2010 Widnes Vikings season, Pre season, Fixtures/Results, Round 5: vs. Salford
Salford put points on the board early on after Fitzpatrick went over the line after only two minutes of play and again a few moments later for his second. Salford continued the scoring with tries from Steve Tyrer and Ashley Gibson. Salford took a sixteen-point lead into the break and added another twenty points in the second half with tries from Steve Tyrer, Adam Sidlow, Jodie Broughton and Luke Adamson. Stefan Ratchford added the extra points with two successful conversions.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Pre season, Fixtures/Results, Round 5: vs. Salford
Vikings head coach Paul Cullen can take some comfort in knowing that this is a new squad and he won't be facing Super League opposition week in week out this season, he said: We won't be playing that calibre of opposition every week. Today was all about using this match to try to toughen ourselves up and if that's all we've got out of it, so be it. Salford were very good and you have to take into account the opposition here and that they are in Super League. We had a number of key players missing, but it's a trial game and the real work starts next week.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Pre season, Fixtures/Results, Round 5: vs. Salford
Karl Fitzpatrick issued a public apology the following day to the Widnes supports for his conduct as he left the field after his red card. Fitzpatrick offered to personally meet and apologise to any Vikings supporters that were affected by his actions. Director of Football for Salford Steve Simms said: "Karl was shook up by our version of events and he has no recollection of any of it. The blow to the head has knocked the sense out of him. However, none of this condones what happened out there, for which Karl and the Club are deeply apologetic".


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, National League Cup
The Widnes Vikings are competing in National League Cup, known as the Northern Rail Cup for sponsorship reasons. This is a competition for clubs in the Co-operative Championship and Championship One. The exception to this is Toulouse Olympique, who do not participate in the cup at present.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Challenge Cup
The 2010 Challenge Cup (officially known as the 2010 Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a knockout rugby league tournament which began its preliminary stages in January.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is the most competitive European rugby league tournament at club level and is open to teams from England, Wales, Scotland, France and Russia.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Challenge Cup
The final of the Challenge Cup is one of the most prestigious matches in world rugby league, and is traditionally held at Wembley Stadium, London. Despite London not being an area traditionally associated with rugby league, the final receives a lot of mainstream media coverage and is broadcast to many different countries around the world.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Challenge Cup
Super League side Warrington Wolves are the reigning champions, following their 16–25 victory over Huddersfield Giants in the 2009 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on 29 August 2009.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Challenge Cup
Widnes Vikings joined the 2010 Challenge Cup in the third round and were drawn against amateur side Wigan St Judes.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Championship
The Widnes Vikings are competing in the 2010 Co-operative Championship. The Co-Operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and France, one tier below the first tier Super League.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Championship
The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1. There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system which renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for license in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Championship
The 2010 Co-Operative Championship season will consist of two stages. The regular season is played over 22 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the eleven teams involved in the competition will play each other once at home and once away. In the 2010 Co-Operative Championship, a win is worth three points in the table, a draw is worth one two points apiece, and a loss by 12 points or fewer is worth 1 bonus point.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Championship
The league leaders at the end of the regular season will receive the league leaders trophy, but the Championship is decided through the second stage of the season via a playoffs system. The top six teams in the table will contest to play in the Grand Final, the winners of which are crowned 2010 Co-Operative Champions.


2010 Widnes Vikings season, Regular season, Fixtures/Results, Championship
This table is correct as of 25th August 2010 (1:12pm). Source:  Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1. Note: Keighley started the season on −9 points for going into administration.


2010 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 6 May 2010. One-third of the council was up for election.


2010 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2010 Wigan Warriors season
The 2010 Wigan Warriors season is the club's fifteenth season in the Super League, since its launch in 1996. Wigan Warriors entered the season following their sixth-placed league finish and subsequent play-off knock-out in the 2009 Super League season, as well as their semi-final knock-out in the 2009 Challenge Cup. The 2010 season is the eleventh year in which rugby league has been played at the town's DW Stadium.


2010 Wigan Warriors season
Michael Maguire started in his position as the new head coach of the club during this season, following Brian Noble's departure. It is also the first season for Paul Deacon, who signed for the club in November 2009. It was the first season in which the captaincy of the team was allocated through a newly formed leadership team of five players (later expanded to six players).


