2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
10 of the 12 skips are previous Canadian Junior Champions. Overton-Clapham won in 1989, Smith-Dacey in 1991, Holland in 1992, Jones in 1994, Scott in 1995, Larouche in 1999, Birt in 2001 & 2002, Kelly in 2005, Devereaux in 2007 and Homan in 2010. Only Kleibrink and Galusha have not previously won a Junior title. Had Kleibrink lost to 1996 champion Heather Nedohin in the Alberta final, it would have been 11 teams.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jennifer Jones Third: Kaitlyn Lawes Second: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn Askin Alternate: Janet Arnott


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Shannon Kleibrink Third: Amy Nixon Second: Bronwen Webster Lead: Chelsey Bell Alternate: Crystal Webster


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kelly ScottThird: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Jacquie ArmstrongAlternate: Shannon Aleksic


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Cathy Overton-Clapham Third: Karen Fallis Second: Leslie Wilson Lead: Raunora Westcott Alternate: Breanne Meakin


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Andrea Kelly Third: Denise Nowlan Second: Jillian Babin Lead: Lianne Sobey Alternate: Jodie DeSolla


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Stacie Devereaux Third: Stephanie Guzzwell Second: Sarah Paul Lead: Heather Martin Alternate: Julie Devereaux


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Heather Smith-Dacey Third: Danielle Parsons Second: Blisse Comstock Lead: Teri Lake Alternate: Melanie Comstock


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Rachel HomanThird: Emma MiskewSecond: Alison KreviazukLead: Lisa WeagleAlternate: Sherry Middaugh


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Suzanne Birt Third: Shelly Bradley Second: Robyn MacPhee Lead: Leslie MacDougall Alternate: Tricia Affleck


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Marie-France Larouche Third: Annie Lemay Second: Véronique Grégoire Lead: Véronique Brassard Alternate: Joëlle Sabourin


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Amber Holland Third: Kim SchneiderSecond: Tammy SchneiderLead: Heather KalenchukAlternate: Jolene Campbell


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kerry Galusha Third: Dawn Moses Second: Wendy Miller Lead: Shona Barbour Alternate: Sharon Cormier


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
By virtue of winning the 1 vs. 2 game, Jennifer Jones would start the game with hammer, and they had the right to choose the colour of stones. Jones picked red, giving Saskatchewan yellow. On Jones' first rock, she makes a double take out to sit two. Amber Holland attempts a freeze on the shot rock, but ends up rolling off of it into the open. This allows Jones the opportunity to hit it, which she does, sticking her rock and scoring three.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
Kim Schneider splits a Saskatchewan rock biting the house in, to sit two. Saskatchewan remains sitting two when Jones on her last rock of the end hits one and rolls out. Holland draws for her second point.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
Saskatchewan puts on the pressure without the hammer in the third end. On her last stone, Holland hits a Canada rock to sit three. Jones must draw to the full eight against three Saskatchewan stones to score a point, and is successful.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
On her last stone, Saskatchewan's Tammy Schneider makes a fluke double raise which promotes a Saskatchewan rock to the button. Jones plays the end to force Saskatchewan to the one point by playing guards. After Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes puts a second Canada stone frozen on to Saskatchewan's shot rock, the Saskatchewan team also opts to guard. On her last rock, Jones attempts a raise on her own onto the frozen rock, but it hits too little of it. Amber Holland has no shot for a second point, and opts to throw her final shot through the rings.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
After Kim Schneider rolls out on her second shot hit, Kaitlyn Lawes responds by hitting it a sitting two for Canada. Holland's final shot is a long double, which she jams leaving Canada sitting one. Jennifer Jones draws to an open house for her second point.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
On her final shot, Kim Schneider makes a nice draw around a corner guard. Jones then attempts to freeze on it, but wrecks on the guard, barely moving it. Holland then draws around it to sit two. Jones then decides to draw around her own stone sitting in the top 12 ft, but it is a tad heavy and ends up in the back 4 ft. Amber Holland navigates through a port with soft weight, bumping it out to score three.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
On her final shot, Amber Holland's hit to sit two, ends up rolling out, and therefore only sits one. Opting for a better shot at a deuce with hammer in the eighth, Jones peels out the Saskatchewan shot rock to blank the end.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
On her first rock, Jennifer Jones draws to the button behind cover to sit one. In an attempt to force Jones to a sole point, Amber Holland attempts a freeze on to the shot rock to narrow the scoring area. However, her stone corner freezes to shot rock, leaving it open, and giving Jones an intricate shot for two or three. Jones hits the Saskatchewan stone at the wrong angle, and only takes the one.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
On her first shot, Amber Holland's attempt at a come around behind a guard sticks out a bit, giving Jennifer Jones just enough of the rock to hit. This has Canada sitting one. Holland draws for a single point, tying the game going into the last end without hammer.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
In hopes of stealing a victory, Amber Holland opts to utilize the four rock rule, by having lead Heather Kalenchuk place a high centre line guard on her first rock. Jones responds by having lead Dawn Askin throw a rock in the rings to have the possible winning point. Holland calls for Kalenchuk to throw a tight guard to utilize the four rock rule once again, but she is heavy and it lands in the 12 ft, in front of Askin's rock. This gives Canada the permission to remove it, which Jones asks Askin to do.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
However, Askin flashes her stone, missing everything entirely. Tammy Schneider then places a tight guard for Saskatchewan. At this point, Canada can start removing guards, and Jill Officer can now remove the high guard, which she peels off. Tammy Schneider then replaces it, and it is once again removed by Officer. Kim Schneider then puts up another high centre line guard, but it is removed Kaitlyn Lawes. Kim Schneider on her second rock comes a bit heavy, ending up as a halfway guard. Jones opts to have Lawes remove it as well.


