2012 Grand National, Subsequent review
According to Pete was brought down when On His Own fell in front of him at Becher's Brook on the second circuit. While getting up again he was struck by Weird Al. The BHA could not be certain which incident resulted in the horse incurring a fracture of his left-fore humerus. Both Synchronised and According to Pete were euthanised by vets once it was concluded the fractures were untreatable.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 9 September 2012, over a distance of 205.7 km (127.8 mi), starting and finishing in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 26th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was one of the only two  events which are part of the World Tour calendar in North America, the other one being the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec contested two days prior.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
The race was won by Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky), who broke away from the lead group and attacked twice inside the final 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). He out sprinted Moreno Moser (Liquigas–Cannondale) and Alexandr Kolobnev (Team Katusha). Simon Gerrans of Orica–GreenEDGE, who won the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, took the fourth place.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Course
The race consisted of 17 laps of a circuit 12.1 km (7.5 mi) in length, and followed the same path as the 2011 edition. The circuit, around the main campus of the Université de Montréal, was well-suited for climbers and punchers with three climbs per lap. The finish was on an uphill climb with a small gradient of 4%, that was located on Avenue du Parc. There was a sharp, 180 degrees bend to the right situated 500 meters away from the line. The total vertical climb of the race was 3,893 metres. The major difficulties were:


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Teams
As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen UCI ProTeams were invited automatically. There were also 3 wildcard invitations, which were UCI Professional Continental teams: two French squads (Cofidis and Team Europcar) and a Canadian one (SpiderTech–C10).


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Race summary
The first significant breakaway occurred at kilometre 31, when Manuele Boaro (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) got away, soon to be joined by Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar) and Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel–Euskadi). It was the second time that Boaro tried his luck, the first attempt was annulled a little earlier. The trio cruised to a five-minute advantage, while Simone Ponzi of Astana and Kristijan Koren of Liquigas–Cannondale made an attempt to join them, and their acceleration caused a few riders to drop from the peloton.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Race summary
Before Koren and Ponzi could scheme something, they were brought back with 45 kilometres (28 mi) to race, as the leading group became a duet since Boaro was dropped. Martinez and Gauthier were finally caught on the Côte de la Polytechnique during the penultimate lap. Other attacks occurred, but the bunch was back together as they crossed the line to race the last lap.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Race summary
On the Côte Camilien-Houde, Team Europcar's David Veilleux attacked, while Janez Brajkovic (Astana) and Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) collided and crashed during the climb. Canadian Ryder Hesjedal worked to bring the lead group together, which was composed of about 25 riders with 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to go, when Greg Van Avermaet produced an acceleration that was brought back by the group. Lars Petter Nordhaug then placed an attack of his own, being screamed on by his team (Team Sky) via his earpiece to go for the victory since his teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen was out of energy.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Race summary
Nordhaug was caught by Moreno Moser and Alexandr Kolobnev on the Avenue du Parc, near the flamme rouge. The pair had escaped from the group, Kolobnev produced an acceleration with 500 metres (1,600 ft) to race, his chances looked good but Nordhaug passed him to take the victory with an advantage of two seconds, with Moser taking second place and Kolobnev holding on for third. Simon Gerrans, who won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2 days before, sprinted to fourth place.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 7 September 2012, over a distance of 201.6 km (125.3 mi), starting and finishing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was the 25th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race is one of the only two events which are part of the World Tour calendar in North America, the other one being the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal contested two days later.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
In a two-up sprint finish, Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the Orica–GreenEDGE team won the race, after following an attack by BMC Racing Team's Greg Van Avermaet in the closing stages of the race, with the two riders working together to get clear and Gerrans prevailed on the uphill finish on the Grande-Allée. Van Avermaet was second, while the peloton was led home by the 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal winner Rui Costa (Movistar Team), four seconds in arrears.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Course
The race consisted of 16 laps of a circuit 12.6 km (7.8 mi) in length, with exactly the same course as the 2011 edition. The circuit was well-suited for climbers and puncheurs, since the finish was situated on an uphill climb, located on the Grande-Allée street, in the heart of Old Québec and the course featured steep climbs. The final stretch was a wide, straight line with a regular 4% gradient. The total vertical climb of the race was 2,976 metres (9,764 ft). The major difficulties were:


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Course
It is worth noting that the Côte Gilmour descent included a technical passage, 2 successive left bends of 90 degrees each, the first of which was negotiated while the descending slope had a gradient of more than 10%. After the last of the two bends, the riders were rolling on the Boulevard Champlain on the Saint Lawrence River's shores for 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) which were exposed to the wind.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Teams
As the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. There were also three wildcard invitations, which were UCI Professional Continental teams: two French squads (Cofidis and Team Europcar) and a Canadian one (SpiderTech–C10). A Canadian national squad also competed in the race, and as such, formed the event's 22-team peloton.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Race summary
The start was given by the mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, and the former French Prime Minister Alain Juppé. During the second lap of the 16 laps race, eight men went clear of the peloton, they were soon joined by a sizable number of riders and were brought back 45 kilometres (28 mi) into the race. On lap 4, another escape group formed, initiated by Thomas Rohregger (RadioShack–Nissan), who was chased by Vladimir Gusev (Team Katusha), both men had been part of an earlier breakaway.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Race summary
The group ballooned to eight riders when the chasing group made contact, and the escapees sailed to a maximum lead of 6' 10". With six laps remaining, Team Europcar and Garmin–Sharp took the lead of the bunch and worked to bring the dangerous break back, which they ultimately did with only two laps to go, on the steep Côte de la Montagne.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Race summary
Soon thereafter, Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank's Chris Anker Sørensen and Canadian national team member Bruno Langlois tried their luck and built a small 20 seconds gap by the start of the penultimate lap. Langlois was ultimately dropped and replaced by Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) near the finish line as the bell sounded the last lap. The pair held on, but was caught on the Boulevard Champlain with 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to go. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) attacked in the Côte de la Montagne, soon followed by Simon Gerrans (Orica–GreenEDGE).


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Race summary
Liquigas–Cannondale's Peter Sagan made a move in a bid to catch the two men, but fell short after approaching to 30 metres (98 ft) of the duet and was swallowed by the charging bunch in the final kilometre. While the surging chase group was on their heels, Gerrans out sprinted the Belgian Van Avermaet to take the victory. Rui Costa of Movistar Team was the faster man of the chase group and took third place.


2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Race summary
Quebecer François Parisien of SpiderTech–C10 survived a fall in the first lap of the race to finish in tenth position, the best placed Canadian of the race only 4 seconds in arrears of Gerrans, while Bruno Langlois won the King of the Mountains classification and took 30th place. Pre -race favourite Ryder Hesjedal had a difficult day, finishing with a 5' 18" deficit. Gerrans stated after the race: "This is some of the hardest racing on the calendar. It's fantastic racing in Québec on an exciting circuit with great crowds and great ambience."


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Casablanca, Morocco between 9 April and 15 April 2012. Pablo Andújar won the singles title.


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II, Champions, Doubles
Dustin Brown /  Paul Hanley defeated  Daniele Bracciali /  Fabio Fognini, 7–5, 6–3


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău are the two times defending champions, but this year they decided not to participate. Dustin Brown and Paul Hanley won the final by defeating 4th seeded Daniele Bracciali and Fabio Fognini 7–5, 6–3.


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Pablo Andújar successfully defended his title, beating Albert Ramos 6–1, 7–6(7–5) in an all-Spanish final.


2012 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Fés, Morocco between 23 and 29 April 2012. Qualifier Kiki Bertens won the singles title.


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Renata Voráčová were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Petra Cetkovská and Alexandra Panova won the final over Irina-Camelia Begu and Alexandra Cadanțu, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9].


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Alberta Brianti was the defending champion, but she lost in the first round to Alexandra Cadanțu.


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Kiki Bertens won her first WTA Tour singles title as a qualifier, defeating Laura Pous Tió in the final, 7–5, 6–0.