2010 Wigan Warriors season
The season covers the period between 1 November 2009 and 31 October 2010. following three pre-season friendlies, the season started officially with the 38–6 victory over Crusaders RL at the DW Stadium in the Super League XV round 1 fixture on Friday 5 February 2010.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Background
Wigan Warriors' 2009 Challenge Cup campaign ended at the penultimate stage after they lost to Warrington Wolves in the semi-final at Widnes' Stobart Stadium Halton. The club finished sixth in the Super League XIV table, meaning they qualified for the season's play-offs, but in failing to defeat St Helens R.F.C. in their final play-off match, the club's 2009 season ended.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Background
Immediately after the match, head coach Brian Noble confirmed that he would be leaving the club via mutual consent with the chairman, Ian Lenagan, at the end of the season for the same post at Crusaders after John Dixon's contract was not extended. The club also confirmed this shortly afterwards, and in a press conference a week later, the incumbent head coach Michael Maguire was unveiled. Although a former assistant coach at Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition, the post at Wigan was Maguire's first experience as head coach.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Background
As with all Super League licensees, the club continued to operate under the league's salary cap which remained unchanged from 2009's GBP£1.65 million limit. As an ever-present club in the Super League format, this season was Wigan Warriors' fifteenth year in the competition, and its second year under the licensing system after the club received a 'B' graded licence. It was the eleventh year of rugby league at the DW Stadium, which the club shares with Wigan Athletic F.C., since its opening in 1999.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
The international rugby league season took place between the 2009 and 2010 seasons, with the Four Nations being held in England and France, as well as a warm-up test match against Wales at Bridgend's Brewery Field. Two Wigan Warriors players—captain Sean O'Loughlin and debutant Sam Tomkins—were initially called up for the England squad. Sam Tomkins scored three times and assisted in a further two tries as England defeated Wales. O'Loughlin was forced to withdraw because of a fractured bone in his thumb.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
Sam Tomkins did not play during England's Four Nations opener against France the week after, but received a starting place against Australia and New Zealand. Thomas Leuluai played hooker for New Zealand, but his Four Nations ended when defeat by England in the final weekend of round robin fixtures meant that England qualified for the final instead of his New Zealand team. Sam Tomkins featured in the final, where England capitulated in the final twenty minutes to finish the tournaments as runners-up.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
In addition to the Four Nations, the 2009 European Cup also took place across Europe, with Pat Richards playing for an Ireland team which failed to make the event's final. Harrison Hansen continued his Samoa career by playing in the 2009 Pacific Cup qualifying stage. The eventual winners, Papua New Guinea, were coached by Adrian Lam, a former Wigan player.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
Wigan had already lost one player before the end of the 2009 season, when Mark Flanagan signed for NRL side Wests Tigers. In late October, George Carmont extended his contract by a year with an additional clause for a possible second year. Two days after the Four Nations final, the club started their transfers with the signing of Wigan-born Paul Deacon, who had spent the last twelve years at Bradford Bulls and led them as captain.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
Deacon signed as a player for the 2010 season, but also joined as an assistant coach to mentor Sam Tomkins, with the intention of becoming a full-time coach in 2011. A rumour linking James Graham to Wigan amongst other clubs ended after Graham stated he expected to remain at local rivals, St Helens R.F.C. for the coming season. Phil Bailey extended his contract at the club by another year, ending at the close of the 2010 season. Aside from academy products, Deacon was the only player acquired by the club during the off-season, and squad numbers were given on 8 December 2009.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
Elsewhere, former Great Britain and Wigan player Kris Radlinski was promoted from his role in Wigan Warriors Youth Development to the new post of rugby general manager at the club, in an assistance role to Maguire. The deadline given to Leganan from the Rugby Football League (RFL) by which he was forced to sell a certain amount of his shares in fellow Super League club, Harlequins RL, was extended owing to the harsh economic climate during the later third of the Noughties. In early February, Wigan announced that Thomas Leuluai, Andy Coley, George Carmont and Phil Bailey would join former captain Sean O'Loughlin in the newly formed leadership team.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
On 18 November, the RFL published a full list of fixtures for the 2010 season, and the club learned that its opening Super League fixture would be against Brian Noble's new club, Crusaders RL. The draw for the Magic Weekend fixtures was also made later in the same day, with Huddersfield Giants becoming the resulting opponents.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
Catalans Dragons requested that their home game against Wigan Warriors be moved to Montpellier as part of their attempts to spread rugby league in the south of France, but Wigan declined this, claiming it was unfair on fans who had already spent money in anticipation of the game being held at Catalans' usual home ground in Perpignan.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Pre-season
Michael Maguire's first match as head coach was abandoned before kick-off. The pre-season friendly was due to be played on 27 December at St Helens RLFC's Knowsley Road, but icy weather over the Christmas period forced safety concerns. Belle Vue therefore became the venue of Maguire's first match as head coach, which itself ended in a come-from-behind 38–40 victory for Wigan against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. A youthful Wigan team containing only Shaun Ainscough and Chris Tuson with any top-flight experience was beaten by Leigh Centurions, a match in which assistant coach Shaun Wane took charge in place of Maguire. Deacon featured for his debut in Wigan's final pre-season friendly—a 12–20 victory for Wigan against Warrington Wolves in Paul Wood's testimonial match.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review
As with all Super League XV clubs, the regular season consists of 27 rounds of fixtures against the other thirteen clubs, once home and once away, as well as their Magic Weekend fixture. For Wigan Warriors, this was against Huddersfield Giants. Finishing the regular season in the top eight places means entering the play-offs for those teams concerned, potentially an additional four matches, including the Grand Final itself. The club will also compete in the 2010 Challenge Cup, entering in the fourth round.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, February
An Amos Roberts brace gave Wigan their first win of the season in the opening round against Crusaders RL, who were led by the Warriors' former head coach Brian Noble. Roberts ran in another two tries as Wigan comfortably won their second match of the season against Hull Kingston Rovers, although Cameron Phelps sustained an ankle injury and was ruled out for up to four weeks.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, February
A regathered kick chipped into space by Sam Tomkins set up a move which culminated in his brother Joel Tomkins scoring the match-winning try, to register Wigan's first win against Warrington Wolves at the Halliwell Jones Stadium since it opened in 2004. Adverse weather conditions across the United Kingdom meant Wigan could not travel to Neath to play their friendly match against South Wales Scorpions. Pat Richards scored five tries and nine goals to break the club's record for most points by a player in a single match, breaking Andy Farrell's previous record of thirty-two points, as Wigan whitewashed Catalans Dragons 58–0 to maintain their perfect start to the season.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, February
At the start of February, two Wigan players—Shaun Ainscough and Liam Farrell—were loaned out to Widnes Vikings on a dual-registration arrangement. Ben Davies also moved to Widnes on a three-month loan. On 15 February, the club's president Peter Higginbottom died aged 66. Following criticism about the condition of the DW Stadium's pitch from Wigan Athletic's manager Roberto Martínez, the football club announced it would dig up and relay the surface after the rugby league match against Catalans Dragons, despite the Warriors' head coach Maguire stating he thought the pitch was "pretty good" and looked "alright" to him. Ainscough moved from his dual-registration with Widnes to a month-long loan with Castleford Tigers.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, March
In the first match of March, a Matt Orford brace helped to overturn a 0–20 deficit for the Bradford Bulls, meaning Wigan suffered their first loss of the season and the last perfect record of Super League XV fell. Darrell Goulding and Sam Tomkins scored two tries each as Hull F.C. struggled to cope with Wigan's front-row and consequently the Warriors moved two points clear at the top of the league table.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, March
Castleford were beaten at The Jungle, as Roberts' good form continued with his first hat-trick for Wigan in two seasons, joining Richards as the league's leading try scorer with ten in seven games. An injury-stricken Leeds Rhinos side were then beaten by Wigan, with Goulding scoring two tries against the defending Super League champions. Having already missed the games against Castleford and Leeds, Harrison Hansen was confirmed as having been injured with a torn shoulder muscle, and was ruled out for up to three months.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, March
Following their loss to Wigan, Castleford signed a month-long loan with Chris Tuson, who made his second first-grade appearance for the Warriors against them. Ainscough's loan at Castleford was extended to last the rest of the season. Joel Tomkins was given a formal caution for using knees in a tackle on Danny Buderus. Lee Mossop quashed rumours that he may leave Wigan for a career in the NRL by signing a five-year contract extension, due to expire at the end of the 2014 season.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, April
St Helens R.F.C. fought back in an attempt to overturn a 0–14 deficit at half-time, but Wigan held on with two second-half penalties from Richards to win the final Good Friday derby at the Saints' Knowsley Road. Wigan followed this up on Easter Monday with a 54–14 win over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, although Roberts sustained a cruciate knee ligament injury and was expected to be out for approximately eight weeks. Richards scored two tries as Wigan comfortably completed a sixth successive win over Salford City Reds.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, April
In Wigan's first Challenge Cup fixture of the season, a Richie Barnett hat-trick for the Sheffield Eagles threatened to repeat the Warriors' infamous defeat by them in the 1998 Challenge Cup final, but Sam Tomkins scored a hat-trick of his own to ease Wigan into the fifth round. The seven-match winning streak came to an end, as Harlequins RL rallied from 24–6 down to beat Wigan 26–38.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, April