2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs, Final
At this point, Amber Holland decides to make her move by coming around the tight guard placed by Tammy Schneider. Her rock has good weight, but it is too far outside, and the entire rock is visible for Jennifer Jones to remove, and even roll in for shot. Jones does remove the stone, but instead rolls out to the 12 ft. On her final stone, Holland makes a perfect come around, landing on the button. This leaves Jones with a double run back on to it for the win. Jones almost makes the shot, but the Canada rock rolls further than the Saskatchewan rock, giving the title to Saskatchewan for the first time since 1997.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election
The 2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, the third-largest political party in the devolved Scottish Parliament. Ruth Davidson was declared the winner of the contest on 4 November 2011 and succeeded Annabel Goldie. The election was triggered when incumbent party leader Annabel Goldie resigned her position on 9 May 2011, after her party's self-described 'disappointing' result in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, where the Conservatives were reduced from 17 seats to 15.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election
However, a commission headed by Lord Sanderson in 2010 had outlined the need for a leadership election directly after the 2011 elections, and had been critical of the party's then-current leadership and conduct. Four candidates stood in the contest, all of whom were MSPs: Ruth Davidson, Murdo Fraser, Jackson Carlaw and Margaret Mitchell. The contest sparked intense debate within the party, with Murdo Fraser standing on a platform of disbanding the Scottish Conservatives in favour of establishing a wholly new, centre-right Scottish party, which would be autonomous but allied to the Conservative Party in England and Wales. His idea was rejected by his three opponents; however, it had support from over half of the MSP group. After a ballot using the single transferable vote method, Ruth Davidson defeated Fraser by a margin of 566 votes.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Background, The Sanderson Commission
After the 2010 UK general election, David Cameron's Conservatives were the largest party and subsequently formed a government through a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. In Scotland, however, the party had gained no seats, and David Mundell remained the party's only Scottish MP. A committee then was established to analyse the situation, headed by Lord Sanderson, with Lord Forsyth also contributing.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Background, The Sanderson Commission
The commission also stated the need to hold a leadership election after the Scottish parliamentary election, as no leadership election by that point had been held by the Scottish Conservatives. Both David McLetchie and Annabel Goldie were selected as leaders with no ballot taking place.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Background, 2011 Scottish Parliament election
For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the party campaigned on what it called 'common sense for Scotland' and outlined the requirement to re-introduce university tuition fees and prescription charges, and emphasized what the party had helped pass through parliament as a minority force in the period from 2007 to 2011: 1,000 extra police officers, a four-year council tax freeze and a £60m town regeneration fund.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Background, 2011 Scottish Parliament election
In the election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) under Alex Salmond won an unprecedented majority of seats, gaining 69 of the 129 available. The Conservative result was self-described as 'disappointing', as the party was reduced from 17 seats to 15. The party lost three of its six notionally-held constituency seats, including former party leader David McLetchie in Edinburgh Pentlands and Jackson Carlaw in Eastwood, although both individuals later returned to parliament on the regional list. Whilst the Conservatives could take comfort knowing that their losses were slight compared to those suffered by Labour and the Liberal Democrats, Annabel Goldie announced her resignation as party leader four days after the election.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Jackson Carlaw MSP
Jackson Carlaw had been MSP for the West Scotland region since 2007 and was the then party spokesman on energy, transport and climate change. He was previously the deputy chairman of the Scottish Conservatives, chairman of the party's youth wing, Conservative Future Scotland, and board member of the UK-wide Conservatives. He had unsuccessfully contested the Scottish Parliament constituency of Eastwood three times, holding a notional majority of over 3,500 votes on the third occasion. He was the first contender to declare their candidacy, on 10 August 2011, and launched his campaign on 2 September.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Jackson Carlaw MSP
Carlaw was described as being on the right of the party, and was against transferring further powers to Holyrood. Upon launching his campaign, he declared that the referendum on Scottish independence should take place before any discussion over further devolution. He also declared that he was the "unity option" for party members.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
Murdo Fraser had been MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2001, party spokesman on health and the deputy leader of the party between 2005–11. A former chairman of the Scottish Young Conservatives (1989–92), he unsuccessfully contested the seat of Tayside North five times at the Scottish and Westminster elections. He belonged to the Conservative Christian Fellowship, the Scotland Malawi Partnership and had been Parliamentary Advisor to the Autism Treatment Trust. Fraser declared his candidacy on 26 August.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
Regarded as being to the right of the party, Fraser supported greater tax and spending powers for the Scottish Parliament in the form of further financial devolution. On 1 September, Fraser outlined his vision for 'New Unionism', with the intention of 'killing independence' and then 'break[ing] the SNP'. He stated his rejection of full fiscal autonomy for Scotland, calling it 'independence in disguise', but pledged support for financial devolution, which he claimed would make Parliament more accountable for the money it spends.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
On 4 September, Fraser made a high-profile announcement, that if elected, he would disband the party in favour of setting up a new centre-right party fully autonomous of the UK Conservative Party, but would take the Conservative whip at Westminster. Fraser stated that this would be done to 'de-toxify' the party in Scotland, saying that it would have a distinct Scottish identity, would represent Scottish values, would support devolution and decentralisation, and would fight to maintain Scotland's place within the United Kingdom.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
He also would rename the party – dropping the name 'Conservative' – with possible new names cited as Scottish Reform Party, Scottish Unionists, The Scottish Progressives, the Progressive Conservatives, Scotland First, Scotland Forward, Caledonian Party or The Caledonians. The name 'Unionist' was downplayed, so as to avoid connotation to Northern Ireland sectarianism, and because a smaller Scottish Unionist Party also existed, this rendered a change to this name impossible under electoral law.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
The plan would see a return to the situation of conservatism in Scotland between 1912 and 1965, when the Scottish Unionist Party was completely autonomous of the Conservative Party in England and Wales, but took the Conservative whip at Westminster, and even contributed two UK Prime Ministers: Bonar Law and Alec Douglas-Home. Fraser noted that during this time the then-known Unionists achieved their best result in Scotland; in 1955, they won more seats than Labour, and took over 50% of the vote, a feat that no political party had achieved in a Scottish election since.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
However, after the events of 1965, when the Unionist Party merged into the UK-wide Conservative Party, the party began a decline which culminated in the loss of all Scottish Conservative seats in 1997. Fraser also cited examples of the situation existing successfully in other countries, for instance the centre-right Christian Social Union of Bavaria took the whip of the German Christian Democratic Union in the German parliament, but maintained autonomy as a party.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
On 11 October Fraser outlined ten pledges to fulfill, shown below, were he to win the contest:


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Murdo Fraser MSP
Fraser declared his opposition to the centralisation of Scottish police forces on 25 October, saying: "Such a centralisation of power is incompatible with a belief in localism that is common across western European centre-right parties".


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Ruth Davidson MSP
Ruth Davidson had been MSP for the Glasgow region since 2011 and party spokeswoman on culture. She formerly contested the Westminster seat of Glasgow East at a by-election in 2009 and at the 2010 General Election. Davidson declared her candidacy on 4 September, the same day that Murdo Fraser made his pitch to disband the Scottish Conservatives and start up a new party.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Ruth Davidson MSP
Davidson was described as more politically moderate than her main opponents and she opposed the notion of Scottish Conservatives separating from the UK-wide party and renaming itself.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Margaret Mitchell MSP
A former Justice of the Peace, Mitchell had represented the Central Scotland region in the Scottish Parliament since 2003. She declared in July her support for Lord Forsyth, however Forsyth declared his backing for another candidate in September. On the day of nominations closing on 23 September, Mitchell declared that she would stand in the contest, having received the necessary 100 nominations.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Candidates, Margaret Mitchell MSP
She opposed the Scotland Bill 2011, calling its proposal to vary tax by 10p as 'crazy', and voiced opposition to the idea of Scottish Conservatives disbanding into a new centre-right party.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to Murdo Fraser's proposal
Murdo Fraser announced on 4 September 2011 his idea to disband the Scottish Conservatives and create a new centre-right party. The idea received mixed reception amongst senior Conservatives, with former Scottish Secretary under John Major Lord Forsyth calling the plan 'ludicrous'. However, his predecessor under Margaret Thatcher, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, called it 'refreshing' and stated that it should be given serious consideration.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to Murdo Fraser's proposal
The Education Secretary Michael Gove, who was born and raised in Scotland but represents an English constituency, welcomed the idea, calling it a sign of genuine 'revival, political and intellectually' of the centre-right in Scotland, whereas former Defence Secretary Liam Fox, also a Scot representing an English constituency, stated that he opposed the idea. No word was received on Prime Minister David Cameron's viewpoint; however, his close ally Francis Maude pledged support for the idea.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to Murdo Fraser's proposal
Scotland Office minister David Mundell, the only Scottish Conservative MP, initially said that it would "take a very great deal of convincing" to make him support the idea, but later came out in stark opposition to the plan, calling it 'betrayal' and stated that he would still run as a Conservative at the next general election whether or not Fraser was successful. Several other senior Conservative figures, including Norman Tebbit and Daniel Hannan supported Fraser's plan.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to Murdo Fraser's proposal
Fraser was backed by over half the MSP group, though all three of the other leadership contenders oppose the idea. Rival candidate Jackson Carlaw called the idea a 'distraction', and said it would 'divide and not unite the party'.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Campaign controversy
On 5 October 2011, the Scottish Conservative media director Ramsay Jones was suspended from his duties during the leadership contest, after it was revealed that he had met Davidson and her campaign team in her flat on Sunday, 18 September. This breached his impartial status. However, Jones was reinstated in his role after Davidson was elected leader.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Campaign controversy
On 11 September 2011, Davidson sacked her election agent and parliamentary assistant Ross McFarlane after a newspaper unearthed camera footage of McFarlane drunkenly trying to burn a European Union flag while someone else off camera made anti-Catholic sectarian remarks in a Glasgow street in November 2010.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Campaign hustings
A series of hustings took place during the campaign, in which the four contestants debated one another.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result
Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron congratulated Davidson on her win, saying that he looked "forward to working with her to strengthen the Union and build a better future for Scotland". Outgoing Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie also offered congratulations, stating her confidence that "[Davidson] is more than equal" to challenging Alex Salmond." Murdo Fraser conceded defeat, saying he was "disappointed that I was not able to persuade more of our members that my vision for the future is the correct one", but pledged to support Davidson as leader.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result
First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond congratulated Davidson, but noted that Davidson had a large task ahead in motivating her party. Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray said that following in Annabel Goldie's footsteps would be a "big task" for Davidson, while the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie expressed willingness to work with her against the majority SNP government.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result
The day after the result, leading Scottish Conservative supporter Paul McBride QC resigned from the party citing disagreements, particularly with their policy on anti-sectarianism legislation; McBride accused Davidson of having "no policies".


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result
In an interview with the BBC, leading party donor John McGlynn, who had supported Murdo Fraser, warned Davidson that she had a difficult job ahead of her and needed to develop policies that "resonated" with the Scottish people, claiming that the next 7-10 days would be especially critical. McGlynn said that the view amongst other party donors was "mixed", and that he believed Davidson was elected with "interference from the center".


