, Squad details
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2010–11 Barnsley F.C. season, Pre-Season
Jon Macken, Daniel Bogdanovic, Darren Moore, Anderson de Silva, Simon Heslop, Rob Kozluk and Michael Coulson were all released from Oakwell with Heslop signing for Oxford United Bogdanovic and Kozluk joining Sheffield United, Moore joining Burton Albion and Coulson joining Grimsby Town.


2010–11 Barnsley F.C. season, Pre-Season
The Reds began their summer recruiting by bringing in Motherwell winger Jim O'Brien on a free transfer. Jason Shackell was then signed from Wolves for an undisclosed fee. Serbian midfielder Goran Lovre joined from FC Groningen. Striker Liam Dickinson then followed from Brighton for an undisclosed fee. Derby full-back Jay McEveley was next in at Oakwell on a free transfer. Next was Stoke City's Uruguayan international Diego Arismendi on a season-long loan. Contract rebel Hugo Colace then rejoined the Reds after leaving the club at the end of his previous deal.


2010–11 Barys Astana season
The 2010–11 Barys Astana season was the Kontinental Hockey League franchise's 3rd season of play.


2010–11 Barys Astana season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Win (3 points)  Overtime/shootout win (2 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)  Loss (0 points)


2010–11 Barys Astana season, Draft picks
Barys Astana's picks at the 2010 KHL Junior Draft in Moscow, Russia on June 4, 2010.


2010–11 Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11 was the 45th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Prior to the start of the season, a new logo for the league was presented, combined with the motto "Spürst Du das Dribbeln?" ("Do you feel the dribbling?"). The regular season ran from October 1, 2010 through April 23, 2011, and the first round of the playoffs began begin on April 30 and the last match played on June 18.


2010–11 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams
All teams of the season 2009–10, which had qualified for the season 2010–11 by sportive means, have been granted a licence for the season 2010–11. BBC Bayreuth and Cuxhaven BasCats of the Pro A division have qualified by sportive means to play in Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11. BBC Bayreuth have received a licence for the BBL. However Cuxhaven BasCats waived their rights for promotion, which resulted in a free slot. The clubs of the BBL decided unanimously to grant a wildcard for this slot to GIANTS Düsseldorf. GIANTS Düsseldorf finished on a relegation position (17th) in the previous season and, because the financial requirements tied to the wildcard could be met, the club has been prevented from relegation.


2010–11 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams
PO: Playoff; Rel: Relegation; Pro A: Division below BBL; italic type: preliminary


2010–11 Basketball Bundesliga, Main round standings
Mitteldeutscher BC and Giants Düsseldorf will be relegated to the Pro A league for the 2011–12 season.


2010–11 Basketball League Belgium Division I
The 2010–11 Basketball League Belgium Division I, for sponsorship reasons named 2010–11 Ethias League, was the 83rd season of the Basketball League Belgium, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium. Spirou Charleroi won the 2011 national title.


2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia season was the 5th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It was also 67th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 9, 2010, and ended on Sunday, March 12, 2011.


2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia, Regular season, First League standings
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points


2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia, Regular season, Super League standings
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points


2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia B
The 2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia B is the 5th season of the Basketball League of Serbia B, the second professional basketball league in Serbia. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 2, 2010, and will end on Sunday, April 17, 2011.


2010–11 Basketball League of Serbia B, Regular season, Basketball league of Serbia B
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference, Pts=Points


2010–11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2010–11 season of Bayer 04 Leverkusen began on 14 August 2010 with a DFB-Pokal match against FK Pirmasens, and ended on 14 May 2011, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against SC Freiburg. Leverkusen were eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal and the round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League. They finished the season in second place in the Bundesliga.


2010–11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Results, Bundesliga
Note: Scores are given with Bayer Leverkusen score listed first.


2010–11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Results, UEFA Europa League
Note: Scores are given with Bayer Leverkusen score listed first.


2010–11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Results, DFB-Pokal
Note: Scores are given with Bayer Leverkusen score listed first.