Dual-registration deals were signed with Whitehaven for Josh Veivers and Stefan Marsh. Ainscough was recalled from his season-long loan at Castleford as Wigan's injury list grew. The 2007 and 2009 NRL league titles that Maguire had earned as assistant coach with the Melbourne Storm were stripped after it was discovered the club had cheated, using secret payments to break the league's salary cap. Tuson's loan at Castleford was extended on a week-by-week basis, while Ainscough was loaned back out again to Widnes. Davies' loan with Widnes was also extended to a dual-registration arrangement.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, May
The Magic Weekend took place at the start of May, and Wigan's win against the Huddersfield Giants took them two points clear again at the top of the table. Sam Tomkins and Karl Pryce both scored hat-tricks as an injury-hit Widnes side—unable to use loanees Ainscough, Farrell and Davies—proved unable to match Wigan in their fifth round cup match at the Stobart Stadium. Huddersfield lost to Wigan again in an ill-tempered match at the Galpharm Stadium, despite two sin-binnings for the Warriors and a David Hodgson hat-trick for the Giants. Pryce claimed four tries and Martin Gleeson scored twice as Wigan beat Crusaders 26–46. However, Wigan's cup campaign came to end in the quarterfinal stage on a rain-soaked Headingley pitch, thanks to a last-minute Lee Smith try which handed victory to Leeds.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, May
Sean O'Loughlin received a formal caution for a high tackle on Luke Robinson, despite the Huddersfield head coach Nathan Brown believing the foul deserved a two-month ban. Gleeson was dropped by the club for their second match of the month against Huddersfield due to an unidentified breach of discipline.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, June
On returning to league action following their cup knock-out to Leeds, a Goulding hat-trick helped Wigan make their lead at the top of table more secure with a win over Castleford. Both of the Tomkins brothers as well as O'Loughlin were called up to play for England against France on 12 June, and all three played in a win over Wakefield in the league the next day, although O'Loughlin had been withdrawn after ten minutes with a strain to his quadriceps.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, June
A late comeback was not enough to overturn a 12–26 deficit against St Helens, as the Warriors lost their first league match since Harlequins in April. Sam Tomkins made his first appearance at fullback, where he was to stay for the rest of the season, as Wigan won against Harlequins thanks to a Richards brace.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, June
Mick Hogan was appointed as the new chief executive at rugby union side Sale Sharks, moving from a similar role he had occupied at Wigan since 2008. Mark Riddell announced his intentions to return home to Australia at the end of the season to be with his ill mother.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, July
Two tries from Clint Greenshields of the Catalans Dragons were not enough for victory as Wigan replied with five tries of their own to keep a four-point lead in the league table. O'Loughlin returned from injury to score a try as Wigan defeated Salford by fifty points, helped by a hat-trick from Goulding and a brace from Sam Tomkins. In the first Super League game broadcast in 3D display, Wigan lost to Warrington, a result which reduced their lead in the league table to two points with five games remaining.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, July
However, the team responded by whitewashing Hull at the KC Stadium a week later, with Richards scoring his third hat-trick of the season, while Warrington's loss to Catalans in the same weekend restored Wigan's four-point advantage. In July's final fixture, Wigan defeated Leeds in an ill-disciplined match, with Carl Ablett and Ryan Bailey both being put on report for the Rhinos.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, July
Andy Coley received a red-card against Catalans and consequently picked up a two-match ban. The club signed eight of its academy players on professional contracts. Following the salary cap breaches at Melbourne which stripped them of their 2007 and 2009 titles, Ryan Hoffman was released to join Wigan on a twelve-month contract, and was followed by Brett Finch and Jeff Lima, with all three joining the squad for the 2011 season. Joel Tomkins was charged with a late tackle against Warrington but did not receive any match ban. Maguire returned home to Australia during July to be with his gravely ill father, meaning Shaun Wane, the assistant coach, took control of the matches against Hull and Leeds.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, August
As the Challenge Cup semi-finals were played over the first weekend of August, Wigan's first team had a week off, although Mossop was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a shoulder injury during an under-20s match. The team returned to action on 16 August with a home fixture against Huddersfield, and squandered a chance to secure the League Leader's Shield for sure, losing 16–18.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, August
A win at Craven Park against Hull Kingston Rovers meant that Wigan could no longer be caught at the top of the league table at four points ahead with only one game left, and consequently, the Warriors won the League Leader's Shield for the first time in ten years, their first trophy since 2002. The final weekend of August was occupied with the Challenge Cup final, meaning Wigan had another week away from action.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, August
Davies was named in the Welsh national squad for their international fixtures during the autumn. The club featured in the Carnegie Floodlit Nines competition for the first time, and beat Bradford 20–16 in the final to win the tournament. Riddell's departure from the club was confirmed, as well as the release of Phil Bailey and Iafeta Paleaaesina whose contracts were due to run out at the end of the 2010 season and were not renewed. Ainscough, who featured in the Flootlit Nines victory, was signed by Bradford for the 2011 season.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, September
Wigan won their final match of the regular rounds against Bradford, but with the League Leader's shield already won, all eyes were on Richards as he attempted to break several records. With two tries, he broke the club record for most tries in a Super League season, bringing his tally to twenty-nine and breaking Kris Radlinski's previous record of twenty-eight. It placed him at third in the overall Super League records, behind Danny McGuire's thirty-five tries and Lesley Vainikolo's thirty-six, both achieved in 2004.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, September
With three goals as well, Richards also equalled the league record for most points in a season, matching Andy Farrell's 2001 record of 388. The win meant that Wigan ended the regular season with twenty-two wins and five losses, beating their nearest rivals in St Helens and Warrington to the top of the table by four points. By virtue of this, they would play fourth-placed Leeds in the first weekend of the playoffs.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, September
A drop-goal from Kevin Sinfield proved the difference as Wigan lost their first playoff match in controversial circumstances, as in the final minute of the game, McGuire took out Carmont and Scott Donald took out Richards as Wigan were breaking down the left wing, foul play which injured McGuire's knee and ruled him out for the rest of the playoffs, and gave Wigan a penalty from forty metres out which would have won the game had Richards not missed it.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, September
The consequence of defeat by Leeds was a match against Hull Kingston Rovers, with the Warriors missing Deacon due to a groin injury received during the previous match. However, despite being behind twice during the match at 6–12 and 12–14, Wigan eventually overcame Hull Kingston Rovers 42–18 to place themselves into the playoff semi-finals. With St Helens choosing to play Huddersfield in other semi-final match, Wigan were left with an away trip to face Leeds again. With a 6–26 victory, it was Wigan this time who won, ending Leeds' three-year run as Super League champions, with the result placing Wigan into the Grand Final where they would face St Helens.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, September
Leuluai was announced in the New Zealand preliminary squad for the 2010 Four Nations. Stuart Fielden and Andy Coley both signed new contracts to keep them at Wigan, for two years and one year respectively. Four Wigan players were announced in the Super League Dream Team for 2010: Richards, O'Loughlin and both of the Tomkins brothers.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, September
Two days after Wigan had defeated Leeds for a place in the Grand Final, it was confirmed that Terry Newton, the former Wigan player who had been banned in February for testing positive for human growth hormone while playing for Wakefield, had been discovered dead at his home near Wigan. The death was later given an open verdict rather than one of suicide by the coroner, due to doubts over Newton's mental state at the time of his death.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, October
2010 was Wigan's fourth appearance in a Grand Final, three less than their opponents and local derby rivals St Helens, who held the record for most finals and were playing at Old Trafford for the fifth consecutive time having lost the previous three finals to Leeds. Wigan's most previous final had been the defeat by Bradford in 2003, and O'Loughlin was the only survivor in 2010 from the team that played that day.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, October
Compared to St Helens' Grand Final record of four wins from seven, Wigan's record was poor, with their only Super League championship after the playoffs were introduced coming in 1998 against Leeds. With the league's statistically best defence in Wigan opposing the league's best attack in St Helens, and the top two teams from the regular season league table playing each other, the final was deemed by several commentators as a close match to call.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, October
The match was preceded with a minute's silence to Newton. Wigan earned the early advantage with the former St Helens player, Gleeson, scoring the game's opening try after three minutes following an Iosia Soliola knock-on. Deacon continued to put St Helens under pressure with threatening kicks to Richards, but it was Gleeson who scored his and Wigan's second try thanks to a move that started in the Warriors' half with Sam Tomkins and Deacon. Another Deacon kick was not properly controlled by St Helens, and Goulding touched down an easy try in the sixteenth minute.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, October
Richards scored his second goal with the conversion attempt, but did not last the first half as he suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon which ended his participation in the final. After coming close to a try through Matty Smith, St Helens eventually replied through Andrew Dixon to reduce the margin to ten points at half-time.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, October
Richards' injury cost Wigan points, as Riddell, the stand-in kicker, missed two relatively easy penalty attempts. However, Sam Tomkins scored the first try of the second half on the right wing, with Riddell managing to successfully kick the conversion. Liam Farrell also had a try disallowed for obstruction, before St Helens scored their second try of the match through Francis Meli. It was the final try of the game though, as Wigan managed to run down the clock without conceding again to win their first Grand Final in twelve years. The 22–10 victory meant Wigan were crowned Super League XV champions.