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result
Murdo Fraser refused a post in the new Shadow Cabinet, but was tipped to eventually lead the Scottish Conservative campaign to secure a 'No' vote in the forthcoming referendum.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result, Post leadership election events
In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, the Conservatives gained 16 MSPs, beating the Labour Party into third place. Ruth Davidson subsequently became the leader of the second largest party in the Parliament; Murdo Fraser was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, and Jackson Carlaw was appointed as party Deputy Leader, as well as the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Reaction to result, Post leadership election events
In the 2017 UK general election, the Scottish Conservatives gained 12 seats from the SNP, including Alex Salmond (former First Minister and Leader of the SNP) and Angus Robertson (Deputy Leader of the SNP).


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
9 May – Annabel Goldie announces her resignation as Scottish Conservative leader.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
5 Aug – John Lamont, after much speculation, announces that he will not stand in the leadership contest.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
10 Aug – Jackson Carlaw declares he will stand in the contest.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
26 Aug – Murdo Fraser declares he will stand in the contest.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
29 Aug – Struan Stevenson MEP, Alex Johnstone MSP, Alex Fergusson MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
2 Sep – Jackson Carlaw officially launches his leadership campaign in Glasgow.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
4 Sep – Murdo Fraser makes the high-profile announcement that if elected leader, he would disband the Scottish Conservatives and seek to create a new centre-right party, autonomous but allied to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing for Ruth Davidson and states that should Fraser win, Mundell would still run as a Conservative at the 2015 election.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
10 Oct – Ballot papers are distributed to Scottish Conservative party members.


2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Timeline of events
4 Nov – Ruth Davidson is declared the new leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.


2011 Scottish Cup Final
The 2011 Scottish Cup Final was the 126th final of the Scottish Cup, Scottish football's most prestigious knockout association football competition. The match took place at Hampden Park on 21 May 2011 and was played by Scottish Premier League clubs Motherwell and Celtic. It was Celtic's 54th Scottish Cup final and Motherwell's seventh. Celtic won the title after they defeated Motherwell 3–0. The win was Neil Lennon's first trophy as Celtic's manager.


2011 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Motherwell
Motherwell entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against Dundee at Dens Park and won 4–0 thanks to goals from John Sutton (2), Steve Jennings and Jamie Murphy. Motherwell then took on Stranraer at Stair Park winning 2–0 thanks to goals from Steve Jones and John Sutton, In the quarter-final Motherwell took the journey back to Dundee to take on Dundee United at Tannadice Park, the match ended in a 2–2 draw, with both of Motherwell's goals coming from Sutton. Motherwell were then comfortable 3–0 winners in the replay back at Fir Park with goals from Murphy, Chris Humphrey and Francis Jeffers. In the semi-final, Motherwell took on St Johnstone at Hampden Park again coming out 3–0 winners with goals from Stephen Craigan, Murphy and Sutton.


2011 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Motherwell
Prior to this Scottish Cup final, Motherwell have won two Scottish Cups, the last of which was in 1991.


2011 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
Celtic also entered the competition in the fourth round. They began their campaign against Berwick Rangers at Shielfield Park coming out 2–0 winners, with goals from Daniel Majstorović and Scott Brown. Celtic then made the journey across Glasgow to Ibrox Stadium to take on their Old Firm rivals Rangers, the match ended in a 2–2 draw with Celtic's goals coming from Commons and Brown. Then in the replay Celtic were narrow 1–0 winners thanks to a goal from Mark Wilson. In the quarter-final, Celtic took the long journey to Inverness to take on Inverness CT. Celtic came out 2–1 winners, with both goals coming from Joe Ledley. Celtic were then 4–0 comfortable winners in the semi-final at Hampden Park against Aberdeen through goals from Charlie Mulgrew, Ledley, Commons from the penalty spot and Shaun Maloney.


2011 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
Prior to this Scottish Cup final, Celtic have won 34 Scottish Cups, making them the most successful team in the tournament's history. Their last success was in 2007.


2011 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage
In the UK the Scottish Cup Final was shown live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme and also on Sky Sports 2 & Sky Sports HD2.


2011 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage
Commentary of the match on radio was from BBC Radio Scotland.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
The 2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Labour Party. The election followed the announcement by Iain Gray that he would stand down as leader in the autumn of 2011 following the party's heavy defeat to the Scottish National Party in May's Scottish Parliament general election. Gray won the previous contest in September 2008.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
It was the third Scottish Labour leadership election in four years, the first being caused by the resignation of Jack McConnell following the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, and the second by Wendy Alexander's resignation.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
Running concurrently was a deputy leadership election, triggered by Johann Lamont's decision to run in the leadership election.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
The leader of the Keep Scotland in Britain campaign was to be decided once the outcome of the Scottish Labour leadership election was known.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election
Johann Lamont was elected as leader, and Anas Sarwar as deputy leader.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations
Any Scottish Labour MP (Member of Parliament), MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) or MEP (Member of the European Parliament) may stand for election as either leader or deputy leader. Successful nomination requires the support of 12.5% of the total number of Scottish Labour's parliamentarians in the Scottish Parliament, the House of Commons, and the European Parliament, with any candidate needing at least one nomination from two of these three institutions. At the opening of formal nominations at the Scottish Labour conference on 29 October, the party had a total of 80 such parliamentarians, meaning a total of 10 nominations was required.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations
Once the nomination process by parliamentarians is complete, supporting nominations made be made for each candidate by Scottish Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), trade unions that are affiliated to the Labour Party, affiliated socialist societies, Scottish Young Labour, and individual local councillors.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations
This will be the first leadership elections that use this nomination procedure, which was devised by the Review of the Labour Party in Scotland, conducted by Jim Murphy MP and Sarah Boyack MSP following the party's heavy defeat to the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliament election held in May 2011.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates
At the close of nominations, three candidates had secured the required level of parliamentary nominations to secure a position on the ballot paper.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Tom Harris MP
Profile - MP for the Glasgow South constituency since 2001 (Glasgow Cathcart from 2001–2005). Former minister at the Department for Transport.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Tom Harris MP
Policies - Opposes the Scottish Government's policy on alcohol pricing.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Tom Harris MP
Parliamentary nominations - MPs: Douglas Alexander, Anne Begg, Sheila Gilmore, Tom Greatrex, Tom Harris, Eric Joyce, Michael McCann, Ann McKechin, Iain McKenzie, Ian Murray, Pamela Nash, John Robertson. MEPs: David Martin.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Johann Lamont MSP
Profile - MSP for the Glasgow Pollok constituency since 1999, Scottish Labour deputy leader since 2008.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Johann Lamont MSP
Policies - Opposes the Scottish Government's policy on alcohol pricing.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Johann Lamont MSP
Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Jackie Baillie, Richard Baker, Claudia Beamish, Sarah Boyack, Malcolm Chisholm, Helen Eadie, Patricia Ferguson, Neil Findlay, James Kelly, Johann Lamont, Hanzala Malik, Paul Martin, Siobhan McMahon, Duncan McNeil, Anne McTaggart, Elaine Murray, John Pentland, Drew Smith, Elaine Smith, David Stewart. MPs: Katy Clark, Michael Connarty, Cathy Jamieson, Jim McGovern, Sandra Osborne, Fiona O'Donnell, Jim Sheridan.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Ken Macintosh MSP
Policies - Opposes the Scottish Government's policy on alcohol pricing, return First ScotRail and the Scottish bus network back into public ownership.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Leadership - nominated candidates, Ken Macintosh MSP
Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Claire Baker, Neil Bibby, Kezia Dugdale, Mary Fee, Mark Griffin, Ken Macintosh, Margaret McCulloch, Margaret McDougall, Jenny Marra, Michael McMahon, John Park, Graeme Pearson, Richard Simpson. MPs: Willie Bain, Gordon Banks, Alistair Darling, Russell Brown, Thomas Docherty, Brian Donohoe, Frank Doran, Gemma Doyle, Mark Lazarowicz, Anne McGuire, Jim Murphy, Frank Roy. MEPs: Catherine Stihler.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates
At the close of nominations, three candidates had secured the required parliamentary nominations to achieve a place on the ballot paper.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates, Ian Davidson MP
Profile - MP for the Glasgow South West constituency since 1992, (Glasgow Govan 1992-1997, Glasgow Pollok 1997-2005). Chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee since 2010.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates, Ian Davidson MP
Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Neil Findlay, Elaine Smith. MPs: Katy Clark, Michael Connarty, Ian Davidson, Brian Donohoe, Jim McGovern, Sandra Osborne, John Robertson, Jim Sheridan. MEPs: David Martin.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates, Lewis Macdonald MSP
Profile - MSP for the Aberdeen Central constituency, 1999-2011. MSP for the North East Scotland region since 2011.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates, Lewis Macdonald MSP
Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Richard Baker, Malcolm Chisholm, Helen Eadie, Mary Fee, Lewis Macdonald, Margaret McCulloch, Margaret McDougall, Elaine Murray, Richard Simpson, David Stewart. MPs: Anne Begg, Frank Doran, Tom Harris.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates, Anas Sarwar MP
Profile - MP for the Glasgow Central constituency since 2010.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - nominated candidates, Anas Sarwar MP
Parliamentary nominations - MSPs: Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Claudia Beamish, Neil Bibby, Kezia Dugdale, Patricia Ferguson, Mark Griffin, James Kelly, Hanzala Malik, Jenny Marra, Paul Martin, Michael McMahon, Siobhan McMahon, Duncan McNeil, Anne McTaggart, John Park, Graeme Pearson, John Pentland, Drew Smith. MPs: Douglas Alexander, Willie Bain, Gordon Banks, Russell Brown, Tom Clarke, Alistair Darling, Thomas Docherty, Gemma Doyle, Sheila Gilmore, Tom Greatrex, Jim Hood, Cathy Jamieson, Eric Joyce, Mark Lazarowicz, Michael McCann, Gregg McClymont, Anne McGuire, Iain McKenzie, Jim Murphy, Ian Murray, Pamela Nash, Fiona O'Donnell, Frank Roy, Anas Sarwar. MEPs: Catherine Stihler.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Candidates and nominations, Deputy leadership - unsuccessful candidates
Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray sought nomination for the deputy leadership, and had acquired 4 nominations before withdrawing from the contest on 3 November. Following her withdrawal, Murray nominated Lewis Macdonald.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Hustings
In the run up to the opening of the ballot, Scottish Labour will host a series of hustings events across Scotland.