2012 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2012 Grand Prix de Denain was the 54th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 12 April 2012. The race started and finished in Denain. The race was won by Juan José Haedo.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Casey Stoner started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl joined the MotoGP grid with LCR Honda and 125cc champion Nicolás Terol entered Moto2, racing for Aspar.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
In the premier MotoGP class, the championship battle revolved around Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Honda pairing Dani Pedrosa and defending champion Stoner. Lorenzo won four of the first six races to be held in the campaign to open up an advantage over Stoner, before he was taken out of the Dutch TT on the first lap by Álvaro Bautista; Stoner won the race to eradicate the points lead. In the next race, Stoner crashed out of the German Grand Prix on the final lap and allowed Pedrosa to take his first win of the season.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Stoner struggled in the next few races – despite a victory at the United States Grand Prix – with his championship challenge ended by a qualifying crash at Indianapolis. After ankle surgery, he returned to the series and won his final race of his career at his home race, the Australian Grand Prix, for the sixth successive season. Pedrosa went on a run of five victories in six races, with the streak being interrupted by a first-lap crash at Misano, where he was taken out by Héctor Barberá. Lorenzo finished second to Pedrosa on each occasion that he had won, and he took advantage of Pedrosa's accident to win at Misano. Lorenzo ultimately won the title with a second-place finish to Stoner in Australia, after Pedrosa had crashed out of the lead early on.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
In the other classes, Marc Márquez won the Moto2 championship title after a season-long battle with fellow Spanish rider Pol Espargaró; a third-place finish for Márquez at the Australian Grand Prix – despite a win for Espargaró – was enough to give him his second world title before moving into the premier class for the 2013 season. He took his last victory in the class at the Valencian Grand Prix, the last event of the season, despite starting from 33rd on the grid.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
This performance, which included overtaking 20 bikes on the first lap alone, meant the biggest comeback in the sport's history. Márquez's result was enough to give Suter the constructors' title for the class. The inaugural Moto3 world championship title went to German rider Sandro Cortese, following his fourth victory of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix, which gave him an unassailable points lead over his two title rivals Luis Salom and Maverick Viñales in the championship race. Cortese also became the first rider to win any Grand Prix title for the Austrian manufacturer KTM. KTM also won the constructors' championship at the Australian Grand Prix, doing so after Cortese won the race.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Changes, Class changes
The MotoGP class saw the introduction of engines with 1,000 cc (61 cu in) in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum 81 mm (3.2 in) cylinder bore.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Changes, Class changes
The 2012 season also saw the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Changes, Claiming Rule Teams
In 2012 the MotoGP class saw the introduction of Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) to allow for participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs were given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 litres (5.3 imperial gallons) instead of 21 litres (4.6 imperial gallons) – but were subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission. The sport's governing body received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Changes, New entries
In June 2011, the FIM announced that six teams from Moto2 – Interwetten Paddock, Forward Racing, Marc VDS, Kiefer Racing, Speed Master and BQR-Blusens (later renamed Avintia Racing) – had been granted entries to the 2012 grid; two additional entries – Paul Bird Motorsport and Ioda Racing  – announced that they had been accepted to the grid, running under CRT regulations. However, Interwetten Paddock, Marc VDS, and Kiefer Racing were absent from the revised grid released by FIM in January 2012.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2012 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2012:


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2012 Grand Prix season calendar
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011. Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, MotoGP, Riders' points standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, MotoGP, Constructors' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Moto2, Riders' points standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Moto2, Constructors' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Moto3, Riders' points standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Moto3, Constructors' standings
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore
The  Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT was an open-wheel IndyCar motor race and held as the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, September 2, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.040-mile (3.283 km) temporary street circuit at Baltimore, Maryland, United States and was co-located with the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge motor race.


2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore
The race was won by American racer Ryan Hunter-Reay racing for Andretti Autosport. Hunter-Reay finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver Ryan Briscoe driving for Team Penske with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Hunter-Reay's fourth win for the year. With just one race left in the season, Hunter-Reay's victory, coupled with Will Power finishing in sixth position closed the gap between the two championship rivals to just 17 points.


2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore, Classification, Race results
Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
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2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
The 2012 Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 2012. It was the fifth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 30th Grand Prix of Mosport. The race was held a two hour and 45 minute time period, during which 117 laps of the 3.9 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 463 kilometres.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team. German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX-03a Honda sports car took an eleven second victory over the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12/60 sports car. It was the fourth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf and also for both drivers it was their third victories in the Grand Prix of Mosport.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
Third place, and first in the P2 division was Conquest Endurance team of Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson in their Morgan LMP2. It was their first victory in the class and the first time Level 5 Motorsports had not won in the 2012 season. Any chance Level 5's HPD ARX-03b had of victory ended when Christophe Bouchut acquired a stop-go penalty late in the race crossing the blend-line at the exit of pit lane.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
Fifth was the second Dyson Racing Team Lola-Mazda ahead of the PC class winners, the RSR Racing pair of Bruno Junqueira and Tomy Drissi in their Oreca FLM09. It was the team's first victory in the Prototype Challenge class.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
Tenth outright was the GT class winners, Extreme Speed Motorsports pair of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek in their Ferrari 458 Italia. It was the first win of the year for Ferrari and the fourth different manufacturer to win in GT in five races. It was also Extreme Speed's debut ALMS win. The Ferrari crossed the finish line in second position, just behind the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long but the Porsche failed post-race scrutineering. Van Overbeek only moved into the race winning position on the last lap after Jan Magnussen's Chevrolet Corvette slide wide while attacking Bergmeister for the lead of the class.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
Back in 19th were the GT Challenge class winners, TRG driver Emilio Di Guida and Spencer Pumpelly.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport
22 of the 26 entries were running at races conclusion.


2012 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).


2012 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2012 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.


2012 Grand Slam of Darts
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to Raymond van Barneveld.


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Phil Taylor (1) Adrian Lewis (2) Christian Kist (3) James Wade (4) Simon Whitlock (5) Wes Newton (6) Andy Hamilton (7) Michael van Gerwen (8)


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Gary Anderson Jan Dekker Terry Jenkins Paul Nicholson Kevin Painter Robert Thornton Raymond van Barneveld Scott Waites


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Brendan Dolan Ted Hankey Wesley Harms Mervyn King John Part Mark Walsh Mark Webster Dean Winstanley


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Barrie Bates Steve Beaton James Hubbard Wayne Jones Arron Monk Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips Co Stompé


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stage
All matches first-to-5/best of 9NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Knockout stage
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)


2012 Grand Slam of Darts, Broadcasting
Sky Sports provided television coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Fox Sports in Australia, OSN across the Middle East and it was available online and partially televised on RTL7 in the Netherlands.


2012 Graz local election
Local elections were held in Graz on 25 November 2012. In addition to the People's Party, the Communists, the Social democrats, the Freedom Party and the Greens also the Pirates  got seats in the municipal council. The Alliance for the Future of Austria lost its 2 seats from 2008.