2010 Wigan Warriors season, Season review, October
In addition to O'Loughlin and the Tomkins brothers who played against France earlier in the season, Fielden and Goulding were both selected to join the England squad in the post-season 2010 Four Nations tournament. It confirmed the day after the Grand Final that the injury Richards had sustained meant that he would be out of action for at least five to six months, which included the post-season international matches as well as the start of the next season, although Richards stated, "If I'd known that would happen and we'd still end up winning, I'd have taken it."


2010 Wigan Warriors season, League table
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2010 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2010 William & Mary Tribe football team represented The College of William & Mary in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. William & Mary competed as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) under head football coach Jimmye Laycock and played their home games at Zable Stadium. The Tribe clinched a share of the CAA championship in the final week of the regular season. Entering Week 11, they had to defeat #18 Richmond and have #15 Villanova upset #1 Delaware, and both of those results happened. The Tribe reclaimed the Capital Cup by defeating the Spiders, 41–3, and Villanova surprised Delaware, 28–21, in overtime. William & Mary and Delaware shared the title.


2010 William & Mary Tribe football team
William & Mary's win over Richmond in the annual Capital Cup was also their first in the series since 2004. Richmond had won five straight contests—the longest such streak for the Spiders since a five-game stretch between 1919 and 1922—and it also capped the second consecutive regular season in which the Tribe went undefeated at home. Their last home loss (including playoffs) was November 22, 2008, against Richmond.


2010 William & Mary Tribe football team
After receiving a first round bye in the playoffs, the number two-seed Tribe fell in their first playoff game, 31–15, to Georgia Southern. The game was played at home in front of a crowd of 8,243.


2010 William Jones Cup
The 2010 William Jones Cup was the 32nd tournament which took place in Taipei from 14–20 July.


2010 Wimbledon Championships
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 124th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 2010. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II attended on Thursday 24 June 2010, for the first time in more than 30 years.


2010 Wimbledon Championships
Roger Federer was the defending men's champion and first seed (was actually ranked 2nd), but he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tomáš Berdych. Berdych also defeated third seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, but was defeated in straight sets by Rafael Nadal in the final. Nadal won his second Wimbledon title, having previously won the 2008 title. Serena Williams successfully defended the women's crown, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final to win her fourth Wimbledon title.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The total prize money for 2010 championships was £13,725. The winner of the men's and women's singles title earned £1,000,000.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Jürgen Melzer /  Philipp Petzschner def. Robert Lindstedt /  Horia Tecău, 6–1, 7–5, 7–5


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Vania King /  Yaroslava Shvedova def. Elena Vesnina /  Vera Zvonareva, 7–6(8–6), 6–2


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Leander Paes /  Cara Black def. Wesley Moodie /  Lisa Raymond, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Liam Broady /  Tom Farquharson def. Lewis Burton /  George Morgan, 7–6(7–4), 6–4


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Tímea Babos /  Sloane Stephens def. Irina Khromacheva /  Elina Svitolina, 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Jared Palmer def. Wayne Ferreira /  Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 6–3, 6–2


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Jana Novotná def. Tracy Austin /  Kathy Rinaldi, 7–5, 6–0


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Pat Cash /  Mark Woodforde def. Jeremy Bates /  Anders Järryd, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Wheelchair events, Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Robin Ammerlaan /  Stefan Olsson def. Stéphane Houdet /  Shingo Kunieda, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Wheelchair events, Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Esther Vergeer /  Sharon Walraven def. Daniela Di Toro /  Lucy Shuker, 6–2, 6–3


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Isner–Mahut match
In a record-setting match spanning three days, 23rd seed John Isner, attempting to win his first ever match at Wimbledon, faced off against qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the first round, between 22 and 24 June. With the score at 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 59–59, the match was suspended due to failing daylight for the second straight day, after a total of 9 hours and 58 minutes of play. Isner had already served a world record 98 aces by that time, with Mahut scoring 94 aces, both breaking Ivo Karlović's previous record of 78.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Isner–Mahut match
The second day's play alone totalled 7 hours and 8 minutes, more than the longest previous complete match, therefore also making it the longest session of tennis ever played in a single day. Isner eventually defeated Mahut 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 70–68. The match lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes in total, and the fifth set alone lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Isner–Mahut match
The match has been noted as officially the longest match ever in a tennis Open in terms of both times and games, beating the previous records set (respectively) by the match between Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément at the 2004 French Open, which lasted for 6 hours and 33 minutes, and the first round match at Wimbledon in 1969 where Pancho Gonzales defeated Charlie Pasarell in 112 games (before the introduction of the tie-break). Time magazine named the Isner–Mahut match one of the Top 10 Sports Moments of 2010.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Queen visits Wimbledon
Queen Elizabeth II visited Wimbledon on Thursday 24 June, her first visit to the annual tennis tournament in 33 years. The last time the Queen had attended the championships was in 1977, when she watched British player Virginia Wade win the ladies' singles title.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Queen visits Wimbledon
Arriving shortly after 11am, the Queen's visit included a tour of the grounds and an observation session of the All England Club's Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative on Court 14, before moving to the Members' Lawn where she greeted a line-up of players: the defending champions in singles Serena Williams and Roger Federer, multiple-time Wimbledon champions Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Venus Williams, and a selection of top professionals: Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick. She also met four British women's tennis players: Heather Watson, Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong and Laura Robson. Following that, she walked across the bridge to Centre Court, where she later had lunch in the Clubhouse with a selection of former and current tennis players.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Queen visits Wimbledon
The Queen finished her visit by watching Britain's fourth seed Andy Murray play Jarkko Nieminen on Centre Court, from the Royal Box. Before and after the match, Murray and Nieminen bowed to the Royal Box, a tradition that had previously not been in use since 2003.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Events, Records
In addition to all the records set during the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, the following records were also established:


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 14 June 2010. Rankings and points before are as of 21 June 2010.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The Men's singles seeds is arranged on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula:


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 18th best result deducted instead.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
For the Women's singles seeds, the seeding order follows the ranking list, except where in the opinion of the Committee, the grass court credentials of a particular player necessitates a change in the interest of achieving a balanced draw.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
†The player did not qualify the tournament in 2009. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Women's Singles
The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw wild card entries
The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Qualifiers entries
Below are the lists of the qualifiers entering in the main draws.


2010 Wimbledon Championships, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Kevin Krawietz were the defending champions. However, Herbert was no longer eligible to compete as a Junior. Krawietz competed with Peter Heller and lost in the semifinals to Lewis Burton and George Morgan.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Liam Broady and Tom Farquharson defeated Lewis Burton and George Morgan in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. It was the first all-British final in the title's history and the first British champions since Martin Lee and James Trotman in 1995.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Andrey Kuznetsov was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate in the juniors.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Márton Fucsovics defeated Benjamin Mitchell in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships are described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries, Middle Sunday (27 June)
Middle Sunday in Wimbledon is traditionally a rest day, without any play, and this was the case in 2010.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but were eliminated in the Round Robin.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer defeated the defending champions Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, 6–3, 6–2, to win the Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Sally Peers were the defending champions, but both were ineligible to participate in the juniors.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Tímea Babos and Sloane Stephens defeated Irina Khromacheva and Elina Svitolina in the final, 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the ladies' singles competition instead as a wild card and lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in the first round.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Kristýna Plíšková defeated Sachie Ishizu in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete together. Suková partnered with Andrea Temesvári but they were eliminated in the Round Robin.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Navratilova and Jana Novotná defeated Tracy Austin and Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel in the final, 7–5, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the two-time defending champions, but lost in the second round to Chris Eaton and Dominic Inglot.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner defeated Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–1, 7–5, 7–5, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
John Isner and Sam Querrey withdrew due to Isner's fatigue after his first round singles match against Nicolas Mahut.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Tomáš Berdych in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4, to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second Wimbledon title and his eighth major title overall. It was also Nadal's fourth non-consecutive Wimbledon final (he skipped the 2009 tournament because of injuries).


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Berdych. This marked the first time since 2002 that Federer did not make the Wimbledon men's singles final, and the second successive Grand Slam tournament that Federer was defeated at the quarterfinal stage, having previously been on a record run of 23 successive Grand Slam semifinals. Federer's loss, along with those of Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick, both in the fourth round, ensured that there would be a first time Wimbledon finalist from the top half of the draw.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Berdych became the first Czech man to reach the final since Ivan Lendl in 1987. For the first time ever there were no English players in the Wimbledon men's singles competition, though Great Britain was represented by two players from Scotland: fourth seed Andy Murray and wildcard Jamie Baker.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
The first round match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut set a new record for the longest tennis match in history (in both time and total of games), as well as many other records due to its length. Isner won the match, taking the final set 70–68 after a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes play across three days. The two faced each other again in the first round the following year, with Isner taking that match 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 7–6(8–6).