2011 Scottish Labour leadership election, Result
The election was conducted through a postal ballot, and counted using the alternative vote method in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to Labour's MSPs, Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, a third to individual members of the Scottish Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions and socialist societies. Under the alternative vote, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated at each round until one candidate has a majority of votes (i.e., one more than half).


2011 Scottish League Cup Final
The 2011 Scottish League Cup Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Scottish League Cup, the 65th season of the Scottish League Cup. It was played by Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers. Rangers won the trophy after extra time 2–1.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
As Celtic had been competing in Europe, they entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against Inverness Caledonian Thistle and they beat Caley 6–0, thanks to goals from Georgios Samaras (3), Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes (2). Celtic then traveled to Perth, where they played St Johnstone. Two goals by Stokes and one from Niall McGinn gave The Bhoys a comfortable 3–0 lead, but the Saints later came back into the game after goals from Sam Parkin and Murray Davidson. Celtic finally won 3–2. In the semi final, Celtic played Aberdeen, who had been beaten earlier in the season by Celtic 9–0 and 1–0. Celtic scored four goals in 34 minutes (Kris Commons, Charlie Mulgrew, Thomas Rogne and Anthony Stokes) and eventually won 4–1.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
This League Cup final was the 28th in Celtic's history. They have won 14 of them, the last in 2009, which means Celtic are the second-most successful team in the history of the tournament.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the Final, Rangers
As Rangers also had been competing in Europe, they entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign at home against First Division side Dunfermline Athletic and beat The Pars 7–2, thanks to goals from Nikica Jelavic (2) Kyle Lafferty (3), Madjid Bougherra and Steven Naismith. In the next round Rangers travelled to Rugby Park, where they played Kilmarnock in an all-SPL cup tie. The Gers won 2–0 thanks to goals from Andrew Little and Naismith. In the semi final, Rangers played Motherwell, who had been beaten earlier by Rangers twice in the league 4–1. Rangers scored first, but Maurice Edu's strike was cancelled out by a Keith Lasley second half goal. Rangers then scored again, thanks to Naismith's third goal in this season's competition and Walter Smith's men triumphed 2–1.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the Final, Rangers
This League Cup final was the 34th in Rangers' history. They have won 27 of them, which means Rangers are the most successful team in the history of the tournament.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Media coverage
In the UK, the final was broadcast live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme with build-up starting at 14:30 UTC.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Media coverage
Commentary of the match on radio was from BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.


2011 Scottish League Cup Final, Media coverage
In Ireland the 2011 Scottish League Cup Final was broadcast live on Setanta Ireland.


2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election
The 2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election was triggered by the resignation of party leader Tavish Scott on 7 May 2011, due to the very poor showing of the party at the 2011 Scottish parliament election, in which the Liberal Democrats only returned 5 MSPs and lost 12.


2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election
Nominations for party leader closed on 17 May 2011, and with Willie Rennie the only declared candidate, he was elected to the position unopposed.


2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election, Suggested Candidates
There were only four other Scottish Liberal Democrat MSPs currently sitting in the Scottish Parliament: Jim Hume, Liam McArthur and Alison McInnes and Tavish Scott, the former party leader. Although Liam McArthur was mentioned as a possible contender, most media believed that it was unlikely that another candidate would stand due to the small size of the party making a leadership contest and ballot undesirable, as turned out to be the case.


2011 Scottish Parliament election
The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.


2011 Scottish Parliament election
The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the Additional Member System used to elect MSPs was allegedly originally implemented to prevent any party achieving an overall parliamentary majority. The Scottish National Party (SNP) won a landslide of 69 seats, the most the party has ever held at either a Holyrood or Westminster election, allowing leader Alex Salmond to remain as First Minister of Scotland for a second term. The SNP gained 32 constituencies, twenty two from Scottish Labour, nine from the Scottish Liberal Democrats and one from the Scottish Conservatives.


2011 Scottish Parliament election
Such was the scale of their gains that, of the 73 constituencies in Scotland, only 20 came to be represented by MSPs of other political parties. Scottish Labour lost seven seats and suffered their worst election defeat in Scotland since 1931, with huge losses in their traditional Central Belt constituencies and for the first time having to rely on the regional lists to elect members within these areas. They did, however, remain the largest opposition party. Party leader Iain Gray announced his resignation following his party's disappointing result.


2011 Scottish Parliament election
The Scottish Liberal Democrats were soundly defeated; their popular vote share was cut in half and their seat total reduced from 17 to 5. Tavish Scott announced his resignation as party leader shortly after the election. For Scottish Conservatives, the election proved disappointing as their popular vote dropped slightly and their number of seats fell by 2, with party leader Annabel Goldie also announcing her resignation.


2011 Scottish Parliament election
During the campaign, the four main party leaders engaged in a series of televised debates, as they had in every previous general election. These key debates were held on 29 March (STV), 1 May (BBC), and 3 May (STV). The results of the election were broadcast live on BBC Scotland and STV, on the night of the election.


2011 Scottish Parliament election
It was the fourth general election since the devolved parliament was established in 1999 and was held on the same day as elections to the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, as well as English local elections and the UK-wide referendum on the alternative vote.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Date
Under the Scotland Act 1998, an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament was held on the first Thursday in May four years after the 2007 election.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Date
Because of the problems of voter confusion and a high number of spoilt ballots in 2007 due to holding Scottish parliamentary and local elections simultaneously and under different voting systems, the next Scottish local elections were held in 2012 instead of 2011. This policy decision was contradicted, however, by the staging of the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011 as well. Labour MP Ian Davidson expressed opposition to the referendum being staged on the same date as other elections. Scottish Secretary Michael Moore stated that having the referendum on another date would cost an additional £17 million.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Date
British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Scotland who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Friday 15 April 2011, though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Tuesday 26 April 2011 to register.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Date
It was held on the same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 local councils, the Northern Irish Assembly and Welsh Assembly elections, a number of local elections in England and the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Boundary Review
The table below shows the notional figures for seats won by each party at the last election. The Conservatives have been the biggest gainers as a result of the boundary changes, winning an extra three seats, while Labour has lost the most seats, losing two overall.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The total number of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) elected to the Parliament is 129.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The First Periodical Review of the Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions by the Boundary Commission for Scotland was announced on 3 July 2007. The Commission published its provisional proposals for the regional boundaries in 2009.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The Scottish Parliament uses an Additional Members System, designed to produce approximate proportional representation for each region. There are 8 regions each sub-divided into smaller constituencies. There are a total of 73 constituencies. Each constituency elects one (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Each region elects seven additional member MSPs using an additional member system. A modified D'Hondt method, using the constituency results, is used to calculate which additional member MSPs the regions elect.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The Scottish Parliament constituencies have not been coterminous with Scottish Westminster constituencies since the 2005 general election, when the 72 former Westminster constituencies were replaced with a new set of 59, generally larger, constituencies (see Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004).