2012 Great Alaska Shootout
The 2012 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout was the 34th Great Alaska Shootout, the annual college basketball tournament in Anchorage, Alaska that features colleges from all over the United States. The event is scheduled from November 20, 2012, through November 24, 2012, with eight colleges and universities participating in the men's tournament and four universities participating in the women's tournament. Most of the games in the men's tournament were televised on the CBS Sports Network.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods
The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods were a series of weather events that affected parts of Great Britain and Ireland periodically during the course of 2012 and on through the winter into 2013. The beginning of 2012 saw much of the United Kingdom experiencing droughts and a heat wave in March. A series of low pressure systems steered by the jet stream brought the wettest April in 100 years, and flooding across Britain and Ireland. Continuing through May and leading to the wettest beginning to June in 150 years, with flooding and extreme events occurring periodically throughout Britain and parts of Atlantic Europe.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods
On 27 and 28 June and again on 7 July heavy rain events occurred from powerful thunderstorms that gathered strength as they travelled across mainland Britain. Severe weather warnings and a number of flood alerts were issued by the UK's Environment Agency, and many areas were hit by flash floods that overwhelmed properties and caused power cuts. A motorist was killed after his vehicle was caught by floodwater and landslides halted rail services between England and Scotland.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods
The thunderstorms were the product of two fronts that collided over the British Isles – warm air travelling from the Azores and cold water-ladened air from the west. The second batch of flooding struck the South-West of England during the afternoon of 7 July, forcing the Met Office to issue its highest alert, Red (Take Action), due to the significant amounts of rainfall caused by a system travelling from Southern Europe, along with the warm, humid air the United Kingdom had seen in the run-up to the floods, which, like the June floods, caused thunderstorms.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods
During the Autumn the most intense September low since 1981 brought widespread flooding and wind damage to the UK. Widespread flooding occurred again in November, December and January 2013, as more heavy rains overwhelmed the saturated ground.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Spring in the UK
A series of extratropical cyclones brought the wettest April to many parts of the United Kingdom. Beginning with the storm Gritt (2–11 April 995 hPa) a low system tracking south over the UK and Ireland bringing storm force winds and heavy snowfall just a week after many areas of the UK experienced temperatures above 20 °C (68 °F). 50,000 people were left without power in Northern England, nine Belgian tourists were rescued from blizzards on Ben Macdui, Scotland. A cargo ship ran aground near to Conwy in Wales.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Spring in the UK
The trans-Pennine Woodhead pass route was closed to traffic and the M62 motorway was disrupted. This was followed by the storm Petra (22–29 April 970 hPa) and Queenie (27 April–11 May 988 hPa). Heavy rains led to flooding after a wet April in the UK. 5,000 homes in Wales were without electricity, as winds brought down trees in SW areas of the British Isles. Flood Warnings were in force across much of the UK. A man died after a car became trapped in a Berkshire ford. The wet weather resulted in the cancellation of the Badminton Horse Trials. Towards the end of May there was a brief warm dry period.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June
3 June saw the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant beleaguered by heavy rain, 46 people from the boats were treated for the effects of the cold weather, and six were taken to hospital with symptoms of hypothermia. On 9 June severe flooding began around Aberystwyth, West Wales with people evacuated from 2 holiday parks, with 150 people saved from lifeboats in 4–5 ft of water.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June
10–11 June saw a small but active area of low pressure track slowly east through the English Channel, eventually becoming slow moving for almost 24 hours near the Sussex coast. Flooding followed in the villages of Almodington, Somerley and Birdham, with Bracklesham Bay Caravan Park and Sussex Beach Holiday Village in Earnley on the Manhood Peninsula also inundated. Elsewhere in Sussex, flooding occurred at Worthing Hospital and saw basement flats on Littlehampton seafront also under water.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June
22 June saw over a month's worth of rain fall on areas of the North, with Lancashire, Cumbria and Pennine areas badly hit. Todmorden, Mytholmroyd and Hebden Bridge saw flash floods which halted trains on the Calder Valley line between Leeds and Manchester Victoria, following a landslip and flooding.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June
The conditions that led to the extreme weather conditions were caused by a warm front blowing northward from the Azores and an eastward travelling cold front that came together over the British Isles. The first of the severe weather brought heavy rainfall to Northern Ireland on the night of 27 June, with Belfast one of the worst affected areas. Two inches of overnight rain from back building thunderstorms caused flash flooding, damaging properties and leaving 1,000 homes without power for several hours.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June
The following day the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said that it had dealt with 700 flood-related calls, while Finance Minister Sammy Wilson announced that those affected by the floods would be eligible to apply for up to £1,000 in emergency funding. Northern Ireland Water reported that its staff had helped to clear sewage from 158 properties, and said it was on "high alert" to deal with further incidents.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June, 28 June supercell storms
On the morning of 28 June, supercell thunderstorms developed over Wales shortly after 8.00 a.m., then moved separately across England to the Midlands and the north, leaving a trail of disruption in their wake. At one point the Environment Agency had 10 flood warnings and 47 alerts in place for England, mainly in the Midlands and North, while the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had one flood warning and 12 flood alerts covering many areas.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June, 28 June supercell storms
One storm affected the Midlands, producing hailstones reported to be larger than golfballs, with conglomerate stones up to 10 cm across. Burbage in Leicestershire saw some of the most severe hail. Another supercell produced a tornado near Sleaford, in Lincolnshire. Homes and businesses were damaged as an inch of rain fell in two hours in some areas of the West Midlands. Hailstones as large as golf balls fell in parts of the East Midlands, while the 2012 Olympic torch relay was briefly halted by lightning. A motorist was swept to his death after his vehicle was overwhelmed by flood waters in Shropshire.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June, 28 June supercell storms
Another supercell storm struck Tyneside without warning at the height of the evening rush hour causing widespread damage and travel chaos, locally known as the Toon Monsoon. Flooded shopping malls were evacuated, Newcastle station was closed, as was the Tyne & Wear Metro, and main road routes were flooded leading to massive tailbacks. Drivers were forced to abandon their cars, with many commuters stranded due to public transport closures. Northern Powergrid reported that 23,000 properties were left without electricity in North-East England after flash flooding and lightning storms hit the area.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June, 28 June supercell storms
The Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service reported more than 1,500 calls relating to flooding on the night of 28 June. 999 land line services were knocked out in some areas and the damage ran to huge amounts only visible the next day after water cleared. Many parts of County Durham and Northumberland were also affected with thousands of homes across the North East left without power due to lightning strikes. Lightning was filmed striking the Tyne Bridge as motorists were sat gridlocked on it.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June, 28 June supercell storms
Landslides blocked both main East Coast and West Coast rail lines linking England and Scotland. Both lines reopened the following day, but problems with overhead power lines forced a second closure of the West Coast line while maintenance was carried out.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, June, 28 June supercell storms
Record rainfall totals in June 2012 beat those of 2007 in the UK, which had itself broken a record which had held for nearly 40 years.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, July
On 7 July, a deep low-pressure system started to spread towards the British Isles. The system struck around 1 p.m. on 7 July, with the Environment Agency issuing flood alerts & warnings throughout the United Kingdom. South Yorkshire experienced heavy rainfall, and 52 people were evacuated from a care home in Thurnscoe due to a flood warning being issued in the area. An emergency command centre was set up by South Yorkshire Police in Sheffield over fears of flooding in the city, and authorities advised people to avoid the Meadowhall area because of high water levels on the River Don. Severe flooding occurred in the city's Graves Park which led to the collapse of a pedestrian footbridge along the Lower Valley Walk.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, July
The South West of England also suffered from river & surface flooding, and the Met Office placed the region on a red warning for severe weather. Filey lifeboat station rescued six people from an inland caravan park in North Yorkshire which was under 3 feet of floodwater. Officials at Silverstone Circuit on the Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire border had to turn away thousands of fans attending the Formula 1 Grand Prix qualifying sessions on Saturday 7 July due to heavy rainfall the previous day.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, July
In Dorset a couple were killed when heavy rains caused a landslip and partial collapse of the Beaminster Tunnel. 700 tonnes of mud slid onto the roadway completely covering the vehicle on 7 July. Dorset Police at the time were dealing with 150 flood warnings in the county and the evacuation of 180 houses with 400 incidents reported to police control room.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, July
A cursory inspection of the landslip did not reveal the presence of the vehicle and it was not until after the couple were reported as missing that the police re-investigated the debris and found the crushed car on 15 July. The Dorset Police force was criticised for failing to find the bodies sooner and the case was voluntarily referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission to be reviewed. 8 July brought renewed flash-flooding, to the Upper Calder Valley. This was the third time the area had suffered a deluge, within the space of a fortnight. Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd were hit particularly badly. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, venue for Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, flooded after a nearby lake burst its banks overnight.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Summer Storms, August
4–5 August saw localised flooding across the UK in Devon, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire and Southern Scotland from torrential rains, in places exceeding 30 mm over a short time. This storm crossed the North Sea and was designated as extreme weather event "Frida" by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Rainfall totals up to 100 mm in 24 hours across southern Norway and parts of Denmark resulted in flooding and landslips. Towards the end of the month more flash floods were reported in Cumbria, leading to landslides and a derailed train. High waters on the River Ehen tore down the side of a house in Egremont, Cumbria.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, September
570 homes and businesses were flooded in September according to the Environment Agency. The worst hit areas were Wales, Yorkshire and the North East England. In Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne a block of flats was completely undermined by floodwaters leaving the block looking precarious with the pile foundations exposed. Engineering surveys resulted in the likelihood that the homes were unsalvageable, leaving angry residents looking for the landowners and developers to take responsibility. The River Ouse in York reached a peak height of 5.02 m over normal.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, September
In North Yorkshire the British Army were called on to deploy sandbags in the village of Cawood to help save homes and businesses. A young couple who were walking their dogs along the River Clywedog near to Wrexham were caught in the flooded waters and drowned. Local authorities were left reeling from the floods asked the government to set up an emergency capital highways maintenance fund to help with the expected cost of bridge, road and infrastructure repairs from the flooding, as they had done during the widespread 2007 United Kingdom floods.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, October