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Ernests Gulbis withdrew due to a muscle tear in his right thigh. He was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Philipp Petzschner, who became the #33 seed.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Mark Knowles and Anna-Lena Grönefeld were the defending champions but Grönefeld did not compete. Knowles partnered with Katarina Srebotnik but they lost in the third round to Paul Hanley and Chan Yung-jan.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Leander Paes and Cara Black defeated Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde defeated the defending champions Jeremy Bates and Anders Järryd in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) to win the Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Michaël Jeremiasz were the defending champions but Jeremiasz did not compete.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Robin Ammerlaan and Stefan Olsson defeated Houdet and Shingo Kunieda in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Korie Homan and Esther Vergeer were the defending champions but Homan did not compete.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Vergeer and Sharon Walraven defeated Daniela Di Toro and Lucy Shuker in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the Wheelchair Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. She did not lose a set throughout the entire tournament. Zvonareva reached her first ever Grand Slam final in singles competition, and became the second lowest-ranked woman to play in a Wimbledon singles final.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The 2010 French Open women's singles champion Francesca Schiavone and the women's singles runner-up Samantha Stosur both lost in the first round, marking the first time that the two French Open finalists had lost in the opening round of Wimbledon.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
This year's women's singles event also saw two surprise semifinalists in Petra Kvitová (ranked 62nd) and Tsvetana Pironkova (ranked 82nd). This was the first time two unseeded players had made it to that stage since 1999. Furthermore, Kaia Kanepi (ranked 80th) became the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon since Séverine Beltrame did so in 2006.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Dinara Safina and María José Martínez Sánchez withdrew due to injury; Safina with a lower back injury and Martínez Sánchez with a knee injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Melanie Oudin and Kateryna Bondarenko, who became the #33 and #34 seeds.


2010 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2010 Winchester City Council election
The 2010 Winchester Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.


2010 Winchester City Council election, Campaign
The Conservatives had gained control of Winchester council in the 2006 election after a sex scandal involving the local Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten. Going into the 2010 election the Conservatives had a majority of just 1 seat and were defending 13 seats compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats, due to the seats they won in 2006 being due for election in 2010.


2010 Winchester City Council election, Campaign
Several councillors stood down at the election, including George Hollingbery from The Alresfords ward to contest the Meon Valley constituency in the general election, Fred Allgood from Denmead ward, Georgina Busher from Bishop's Waltham and James Stephens from St Luke ward. Brian Collin also did not defend his Olivers Battery and Badger Farm ward, which he had held for 24 years, to contest St John and All Saints instead.


2010 Winchester City Council election, Campaign
The Conservatives defended their record on the council pointing to a repaving of the high street, park and ride projects and keeping council tax increases below inflation. However the Liberal Democrats accused the Conservatives of running down reserves that the Liberal Democrats had built up when they were in power and were confident of taking control in particular with the election taking place at the same time as the general election.


2010 Winchester City Council election, Campaign
The Labour Party were defending their last seat on the council in St John and All Saints ward with predictions that Labour could be without representation on the council for the first time. Meanwhile, the Green Party only contested one seat in St Bartholomew in order to concentrate their efforts and campaigned on development issues.


2010 Winchester City Council election, Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats take control over the council after gaining 5 seats to hold 29 of the 57 seats. This gave them an overall majority of 1 seat, despite the Conservatives winning 10 seats at the election compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives did make one gain, taking a former independent seat where the councillor Georgina Busher stood down at the election. Meanwhile, the last remaining Labour seat was lost after Labour was defeated in St John and All Saints ward.


2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 78th overall. The Blue Bombers finished the year in 4th place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs. The team clinched their third consecutive losing season on October 2, 2010 and were eliminated from post-season contention on Oct 23, 2010 making this the second consecutive season that they have missed the playoffs.


2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
After their Week 18 loss against the Edmonton Eskimos, the 2010 Blue Bombers set a CFL record for most losses by four points or less in one season with a remarkable eight such losses. This sets the record after the 1993 Ottawa Rough Riders had seven such losses during their season and when the BC Lions also had seven of these losses in 1996. After losing the final game of the season against the Stampeders, the Blue Bombers finished the year losing nine games by four points or less and ten by a touchdown or less.


2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Regular season, Roster
Italics indicate Import player updated 2010-11-05 • 46 Active, 19 Inactive 5 Practice Roster


2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Playoffs
After finishing last in the East division, the Blue Bombers failed to qualify for the 2010 CFL playoffs.


2010 Winter Military World Games
The 1st Winter Military World Games were held in Aosta Valley, Italy from March 20 - March 25, 2010.


2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010, were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong.


2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Games were the third Olympics to be hosted by Canada, and the first to be held within the province of British Columbia. Canada had previously hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics, although Calgary is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics. They will both be surpassed by Beijing in 2022.


2010 Winter Olympics
Following Olympic tradition, incumbent Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised in a special ceremony on February 28, 2006, and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Vancouver opening ceremony. The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.


2010 Winter Olympics
For the first time, Canada won gold in an official sport as the host nation of the Olympics, having failed to do so in 1976 and 1988 (although Canada won the 1988 woman's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport). Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition, first topping the gold medal tally on the second-to-last day of competition, and went on to become the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count.


2010 Winter Olympics
Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics (14), which was previously set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002 (13). The United States won the most medals in total, marking their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won during the Winter Games (37), a record held until then by Germany in 2002 (36). Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
The concept of a bid by Vancouver to host the Winter Olympic Games first appeared at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, where the Canadian representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sidney Dawes discusses the possibility of hosting a Games in British Columbia if a venue was found near Vancouver. Shortly afterwards, the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) was created in order to prepare a bid to host the Winter Games in the region of Mount Garibaldi, near Whistler. In 1961, GODA considered developing a bid for the 1968 Winter Games, but the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) preferred the cities of Calgary and Banff, in Alberta, as the best opportunity for a Canadian bid to succeed. Calgary's candidacy ultimately failed, and the 1968 Games were awarded to Grenoble.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
A development program for the Whistler and Mount Garibaldi region was then launched to host the 1972 Games. It included the development of road infrastructure, electrical network and drinking water, which was still absent in this region. But once again, Banff was chosen to represent Canada as the potential host city for the 1972 Games, which are eventually awarded to Sapporo, Japan. In 1968, the GODA was finally chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee with the aim of making a joint candidacy with the city of Vancouver for the organization of the 1976 Winter Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
However, the chances of Vancouver's candidacy dwindled when Montreal is selected to host the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the Vancouver-Garibaldi candidacy is thus eliminated in the first round of voting. Vancouver is again a candidate for the 1980 Games, but withdraws at the last moment. For 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary is chosen as the preferred site for the Canadian bid, and Calgary wins the election and thus becomes the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
The Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary, which sought to re-host the Games, and Quebec City, which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21, 1998, Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes, Quebec City had 25 and Calgary had 21. On December 3, 1998, the second and final round of voting occurred between the two leading contenders, which saw Vancouver win with 40 votes compared to Quebec City's 32 votes. Vancouver had also previously bid for the 1976 games, which were first awarded to Denver, then to Innsbruck and the 1980 games, which were awarded to Lake Placid.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
After the bribery scandal over the candidacy of the Salt Lake City bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics (which resulted in Quebec City asking for compensation (C$8 million) for its unsuccessful bid), many of the rules of the bidding process were changed in 1999. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) created the Evaluation Commission, which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics, host cities would often fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts. The lack of oversight and transparency often led to allegations of money for votes. Afterward, changes brought forth by the IOC bidding rules were tightened, and more focused on technical aspects of candidate cities. The team analyzed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
Vancouver won the bid to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague, Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge. Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria. Pyeongchang had the most votes of the three cities in the first round of voting, in which Salzburg was eliminated. In the run-off, all but two of the members who had voted for Salzburg voted for Vancouver. It was the closest vote by the IOC since Sydney, Australia beat Beijing for the 2000 Summer Olympics by two votes. Vancouver's victory came almost two years after Toronto's 2008 Summer Olympic bid was defeated by Beijing in a landslide vote.