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
For details of the Revised proposals for constituencies at the Next Scottish Parliament election - Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions from 2011


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The Boundary Commission have also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The recommendations can be summarised below;


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Retiring MSPs
At the dissolution of Parliament on 22 March 2011, twenty MSPs were not seeking re-election.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
The parliament was dissolved on 22 March 2011 and the campaign began thereafter. The Conservatives saw 3 of their candidates drop out of the election during the period 25–28 March: Malcolm McAskill from the Glasgow regional ballot, Iain Whyte from the Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn constituency ballot and David Meikle from the Glasgow regional ballot.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
The Liberal Democrat regional candidate for the Central Scotland region Hugh O'Donnell also withdrew on 27 March, citing discontent with the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition at Westminster. Another Liberal Democrat, John Farquhar Munro, came out in support of Alex Salmond for First Minister, even though he also claimed not to support the SNP. In the Clydesdale constituency, the Liberal Democrat candidate John Paton-Day failed to lodge his papers in time for the nomination deadline, leaving the constituency as the only one in Scotland with no Liberal Democrat candidate. On 17 April, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott described himself as 'uncomfortable' with his Scottish party being 'related' to the Conservatives due to the coalition at Westminster.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
A televised debate between the four main party leaders was shown on STV on 29 March, with SNP leader Alex Salmond and Conservative leader Annabel Goldie identified as the strongest performers. The Scottish Sun newspaper came out in support of the SNP's campaign to win a second term, even though the newspaper does not back independence.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
Whilst campaigning in Glasgow Central station, the Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray was ambushed by a group of anti-cuts protestors who chased him into a nearby fast-food outlet. The same protesters had already targeted Conservative leader Annabel Goldie a month earlier. On 27 April, Iain Gray and SNP leader Alex Salmond were both present simultaneously in an Ardrossan branch of the Asda supermarket chain; both parties alleged that the other party's leader 'ran away' from the possibility of an encounter with the other.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Policy platforms
The main parties contesting the election all outlined the following main aims:


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Parties contesting the election, Contesting constituency and regional ballot
Only the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Conservative Party contested all constituencies.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Opinion polls
In March 2011, two months before the election, Labour held a double-digit lead over the SNP in the opinion polls, 44% to 29%. The SNP's support subsequently rallied, with the two parties level in April polling. In the final poll on the eve of the election, the SNP were eleven points clear of Labour.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Opinion polls
The chart shows the relative state of the parties since polling began from 2009, until the date of the election. The constituency vote is shown as semi-transparent lines, while the regional vote is shown in full lines.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Result
The election produced a majority SNP government, making this the first time in the Scottish Parliament where a party had commanded a parliamentary majority. The SNP took 16 seats from Labour, many of whose key figures failed to be returned to parliament, although Labour leader Iain Gray retained East Lothian by 151 votes. The SNP took a further eight seats from the Liberal Democrats and one seat from the Conservatives. The SNP overall majority meant that there was sufficient support in the Scottish Parliament to hold a referendum on Scottish independence.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Result
Labour's defeat was attributed to several factors: the party focused too heavily on criticising the Conservative-led coalition at Westminster, and assumed that former Lib Dem voters would automatically switch their vote to Labour, when in fact they appeared to have haemorrhaged support to the SNP. Jackie Baillie compared the result to Labour's performance in the 1983 UK general election. Iain Gray conceded defeat to Alex Salmond and announced his intention to resign as leader of the Labour group of MSPs that autumn.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Result
The election saw a rout of the Liberal Democrats, with no victories in mainland constituencies and 25 lost deposits (candidates gaining less than five per cent of the vote). Leader Tavish Scott said their performance was due to the Liberal Democrats' involvement in the Westminster Government, which had been unpopular with many former LibDem supporters. Scott resigned as leader two days after the election.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Result
For the Conservatives, the main disappointment was the loss of Edinburgh Pentlands, the seat of former party leader David McLetchie, to the SNP. McLetchie was elected on the Lothian regional list and the Conservatives only made a net loss of five seats, with leader Annabel Goldie claiming that their support had held firm. Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated the SNP on the result, but vowed to campaign for the Union in any independence referendum.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Result
The Scottish Greens won two seats, including their co-convenor Patrick Harvie. Margo MacDonald again won election as an independent on the Lothian regional list. George Galloway, under a Unionist anti-cuts banner, failed to receive enough votes to be elected to the Glasgow regional list.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Result
The SNP's overall majority assured Salmond of another term as First Minister, and he was reelected unopposed on 18 May.


2011 Scottish Parliament election, Top target seats of the main parties
Below are listed all the constituencies which required a swing of less than 5% from the 2007 result to change hands. Because the election was fought under new boundaries, the figures are based on notional results from 2007.


2011 Scottish Professional Championship
The 2011 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 14 April at the Lucky Break Snooker Club in Clydebank, Scotland. The tournament was last held in 1989, where John Rea defeated Murdo MacLeod 9–7 in the final.


2011 Scottish Professional Championship
John Higgins won in the final 6–1 against Anthony McGill.


2011 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel rallies and one tarmac event. Points are awarded to the top placed drivers and the driver scoring the highest number of points over the season is declared Champion


2011 Scottish Rally Championship
The 2011 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 19 February, with the season finale taking place around Aberfeldy on 1 October. 2011 sees the commencement of a two-year partnership with leading motorsport tyre manufacture, DMACK Tyres.


2011 Scottish Rally Championship
David Bogie began the year as defending champion after winning six out of the eight events in 2010.


2011 Scottish Rally Championship
Following the Speyside stages in August, David Bogie was declared champion for the third successive year despite there being two events remaining. A magnificent 4 wins out of 6 events so far means that, due to the SRC nominate 6 best results out of 8 rule, he is uncatchable in the title race.


2011 Scottish Rally Championship, 2011 Calendar
In season 2011, as in 2010, there will be 8 events held on a variety of surfaces.


2011 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers Points Classification
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the Championship, competitors will count their best 6 scores out of 8 events as his/her final overall Championship score.


2011 Scottish Women's Cup
The 2011 Scottish Women's Cup is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football Leagues are eligible to enter, with Premier League clubs receiving a bye to the Second Round. The tournament is known as the Henson Projects Scottish Cup after a sponsorship arrangement.


2011 Scottish Women's Cup, First round
Aberdeen City, Stenhousemuir, Troon and Viewfield Rovers all received byes to the Second Round.


2011 Scottish Women's Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the Quarter-finals took place live on Real Radio on 29 August 2011.


2011 Scottish Women's Cup, Semifinals
The draw for the Semifinals took place on 28 September 2011.


2011 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2011  Women's Premier League is the tenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of Women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.


2011 Scottish Women's Premier League
A total of eleven teams are contesting the league. Celtic Reserves won the 2010 Scottish Women's First Division but were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League. Thus Hutchison Vale as second-place finishers were promoted and replaced the relegated Aberdeen. Dundee United Sports Club and Boroughmuir Thistle resigned from the league before the season commenced, resulting in Falkirk being offered promotion in February 2011.


2011 Scottish Women's Premier League
On the 17th matchday Glasgow City secured their fifth straight Scottish title.


2011 Scottish Women's Premier League
Owing to a lack of clubs eligible to be promoted, FC Kilmarnock Ladies were spared relegation and will compete in the Premier League in 2012.


2011 Scottish Women's Premier League, Teams, Stadia and locations
The most regular home ground is shown though many clubs play matches at other venues throughout the season.


2011 Scottish Women's Premier League, League standings
FC Kilmarnock Ladies fielded an ineligible player in their 2–0 victory over Falkirk on 26 June 2011. The result was annulled and a 3–0 win awarded to Falkirk.


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final
The 2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Scottish Youth Cup, the 27th season of the Scottish Youth Cup. It was played by the U19 sides of Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers.


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
Celtic entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against Dundee winning 6–1 at Lennoxtown, thanks to goals from Patrik Twardzik, Callum Bagshaw, Callum McGregor, Stephen O'Donnell and Liam Gormley (2). Celtic then played Airdrie United again at Lennoxtown. Goals by James Keatings, Callum McGregor, Filip Twardzik, Patrik Twardzik and Liam Gormley gave The Bhoys a comfortable 5–1 win. In the quarter final, Celtic played Stenhousemuir again taking place at Lennoxtown.