2010–11 Bayernliga
The 2010–11 season of the Bayernliga, the highest association football league in Bavaria, was the third season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 66th season overall since establishment of the league in 1945. The season started on 25 July 2010 and finished after 34 rounds on 28 May 2011, followed by three more relegation play-off games in early June.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
As the league champions, FC Ismaning, declined promotion for financial reasons, the runners-up FC Ingolstadt 04 II were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Regionalliga Süd. As Ismaning already announced during the winter break that it intended not apply for a Regionalliga licence, fears were voiced the competition could be affected negatively by this but the team continued its good form and took out the championship regardless. The three worst placed teams, SpVgg Bayreuth, SV Schalding-Heining and Freier TuS Regensburg were relegated to their respective Landesligas.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
The 15th placed team, SpVgg Bayern Hof, won its relegation match and was able to secure its league spot for another season. Bayern Hof, who was already relegated was able to overturn a 2-point deduction and consequently finished on equal points with SpVgg Bayreuth on place 15 and 16. In the necessary decider, Hof overcame Bayreuth 2–1 in extra time and earned the right to enter the relegation play-off while Bayreuth was directly relegated.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
While no team was relegated to the league for the 2011–12 season, three teams were directly promoted to the league, SB/DJK Rosenheim, SC Eltersdorf and VfL Frohnlach. Additionally, the TSV Gersthofen was promoted through the play-off round. While Rosenheim makes its first return to the league since 1979, Frohnlach won immediate promotion back to the league after suffering relegation in 2010. Eltersdorf will play in the Bayernliga for the first time in the club's history while Gersthofen has not played in the league since the 1960s.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
The best supported team during the season was the 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 with 913 spectators per match while the SpVgg Unterhaching II had the worst support with an average of 188. Schweinfurt also set the attendance record for the season, drawing 3,078 spectators in the club's home game against Würzburger FV. TSV 1860 Rosenheim set both the record for the biggest away- and home win, set on consecutive weekends. On the 14 May, the club defeated FSV Erlangen-Bruck 7–0 in Rosenheim, followed by a 6–0 win at FC Eintracht Bamberg on the 21 May, with Rosenheim winning all of its last eight games of the season.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
Benjamin Neunteufel of relegated side SV Schalding-Heining took out the top-scorer honors, scoring 25 goals, four more than runners-up Peter Heyer. Heyer, who had been the league's top scorer in 2006–07 and 2007–08, then with FC Eintracht Bamberg. He initially played for FSV Erlangen-Bruck (16 goals) before making a return to Bamberg (5 goals) during the winter break. After the relegation of Schalding-Heining, Neunteufel opted to join Austrian Regionalliga club FC Wels instead of another Bayernliga club, not wanting to move away from Passau.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
During the season, it was decided that the 2011–12 season would be the last for the league in its current format. From 2012, the league will be played in two regional divisions, north and south.


2010–11 Bayernliga, Overview
The league featured five new clubs for the 2010–11 season:


2010–11 Bayernliga, Play-offs, Decider for 15th place
A decider was necessary to determine the 15th and 16th place as the BFV does not recognise the goal difference as a means to determine relegation and promotion spots when two or more clubs are on equal points but instead requires a decider to be played:


2010–11 Baylor Bears basketball team
The 2010–11 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's eighth season at Baylor. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center.


2010–11 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team
The 2010–11 Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team were coached by Kim Mulkey. The Bears are a member of the Big 12 Conference.


2010–11 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Postseason
Baylor received a #1 seed in the Dallas region. They defeated Prairie View A&M at home in the Ferrell Center, 66-30 and West Virginia 82-68, to advance to their sixth Sweet Sixteen in the last eight seasons. They beat 5th seeded Green Bay 86-76 in Dallas. They played Texas A&M for the fourth time in 2011 and were defeated by a 58-46 score.


2010–11 Belarusian Cup
2010–11 Belarusian Cup was the twentieth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it was conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 23 July 2010. Winners of the Cup qualify for the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.


2010–11 Belarusian Cup, First round
32 teams started the competition in this round: 12 teams from the First League, 16 teams from Second League (all but DSK-2 Gomel and Gomel-2, both of which are reserve teams for First League clubs) and 4 amateur clubs. 4 First League clubs that were at the top of league table at the moment of the drawings (Gomel, Volna Pinsk, Granit Mikashevichi and DSK Gomel) and all 12 Premier League teams received a bye to the next round. Matches of this round were played on 23 and 24 June 2010.


2010–11 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
The winners from the First Round were drawn against those clubs that received a bye to this round. The matches were played on 17 and 18 July 2010. The game involving BATE Borisov was rescheduled to July 7 due to team's participation in UEFA Champions League.


2010–11 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16
Unlike few previous seasons, this round was played as a single-legged ties. The games were played on 22 September, 27 October and 27 November 2010.


2010–11 Belarusian Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 March 2011 and the second legs on 5 and 6 March 2011.


2010–11 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals
The first legs will be played on 13 March 2011 and the second legs on 20 March 2011.


2010–11 Belarusian Extraliga season
The 2010–11 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 19th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. 12 teams participated in the league, and Yunost Minsk won the championship.