The bad weather and flooded rivers around Machynlleth hindered the search for the missing schoolgirl April Jones. 11 October brought flooding to the Devon village of Clovelly following 5 cm (2 in) of rainfall, a torrent of water cascaded down the steep cobbled main street to the harbour.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, November
On 18 November southern and western Scotland saw intense rainfall which caused localised flooding, the Trossachs, South Argyll and parts of Dumfries and Galloway were particularly badly affected, with widespread reports of local flooding from the towns of Comrie, Dunblane, Aberfoyle and Callander. In Comrie, around 100 properties were affected. The Glasgow area saw more than 50 mm of rain fall and some flooding. The Rest and Be Thankful section of the A83 road in Argyll saw a landslip of an estimated 150 tonnes of material close the road for the fifth time in six years.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, November
During November a series of floods affected many parts of Britain. On 22 November a man died after his car was washed down a flooded brook in Chew Stoke, Somerset and trapped against a small bridge. A 26-year-old man was also killed as his car overturned in torrential rain in Devon. In Sonning, Berkshire a 91-year-old was apparently witnessed to have gone swimming in the flooded Thames and was missing, feared dead. A Downing Street spokesman said that 300 properties were flooded in 24 hours in England and Wales on 22 November.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, November
Heavy rains led to overtopping of the Grand Western Canal near to Halberton, Devon forcing homes to be evacuated as the canal wall breached, spilling the canal contents on lower land. The Environment Agency and Police via the media stressed that motorists should take great care when driving through flood waters after a series of fatalities involving motorists during the flooding of 2012. In Welney, Norfolk a man who posted a video of driving a 4x4 vehicle through deep floodwaters along the closed A1101 road online, was branded as irresponsible and dangerous by Norfolk Police. While Cambridgeshire Police said that drivers who drove through floods and got stuck could face prosecution, after several vehicles were stranded in floodwaters.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, November
England and Wales saw the (provisionally) second wettest week in the last 50 years between 20–26 November, behind only a period October–November 2000. 26 November saw a landslip on Aelfelda Terrace, Whitby, after saturated ground led to failure of the retaining wall. Five terraced houses were later demolished following fears of their collapse, after being condemned. Around 500 houses were flooded, RNLI lifeboats evacuated residents and an elderly woman was found dead in her own property after the River Elwy swelled to 6 ft above its normal level in the town of St Asaph in North Wales on 27 November. The month saw some of the worst floods of the year in many areas of the country.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, December
Early December brought a period of cold settled weather to the UK, which offered some respite from the flooding. On 14 December, low pressure area Nicki brought coastal flooding along the south coast of England and eastern Scotland. Weymouth harbourside was flooded, and 30 homes in Looe were also flooded. Some residents in the Scottish towns of Stonehaven and Peterhead were evacuated. In Kingsbridge, Devon the town centre was flooded after the quay was overtopped and the railway line to Dawlish was disrupted after flooding. £500,000 of damage was caused at North Berwick, Lothian by the waves, with a 15 m section of harbour wall brought down in Lossiemouth.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, December
On 19 December a front from the low Petra brought rainfall, and the following day the Environment Agency ordered the evacuation of the village of Wallington, Hampshire, after fears that cracks in the flood wall could indicate potential failure. A series of weather fronts associated with low pressure areas brought flooding to Helston in Cornwall and Braunton in Devon on the night of 21 December. Multiple landslips occurred in Swanage Dorset, which were caught on camera by the local coastguard, who produced a map of slips and beach closures in the area.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, December
Temporary water-filled dams were deployed in the United Kingdom for the first time to protect the mainline railway at Cowley Bridge Junction, next to the River Exe, some trackbed beyond the dams was washed away on 22 December, putting the line out of action until it was reopened on 28 December. The village of Stoke Canon just upstream saw several homes evacuated. Network Rail advised passengers not to travel west of Taunton, later Tiverton, with both First Great Western and Arriva Trains Wales urging passengers not to travel.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Autumn, December
More heavy rainfall in South West England on 22 December brought flooding to Lostwithiel Cornwall, where RNLI flood rescue teams helped evacuate flooded homes. The Tarr Steps, a grade I listed and scheduled ancient monument in Exmoor National Park, west Somerset was washed away. River levels up to 10 feet (3.0 m) higher than normal and debris snapped the steel cables designed to protect the walkway. Each slab of the bridge is numbered so that the crossing can be reconstructed, which was last done in 2008.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Meteorological background
The La Niña event which had been ongoing since 2009 in the Pacific finally weakened during March 2012, although many parts of the global oceans and tropical weather patterns still retained characteristics associated with La Niña.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Meteorological background
In the northern hemisphere the jet stream was very disturbed, resulting in a Rossby wave pattern of high and low pressure regions. During March the UK was positioned under a strong high pressure region resulting in very dry and warm conditions which brought a heatwave. In April, the wave pattern underwent a significant shift to bring the UK under the influence of strong low pressure, with prevailing south-westerly flow and heavy rainfall.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Meteorological background
One of the potential causes of this shift in the northern hemisphere circulation may have been associated with a shift in tropical weather patterns. In particular, this may have been caused by a strong Madden–Julian oscillation which occurred in the tropics in March. This is a large-scale tropical phenomenon which leads to disturbed weather patterns over a timescales of typically 30–60 days. These changes originate over the Indian Ocean and may have influenced the northern hemisphere weather regimes, as the Madden–Julian oscillation can be an important predictor of the state of the North Atlantic Oscillation.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Meteorological background
The poor summer weather saw the continuation of a southerly tracking jet stream, which showed a similar pattern to that of June and July 2007.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Meteorological background
28 June 2012 supercells in the United Kingdom and Belgium brought intense heavy rain which caused flash flooding and further saturated the ground water levels. Meteorologists attributed these storms to convective rain from a Spanish plume weather pattern. Factors involved in the extreme storms of summer 2012 were the relatively high sea-surface temperature in the Atlantic Ocean west of the UK, which increased moisture content of the air as it passed over it and secondly, the persistence of an upper trough (a low pressure in the higher atmosphere) helping the development of strong convection. When these frontal storms along the Rossby waves turned north-eastward, they hit southwest England, Wales, north England and Scotland and across to Scandinavia. The repeated updraft elements merged with the rotating updraft elements within these supercell storms and led to the occurrence of tornadoes and large hail.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
The rapid change in fortunes from drought to flooding across the country was unique in the weather record, exceeding the change seen after the 1975–1976 drought. With Terry Marsh of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) stating "Sustained recoveries of this magnitude during the late spring and summer have not been seen before," with ground water levels recharging to average, and above average levels during a season when they'd be expected to be declining. An enhanced recharge season was also noted before the Autumn floods of 2000.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
November to April is generally the wetter half of the year in the British Isles, which means heavy or prolonged winter rainfall presents a heightened risk of flooding as soils and aquifers are already saturated. PricewaterhouseCoopers announced in November that the flooding over the summer of 2012 was likely to cost insurers £500 million, with the overall cost of flooding to insurers for the year estimated at £1 billion ($1.59 billion). In December Aon Benfield gave an updated estimate of the total insurance losses through flooding for the year, which could reach £1.33 billion, with claims of £280 million from the flooding of 10–11 June, £498 million from 23–24 June floods and £50 million on 24–25 September.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
The floods came at a time when the Government and the UK insurance industry are re-negotiating a deal to provide affordable insurance to flood prone homes, known as the Statement of Principles, with the current subsidy due to expire in June 2013. The favoured solution for the insurance industry is a levy on low risk homes with the government and taxpayer acting as an insurer of last resort.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
The Association of British Insurers stated that "The Government has indicated it will not provide any temporary overdraft facility for the insurance industry's not-for-profit scheme, which makes it very difficult for it to go ahead. As a result, negotiations have hit an impasse." Should the issue not be resolved this would leave an estimated 200,000 homes unable to get insurance from June 2013. An alternative being discussed in the insurance industry is the possibility that flood pools may offer a hybrid solution acceptable to both parties.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
Because of the flooding in 2012, insurance renewal premiums were expected to rise between 10 and 50 percent, depending on the scale of damages suffered. Even those not directly hit by the flooding were likely to see their premiums rise by 5 percent next year. Currently insurers provide flood coverage on the understanding that government invests a certain amount of funds on flood defences, however the spending on flood defences has slipped below the levels seen in 2008.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
The floods came in the wake of government cuts to flood protection, which had seen 294 flood defence schemes cut, which had indicative funding in place in 2010, with major schemes in Leeds, Thirsk, Ipswich, Fleetwood and Croston and Lancashire not built. The UK government announced on 30 November that £120 million of new funding would be released to speed up building of 50 flood defences by Defra, which would prioritize schemes in Leeds city centre, Sheffield, Exeter, Derby and Ipswich.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Analysis
Anne McIntosh MP for Thirsk and Malton and vice-president of the Association of Drainage Authorities questioned whether the government had prioritized the right schemes in their announced package of new funding. Noting that the Pitt Review of the UK floods of 2007 demanded that Government prove rivers are being dredged regularly, she raised the issue of whether this could be maintained as the maintenance spend of the Environment Agency was being cut.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Aftermath, Outdoor events cancellations
It was estimated that in July the cost of cancelled events could cost the rural economy £240 million.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Aftermath, Landslides
The heavy rainfall and resulting saturated ground provided conditions which led to a greater risk of landslides. On 27 December the British Geological Survey and Met Office gave a rare landslide warning for the southwest of England. December saw an amber warning situation resulting from saturated ground conditions, with forecasts of more heavy rainfall and multiple reports of slope instability resulting in likely disruption to infrastructure and people.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Aftermath, Landslides
The British Geological Survey monitor incidents of landslip and produced data indicating that the April and June rainfall resulted in a fourfold increase in landslides and slope failures in July against what would be usually expected, with a similarly large increase in landslides towards the end of the year. The BGS team mapped a large concentration of landslips in the southwest of England, a region frequently experiencing flooding during the year, showing a correlation of landslides and rainfall anomaly during 2012. Landslides occurred as a result of water loading of slopes, reducing soil strength and/or removal of soil particles or other material changes in the slopes.