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
It took Celtic until the 43rd minute to break the deadlock through James Keatings, the other goals came from Filip Twardzik, Liam Gormley and Bahrudin Atajić therefore Celtic ran out 4–0 winners. Celtic then took on Livingston in the semi-finals, yet another home match, however, this time the match took place at Celtic Park with Celtic running out 3-0 winners courtesy of goals from Filip Twardzik and James Keatings (2).


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Celtic
This Youth Cup final was the 15th in Celtic's history. They had won 10 of them prior to this final, the last in 2010, which means Celtic are the most successful team in the history of the tournament.


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Rangers
Rangers entered the competition in the third round. They began their campaign against Deveronvale emphatically winning 13–0 at Rangers Training Centre, thanks to goals from Max Wright (4), Kal Naismith (4), Rhys McCabe (3), Robbie Crawford and Darren Cole. Rangers then played Hamilton Academical again at Rangers Training Centre. Goals by Kane Hemmings (2) (1st pen. ), and Max Wright gave The Gers a 3-2 win. In the quarter final, Rangers played Ayr United, this time it was an away match, taking place at Somerset Park.


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Rangers
Rangers eventually won 6-2 after being 2-1 down at half-time, scorers for Rangers were Andy Mitchell (2), Kal Naismith, Kyle McAusland, Rhys McCabe and Dylan McGeouch. Rangers then took on Hibernian in the semi-finals, another home match, however, this time the match took place at Ibrox with Rangers running out narrow 1-0 winners courtesy of a goal from Chris Hegarty.


2011 Scottish Youth Cup Final, Route to the Final, Rangers
This Youth Cup final was the 13th in Rangers' history. They had won 5 of them prior to this final, the last in 2008, which means Rangers are the second-most successful team in the history of the tournament.


2011 Scream Awards
The 2011 Scream Awards was the name of the seventh annual Scream Awards, an award show dedicated to the horror, sci-fi, and fantasy genres of feature films, television and comic books. The event was taped October 15, 2011 on the Universal Studios lot and aired as a two-hour show on October 18 on Spike.


2011 Scream Awards
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and X-Men: First Class led the nominees with 14 nominations each. Other notable nominees included Captain America: The First Avenger (11 nominations), Thor (nine), True Blood (seven), Game of Thrones (seven) and AMC’s The Walking Dead (six). Voting was done by fans who visit the Spike website.


2011 Seal Beach shooting
On October 12, 2011, a mass shooting occurred at the Salon Meritage hair salon in Seal Beach, California. Eight people inside the salon and one person in the parking lot were shot, and only one victim survived. It was the deadliest mass killing in Orange County history.


2011 Seal Beach shooting
Scott Evans Dekraai, who was involved in a custody dispute with his ex-wife (one of the shooting victims), pleaded guilty to the shooting on May 2, 2014. On September 22, 2017, Dekraai was sentenced to eight terms of life imprisonment without parole and one term of seven years to life for attempted murder.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Shooting
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 1:21 pm PDT (20:21 UTC), police responded to reports of shots fired at the Salon Meritage hair salon at 500 Pacific Coast Highway. The shooter was armed with three handguns, and reloaded at least once during the attack, which lasted two minutes.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Shooting
There were about twenty people in the salon at the time, some managing to escape by running into the street or hiding in neighboring businesses. Six people were declared dead at the scene, and three survivors were taken to a hospital where two of them later died of their wounds. Police later named the weapons used in the shooting as a 9mm Springfield, a .45-caliber Heckler & Koch, and a .44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 29.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Shooting
The shooter's former wife, Michelle Fournier, one of the employees at the salon, was one of the victims. The suspect in the shooting, named by police as 41-year-old Scott Evans Dekraai of Huntington Beach, California, was arrested without incident after being stopped while driving a white pickup truck about one half-mile (0.8 km) from the scene of the crime. Dekraai was wearing body armor at the time of his arrest.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Shooting
The incident was the worst mass murder in Orange County since the Fullerton massacre in July 1976, in which seven people died. There had been only one murder in Seal Beach during the previous four years.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Shooting
A candlelight vigil was held in the evening of the next day for the victims of the shooting. A fund set up to aid victims of the shooting raised around $400,000. A remodeled Salon Meritage reopened under the same name on November 18, 2012.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Victims
Dekraai killed six women and two men. One other woman was also shot but survived. The victims were:


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Victims
Sandy Fannin, co-owner of the salon and wife of Randy Fannin, was on the premises at the time of the shooting but survived unharmed by hiding at the back of the property.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Perpetrator
Scott Evans Dekraai (born October 17, 1969) divorced his wife Michelle in 2007 after four years of marriage. Court records showed that he had been engaged in a bitter custody dispute over his eight-year-old son. His personality was said to have changed after an accident on board a tugboat in February 2007, which left him with serious leg injuries.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Perpetrator
Following an incident later in 2007 involving his stepfather, a restraining order was filed against him, barring him from possessing firearms. The order lasted a year and had expired at the time of the shooting. Court documents filed in September 2008 diagnosed him with PTSD. A court hearing had taken place on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, the day before the shooting, which recommended a near-equal custody arrangement.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Prosecution
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced on October 14, 2011, that Dekraai would be charged with eight counts of murder with special circumstances, and one of attempted murder. He also indicated that his office would seek the death penalty. In a news conference following the shooting, Rackauckas said: "For almost two minutes, Dekraai shot victim after victim, executing eight people by shooting them in the head and chest. He was not done. He then walked out of the salon and shot a ninth victim, a man, who was sitting nearby in a parked Range Rover."


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Prosecution
In an affidavit submitted to police, Dekraai said that he first shot his ex-wife multiple times on entering the salon, contradicting the view of eyewitnesses inside the salon who said that salon owner Randy Fannin was the first victim. Dekraai said that on the morning of the shooting, he had argued with his ex-wife over the telephone, causing him to consider killing her. He also said that David Caouette – an apparently random victim sitting in his parked car outside the salon – had been shot because he thought that he was "an off-duty or undercover police officer".


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Prosecution
Dekraai's arraignment took place on November 29, 2011, at which he entered a plea of not guilty. The start date for the trial, originally scheduled for March 25, 2013, was postponed until November 2013 to allow defense attorneys to review recordings obtained by a prison informant. The trial was postponed again until March 24, 2014. Dekraai pleaded guilty to the shooting on May 2. The punishment phase of his trial was scheduled for August 18.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Prosecution
In March 2015, the Orange County District Attorney's Office was removed from the case following a ruling by Judge Thomas Goethals that the office had violated Dekraai's rights by improperly withholding evidence from the defense. Goethals assigned California Attorney General Kamala Harris to take over the prosecution. Harris's office announced its intention to appeal the decision, leading to a delay in the sentencing.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Prosecution
In August 2017, Goethals ruled that Dekraai was ineligible to receive the death penalty due to the purported prosecutorial misconduct in the case. Dekraai was sentenced to eight terms of life imprisonment without parole and one term of  seven years to life for attempted murder.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Prosecution
Dekraai is currently imprisoned in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran.


2011 Seal Beach shooting, Memorial
A memorial commemorating the victims of the shooting was built in Eisenhower Park in Seal Beach in 2015.


2011 Seattle Cash Spiel
The 2011 Seattle Cash Spiel was held from November 25 to 27 at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was USD$10,600. The event was held in a triple knockout format. Though the Cash Spiel is a men's event, one women's team, skipped by Cristin Clark, participated.


2011 Seattle Mariners season
The 2011 Seattle Mariners season was the 35th season in franchise history. The Mariners finished the season with 67 wins and 95 losses.


2011 Seattle Mariners season, Off-season, Coaching changes
Daren Brown, the Seattle Mariners interim manager during the 2010 season, stated that he had interest in returning as the full-time manager in 2011. On October 5, 2010, The Seattle Times reported that Mariners had requested and received permission from the Kansas City Royals to interview their bench coach John Gibbons, who previously served as the Toronto Blue Jays manager. The Seattle Times also reported that the Mariners interviewed Bobby Valentine and Lloyd McClendon for the open managerial position. On October 15, 2010, Eric Wedge was hired as the manager.


2011 Seattle Mariners season, Off-season, Death of Dave Niehaus
Long-time broadcaster Dave Niehaus suffered a myocardial infarction (heart attack) at his Bellevue, Washington, home on November 10, 2010, and died at age 75 while preparing to barbecue some ribs on his deck. Heart problems had forced Niehaus to undergo two angioplasties in 1996, causing him to give up smoking and change his diet. He is survived by his wife, three children, and six grandchildren. The team wore patches on their jerseys in commemoration of Niehaus during the 2011 season.