2010 Winter Olympics, Bid and preparations
The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent C$16.6 million on upgrading facilities at Cypress Mountain, which hosted the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. With the opening in February 2009 of the C$40 million Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park, which hosted curling, every sports venue for the 2010 Games was completed on time and at least one year prior to the Games. Pyongchang eventually hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics, Financials, Operations
In 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics was estimated to be Canadian $1.354 billion (about £828,499,787, €975,033,598 or US$1,314,307,896). As of mid-2009 it was projected to be C$1.76 billion, mostly raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. C$580 million was the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler. A final audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers released in December 2010 revealed total operation cost to have been $1.84 billion and came in on budget resulting in neither surplus nor deficit. Construction of venues also came on budget with a total cost of $603 million.


2010 Winter Olympics, Financials, Operations
PricewaterhouseCoopers' study estimated a total contribution to the BC economy of $2.3 billion of Gross Domestic Product, and as well creating 45,000 jobs and contributing an additional $463 million to the tourism industry while venue construction by VANOC and 3rd parties added $1.22 billion to the economy, far short of the $10 billion forecast by Premier Gordon Campbell. The study also said that hosting the Olympics was one of many reasons why the provincial debt grew by $24 billion during the decade. Non direct olympics games cost (e.g. expanded rail network, highways, security, paid time off for government employees "volunteering"  etc.) cost in excess of 7 billion. In 2011, the provincial auditor-general declined to conduct a post-Games audit.


2010 Winter Olympics, Financials, Security costs
C$200 million was expected to be spent for security, which was organized through a special body, the Integrated Security Unit, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was the lead agency; other government agencies such as the Vancouver Police Department, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Forces, and police agencies across Canada. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) also played a role. That number was later revealed to be in the region of C$1 billion, an amount in excess of five times what was originally estimated.


2010 Winter Olympics, Venues
Some venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval, were at sea level, a rarity for the Winter Games. The 2010 Games were also the first—Winter or Summer—to have had an Opening Ceremony held indoors. Greater Vancouver was the most populous metropolitan area ever to hold the Winter Games. In February, the month when the Games were held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). The average temperature as measured at Vancouver International Airport was 7.1 °C (44.8 °F) for the month of February 2010.


2010 Winter Olympics, Venues
The opening and closing ceremonies were held at BC Place Stadium, which received over C$150 million in major renovations. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver included the Pacific Coliseum, the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, the UBC Winter Sports Centre, the Richmond Olympic Oval and Cypress Mountain. GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena, played host to ice hockey events, being renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Games since corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue. Renovations included the removal of advertising from the ice surface and conversion of some seating to accommodate the media.


2010 Winter Olympics, Venues
The 2010 Winter Olympics marked the first time an Olympic hockey game was played on a rink sized according to NHL rules instead of international specifications. Competition venues in Whistler included Whistler Creekside at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, the Whistler Olympic Park, the Whistler Celebration Plaza and the Whistler Sliding Centre.


2010 Winter Olympics, Venues
The 2010 Winter Games marked the first time that the energy consumption of the Olympic venues was tracked in real time and made available to the public. Energy data was collected from the metering and building automation systems of nine of the Olympic venues and was displayed online through the Venue Energy Tracker project.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
The Olympic Games in Vancouver were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters. As rights for the 2010 Games have been packaged with those for the 2012 Summer Olympics, broadcasters were largely identical for both events.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
The host broadcaster was Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver, a subsidiary of the IOC's new in-house broadcasting unit Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). The 2010 Olympics marked the first Games where the host broadcasting facilities were provided solely by OBS. The executive director of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver was Nancy Lee, a former producer and executive for CBC Sports. The official broadcast theme was a piece called "City of Ice" composed by Rob May and Simon Hill.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
In Canada, the Games were the first Olympic Games broadcast by a new Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium led by CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media, displacing previous broadcaster CBC Sports. Main English-language coverage was shown on the CTV Television Network, while supplementary programming was mainly shown on TSN and Rogers Sportsnet. Main French-language coverage was shown on V and RDS.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
NBC Universal networks televised the 2010 Winter Olympics in the United States, under a contract in which it paid US$2.2 billion for the rights to the Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Advertising sales had slowed in comparison to previous Olympics due to the ongoing recession, and NBC projected a financial loss upwards of $250 million on the Games.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
Due to the growth of social media, NBC faced particular criticism for its traditional practice of tape delaying network coverage of the Olympics for the west coast—a practice that was made more egregious by the fact that these Games took place at sites within the Pacific Time Zone. In April 2010, the network reported a financial loss of $233 million on the Games.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
The Associated Press (AP) announced that it would send 120 reporters, photographers, editors and videographers to cover the Games on behalf of the country's news media. The cost of their Olympics coverage prompted AP to make a "real departure for the wire service's online coverage". Rather than simply providing content, it partnered with more than 900 newspapers and broadcasters who split the ad revenue generated from an AP-produced multi-media package of video, photos, statistics, stories and a daily Webcast. AP's coverage included a microsite with web widgets facilitating integration with social networking and bookmarking services.


2010 Winter Olympics, Media coverage
In France, the Games were covered by France Télévisions, which included continuous live coverage on its website.


2010 Winter Olympics, Torch relay
The Olympic Torch Relay is the transfer of the Olympic flame from Ancient Olympia, Greece — where the first Olympic Games were held thousands of years ago — to the stadium of the city hosting the current Olympic Games. The flame arrives just in time for the Opening Ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics, Torch relay
For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame was lit in Olympia on October 22, 2009. It then traveled from Greece, over the North Pole to Canada's High Arctic and on to the West Coast and Vancouver. The relay started its long Canada journey from the British Columbia capital of Victoria. In Canada, the torch traveled approximately 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi) over 106 days, making it the longest relay route within one country in Olympic history. The Olympic Torch was carried by approximately 12,000 Canadians and reached over 1,000 communities.


2010 Winter Olympics, Torch relay
Celebrity torchbearers included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Nash, Matt Lauer, Justin Morneau, Michael Bublé, Bob Costas, Shania Twain, and hockey greats including Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, and the captains of the two Vancouver Canucks teams that went to the Stanley Cup Finals: Trevor Linden (1994) and Stan Smyl (1982).


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
82 National Olympic Committees (NOC) entered teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia made their winter Olympic debuts. Also Jamaica, Mexico and Morocco returned to the Games after missing the Turin Games. Tonga sought to make its Winter Olympic debut by entering a single competitor in luge, attracting some media attention, but he crashed in the final round of qualifying. Luxembourg qualified two athletes but did not participate because one did not reach the criteria set by the NOC and the other was injured before the Games. Below is a map of the participating nations and a list of the nations with the number of competitors indicated in brackets.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
The 2010 Winter Olympics featured 86 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
The opening and closing ceremonies and the events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" were held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events were held on Whistler Mountain (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held on Blackcomb Mountain. Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver) hosted the freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls and ski cross), and all snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross).


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
Vancouver 2010 was also the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey were played on a narrower, NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61.0 m × 30.0 m). The games were played at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena), home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks, which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
Utilizing this existing venue instead of building a new international-sized ice rink facility saved C$10 million in construction costs and allowed an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Olympic hockey games. However, some European countries expressed concern over this decision, worried that it might give North American players an advantage since they grew up playing on the smaller NHL-sized rinks. By contrast, the only other NHL venue to host Olympic hockey, the Calgary Flames' Olympic Saddledome, started construction before Calgary won the bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics and it was designed to accommodate an international ice rink.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
There were a number of events that were proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics. On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in Kuwait voted to include ski cross in the official program. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the event to officially be part of the Games program.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Sports
The issue over women's ski jumping being excluded ended up in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver during April 21–24, 2009, with a verdict on July 10 excluding women's ski jumping from the 2010 Games. A request to appeal that verdict to the Supreme Court of Canada was subsequently denied on December 22 – a decision that marked the end of any hopes that the event would be held during Vancouver 2010. To alleviate the exclusion, VANOC organizers invited women from all over Canada to participate at Whistler Olympic Park, including Continental Cup in January 2009. Women's ski jumping was included in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Calendar
In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, each blue box indicates that an event competition, such as a qualification round, was held on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held with the number in these boxes representing the number of finals that were contested on that day.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Medal table
The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Canada, is highlighted.