2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Aftermath, Landslides
The School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University is conducting a study to gather as much information about the flash-flooding that hit Newcastle and the North East during summer 2012, launching the ToonFlood Project for the submission of photos and comments to help calibrate computer modelling of the event.


2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season
The 2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season is made up of 10 United States college athletic programs that compete in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) under the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 2012 college football season. Morningside College of Iowa completed the regular season undefeated to win the conference championship and advance to the 2012 NAIA Football National Championship. Northwestern came in second in conference play and also qualified for the championship tournament, but lost in the first round to the Marian Knights by a score of 42–32.


2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Early Games, #13 Benedictine at Concordia (NE)
Opposing team kickers Zach Keenan (Benedictine) and Kenny Zoeller (Concordia) combined to score 20 of the 82 points in this game.


2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Early Games, #13 Benedictine at Concordia (NE)
Leading 9–7, Concordia fumbled in the end zone and Benedictine's Hayden Smith jumping on it for a touchdown and took a 14-9 lead.


2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Early Games, #13 Benedictine at Concordia (NE)
Benedictine put on 407 yards in total offense and went 8–16 on third down, while Concordia managed 295 total offensive yards and 5–14 on third down attempts. The final score was a victory for Benedictine 49–36.


2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Early Games, Southwestern at #10 Northwestern (IA)
Tenth ranked Northwestern hosted the Southwestern College Moundbuilders on a Thursday night game in front of 2,347 fans. Southwestern entered the game with optimism of a victory and breaking a losing streak.


2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference football season, Regular season, Early Games, Southwestern at #10 Northwestern (IA)
Northwestern dominated play the entire game. Head coach Kyle Achterhoff led his team to 649 yards and 7 touchdowns, averaging 7.1 yards per play while holding Southwestern to 156 yards and no points. Southwestern's Ceth Bannister managed a 64-yard punt in the game as a bright spot for Southwestern. The final score was 49–0 with Northwestern winning.


2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Utah Valley University's Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley won their third championship by a score of 10-6, having advanced undefeated in conference regular season and tournament play. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Utah Valley has won all three Great West Conference Baseball Tournaments.


2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
All eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage only.


2012 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Billy Burgess was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgess was an outfielder for Utah Valley.


2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10, 2012, in Chicago Illinois. at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center. Per NCAA regulations as a new Division I conference, the Great West champion did not receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The winner however received an automatic bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.


2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With South Dakota joining the Summit League for the 2011-12 season, a new format was used for the 2012 tournament.


2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
5 teams qualified for the 2012 Great West Tournament. Chicago State did not compete in the 2012 Great West Tournament due to failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements, leading to a postseason ban.


2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
The entire tournament was streamed online by Sidearm Sports at .


2012 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election
The 2012 Great Yarmouth Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Council, alongside nationwide local elections.


2012 Greater Western Sydney Giants season
The 2012 Greater Western Sydney Giants season was the club's first season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) for its second season, but under the new name University of Western Sydney Giants.


2012 Greater Western Sydney Giants season, Club personnel
Kevin Sheedy was the first head coach of the Giants, while Mark Williams was the assistant coach.


2012 Greater Western Sydney Giants season, Club personnel, Playing list
*= Player made his debut at a club other than Greater Western Sydney.


2012 Greek Football Cup Final
The 2012 Greek Cup Final was the 68th final of the Greek Football Cup. It took place on April 28, 2012 at Olympic Stadium, between Atromitos and Olympiacos. This was the second consecutive Cup final for Atromitos, which the previous season lost to AEK.


2012 Green Bay Blizzard season
The 2012 Green Bay Blizzard season was the team's tenth season as a football franchise and third in the Indoor Football League. One of just nine teams competing in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Green Bay Blizzard were members of the United Conference. The team played their home games at the Resch Center in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin.


2012 Green Bay Blizzard season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 25, 201227 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


2012 Green Bay Packers season
The 2012 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 94th season overall and their 92nd in the National Football League, and the seventh under head coach Mike McCarthy. The Packers won the NFC North division title for the second year in a row with an 11–5 record. The Packers lost in the Divisional round of the playoffs to the eventual NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers by the score of 45–31, finishing with a postseason record of 1–1. The Packers offense finished the season fifth in points and eleventh in yards per game. The defense finished eleventh in points allowed and twenty-second in yards allowed per game.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Free agents
RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, FT: Franchise Tag


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers
After finishing last season with a league best 15–1 record, the Green Bay Packers began their 2012 campaign against the San Francisco 49ers who finished second to the Packers in the NFC with a 13–3 record. San Francisco delivered the game's opening punch in the first quarter as David Akers converted a 40-yard field goal. The 49ers further extended their lead when veteran WR Randy Moss caught a 17-yard pass in the middle of the end zone from Alex Smith in the 2nd quarter.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Packers scored their first points of the season when Aaron Rodgers connected with TE Jermichael Finley in the center of the endzone on a 1-yard pass. Rodgers and the Packers offense struggled to move the ball and David Akers added two more field goals for the 49ers including a long distance 63-yard field goal that hit the cross bar and bounced through as the 1st half came to an end. The Packers went into the locker room down 16–7.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers continued their scoring in the third quarter with Vernon Davis hauling in a 4-yard pass in the end zone from Alex Smith to further extend the 49ers lead to 23–7. The Packers' managed to chip into the 49ers lead when WR Randall Cobb returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown. Rodgers completed a pass to Jordy Nelson for the 2-point conversion to bring the lead down to a more manageable 8-point lead. However, Rodgers threw a costly interception to LB NaVorro Bowman on the Packers next offensive possession which set up the 49ers with great field position.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 1: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Following the INT, RB Frank Gore scored a touchdown on a 23-yard scamper into the endzone down the right sideline. The Packers drove down and Rodgers completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to James Jones to bring the Packers within 8 points for the second time with a little over 6 minutes remaining in the game. The Packers forced the 49ers to punt with 3:45 remaining on the clock but hope expired on a come from behind victory when Rodgers failed to complete an attempted pass to Jordy Nelson on 4th and 10. The 49ers regained possession and ran out the game clock. With the loss, Green Bay began their season 0–1 matching the Packers regular season losses for all of the 2011 season. Also, this game ended their streak of 13 consecutive regular season victories at Lambeau Field.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks
With the controversial loss, the Packers fell to 1–2. Also, QB Aaron Rodgers would be held without a touchdown for the first time since the teams' 9–0 shutout against the Jets during the 2010 season. The team was also one of six 2011 playoff teams to be under .500 after their first three games.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 4: vs. New Orleans Saints
In spite of the surprising loss to the Seahawks, the Packers returned home for a game against the Saints. The Saints tried to avenge their losing in Green Bay last season. However, the Packers would win this game and improve to 2–2 while the Saints dropped to 0–4.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts
The Packers went to Indianapolis for a game against the Colts. Despite the fact that the team was up 21–3 at halftime, the Colts erased the lead in the 2nd half and won the game 30–27. This dropped the Packers' record to 2–3 on the season, 0–1 against the AFC South, and 0–4 all-time in Indianapolis.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 6: at Houston Texans
With the victory over the previously undefeated Texans, the Packers improved their season to 3–3 and 5–0 all-time in the city of Houston. Aaron Rodgers tied the franchise record with 6 touchdown passes. Before the game the Texans defense only allowed 6 touchdowns all season.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 7: at St. Louis Rams
The Packers traveled to St. Louis to take on the Rams. The game was unfortunately close unlike the previous season's 24–3 blowout win but the Packers would end up winning 30–20 while improving to 4–3.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 8: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With their third consecutive win, the Packers improved to 5–3, dropping to the Jacksonville Jaguars to 1–1 at Lambeau Field. The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans are now the only two remaining teams which have never lost at Lambeau, sitting at 3–0 and 1–0, respectively.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 9: vs. Arizona Cardinals
The Packers head into their bye week 6–3 after 4 touchdown passes by Aaron Rodgers. The Packers gained 176 yards rushing, the most by the Packers in a game since 2009 vs the Cleveland Browns. The Arizona Cardinals drop to 0–7 all-time at Lambeau Field after losing their fifth consecutive game.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 11: at Detroit Lions
With their win on the other side of Lake Michigan against the longtime rival Detroit Lions, Green Bay improved to 7–3 and set a franchise record of nine straight regular season victories over their three division rivals, dating back to Week 17 of their 2010 season.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 12: at New York Giants
After winning against the Lions, the Packers traveled on the road to take on the Giants, who eliminated them from the playoffs last season 37–20. The Packers were overpowered as they would lose 38–10 and dropped to 7–4 on the season. With the Bears win earlier in the day, the Packers now sit in 2nd place in the NFC North.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 13: vs. Minnesota Vikings
With their home victory over their bitter rival from Minnesota, the Packers won their fifth consecutive game against the Vikings and franchise-record tenth straight matchup against a division rival. Vikings RB Adrian Peterson was a major threat during the first half, and as a result the Vikings led 14–10 at halftime. However, the Packers were able to score 13 unanswered points in the second half and keep the Vikings in check for the remainder of the game, thereby winning 23–14 and dropping their rival to 6–6.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 13: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Upon winning, the team improved to 8–4 and retook the lead in the NFC North after the rival Chicago Bears lost to the Seattle Seahawks at home in overtime. This would also be the last time Rodgers would throw an interception at a home game until Week 5 of the 2015 season.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 13: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Packers look to continue their division dominance by trying to extend their winning streak in Wisconsin against the Lions to 22 straight games (including the 1994 playoffs) on Sunday Night Football during Week 14.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 14 vs. Detroit Lions
The Packers fell behind Detroit 14–0, but regained momentum when defensive lineman Mike Daniels returned a Lions fumble 43 yards for a touchdown, helping to put the Packers down only 14–10 at halftime. On their opening drive of the second half, Aaron Rodgers gave the Packers the lead for the first time with a 27-yard touchdown run. The Lions would tie the game 17–17 on a Jason Hanson field goal, and after both the Packers and the Lions would both miss field goals, the Packers finally got the lead for good on a 14-yard touchdown run by rookie DuJuan Harris.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 14 vs. Detroit Lions
A Mason Crosby field goal gave the Packers a sure 27–17 lead with just over 4 minutes left in the game. The Lions would kick a field goal with 7 seconds left, but failed the onside kick attempt, giving the Packers a 27–20 win and eliminating the Lions from playoff contention. With a win against the rival Bears the following week, the Packers had the opportunity to clinch the NFC North division.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 14 vs. Detroit Lions
Will Ferrell was in attendance and led the crowd in a rendition of "Roll Out the Barrel".


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 15: at Chicago Bears
The Packers fell behind 7–0 to the Bears early in the 2nd quarter, but three consecutive Aaron Rodgers touchdown passes to James Jones gave the Packers a 21–7 lead midway through the third quarter. The Bears would pull to within 8 points late by way of two Olindo Mare field goals, but the Bears couldn't mount a comeback. With the 21–13 win, the Packers clinched the NFC North division title for a second season in a row and secured a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 16: vs. Tennessee Titans
With the win in their regular season home finale, the Packers improved to 11–4 on the season, 7–1 at home, and 3–1 against the AFC South by winning their first game against Tennessee since 1998, the final year the AFC franchise was referred to as the Oilers.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
With a 37–34 loss to the Vikings, the Packers failed to clinch the #2 overall seed in the NFC and a first round bye while finishing 11–5. The Packers loss set up a playoff re match between the Packers and the Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. The Packers held Vikings RB Adrian Peterson 9 yards short of breaking the NFL regular season rushing record (2105 yards).


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
The Packers' 12-game winning streak against division rivals was snapped as they lost their first game vs. a rival since their 7–3 loss to the Lions in Week 14 of the 2010 season. Also, the loss to the Vikings killed the Packers' chance of having a perfect record against division rivals for the second season in a row, as well as losing their 5-game winning streak vs. the Vikings.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Regular-season results, Week 17: at Minnesota Vikings
Morgan Burnett challenges Kyle Rudolph in the week 17 contest


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason (Playoffs)
By virtue of clinching the NFC North division title the Packers hosted a playoff game in the Wild Card round. The Packers win against the Titans in Week 16 guaranteed at least the 3rd seed in the NFC; However, the Packers fell short of the #2 seed and a first round bye by failing to win in Week 17 over the Vikings.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason (Playoffs), NFC Wildcard Round: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Despite trailing early in the first quarter, the Packers were able to score 24 unanswered points due to a Vikings defense demotivated by a bad performance from Vikings backup quarterback Joe Webb (starter Christian Ponder was injured in regular season finale). The Vikings began to catch up in the fourth, but it was too little, too late as the Packers got their first playoff win since 2010 and first home playoff victory since 2007.


2012 Green Bay Packers season, Postseason (Playoffs), NFC Divisional Playoff Game: at San Francisco 49ers
With the loss, the Packers ended their season with an overall record of 12–6. This marked the final game for longtime wide receiver Donald Driver, who announced his retirement after the season.


2012 Green National Convention
The 2012 Green National Convention took place on July 12–15, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Annual National Meeting of the Green Party of the United States occurred at the University of Baltimore (William H. Thumel Sr. Business Center), with the National Convention on July 14 being held at the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor (Chesapeake Room).


2012 Green National Convention
The convention was preceded by the 2012 Green Party presidential primaries.


2012 Green National Convention, Nomination
Jill Stein of Massachusetts won the presidential nomination with 193.5 out of 294 delegates' votes. Television personality Roseanne Barr received 72 votes and 17 votes were cast for activist Kent Mesplay.


2012 Green National Convention, Nomination, Candidates
Roseanne Barr of Hawaii, Comedian, actor, liberal activist, and former sitcom, cooking show, and talk show host.


2012 Green National Convention, Nomination, Candidates
Kent Mesplay of California, California Delegate to the Green National Committee


2012 Green National Convention, Nomination, Candidates
Harley Mikkelson of Michigan, Michigan Green and multiple time candidate for office with the Green Party of Michigan


2012 Green National Convention, Nomination, Candidates
Jill Stein of Massachusetts, Physician and chair of the Green-Rainbow Party


2012 Green National Convention, Nomination, Results
Cheri Honkala, an anti-poverty activist from Pennsylvania, won the vice-presidential nomination.


2012 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election
The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2012 was held on 24 November 2012. Incumbent Ondřej Liška saw competition from former Party Leader Martin Bursík. Liška defeated Bursík and remained the Leader.


2012 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election, Background
Ondřej Liška has been the leader of the Green Party since 2009 when Martin Bursík resigned. On 12 May 2012 Bursík announced his intention to run for the position of Party Leader as he believes that Greens move too much to Left. He stated that he wants Green Party to be a Centrist liberal environmental party. Liška decide to run for another term and face Bursík. Jiří Koreš and Eva Kodymová decided to also run as "protest" Candidates.


2012 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election, Voting
Voting took place on 24 November 2012. Election was seen as a duel between Liška and Bursík. Other Candidates included  Jiří Koreš and Eva Kodymová. Liška won the election with 110 votes against Bursík's 70 votes.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election
The 2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place in September 2012 to select a leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. The party's incumbent leader, Caroline Lucas, chose not to seek re-election. The position was won by the journalist Natalie Bennett.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Background
The Green Party of England and Wales elects its leaders every two years. Caroline Lucas was elected as the party's first leader in 2008 and had been re-elected unopposed in 2010. In May 2012, she announced that she wouldn't seek re-election.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign
The election was contested by Natalie Bennett, a former journalist for The Guardian.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Candidates, Declined
The incumbent deputy leader, Adrian Ramsay, was widely expected to contest the leadership election. However, he announced that he would not stand in that election, nor for re-election as deputy leader.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign
All members of the party were sent ballot papers in the post with their copy of the party's magazine at the beginning of August 2012. Ballots needed to be returned before 31 August 2012.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign
The result was declared on 3 September 2012. Natalie Bennett was elected leader and Will Duckworth was elected deputy leader.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Result, Deputy leader
Under the election rules operating at the time, the deputy leader could not be of the same gender as the leader. Caroline Allen and Alexandra Phillips were thus eliminated and first preference votes cast for them were redistributed to the highest expressed preference for an eligible candidate. No candidate achieved the necessary quota, but the election rules required that 're-open nominations' not be eliminated, so the candidate with the highest vote was elected.


2012 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Aftermath
Bennett said she wanted to get MPs elected in every region, setting a target of ten seats.


2012 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
The Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election took place on 2–3 November, Prince Edward Island.


2012 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
On 12 July 2012, Sharon Labchuk resigned from the leadership of the Green Party of PEI, triggering a leadership election. An interim leader and the details of the leadership election are to be announced.


2012 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election, None of the above
The None of the above ballot option was available to members.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries
The Green Party of the United States held primaries in several states in 2012. Jill Stein won most of the primaries and was formally nominated as the party's nominee during the 2012 Green National Convention.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Schedule
†Gray indicates that the primary, caucus, or convention has occurred but the official results have not yet been released.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Ohio Convention (February 5)
The Ohio Green Party Convention took place on February 5.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Illinois primary (February 24)
The Illinois Green Party Convention took place on February 24.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Arizona primary (February 29)
The Arizona Green Party held its primary on February 29.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Massachusetts primary (March 6)
The Massachusetts primary took place on March 6. Three candidates appeared on the ballot.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Virginia primary (March 11)
The Virginia Green Party held its primary on March 11.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, New Jersey convention (March 18)
The New Jersey Green Party Convention took place on March 18.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Colorado convention (March 31)
The Colorado Green Party Convention took place on March 31.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, DC Primary (April 3)
The DC Statehood Party Primary took place on April 3.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Connecticut convention (April 28)
The Connecticut Green Party Convention took place on April 28.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, South Carolina convention (April 28)
The South Carolina Green Party Convention took place on April 28.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Maine Caucuses (May 5)
The Maine Green Party held caucuses, and the state meeting took place on May 5.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Rhode Island convention (May 6)
The Rhode Island Green Party Convention took place on May 6.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Arkansas convention (May 6)
The Arkansas Green Party Convention took place on May 6.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Delaware convention (May 12)
The Delaware Green Party Convention took place on May 12 in Newark, Delaware.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Hawaii convention (May 19)
The Hawaii Green Party Convention took place on May 19.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Minnesota Caucuses (May 19)
The Minnesota Green Party Caucuses took place on May 19.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Mississippi convention (May 19)
The Mississippi Green Party Convention took place on May 19.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, New York convention (May 19)
The New York Green Party Convention took place on May 19.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Pennsylvania convention (May 19)
The Pennsylvania Green Party convention took place on May 19.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Tennessee convention (May 19)
The Tennessee Green Party convention took place on May 19.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Florida primary (May 27)
The Florida Green Party primary took place on May 27.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Iowa primary (May 27)
The Iowa Green Party primary took place on May 27.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Washington Convention (May 27)
The Washington Green Party Convention took place on May 27.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Georgia convention (June 2)
The Georgia Green Party convention took place on June 2.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Oregon convention (June 2)
The Pacific Green Party convention took place on June 2. The members voted using a ranked choice system, but only two candidates received votes so it stayed in one round.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, Michigan convention (June 3)
The Michigan Green Party convention took place on June 3.


2012 Green Party presidential primaries, Results, California primary (June 5)
The California Primary took place on June 5. Three candidates appeared on the ballot.


2012 Green World ATP Challenger
The 2012 Green World ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Pingguo, China between 12 and 18 March 2012.


2012 Green World ATP Challenger, Single main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Green World ATP Challenger – Doubles
Michail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev were the defending champions but decided not to participate. John Paul Fruttero and Raven Klaasen won the final 6–2, 6–4 against Colin Ebelthite and Samuel Groth.


2012 Green World ATP Challenger – Singles
Go Soeda successfully defended his title, defeating Malek Jaziri 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 in the final.


2012 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 2012 Coca-Cola GM was the 42nd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Ilulissat from August 5 to 11. It was won by B-67 Nuuk for the eighth time in its history.


2012 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, North Greenland
FC Malamuk and Upernavik BK 83 qualified for the Final Round.


2012 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Central Greenland
B-67 Nuuk and Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk qualified for the Final Round.


2012 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2012 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 46th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 2 September 2012. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Steven Caethoven.


2012 Guadiana Trophy
The 2012 Guadiana Trophy was the 12th edition of the competition and took place between 26 and 28 July. It featured Braga, Newcastle United and Olympiacos. The trophy was won by Newcastle United after they drew their first game with Olympiakos and won their second game against Braga, who'd drawn their first game with Olympiakos.


2012 Guam Republican presidential caucuses
The 2012 Guam Republican presidential caucuses were held on March 10, 2012. Citizens of Guam send nine delegates to the convention. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the territory almost unanimously, with 207 of the 215 registered Republicans at the convention supporting him. Mitt Romney's son, Matt, campaigned in Saipan to represent his father at the convention.


2012 Guam Republican presidential caucuses
The events occurred on the same day as the 2012 Kansas and United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses.


2012 Guam national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the Guam national football team in 2012.


2012 Guamanian legislative election
Legislative elections also known as Senatorial election for the Legislature of Guam were held on November 6, 2012, alongside a referendum on a for-profit bingo initiative. The Democratic Party won nine of the fifteen seats in the Legislature, whilst the referendum was rejected by 64.8% of voters.


2012 Guamanian legislative election, Primary Election
The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature. As there were many candidates running, primaries were set on September 1, 2012 for both the Democratic and Republican parties. The first fifteen candidates who win the highest votes go on to the General election.


2012 Guamanian legislative election, General election results
Following the primaries, there were 26 candidates vying for the 15 seats in the Legislature of Guam. The members are elected at-large with the first 15 winning candidates are elected as the new members of the legislature.


2012 Guamanian legislative election, Incoming Senators to the 32nd Guam Legislature
There were 15 senators elected on November 6, 2012 to serve in the 32nd Guam Legislature and were inaugurated on January 7, 2013:


2012 Guanajuato gubernatorial election
The 2012 gubernatorial election in the Mexican state of Guanajuato was held on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Incumbent Guanajuato Governor Juan Manuel Oliva of the National Action Party (PAN) is retiring due to mandatory term limits, which limit all Mexican state governors to one, six-year term in office. The Guanajuato gubernatorial election coincided with the 2012 Mexican presidential and general elections.


2012 Guanajuato gubernatorial election
Miguel Márquez Márquez of PAN won the election. He was sworn into office on September 26, 2012.


2012 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The 34th Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup will be held on 28 December 2011 and 1 January 2012. The first leg will be played at Hong Kong Stadium with the second leg to take place at Huizhou Stadium.


2012 Guangxi cadmium spill
The 2012 Guangxi cadmium spill (广西镉污染事件) occurred in early January when toxic cadmium contaminated the Guangxi Longjiang river (龙江河) and water supply.


2012 Guangxi cadmium spill, Incident
Hechi authorities estimated that more than 40,000 kilograms of fish were found dead from January 15 to February 2 within the city limits. The spill was caused by Jinhe Mining company (沿河兩岸工廠). The spill is estimated to be 80 times the official limit, according to regional government protection official Feng Zhennian.


2012 Guangxi cadmium spill, Incident
A toxic slick stretching more than 100km along the Longjiang river reached the Nuomitan hydroelectric station, 57 km upstream from Liuzhou, with cadmium levels five times above the national standard. In one month 20 tonnes of toxic cadmium metals were spilled into the river.


2012 Guangxi cadmium spill, Control
The government stopped supply of tap water to Liuzhou city, affecting 3.7 million residents. Seven company executives deemed responsible for the contamination were detained. Seven government officials were fired, including two punished for the spill. According to local government officials from the Xinhua News Agency, the pollution is under control after two weeks of cleanup. Shortly after the spill, residents of the city of Liuzhou emptied supermarkets of bottled water out of fear of contamination. Many scientists working on purification decided to return to the river, despite being hospitalized for contamination.


2012 Guangxi cadmium spill, Control
More than 60% of cadmium content in the Longjiang River in Hechi, previously reported as five times higher than the restricted level, has been diluted and absorbed, according to experts. Guangdong, Macau and Hong Kong are said to be unaffected. Chinese environmentalists are calling for a cadmium pollution fund to be set up to compensate for the long-term impact of the spill, according to state-run newspaper China Daily. "These kinds of disasters make it obvious that this is the time to change, to push for more transparency," says Ma Jun, a well-respected Chinese green activist and director of the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs.


2012 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season
The 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 59th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 45th season in the Chinese football league, also its 23rd season in the top flight. The club played in the AFC Champions League for the first time in club's history after winning the league title in the 2011 season.


2012 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 17 through September 23, 2012.


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Champions, Singles
It was the second title of the year and the second of her career for Hsieh. It was the first tour level final of her career for Robson.


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Hsieh played alongside Hsieh Shu-ying, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai. Zheng competed with Tetiana Luzhanska, but lost in the semifinals to Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu. Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai defeated in the final the first seeded Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu with the score 2–6, 6–2, [10–8].


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Chanelle Scheepers was the defending champion, but lost to Urszula Radwańska in the quarterfinals.


2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Laura Robson in the final 6–3, 5–7, 6–4.


2012 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season
The 2012 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season is Guangzhou's 1st season in the Chinese Super League since 2010. Guangzhou will also be competing in the Chinese FA Cup.


2012 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012 Guatemala earthquake
The 2012 Guatemala earthquake occurred on November 7 at 10:35:45 local time. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong). The epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Champerico in the department of Retalhuleu. The region is one of many earthquakes, where the Cocos Plate is being subducted along the Middle America Trench beneath the North American and the Caribbean Plates, near their triple junction.


2012 Guatemala earthquake
The quake was reportedly felt in Guatemala and in parts of Mexico, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Damage to buildings was reported in several cities in Guatemala, including San Marcos, Quetzaltenango and the capital Guatemala City. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning about the possibility of a local tsunami within 160 to 320 km (100 to 200 mi) of the epicenter.


2012 Guatemala earthquake
With 39 dead, this is the most intense and deadliest earthquake that has hit Guatemala since the earthquake of 1976.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Sololá, Totonicapán, Quiché and Huehuetenango were the hardest hit departments. Preliminary reports mention a death toll of at least 42 in Guatemala, of which 29 in San Marcos, 11 in Quetzaltenango, and 2 in Sololá. According to the minister of energy of Guatemala, the earthquake left 73,000 households without power. The Guatemalan president initially declared a 30-day "state of calamity" in the departments of Retalhuleu, Sololá, Totonicapán, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Quiché and Huehuetenango. The "state of calamity" was subsequently prolonged until being revoked on July 25, 2013. In Guatemala, as of November 11, 9,414 houses were found damaged, and 18,755 people were evacuated, 7,218 of which stayed in 61 refuges. The Pan-American Highway in Guatemala (CA-1) was damaged.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
There were collapsed buildings and reported deaths and injuries in San Marcos. Accounts of deaths and injuries in San Marcos were initially difficult to confirm due to communication interruption and roads blocked by landslides. Many people in San Marcos, fearing possible aftershocks, gathered on the cold and dark streets. At least 50 houses were damaged in El Quetzal, 9 of which no longer inhabitable, and the dwellers had to take refuge in the community public school. More than 300 people stayed in 10 refuges in the department. Lack of water in the refuges in San Pedro Sacatepéquez and San Marcos due to the collapse of piping caused preoccupations about the sanitary conditions.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
Eight people were buried in a landslide in Concepción Chiquirichapa. Ten deaths were reported in Quetzaltenango department. 156 houses were damaged in Quetzaltenango Department, and government buildings in Quetzaltenango City (Xela) were slightly damaged.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
Retalhuleu, situated in the south, is close to the epicenter. The Departmental Palace of Retalhuleu, a historical building, was damaged, which caused the government offices therein to be relocated.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
Sololá reported the most damaged houses with number of 4,756, followed by 3,870 in San Marcos.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
Cracks were reported in Palacio Nacional de la Cultura in Guatemala City, a former government seat built between 1939 and 1943.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Guatemala
Some houses of the coffee growers were damaged. No major damage was reported for agricultural products such as coffee, vegetables and potatoes.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Mexico
Minor damage was reported in the state of Chiapas, which neighbors Guatemala. In Chiapas, public buildings were evacuated, and telephone and internet services were interrupted. Over a dozen of buildings in Chiapas had minor fissures; the city hall of Tapachula, the installations of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia, along with a school in Ciudad Hidalgo, were among the places affected.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Mexico
In the state of Oaxaca, several aftershocks of the earthquake were felt throughout various communities. The quake was also felt in the states of Campeche, Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla and Tabasco.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Mexico
In Mexico City, workers rushed to the streets from the office buildings, and no major damage was reported.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, El Salvador
In El Salvador, many urban dwellers evacuated their homes in the capital city, but there were no reports of any damage.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Damage and casualties by country, Nicaragua
Nicaragua emitted a tsunami alert after the quake and alerted several communities along the coastlines to mobilize to higher altitudes.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Relief and reconstruction
The minister of finance of Guatemala expressed that 800 million quetzales were ready for covering emergent needs due to the earthquake. The Ministry of Health of Guatemala assigned 1 million quetzales to the hospital of San Marcos and dispatched two trucks with medicines. In Guatemala City, various organizations collected donated provisions for people affected by the earthquake. The minister of interior announced a fund of 25 million quetzales for the reconstruction of damaged police stations, prisons, and government buildings.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Relief and reconstruction
The United States Ambassador to Guatemala announced to offer 50,000 USD to Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED) for immediate humanitarian help. The United States and Taiwan would offer 110,000 USD in total as economical support. The Inter-American Development Bank would offer 200,000 USD. Various countries offered to provide help in personnel or matter, including Venezuela and Chile. World Food Programme offered 72 tonnes of emergency food aid.


2012 Guatemala earthquake, Relief and reconstruction
On November 9, the authorities started the evaluation of the damaged houses in San Marcos and San Pedro Sacatepéquez to decide which to be repaired and which to be demolished and rebuilt. The reconstruction in San Marcos had started on November 27. It was estimated that the reconstruction of the houses could need at least a year.


2012 Guernsey general election
The 2012 Guernsey general election was held on 18 April 2012 to elect 45 members of the States of Guernsey. 78 candidates stood for the 45 seats. A total of 29,745 people, or about two-thirds of the population of Guernsey and Herm, registered to vote. There were 20,459 voters, with 81 blank papers and 65 spoilt papers, amended to 71 blank and 72 spoilt after the two recounts. Only five women were elected in 2012.


2012 Guernsey general election
There was a by-election in December 2015 to fill a vacancy in the district of St Peter Port North.


2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake
The 2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake struck southern Mexico with a moment magnitude of 7.4 at 12:02 local time on Tuesday, 20 March. Its epicenter was near Ometepec, in the border between the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. With a shallow focus of 15 to 20 km, the earthquake caused strong shaking over a large area along the Oaxaca–Guerrero border and the adjacent Pacific coastline. Significant tremors were felt in areas up to several hundred kilometers away, including Mexico City and also in Guatemala. Two people were killed and over 30,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.


2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake, Tectonic setting
The states of Guerrero and Oaxaca lie above the convergent boundary where the Cocos Plate is being subducted below the North American Plate at a rate of 6.4 cm/yr (2.5 in/yr). The dip of the subducting slab is about 15° as defined by focal mechanisms and hypocenters of previous earthquakes. Seismicity in this area is characterized by regular megathrust earthquakes along the plate interface. In addition, there have been a series of historic normal fault events within the subducting slab.


2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake, Earthquake
According to the National Seismological Service (NSS) of Mexico, the epicenter was located in the Oaxaca-Guerrero border, about 30 km south of Ometepec and 8 km southeast of Cuajinicuilapa. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the epicenter in the state of Oaxaca, about 23 km east of Ometepec and 6 km northwest of San Juan Cacahuatepec. The depth was reported as 15 km by NSS and 20 km by the USGS. The slip of the earthquake was compactly distributed in an area of about 30 km × 30 km.