2011 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season, Players Stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average


2011 Seattle Mariners season, Regular season, Players Stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV=Saves; SVO = Saves Opportunity; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR= Home Run allowed; BB = Walks allowed;  SO = Strikeouts


2011 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2011 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League, the 10th playing their home games at CenturyLink Field (formerly known as Qwest Field) and the second under head coach Pete Carroll. It was the first season in over a decade in which the Seahawks came into the season with a new starting quarterback, as incumbent Matt Hasselbeck left for the Tennessee Titans in free agency. The Seahawks equaled their 7–9 record in 2010, but failed to defend their NFC West division title and missed the playoffs. This year was notable for the emergence of the Legion of Boom defensive group.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season
As of 2020, this is the most recent season in which the Seahawks finished with a losing record.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Seahawks were shut out for the first time since 2007 and for the 2nd consecutive game by the Steelers (The teams faced each other in 2007 in which the Steelers became victorious with a 21–0 win.) The team fell to 0–2 on the season.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 5: at New York Giants
With the win, the Seahawks went into their bye week at 2–3.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 8: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
With the loss, the Seahawks fell to 2–5. This would be their last home loss to an AFC opponent until a 25-17 defeat against the Los Angeles Chargers in 2018.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 9: at Dallas Cowboys
With the loss, the Seahawks fell to 2–6. This is the last game the Seahawks would lose by double digits until the Week 2 game against the Packers in the 2015 season (including playoffs).


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams
With the win, the Seahawks improved to 6–7 and swept the Rams for the first time since 2009 and embarked on working on another major winning streak against the team. Also, the Seahawks took the trend of winning 13 out of the last 14 games against the Rams dating back to 2005.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. San Francisco 49ers
With the loss, the Seahawks fell to 7–8 and were swept by the 49ers for the first time since 2006.


2011 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Arizona Cardinals
With the loss, the Seahawks finished the season 7–9 and 3rd place in the NFC West.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2011 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's third season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. It was the Sounders FC organization's third year of existence; including all previous clubs, it was the 31st season of a soccer team bearing the Sounders name.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Background
The 2011 season is the third season for Seattle Sounders FC who began play in 2009 as the league's 15th team. In their inaugural season, Sounders FC became the second MLS expansion team in league history (Chicago was first) to win the U.S. Open Cup tournament in their first season. They did so by defeating D.C. United 2–1 on the road at RFK Stadium. In winning the U.S. Open Cup tournament, Sounders FC qualified for the preliminary round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. During the preliminary round, they were paired up with the defending Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador winners, Isidro Metapán. After winning the first leg by a score of 1–0, Seattle went to El Salvador to play the second.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, November
On 22 November 2010, Seattle made a trade with the Colorado Rapids for defenders Julien Baudet of France and Danny Earls of the Republic of Ireland for Peter Vagenas. Also, the list of the ten protected players for the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft was decided by the club. The draft took place on 24 November 2010 when both the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected ten players from the Major League Soccer teams, including Sanna Nyassi (who was later traded to Colorado) and Nathan Sturgis (who was later traded to Toronto) from Seattle Sounders FC. Vancouver later traded Jamaican international O'Brian White to Seattle.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, December
Q: What can you tell us about the Swede, Erik Friberg?


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, December
Adrian Hanauer: We're definitely looking at players in Scandinavia. We like Erik. Let's leave it at that for now.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, December
Adrian Hanauer, Seattle Sounders FC owner and General Manager regarding the future signing of Erik Friberg


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, December
On 9 December 2010, Swedish club, BK Häcken reported that midfielder, Erik Friberg completed a three-year deal with the Seattle Sounders FC, bringing him over to the team. They also have announced a contract extension with captain Kasey Keller. On 15 December 2010, the Sounders selected Chris Seitz of the Philadelphia Union in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. The goalkeeper was later traded to FC Dallas for a fourth round pick of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Defender Tyrone Marshall was also selected in the draft by the Colorado Rapids.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, February
The team traveled to Casa Grande, Arizona, just like before the 2010 season for preseason training.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, March
On 9 March 2011, the Seattle Sounders FC played the defending MLS Cup champions, Colorado Rapids in the second Seattle Sounders FC Community Shield. The game was at Qwest Field, now called CenturyLink Field.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Review, March
The Sounders opened up the 2011 regular season against the defending Supporters' Shield titleholders, Los Angeles Galaxy at Qwest Field. It was the third-consecutive MLS season that the league had its opening game in Seattle. The match was held on 15 March.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Match results, MLS regular season, Table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Squads, Major League Soccer squad
Updated 12 September 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, Stadium
On 23 June 2011, after the completion of CenturyLink's acquisition of Qwest, Qwest Field was renamed CenturyLink Field. CenturyLink picked up the five-year extension in the naming rights contract at that time, extending the contract to June 2019.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
Seattle is in the No. 18 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. Seattle started 2011 ranked No. 11 on the allocation list but on 26 August traded allocation positions with Chicago Fire to acquire Sammy Ochoa.


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, International roster spots
Seattle has 7 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Seattle dealt one slot to Portland Timbers on 14 January 2011 for use in the 2011 season. There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).


2011 Seattle Sounders FC season, Miscellany, Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: 2012 SuperDraft Round 4 pick acquired from FC Dallas. Future picks traded: 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick traded to Chicago Fire.


2011 Seattle Storm season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2011 Seattle Storm season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Storm's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft.


2011 Seattle Timberwolves season
The 2011 Kent Predators/Seattle Timberwolves season was the team's second season as a professional indoor football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Kent, Washington-based Seattle Predators were members of the Pacific Division of the Intense Conference.


2011 Seattle Timberwolves season
Under the leadership of owner, Tom Dowling, general manager Mike Berry and head coach Sean Ponder, the team played their home games at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.


2011 Seattle Timberwolves season
On January 10, 2011, the Kent Predators were sold to Jeffery Scott, who hired new head coach Keith Evans, just two days later. On April 13, the team was sold again, this time to Tom Dowling, changed the team's name to the Seattle Timberwovles while naming Mike Berry the team general manager, and Sean Ponder the team's new head coach.


2011 Seattle Timberwolves season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 12, 201122 Active, 1 Inactive


2011 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2011 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2010–11 Segunda División B to the 2011–12 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B. It also decided the two teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2011–12 Tercera División.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group winners had the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners were drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners were promoted to the Segunda División and entered into the final for the Segunda División B champion. The two losing semifinalists entered the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group runners-up were drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams were drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners advanced with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that entered the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club played at home first. Whenever there was a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw determined the club to play at home first.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 16 May 2011, 16:30 CEST.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Matches, Semifinals
The aggregate winners were promoted and qualified to the 2010–11 Segunda División B Final. The aggregate losers were relegated to the Non-champions Promotion Play-Off Second Round.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, First round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 16 May 2011, 16:30 CEST.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 30 May 2011, 17:00 CEST.


2011 Segunda División B play-offs, Relegation play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid), on 16 May 2011, 16:30 CEST.


2011 Segunda División play-offs
The 2011 Segunda División play-offs took place in June 2011. This was Segunda's first season with purely promotion play-offs since 1986–87 and the first time play offs had been used for movement between the first and second tier since 1998-99. This new promotion phase (known as Promoción de ascenso) was introduced to determine the third team which promoted to 2011–12 La Liga. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position, excluding reserve teams, took part in the promotion play-offs.


2011 Segunda División play-offs
Fifth placed faced against the fourth, while the sixth positioned team faced against the third. In case of a tied eliminatory there were extra time, once finished it, penalty shoot-out determined the winner. The first leg of the semi-finals were played on 12 June, and the second leg on 15 June at home of the best positioned team. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on 8–9 June 2011 with the best positioned team playing at home on the second leg which was played on 11–12 June 2011.


2011 Segunda División play-offs
The final was also two-legged, with the first leg on 15 June 2011 and the second leg on 18 June 2011 with the best positioned team also playing at home on the second leg. Elche CF and Granada CF played the final phase where Granada CF promoted to La Liga for the first time in 35 years, having spent 26 of them in Segunda División B and Tercera División. Celta de Vigo and Real Valladolid were eliminated in semifinals. Barcelona B could not participate in the play-offs as they are Barcelona's reserve team.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Elche CF
Elche CF was the second team together with Celta de Vigo to be qualified to this phase after the win of Rayo Vallecano by 3-0 against Xerez CD on 22 May 2011. Elche at the time was the Segunda División team with most consecutive seasons. They made a regular season until 1 March, when this spring the team started to get into a run: 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats, 34 points out of 48.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Elche CF
Finally  the team ended in 4th place after Granada CF's draw and their victory 4-1 in the last game against Xerez CD (a team which still had options to qualify if Real Valladolid lost their game with AD Alcorcón), so being the best positioned they played the second legs at home. Elche's last participation in La Liga was in 1988–89, having spent 19 seasons: from 1959 until 1978 except a hiatus in 1971-73 and briefly in 1984-85 and 1988-89. Elche was 23rd in the All-Time La Liga table. They were in Segunda División since the 1999–2000 season.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Granada CF
Granada CF was the first team to be qualified to this phase after winning against Villarreal B 3-0 in Los Cármenes on 20 May 2011. Granada, a team which was promoted from the Segunda División B previous season after being 22 years in lower levels, made a spectacular season in the regular league having made a brilliant second round where most of the last matchdays was the best positioned team for the play-offs places. Finally the team ended up in 5th position after drawing 0-0 in the last game against Recreativo de Huelva. Granada's last participation in La Liga was in 1975–76, having spent 17 seasons: 1941-45, 1957–61, 1966–67 and the largest period in 1968-1976. Granada was 26th in the All-Time La Liga table. This was their first season in Segunda División for 22 years.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Celta de Vigo
Celta de Vigo was the second team together with Elche CF to be qualified to this phase thanks to a 2-2 draw against Elche on 21 May 2011 and after the win of Rayo Vallecano by 3-0 against Xerez CD the next day.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Celta de Vigo
Celta de Vigo is a historical La Liga team which was known as "EuroCelta" about ten years ago thanks to their achievements in European competitions: 7-0 over S.L. Benfica, 4-0 over Juventus F.C., one good participation in the UEFA Champions League winning in San Siro over A.C. Milan, and in 2006-07 at UEFA Cup reaching round of 16, however that season the team was relegated from La Liga to Segunda División and fell into a crisis.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Celta de Vigo
They made a very good 2010–11 Segunda División season fighting between Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano for the direct promotion, being 1st or 2nd some matchdays and by 28 February they had only lost two matches. But as opposed to what happened with Elche CF, results since March were ominous for Celta: 2 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats, 13 points out of 48. Thanks to the previous good results, some draws and the win over Albacete Balompié they remained in play-off places.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Celta de Vigo
Finally the team ended up in 6th position after winning 3-0 in the last game against FC Cartagena. Celta's last participation in La Liga was in 2006–07, having spent 46 seasons: from 1939-1959 except 1944-45, 1969–75, briefly in 1976-77, 1978–79, 1982–83 and 1985–86, 1987–90 and a golden era between 1992-2007 except the 2004–05 season. Celta de Vigo was 12th in the All-Time La Liga table. They were in Segunda División since their relegation from La Liga in 2007.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid was the last team to qualify to this phase, they did so in the last game by winning 2-0 against AD Alcorcón on 4 June 2011. Real Valladolid, a historical La Liga team, they were relegated from La Liga last season, in the last match Valladolid was a FC Barcelona victim, a match that Barça needed a win to get the league championship.


2011 Segunda División play-offs, Road to the Promotions play-offs, Real Valladolid
They made an irregular 2010–11 Segunda División season: in the early 12 matchdays they played good and were in play-off places, however they began a losing streak which almost touched the relegation zone, but since matchday 24 they started to escalate positions again. They lost the penultimate match against SD Huesca (when a point was enough to qualify) and their play-off position was in danger if they lost and Xerez defeated Elche, but they won the last game. Valladolid's last participation in La Liga was in 2009–10, having spent 40 seasons: from 1948-1964 except 1958-59 and 1961–62, 1980-2004 except 1992-93 season and lately 2007-2010. Valladolid was 13th in the All-Time La Liga table. They were in Segunda División only since this season.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla
The 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barranquilla, Colombia between 28 March – 3 April 2011.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla, Champions, Doubles
Flavio Cipolla /  Paolo Lorenzi def. Alejandro Falla /  Eduardo Struvay, 6–3, 6–4


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Doubles
Flavio Cipolla and Paolo Lorenzi won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Alejandro Falla and Eduardo Struvay in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Singles
Facundo Bagnis won this tournament, defeating Diego Junqueira 1–6, 7–6(4), 6–0 in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga
The 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia between 24 and 30 January 2011.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga, Champions, Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Pablo Galdón /  Andrés Molteni, 6–1, 6–2


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Doubles
Pere Riba and Santiago Ventura chose not to defend their 2009 title. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the final against Pablo Galdón and Andrés Molteni 6–1, 6–2.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Bucaramanga – Singles
Eduardo Schwank was the defending champion, but decided to not play this year. 5th seed Éric Prodon defeated qualifier Fernando Romboli 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali
The 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali was a professional tennis tournament played on Clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cali, Colombia between 19 and 25 September 2011.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali, Champions, Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Facundo Bagnis /  Eduardo Schwank, 7–5, 6–2


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the tournament after defeating Facundo Bagnis and Eduardo Schwank 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
Carlos Salamanca was the defending champion but lost to Agustín Velotti in the second round.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Cali – Singles
Alejandro Falla won his second title of this tournament. He defeated Eduardo Schwank 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
The 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament, which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Medellín, Colombia between 31 October and 6 November 2011.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín, Champions, Doubles
Paul Capdeville /  Nicolás Massú def. Alessio di Mauro /  Matteo Viola, 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah were the defending champions but Farah decided not to participate. Cabal partners up with Alejandro Falla, losing in the first round. Paul Capdeville and Nicolás Massú won the title, defeating Alessio di Mauro and Matteo Viola in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Singles
Marcos Daniel was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Víctor Estrella won the final 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4 against Alejandro Falla.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira
The 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira was a professional tennis tournament played on Hard courts. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pereira, Colombia between 4 and 10 April 2011.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira, Champions, Doubles
Marcel Felder /  Carlos Salamanca def. Alejandro Falla /  Eduardo Struvay, 7–6(5), 6–4


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Doubles
Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Marcel Felder and Carlos Salamanca won the title, defeating Alejandro Falla and Eduardo Struvay 7–6(5), 6–4 in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles
Santiago Giraldo was the defending champion, but decided not to participate. Paolo Lorenzi defeated Rogério Dutra da Silva 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José
The 2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in San José, Costa Rica between 14 and 20 March 2011.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José, Champions, Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Luis Díaz-Barriga /  Santiago González, 6–3, 6–3


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the final 6–3, 6–3, against Luis Díaz-Barriga and Santiago González.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José – Doubles, Seeds
The top three seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals.


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open San José – Singles
Giovanni Lapentti won this tournament. He defeated Igor Kunitsyn 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


2011 Selangor FA season
The 2011 Selangor FA Season is Selangor FA's 6th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League Since its inception in 2004.


2011 Selangor FA season
Selangor FA began the season on 10 January 2011. They will also compete in two domestic cups; The FA Cup Malaysia and Malaysia Cup.


2011 Selangor FA season, Malaysia FA Cup
As defending league champions, Selangor received a bye in the first round.


2011 Selangor FA season, Malaysia FA Cup, Quarter-Finals
The first leg matches will be played on 9 March 2010, with the second legs to be held on 20 March 2010.


2011 Selangor FA season, Malaysia FA Cup, Semi-Finals
The first leg matches will be played on 30 March 2010, with the second legs to be held on 3 April 2010.


2011 Senior Bowl
The 2011 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2010 college football season, and prospects for the 2011 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The 62nd edition of the Senior Bowl was won by the South team, 24–10.


2011 Senior Bowl
The game was played on January 29, 2011, at 3 pm CST (4 p.m. Eastern time) at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams. The coaching staff of the Cincinnati Bengals, led by head coach Marvin Lewis, coached the North team. The coaching staff of the Buffalo Bills, led by head coach Chan Gailey, coached the South team.


2011 Senior Bowl
Coverage of the event was in high-definition on the NFL Network. Clothing company Under Armour sponsored the game for the fifth consecutive year and provided apparel for the game.


2011 Senior Bowl
For the South team, quarterback Christian Ponder, formerly with Florida State, threw 132 yards and two touchdowns and was named the Most Valuable Player. Leonard Hankerson, former Miami Hurricanes wide receiver, had five catches for 100 yards and one touchdown. He was named the Under Armour Offensive Player of the Game.


2011 Senior League World Series
The 2011 Senior League World Series took place from August 14–20 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Hilo, Hawaii defeated Tyler, Texas in the championship game.


2011 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season
The 2011 season was Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma's twenty-third season in the K-League in South Korea. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma was competing in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.


2011 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.