2010 Winter Olympics, The Games, Medal table
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Some in the foreign press, including London 2012 organizers, had criticized the lack of city decorations to acknowledge that Vancouver was the host of the Games. The original plans to decorate the city in Olympic colours, a tradition followed by other recent Games host cities, were canceled for several reasons. Anti -


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Games activists repeatedly vandalized the existing 2010 Olympics monuments such as the countdown clock, forcing the city to install CCTV cameras, and adding more Games decorations would have inevitably required more security presence to deter protesters, so VANOC opted to minimize these symbols to avoid making the city a police state. Besides local opposition, budget cutbacks also forced the organizers to scale back on the elaborate plans.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
VANOC initially benefited from an economic boom and was able to secure lucrative and record domestic sponsorships, but this boom also resulted in rapidly rising construction and labour costs. Due to these factors, as well as the late 2000s financial crisis and economic recession, VANOC built minimalistic functional venues with little aesthetic appeal though they were well-designed for post-Games usage. This approach, as well as the fact that most of the infrastructure already existed, meant that the direct costs of the Vancouver Games were much lower than recent Olympic games.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Before the Games began and as they commenced, a number of concerns and controversies surfaced and received media attention. Hours before the opening ceremony, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training run, intensifying questions about the safety of the course and prompting organizers to implement quick modifications. Officials concluded that it was an athlete error rather than a track deficiency. The International Luge Federation called an emergency meeting after the accident, and all other training runs were cancelled for the day. The President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, thanked the hosts for the way that they handled Kumaritashvili's death which included a moment of silence and a tribute to Kumaritashvili at the opening ceremony.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
One criticquestioned the choice of Cypress Mountain as a venue because of its potential lack of snow due to the 2009-10 El Niño. Because of this possibility, organizers had a contingency plan to truck in snow from Manning Park, about 250 kilometres (160 mi) to the east of the city. This allowed events to proceed as planned.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Political decisions involving cancellation of promised low-income housing and the creation of a community of mixed economic backgrounds for post-Games use of the athletes' village was criticized.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Opening ceremonies were stalled while organizers dealt with mechanical problems during the cauldron lighting ceremony. Speed skating events were delayed due to breakdowns of the ice resurfacers supplied by Olympia, an official sponsor of the Games.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies
Thousands of tickets were voided by organizers when weather conditions made standing-room-only areas unsafe. Visitors were also upset that, as in past Olympics, medal ceremonies required separate admission and blocks of VIP tickets reserved for sponsors and dignitaries were unused at events. Other glitches and complaints have included confusion by officials at the start of the February 16 men's and women's biathlon pursuit races, and restricted access to the Olympic flame cauldron on the Vancouver waterfront.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Opposition
Opposition to the Olympic Games was expressed by activists and politicians, including Lower Mainland mayors Derek Corriganand Richard Walton. Many of the public pre-Olympic events held in Vancouver were attended by protesters.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Opposition
On Saturday, February 13, as part of a week-long Anti- Olympic Convergence, protesters smashed windows of the Downtown Vancouver location of The Hudson's Bay department store. Protesters later argued that the Hudson's Bay Company, "has been a symbol of colonial oppression for centuries" as well as a major sponsor of the 2010 Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Opposition
Some of the issues reflected in the opposition continue the themes identified in opposition to all Olympic games, some of which are outlined in anti-Olympics activist and Professor of Sociology Helen Jefferson Lenskyj's books Olympic Industry Resistance (2007) and Inside the Olympic Industry (2000), which examined a number of different Olympic Games prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. These issues of concern, underlying the opposition to any and all Olympic Games, include:


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Opposition, First Nations opposition
Although the Aboriginal governments of the Squamish, Musqueam, Lil'wat and Tsleil-Waututh (the "Four Host First Nations"), on whose traditional territory the Games were held, signed a protocol in 2004 in support of the games, there was opposition to the Olympics from some indigenous groups and supporters. Although the Lil'wat branch of the St'at'imc Nation is a co-host of the Games, a splinter group from the Seton band known as the St'at'imc of Sutikalh, who have also opposed the Cayoosh Ski Resort, feared the Olympics would bring unwanted tourism and real estate sales to their territory.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Opposition, First Nations opposition
Local aboriginal people, as well as Canadian Inuit, initially expressed concern over the choice of an inukshuk as the symbol of the Games, with some Inuit leaders such as former Nunavut Commissioner Peter Irniq stating that the inukshuk is a culturally important symbol to them. He said that the "Inuit never build inuksuit with head, legs and arms. I have seen inuksuit [built] more recently, 100 years maybe by non-Inuit in Nunavut, with head, legs and arms. These are not called inuksuit. These are called inunguat, imitation of man." Local aboriginal groups also expressed annoyance that the design did not reflect the Coast Salish and Interior Salish native culture from the region the Games are being held in, but rather that of the Inuit, who are indigenous to the Arctic far from Vancouver.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Doping
On March 11, 2010, it was reported that the Polish cross country skier Kornelia Marek was tested positive for EPO by the Polish Olympic Committee. If found guilty of doping by the International Olympic Committee, Marek and the relay teams would be disqualified and stripped of their Vancouver results. She would also be banned from the next Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Doping
Marek denied taking any banned substances, but the backup "B" sample from the Vancouver doping lab confirmed the "A" sample.


2010 Winter Olympics, Concerns and controversies, Doping
On October 9, 2017, the IOC announced that three positive doping cases had been found from their re-analysis programme from the 2010 games. All three cases belonged to the same athlete, whose identity was not released at the time. The IOC had re-tested 1,195 urine samples from the games out of the 1,710 taken, which equates to 70%, as part of their re-analysis programme. Weeks later, the athlete was confirmed to be Slovenian biathlete Teja Gregorin.


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy
The massive celebratory crowds in downtown Vancouver were highly praised by the IOC. Jacques Rogge, the president of IOC, indicated that "the way Vancouver embraced these Games was extraordinary. This is really something unique and has given a great atmosphere for these Games." The atmosphere surrounding the Olympics, and its inclusion of foreign delegates and guests, was also praised, with many seasoned Winter Olympic observers putting the games at, or near, the top of the list of best ever Winter Olympics. They were also the best watched Winter Olympics since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. They are also mentioned alongside the Sydney 2000 Summer games in regards to the best atmosphere. A large part is credited to the citizens of Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada.


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy
Some members of the media (mostly, and particularly the British media) criticized the Own the Podium and criticized the celebrations as having been somewhat nationalistic, but this was not an opinion shared by many. Some suggested that the British media were making these criticisms in order to make the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics more appealing. Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 London Olympic Games Organizing Committee, attended the Vancouver Olympics to see how the city coped with the challenges of hosting.


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy
Lord Coe noted the Games had "gradually recovered from its tumultuous start" and queried that he "never thought the British would find rivals in their preoccupation with the weather which is almost elevated to an Olympic event" as he credited VANOC for meeting unforeseen challenges such as the unseasonably warm weather of Cypress Mountain. Coe added "Rarely have I seen a host city so passionate and so ready to embrace the Games".


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy
The Vancouver Olympics also organized and hosted the first Pride House for LGBT athletes in the history of the event.


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy, Funding
Directly as a result of Canada's medal performance at the 2010 Olympics, the Government of Canada announced in the 2010 federal budget, a new commitment of $34 million over the next two years towards programs for athletes planning to compete in future Olympics. This is in addition to the $11 million per year federal government commitment to the Own the Podium program.


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy, Funding
Also, as a result of hosting the 2010 Olympics, the British Columbia government pledged to restore funding for sports programs and athlete development to 2008 levels, which amounts to $30 million over three years.


2010 Winter Olympics, Legacy, Usage of venues after the Olympic Games
The arenas in which the games were held are open for the public to use. The Richmond Olympic Oval has since been turned into an athletic centre.


2010 Winter Olympics cauldron
The 2010 Winter Olympics cauldron was erected for the 2010 Winter Olympics at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
The closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 28, 2010, beginning at 5:30 pm PST (01:30 UTC, March 1) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first Olympic Closing Ceremony held in an indoor venue since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program
The production's director David Atkins previously directed the Sydney 2000 Olympic and the 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies. The choreographer for the finale was Jean Grand-Maître, artistic director of the Alberta Ballet.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Pre-ceremony activities
A joke was made about the hydraulic system failure with the indoor cauldron in the opening ceremony. Electrical sparks, a fake chicken and feathers shot out of the hole where the fourth arm would have risen. After this, Québécois clown and mime Yves Dagenais, dressed in workmen's clothing, climbed out of the hole, plugged two long cords together, and pretended to pull the fourth pillar out as it emerged. Dagenais then "summoned" Catriona Le May Doan (who appeared from underneath the stage via an elevated trap door), holding a lit torch in her hand.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Pre-ceremony activities
She looked around, acting bewildered, and then saw Dagenais, and he happily presented to her the emerging fourth pillar. He then wiped his brow with a red handkerchief to signify a job well done and walked off the stage. After the pillar was in place, Le May Doan, who had been left out of the lighting of the cauldron in the opening ceremony because of the failure, saluted the audience by holding her torch in the air, walked over toward the pillar and was finally able to light the cauldron, to great fanfare from the audience. With the entire cauldron lit, Le May Doan saluted the audience again and then descended back underneath the stage.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Pre-ceremony activities
A mass of white-clad high school students with snowboards flocked out and surrounded the cauldron while the band Inward Eye gave a performance, with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra behind them. This took place during the countdown, which was followed by the release of fireworks in BC Place. After the countdown and fireworks, the anthem cast created the words Strong and Free followed by a maple leaf and then a circle (called the Death Star by the Anthem Cast) surrounding the cauldron to welcome the official party. After O Canada was sung, the cast did a droplet formation before creating a snowflake, a heart, and a peace sign before exploding up the voms.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Pre-ceremony activities
Chief Leonard Andrew of the Lil'wat, Chief Ernie Campbell of the Musqueam, Chief Bill Williams of the Squamish, and Chief Justin George of the Tsleil-Waututh were welcomed. Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada and IOC president Jacques Rogge were then introduced.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, National anthem
A bilingual rendition of the Canadian national anthem O Canada was sung by the Anthem Cast, The Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, & Inward Eye.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Entrance of the flag bearers and the parade of the athletes
The flag bearers for the participating nations then entered the stadium at the same time, making a ring around the Olympic Cauldron. Following tradition, the athletes entered the stadium in no particular order to parade around the Olympic Cauldron at the centre of the stadium, before filing out to take their reserved front row seats.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Musical portion
Three musicians, Eva Avila, Nikki Yanofsky, and Derek Miller, each on an elevated, lighted column that rose out of the stadium floor, sang the song "Let's Have a Party" in French and English.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Medal ceremony
As with tradition, the medals to one of the marquee events of the Winter Games – men's 50 km classical cross-country – were presented during the closing ceremony. The race was held earlier that day in Whistler Olympic Park. The medals were given by Gerhard Heiberg, IOC member for Norway and member of the Executive Commission of the IOC. The flowers were given by the Ski Federation.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Recognitions
Two new members of the IOC, Angela Ruggiero (USA) and Adam Pengilly (UK), were announced. The volunteers who made the games possible were also recognized.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Greek national anthem
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police honour guard raised the Greek national flag while the Greek national anthem was then sung by Greek-Canadian opera singer Ariana Chris.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Olympic Hymn
Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, born in British Columbia and singer of O Canada at the 2006 closing ceremony in Torino, then sang the Olympic Hymn, mixing English and French, while an RCMP honour guard lowered the Olympic flag. This flag was raised again in London on July 27, 2012 during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Handover of the Olympic flag
The Olympic flag was handed off by Gregor Robertson, the mayor of Vancouver, to Jacques Rogge, the President of the IOC. It was then handed off to the mayor of Sochi, Anatoly Pakhomov, whose city will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The flag arrived in Sochi at the end of March and was raised at that city's municipal building until the 2014 games. During that time, the orchestra played an excerpt from the Olympic Fanfare and Theme by John Williams. Russian Armed Forces honor guards then entered the stadium, carrying the Russian flag. They passed the flag to the honor guards of the RCMP. The flag was then raised and the Russian national anthem was sung by the Moscow State Chamber Choir, conducted by Vladimir Minin.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Greetings from Sochi
A demonstration was then staged by the Russians to showcase the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The segment featured Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova in a video.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Greetings from Sochi
Maria Guleghina  performed while riding on a special troika containing white neon horses, the principal dancers of the Kirov, Bolshoi and Mariinsky ballets, 2006 Olympic champions Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov ice dancing by the Black Sea, giant zorbs rolling around the stage, the appearance of figure skaters Evgeni Plushenko and Irina Rodnina with ice hockey players Alexander Ovechkin and Vladislav Tretiak (four years later, Rodnina and Tretiak began to light the cauldron in Sochi), and a live orchestra performance playing in Red Square while being conducted, via satellite, by Valery Gergiev at BC Place.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Games declared closed
The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge calling them "excellent and very friendly" in his tradition of assigning each games their own identity in closing comments. Rogge also addressed the tragic loss of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in an accident at the Whistler Sliding Centre on February 12, in his comments, stating his condolences for the country of Georgia, and that his memory "will always be with us." John Furlong, chair of VANOC, also spoke.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Program, Games declared closed
Neil Young sang "Long May You Run" while the Olympic flame was extinguished in both the indoor and outdoor cauldrons. After both flames were extinguished, all four legs of the indoor cauldron descended to the ground.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Cultural section
William Shatner, Michael J. Fox and Catherine O'Hara came onto the stadium floor and delivered comedic monologues playing on stereotypes of Canadians. O'Hara's section involved the tendency of Canadians to be overly polite and apologetic. Shatner's section involved beer. Fox's section involved urban areas and terrain.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Cultural section
The theme of satirizing Canadian clichés continued with Michael Bublé dressed as a Mountie performing "The Maple Leaf Forever" first straight, followed by four scantily clad singer/dancers dressed as Mounties stripping his Mountie uniform to reveal a tuxedo leading to a whimsical Vegas-style arrangement of the song as a procession of giant Mounties, dancing Mounties, hockey players, giant table hockey players wearing gold medals (as Canada won both the men's and women's tournaments), complete with a child dressed as a puck for said game, followed by voyageurs and lumberjacks in dancing canoes, bare-midriff dancing and ceiling hung maple leaves, and last but not least, several giant inflatable beavers and flying moose.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Cultural section
"The Maple Leaf Forever" was sung using a modern version rather than its traditional lyrics and was arranged in a medley with other pieces. Hockey Night in Canada's former, but still iconic, signature tune, "The Hockey Theme", was played during the giant-sized hockey match. The entrance of the voyageurs was accompanied by the traditional French-Canadian song "Envoyons d'l'avant nos gens" performed by La Bottine Souriante, while the cultural section ended with Bublé singing the last line of "O Canada". Audience members were provided with and encouraged to wear headgear fashioned into moose antlers.


2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Notable attendees
Aside from celebrities participating in the ceremony, mayors Robertson and Pakhomov, and members of the International Olympic Committee, the following notable people were in attendance: