2013 New York Lizards season, On 2013 roster, no stats
Max Seibald (26 years old, Cornell '09) was on the 2013 Lizards injured reserve roster as of 20 May 2013 and had not appeared in a game in the 2013 season as of that date. Seibald was a four-time All-American (2006–2009), on the 1st team three times and on the 2nd team in his freshman year at Cornell. He was Player of the Year in Division I men's lacrosse in 2009. He played with Rob Pannell in the 2009 college season at Cornell.


2013 New York Lizards season, On 2013 roster, no stats
Cornell made it to the final of the Division I men's lacrosse tournament that year before losing to Syracuse 9-10. He played in 10 games in the 2009 season for Denver in the MLL after playing in the NCAA tournament. His first year with the Lizards was in 2012. Seibald was on the US men's national lacrosse team in 2010.


2013 New York Mets season
The 2013 New York Mets season was the franchise's 52nd season. The Mets hosted the 84th MLB All-Star Game on July 16 at Citi Field, their home for five seasons. The Mets finished the season with a record of 74–88, finishing third in the National League East Division. The season was the Mets' first non-fourth-place finish since 2008. It was also the final season for Ralph Kiner, who had been with their broadcast team since its first season.


2013 New York Mets season, Offseason
The Mets lost their rights to the Minor League Baseball affiliate Buffalo Bisons as their AAA team. For 2013–15, the Mets have agreed to a deal to claim the Las Vegas 51s as their newest minor league affiliate, for triple A.


2013 New York Mets season, Offseason
On November 7, 2012, the Mets and outfielder Jason Bay agreed to part ways, with the team buying out the $21 million remaining on his contract and releasing him.


2013 New York Mets season, Offseason
On December 17, the Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a deal sending 2012 Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey, Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas to Toronto in exchange for prospects Travis d'Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, and Wuilmer Becerra and veteran catcher John Buck.


2013 New York Mets season, Regular season
On May 30, the Mets swept the Yankees for the second time in the history of the modern Subway Series. The Yankees had swept six games from the Mets in 2003.


2013 New York Mets season, Regular season
On August 30, 2013, the Mets traded catcher John Buck and outfielder Marlon Byrd through the waiver process, to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets received reliever Vic Black and Dilson Herrera.


2013 New York Mets season, Regular season
On September 1, 2013, Sandy Alderson announced he expects manager Terry Collins to not be fired by the club. Fans and certain media members have been publicly criticizing Collins' moves in games, and his general managing presence, and repertoire.


2013 New York Red Bulls season
The 2013 New York Red Bulls season was the club's eighteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of American soccer.


2013 New York Red Bulls season, Statistics, Starting 11
Last updated: October 27, 2013Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2013 New York Red Bulls season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, League table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2013 New York Red Bulls season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion


2013 New York Red Bulls season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Results Summary
Last updated: October 27, 2013Source: Match ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2013 New York Sportimes season
The 2013 New York Sportimes season was the 19th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) including the history it inherited from the 2011 merger with the New York Buzz, the 15th season since the founding of the New York metropolitan area-franchise and its third playing home matches in both New York City and the Capital District.


2013 New York Sportimes season
The Sportimes finished in last place in the Eastern Conference and had the worst record in WTT in 2013. The team played five of its home matches in Guilderland, New York and the other two in New York City. This was the opposite of what it had done in the first two post-merger seasons.


2013 New York Sportimes season
On January 15, 2014, Sportimes CEO Claude Okin announced that the franchise had been sold to businessman Russell Geyser and his minority partner Jack McGrory, and the team would be relocated to San Diego, California and renamed the San Diego Aviators. Okin said, "This is a bittersweet event for me personally. I am very glad to have found a motivated and able new owner for the franchise: a person who will be able to re-imagine it in another great tennis town – but I will miss my team."


2013 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Personnel changes
Prior to the 2013 roster player draft, the Sportimes traded Martina Hingis to the Washington Kastles for financial consideration. Also prior to the draft, the Sportimes acquired Anna-Lena Grönefeld from the Orange County Breakers for financial consideration. Robert Kendrick, Jesse Witten and Květa Peschke all returned for the 2013 season. Although not protected by the Sportimes in the marquee draft in February, John McEnroe was signed as a wildcard player in March, and played for the team in 2013. Claude Okin, the team's principal owner and CEO, also served as the team's coach for 2013.


2013 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Personnel changes
Abigail Spears was re-signed before the start of the season as a substitute player. She only appeared in the opening match. During the season, Eric Quigley was signed as a substitute player as well and appeared in one match. James Blake was also signed during the season as a wildcard player and appeared in one match for the Sportimes. Since WTT teams are permitted to have only one wildcard player of each gender, Blake was effectively released by the Sportimes when McEnroe was designated as the team's male wildcard player on July 18, 2013.


2013 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Return to Guilderland
After a temporary one-year absence during which it played its Capital District home matches in Troy, New York, the Sportimes returned to SEFCU Arena in Guilderland. The team reversed what it had done during the first two seasons after the merger with the Buzz by playing five of its home matches in the Capital District and only two at Sportime Stadium at Randall's Island in New York City.


2013 New York Sportimes season, Season recap, Disappointing results
The Sportimes finished with a dismal record of 4 wins and 10 losses, last in the Eastern Conference and the worst record in WTT. The team's final home match in Guilderland was a 20–13 loss to the Orange County Breakers on July 18, 2013. The team's final home match in New York City was a 23–15 overtime loss to the Washington Kastles on July 23, 2013.


2013 New York Sportimes season, Draft picks
Based on their loss in the 2012 Eastern Conference Championship Match and record of 9 wins and 5 losses, which was better than the other conference championship loser, the Sportimes had sixth selection in each round of both WTT drafts.


2013 New York Sportimes season, Draft picks, Marquee player draft
The Sportimes passed on both of their selections in the marquee player draft. They did not protect John McEnroe.


2013 New York Sportimes season, Draft picks, Roster player draft
The selections made by the Sportimes are shown in the table below.


2013 New York Yankees season
The 2013 New York Yankees season was the 113th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began their season at home with an 8–2 loss against the Boston Red Sox on April 1. They finished tied for third place in the American League East with an 85-77 record, which was their worst since 1992. The Yankees failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and only the second time in nineteen years.


2013 New York Yankees season
Longtime Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and longtime starting pitcher Andy Pettitte each retired following the 2013 season.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
Following a sour four-game sweep in the 2012 American League Championship Series and the loss of Derek Jeter to a broken ankle, expectations entering the Yankees' 113th season were uncharacteristically low. With the Blue Jays and Red Sox each making key acquisitions in the offseason as Yankee GM Brian Cashman's adjusted his strategy toward salary reduction, the American League East Division's reputation as a perennial powerhouse had shifted sharply against the Yankees. On Opening Day, the Bombers hosted their long–time rivals, the Boston Red Sox, but lost 8–2. Their next game was also a defeat, but veteran pitcher Andy Pettitte was able to prevent an early sweep by pitching to a 4–2 victory. Mariano Rivera would also earn his first save in what would be a farewell tour of sorts for the future Hall of Fame closer.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, April
Much to the surprise of fans and pundits alike, the injury-plagued Yankees held a first place lead in the division at the end of April with a record of 16–10. On April 12, they turned a 4–6–5–6–5–3–4 triple play in the 8th inning of a 5-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
On May 9, Yankees second baseman Robinson Canó hit his 1500th career hit with a single to center field at Coors Field in a 3-1 win against the Colorado Rockies. Without the help of core players Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, and Mark Teixeira, all of whom had been assigned to extended DL stints, the Yankees remained competitive through shrewd acquisitions of journeyman and platoon roleplayers such as Travis Hafner, Brennan Boesch, Lyle Overbay, and former Boston Red Sox first-baseman Kevin Youkilis.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, May
Though Granderson and Teixeira would return to the Yankee lineup by early summer, both would return to the DL after each suffered further injury. On May 30, the Yankees were swept by their crosstown rival New York Mets for the first time in the season series between the teams after a 3–1 loss at home. The Mets' sweep come a full decade after the 2003 Yankees won all six games from the Mets. In the second game, Mariano Rivera suffered his first blown save of the season and the first in his career where he failed to get an out by allowing two runs in the ninth in a 2-1 loss.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June
Despite entering the month of June with winning records for both April and May, the Yankees would finish the month with unimpressive offensive productivity and, due in large part to continued injury, a frustratingly inconsistent lineup. Following a sweep of the Cleveland Indians, the Yankees took three out of four games in Seattle and seemed capable of maintaining competitiveness until some of their core players returned. On June 8, Andy Pettitte won his 250th career win and Mariano Rivera continued his age-defying season by earning his 22nd save.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, June
But by the end of an extended west coast trip, Kevin Youkilis and Mark Teixeira's injuries were aggravated and both were lost for the remainder of the season. The Yankees lost three games against the Oakland Athletics, including the 18-inning finale to complete the sweep. The end of June looked bleak for the Yankees, winning only one of three games against the Texas Rangers and getting swept by the Baltimore Orioles for the first time since 2005. The Yankees finished June with a record of 11 wins and 16 losses, the first time they finished a month with a losing record since September 2010, where they went 12–15.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July
July showed some improvement after winning six straight games, their longest winning streak of the year. On July 1, pitcher Andy Pettitte recorded his 1,958th strikeout as a Yankee, becoming the franchise's all-time strikeout leader with a strikeout of the Minnesota Twins' Justin Morneau, surpassing Whitey Ford. They swept a four-game set against the Twins in Minnesota and won the first two of three at home versus the Orioles, but Rivera's second blown save of the season, similar to the first (allowing two runs in the ninth in a 2-1 loss) snapped the streak. The Yankees finished the first half by losing two of three to the Twins at home for the first time since 2001.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July
As was originally hoped at the beginning of the year, the return of much-needed reinforcements had started to look promising. Derek Jeter came back to the lineup for the first time since breaking his ankle in the 2012 ALCS, picking up a hit in his first at bat. Long-injured starting pitcher Michael Pineda also began playing in game situations in the minors, and third-baseman Alex Rodriguez had started at 20-game rehab assignment in Scranton. But Jeter's return was quickly marred by a quadriceps strain that would sideline the captain for several weeks after only one game.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July
With the summer trade deadline quickly approaching, the lack of right handed power, and the return dates of Rodriguez, Jeter, and Granderson still uncertain, the Yankees acquired outfielder Alfonso Soriano from the Chicago Cubs in the hopes of increasing the team's dismal power numbers (Soriano had hit 8 home runs the month prior to moving to New York, which is one more home run than the entire Yankee team had hit during that span). Soriano, who started his career with the Yankees, received a warm ovation from the Yankee fans upon his return on July 26. The New York Post reported soon after that Brian Cashman had reservations about acquiring Soriano, but was overruled by Yankee management.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, July
Derek Jeter returned to the Yankee lineup for the second time on July 28 and hit a solo home run on the first pitch of his first at bat. Alfonso Soriano would hit a walk-off single to give the Yankees a 6–5 victory.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August
On August 5, Alex Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games (until the end of the 2014 MLB season) for his involvement with the South Florida anti-aging clinic Biogenesis. He promptly appealed this suspension and was allowed to resume play for the rest of the season, but the suspension was upheld for the entire 2014 MLB regular season and postseason.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, August
On August 22, the Yankees swept a four-game set versus the Toronto Blue Jays at home for a perfect 10-0 home record versus them.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
After sweeping a three-game set at home versus the Chicago White Sox to start the month after being swept by them in Chicago on August 5–7 for the second straight year, the Yankees lost the first three of four at home to the Red Sox with Rivera blowing two saves, but won the last on a ninth inning wild pitch. They took three of four from the Orioles in Camden Yards before being swept by the Red Sox at Fenway Park.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
The Yankees closed interleague play with three games at home versus the San Francisco Giants. On September 20, Alex Rodriguez hit his 24th career grand slam to surpass Lou Gehrig as the all-time grand slam leader in a 5-1 win. Iván Nova pitched a complete shutout in the Yankees 6-0 win. In the series finale, Pettitte made his final home start in a 2-1 loss.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
On September 25, 2013, the Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, which for the second time in the wild card era, eliminated them from making the playoffs for the first time since 2008. The Rays swept the three-game set in the Bronx for the first time ever and Rivera made his final appearance in the 8th inning of the series finale, retiring all four batters he faced.


2013 New York Yankees season, Regular season, September
The Yankees finished the season by sweeping the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park with Pettitte earning his final victory in the second game.


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships
The 2013 Federation Tournament of Champions took place at the Times Union Center in downtown Albany on March 22, 23 and 24. Federation championships were awarded in the AA, A and B classifications. Christ the King in Middle Village, Queens won the Class AA championship. Jon Severe of Christ the King was named the Class AA tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class AA were as follows:


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA, Results
Christ the King finished the season with a 27-3 record.


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class A were as follows:


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class B were as follows:


2013 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2013 New Zealand Derby
The 2013 New Zealand Derby was a horse race which took place at Ellerslie Racecourse on Saturday 2 March 2013. It was the 138th running of the New Zealand Derby, and it was won by Habibi. With Silent Achiever having won the race 12 months earlier, it was the first time in the history of the race that fillies have won the Derby two years in a row. The runner-up, Fix, is also a filly, and it was just the second time fillies have finished first and second in the race in more than half a century.


2013 New Zealand Derby
The race is also notable for being the fifth Derby win for jockey Vinnie Colgan - an all-time record for the race.


2013 New Zealand Derby
Habibi's Derby win came in just her seventh career start, and as part of her first racing campaign. She made her debut on her home track, Ruakaka, on October 17, winning over 1200m. A series of increasingly impressive wins followed, including a Group 2 double against males at Ellerslie Racecourse over the Christmas/New Year period. It was then that connections opted to target the Derby.


2013 New Zealand Derby
Although she had tasted defeat for the first time at her previous start, when a fast-finishing third in the Avondale Guineas, Habibi was the hot favourite in the Derby. She began well, but settled in about midfield as a strong pace was set by front-runner Castlzeberg. Habibi made her run early in the home straight, and she and Fix passed Castlzeberg together and drew away to fight out the finish. Though Fix resisted strongly all the way to the line, Habibi was able to edge away to win by half a length.


2013 New Zealand Derby, Winner's details, The road to the Derby
Early-season appearances in 2012-13 prior to running in the Derby.


2013 New Zealand Derby, Winner's details, Subsequent Group 1 wins
Subsequent wins at Group 1 level by runners in the 2013 New Zealand Derby.


2013 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 2013 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 10 February 2013. It was the fifty-eighth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2013 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.


2013 New Zealand Grand Prix
Twenty Tatuus-Toyota cars started the race which was won by New Zealander Nick Cassidy for the second time in succession, a feat last achieved by Simon Wills who won the race back to back in 1998 and 1999.


2013 New Zealand Grand Prix
The M2 Competition team dominated the race, filling all three podium positions. Briton Alex Lynn finished second, 0.7 seconds behind Cassidy. Third was Dutch driver Steijn Schothorst.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The 2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 15 September 2013 to choose the fourteenth Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by David Cunliffe.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
It followed the resignation of leader David Shearer on 22 August 2013. Nominations closed on 26 August 2013.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
It was the first leadership election the Party conducted using new party rules agreed in 2012 that allow party members to vote. The Labour Party election rules state that the vote is split among the party's caucus, party members and party affiliates (unions) in a 40/40/20 split. It was also the first time a Labour leadership contest had been contested by more than two participants since 1940.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Background
On 22 August 2013 Shearer announced his resignation as party leader, explaining, "My sense is I no longer have the full confidence of many of my caucus colleagues".


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates
Deputy leader Grant Robertson declared he would contest the leadership on 25 August. Former union leader Andrew Little announced he would not contest the leadership vote on the same day. Robertson was nominated by Megan Woods and Jacinda Ardern.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates
List MP Shane Jones declared he would contest the leadership on 26 August. At a news conference later that day, MP for New Lynn David Cunliffe, declared he would contest the leadership as well. Cunliffe previously stood for the leadership at the 2011 leadership election, and lost to David Shearer and Grant Robertson.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Opinion polls
A TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll published on 25 August found David Cunliffe led the potential contenders with 29% of the popular vote and 32% of Labour Party members, followed by Jacinda Ardern on 15%, Shane Jones on 11%, Grant Robertson on 10% and Andrew Little on 9%. A Research Now poll released by 3 News on 6 September among the public returned 39.6% support for Cunliffe, 31.6% for Jones and 28.8% for Robertson. On 8 September TVNZ published a poll which asked which candidate respondents thought would be most likely to lead the Labour Party at the 2014 election. David Cunliffe was on 39%, Shane Jones on 18% and Grant Robertson on 15%.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Campaign
The first televised debate was held between the candidates on Māori Television on 26 August. A series of 12 candidates meetings will be held throughout the country for Labour Party members. Controversially, all candidates made use of their ability to fly around the country out of the Parliamentary Service's budget.


2013 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Result, Unions
Members of the Service & Food Workers Union directly voted in the election, while union delegates voted in the other five unions.


2013 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2013 New Zealand Music Awards is the 48th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. The main awards event will be held on 21 November 2013 at Vector Arena, Auckland and will again be hosted by Shannon Ryan, along with new host Stan Walker. Nominations opened on 27 May 2013 and closed on 8 July 2013. Eligible works were those released between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2013. The ceremony will be broadcast on television channel Four, as will a red carpet special hosted by Drew Neemia and Sharyn Casey.


2013 New Zealand Music Awards
The technical award winners, legacy award recipient and the Critics' Choice Prize shortlist were announced on 22 October at the Pullman hotel, Auckland. The Critics' Choice Prize winner was announced at the Critic's Choice Showcase at the King's Arms bar on 6 November.


2013 New Zealand Music Awards, Early awards
While most of the awards are presented at the main awards ceremony held in November, four genre awards are presented earlier at ceremonies of their field. The first was awarded in January, with the Tui for Best Folk Album presented at the Auckland Folk Festival in Kumeu to Auckland alt-country group Great North for their album Halves. The Tui for Best Jazz Album was presented in March to Nathan Haines at the National Jazz Festival in Tauranga for his album The Poet's Embrance.


2013 New Zealand Music Awards, Early awards
The Tui for Best Pacific Music Album was presented to Aaradhna at the Pacific Music Awards in May for her album Treble & Reverb. The Best Country Music Song Tui was presented to Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams for their album Sad but True – The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Vol. 1 at the Gold Guitar Awards, also in May.


2013 New Zealand Music Awards, Early awards
In addition, the three technical awards are presented at the ceremony on 22 October 2013. Nominees for the technical categories were announced on 10 October.


2013 New Zealand NBL season
The 2013 NBL season was the 32nd season of the National Basketball League. The 2013 season saw the withdrawal of the Auckland Pirates and Harbour Heat, but saw the return of the Waikato Pistons after a one-year hiatus as well as the Super City Rangers, who returned to the league for the first time since 1995.


2013 New Zealand NBL season
The 2013 NBL Final Four saw the top four teams play off on Saturday 13 July in a semifinals round, with the winner of each game playing in the final on Sunday 14 July at Pettigrew Green Arena in Napier.


2013 New Zealand NBL season, Team information
*Despite holding New Zealand citizenship, Jones had to play as an import due to a new league rule where each team could only field one naturalised New Zealand player (Manawatu already had Nick Horvath filling that spot).


2013 New Zealand Open Grand Prix
The 2013 New Zealand Open Grand Prix was the fourth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in North Shore Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand April 10 until April 14, 2013 and had a total purse of $50,000.


2013 New Zealand Radio Awards
The 2013 New Zealand Radio Awards were the awards for excellence in the New Zealand radio industry during 2012. It was the 36th New Zealand Radio Awards, and recognised staff, volunteers and contractors in both commercial and non-commercial broadcasting.


2013 New Zealand Radio Awards
This is a list of nominees, with winners in bold.


2013 New Zealand V8 season
The 2013 New Zealand V8 season was the fourteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Teretonga Park on 11 January and finished at the Pukekohe Park Raceway ITM Auckland 400 V8 Supercars event on 14 April after five championship meetings. The TLX Championship was won by Jason Bargwanna and the TL Championship was won by AJ Lauder.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season
The 2013 New Zealand Warriors season was the nineteenth season in the club's history. Coached by Matthew Elliott and captained by Simon Mannering, the Warriors competed in the National Rugby League's 2013 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 11th (out of 16 teams), failing to make the finals for the second consecutive year.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Jersey and sponsors
In 2013 the Warriors jerseys is again to be made by Canterbury of New Zealand.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Jersey and sponsors
The Warriors are the best selling club in the NRL for merchandise sales. In 2013 they had seven different playing shirts on sale.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Jersey and sponsors
Red Bull was announced as a new sponsor of the club, signing a three-year deal.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Pre-season training
Pre -season training began on 5 November 2012. Australian wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter Brad Morris was employed on the Warriors coaching staff. The team was based at the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health and North Harbour Stadium during the pre-Christmas period. Four players joined the squad on pre-season trial contracts; Charlie Gubb, Suaia Matagi, Atelea Nafetalai, Nathaniel Peteru.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Regular season
The Warriors will play ten home matches at Mount Smart Stadium, one at Eden Park and another at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. This will be the Warriors first home match held outside of Auckland.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams
The Junior Warriors again competed in the Holden Cup while senior players who were not required for the first team played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Holden Cup Squad
In John Ackland's last season with the club, the Junior Warriors made the grand final, before losing 30-42 to the Penrith Panthers juniors.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Holden Cup Squad
Grand Final team: David Fusitua, Metia Lisati, Adam Tuimavave-Gerrard, Ngataua Hukatai, Viliami Lolohea, Tuimoala Lolohea, Mason Lino, James Taylor, Siliva Havili, Albert Vete, Michael Sio, Raymond Faitala-Mariner and David Bhana (c). Bench: Eko Malu, Sam Lisone, Kouma Samson, Solomone Kata.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Holden Cup Squad
Seventeen Junior Warriors attended an NRL rookie camp on 24 and 25 November 2012. They were Vincent Afoa, Katamiro Atera, Trent Bishop, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Sione Feao, David Fusitua, Ngani Laumape, Mason Lino, Sam Lisone, Kouma Samson, Kurt Robinson, Lafu Feagaiga, Tama Koopu, Kenneth Maumalo, Eric Newbigging, Sam Cook and Esera Esera.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Vulcans squad
The Vulcans were coached by Willie Swann, who was assisted by Brent Gemmel.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Vulcans squad
The Vulcans made the finals, losing to the Wests Tigers 24-34 in an elimination final.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Vulcans squad
The 2013 squad was Aaron Nootai, Agnatius Paasi, Atelea Nafetalai, Daniel Palavi, Murray Iti, Nathaniel Peteru, Steve Waetford, Tangi Ropati and Zoram Watene. In addition, the Vulcans were able to select players contracted to the Warriors and not selected for first grade, including four under 20 players; Ngani Laumape, Siliva Havili, Trent Bishop and Visesio Setefano.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Other teams, Vulcans squad
Suaia Matagi was named the player of the year, ahead of runner up Tangi Ropati. John Palavi was named the rookie of the year.


2013 New Zealand Warriors season, Awards
Captain Simon Mannering won the Player of the Year award while Ngani Laumape won Rookie of the Year. The Clubman of the Year was Manu Vatuvei and Shaun Johnson won the People's Player of the Year, decided by public vote. Jerome Ropati was presented with a special Legacy Award.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum
The 2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum is a citizens-initiated referendum that took place by postal ballot from 22 November 2013 to 13 December 2013. It was on the Fifth National (Key) government's policy to partially privatise four energy-related state-owned enterprises and reducing the government's share in Air New Zealand.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum
In March 2013, the groups collecting signatures to force the referendum announced that they had achieved enough signatures to comfortably clear the 10% registered voters threshold. However, in May 2013, the clerk of the house announced that the petition was 16,500 signatures short of the number required (308,753), as about 100,000 signatures on the petition were faulty or invalid. The organisers had a further two months to obtain the extra signatures. In September 2013, it was officially confirmed that the added signatures had successfully been collected, with the tally now standing some 18,500 more signatures than required.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum
The referendum was backed by several prominent New Zealanders, including Dame Anne Salmond, who called it the "only just way" to determine whether asset sales are acceptable.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum
On 30 September 2013, Prime Minister John Key announced that the referendum would be via postal ballot and would take place between 22 November and 13 December. The cost of the referendum would be $NZD9 million.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum
John Key said that the Government intended to ignore the results of the referendum, as the 2011 general election gave them a mandate for the sell-off.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum
The referendum result showed a two to one majority against the proposed asset sales.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum, Question
"Do you support the Government selling up to 49% of Meridian Energy, Mighty River Power, Genesis Power, Solid Energy and Air New Zealand?"


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum, Background
The National government was re-elected at the 2011 election on a platform of "Mixed Ownership Model" for the five state-owned companies Meridian Energy, Mighty River Power, Genesis Energy, Solid Energy and Air New Zealand, where a minority stake in the companies would be sold off. This policy was opposed by the opposition. A coalition of groups including the Green Party, Grey Power, Council of Trade Unions (CTU), Labour Party, New Zealand Union of Students' Associations (NZUSA), Greenpeace and others started a petition against it in April 2012. The New Zealand Herald argued in an editorial that the Green Party used parliamentary funding to pay people to collect signatures, which while legal broke a long-standing convention about citizen initiated referenda.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum, Background
By July 2012, it was reported that nearly 200,000 signatures had been collected, of which 100,000 were collected by the Green Party. As a combined initiative, Labour and the Greens issued a protest T-shirt against asset sales in support of the referendum. By early January 2013, the group had collected 340,000 signatures, more than enough to force a referendum; 10% of registered voters or approximately 310,000 signatures are required to force a referendum, although more are generally required to be collected to account for invalid and duplicate signatures. By late February 2013, 391,000 signatures had been collected. On 12 March 2013, the entire 393,000-signature petition was presented to the House.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum, Background
Holding a referendum separate from an election process is estimated to cost $9 million. Defending this cost, Russel Norman, Greens co-leader, noted that this cost paled in comparison to the (to September 2013) $100 million cost of the asset sales program itself.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum, Result
The referendum took place by postal ballot, opening on 22 November 2013 and closing on 13 December 2013. 45 cent of eligible voters took part. Of those, approximately two-thirds voted against asset sales.


2013 New Zealand asset sales referendum, Result
Despite the result of this referendum being not in favour of partial asset sales, Prime Minister John Key announced these partial asset sales would continue. He said: "Three in four New Zealanders said no we don't agree with Labour and the Greens. I think it will be a dismal failure from their point of view." He had also gone on to call the referendum "an utter waste of money" as he had no intention of honouring its results, claiming the Government had been re-elected at the 2011 general election partially on the basis of the pending shares sell-off.


2013 New Zealand bravery awards
The 2013 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a Special Honours List on 2 December 2013.


2013 New Zealand bravery awards, New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)
For an act of exceptional bravery in a situation of danger:


2013 New Zealand budget
The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2013/14 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Bill English on 16 May 2013. This was the fifth budget English has presented as Minister of Finance.


2013 New Zealand budget, Outline
Budget 2013 "progressed the Government's programme while on track to surplus":


2013 New Zealand budget, Outline
(All figures for four years to 2016/17 unless otherwise stated).


2013 New Zealand budget, Outline
The 2013 budget re-iterated the Government's targets – returning to surplus by 2014/15 and bringing net government debt back down to 20% of GDP by 2020:


2013 New Zealand budget, Outline
Budget 2013 confirmed the Government's decisions to cap and reduce debt:


2013 New Zealand budget, Public services
The Ministerial Committee on Poverty has endorsed a number of important initiatives to help low-income families. They include:


2013 New Zealand budget, Welfare
$188.6 million extra over four years in social welfare. This follows a $287.5 million investment in Budget 2012, and includes:


2013 New Zealand budget, Health
$1.6 billion additional is to be spent on public health over four years for new health initiatives and to meet cost pressures and population growth. This takes total health spending to $14.7 billion in 2013/14. $1 billion of this extra funding goes to District Health Boards to take account of population changes and inflationary pressures. Extra health spending over the next four years includes:


2013 New Zealand budget, Education
In the current year and over the next four years, around $900 million extra will be spent on education initiatives across early childhood, primary and secondary education. The total spending in these sectors will be $9.7 billion in 2013/14.


2013 New Zealand budget, Education
Extra education spending in the current year and over the next four years includes:


2013 New Zealand budget, Education
More than $130 million over four years and reprioritised funding in tertiary education. It includes:


2013 New Zealand budget, Reactions
Business New Zealand welcomed the budget, but also added that it wanted to see "bolder reform in the areas such as retirement savings and age of eligibility for superannuation and interest-free student loans." President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Helen Kelly said the budget "has not addressed the big issues" and said the budget did nothing to "support struggling families; it does not do enough to alleviate our shocking child poverty and continues to prioritise short-term debt reduction over creating jobs and fairness."


2013 New Zealand census
The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048, – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 2006 census.


2013 New Zealand census
The 2013 census forms were the same as the forms developed for the 2011 census which was cancelled due to the February 2011 major earthquake in Christchurch. There were no new topics or questions. New Zealand's next census was conducted in March 2018.


2013 New Zealand census, Collection methods
The results from the post-enumeration survey showed that the 2013 census recorded 97.6 percent of the  residents in New Zealand on census night. However, the overall response rate was 92.9 percent, with a non-response rate of 7.1 percent made up of the net undercount and people who were counted in the census but had not received a form.


2013 New Zealand census, Results, Population and dwellings
Note: All figures are for the census usually resident population count.


2013 New Zealand census, Results, Ethnicity
The census usually resident population count of 4,242,048 included 230,649 people without an ethnic response and 4,011,399 people who identified with at least one ethnicity. The figures for the total ethnicity of the population.


2013 New Zealand census, Results, Birthplace
The number of people living in New Zealand who were born overseas continued to climb. In 2013, 1,001,787 people (25.2 percent) were born overseas. For the overseas-born census "usually resident population":


2013 New Zealand census, Results, Religion
The table below is based on religious affiliation data recorded at the last three censuses for usually resident people. Note that figures and percentages may not add to 100 percent as it is possible for people to state more than one religion.


2013 New Zealand gallantry awards
The 2013 New Zealand gallantry awards were announced via a Special Honours List on 20 April 2013. Recipients are awarded New Zealand gallantry awards.


2013 New Zealand local elections
The 2013 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to elect local government officials and District Health Board members, and the membership of other local bodies such as Licensing Trusts. All elections were conducted by postal ballot, with election day being Saturday 12 October 2013.


2013 New Zealand local elections, Electoral systems
The local elections were held using postal ballot. Most city and district councils and all but one regional council used the first-past-the-post (FPP) voting system, with the exception of the following six city and district councils that used the single transferable vote (STV) voting system:


2013 New Zealand local elections, Electoral systems
The Wellington Regional Council was the sole regional council using the STV system.


2013 New Zealand local elections, Electoral systems
Environment Canterbury and Kaipara District were under statutory management and no elections were held. All District Health Boards used the STV system.


2013 New Zealand local elections, Timeline
Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001, meaning 12 October 2013.


2013 New Zealand local elections, Timeline
Key dates for the election as set out by the Electoral Commission are:


2013 New Zealand local elections, Timeline
Political commentator Vernon Small thought that the government would likely try and combine the local elections with the asset sales referendum, but this did not happen. Instead, the referendum was held via postal ballot between 22 November and 13 December.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season
The 2013 New Zealand rugby league season was the 106th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the National Competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The competition was won by the Akarana Falcons, who defeated the Counties Manukau Stingrays 22-12 in the final.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season
The New Zealand national rugby league team competed in the 2013 ANZAC Test in addition to the end of year World Cup.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand national rugby league team played the annual ANZAC Test against Australia at Canberra Stadium on 19 April, losing 12-32. The squad was Josh Hoffman, Sam Perrett, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Dean Whare, Jason Nightingale, Kieran Foran (c), Shaun Johnson, Jesse Bromwich, Issac Luke, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Frank Pritchard, Kevin Proctor, Alex Glenn, Bench: Elijah Taylor, Sam McKendry, Ben Matulino, Tohu Harris. Captain Simon Mannering was ruled out on the day of the test, with Glenn replacing him in the starting side and Harris joining the bench. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was the reserve.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
At the end of the year the Kiwis participated in the 2013 World Cup, where they made it to the final and lost to Australia 2-34. The tournament was hosted in England, Wales, France and Ireland. The Kiwis played a warm up game against the Cook Islands side, winning 50-0. The match was not an official test match and featured a six-man bench and an unlimited interchange.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand Māori side hosted the Murri Queensland Indigenous team. Coached by Darren Pirini, the squad consisted of Steve Wateford, Thyme Nikau, Rusty Bristow, Zebastian Luisi, Tee Mahe, Cody Walker, Jody Henry, Sam Rapira, Kurt Kara, Charlie Gubb, Bodene Thompson, Rulon Nutira, Scott Jones, Hamiora Mihaka, Tony Tuia, Jay Pukepuke and Kouma Samson.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Junior Kiwis lost 26-38 to the Junior Kangaroos at WIN Jubilee Oval on 13 October 2013. The side included Kurtis Rowe, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Jeremy Hawkins, Ngani Laumape, David Fusitua, Tuimoala Lolohea, Mason Lino, Albert Vete, Manaia Cherrington, James Taylor, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Joseph Tapine, David Bhana (c). Interchange: Mitch Clark, David Minute, Zach Docker-Clay, Takai Moeakiola.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Kiwi Ferns competed in the Women's World Cup, losing the final for the first time. As part of the Festival of World Cups, New Zealand also sent a tertiary and defence force teams.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
Auckland were the current holders of the Rugby League Cup but did not defend the trophy during the season.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The New Zealand Warriors spent their 19th first grade season in the Australian competition, playing in the National Rugby League.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The Junior Warriors again competed in the Holden Cup, while the Auckland Vulcans competed in the NSW Cup.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Auckland Rugby League competition began on 30 March and ended on 18 August when the Point Chevalier Pirates defeated the Mount Albert Lions 24-22 in the grand final. The Sharman Cup was won by the Richmond Rovers who defeated the Otara Scorpions 18-14 and the Mount Wellington Warriors defeated the Glenfield Greyhounds 39-10 to win the Phelan Shield.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Zebastian Luisi was named the player of the year, Point Chevalier's Matiu Love-Henry was the rookie of the year, Mount Albert's James Blackwell was the competition's top try-scorer and Mount Albert's Cody Walker won the Lance Painter Rose Bowl as top goal scorer.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington
The University Hunters defeated the Randwick Kingfishers 22-10 to win the Wellington Rugby League competition.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
The Hornby Panthers won the Canterbury Rugby League grand final with a 22-20 win in overtime over Halswell. It was the first game of rugby league to be played at Christchurch's Rugby Park.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Addington, Sydenham and Linwood all celebrated their centenaries during the season.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Waikato
Taniwharau defeated Hamilton City Tigers 18-16 at Resthills Park, Hamilton.


2013 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Northland
The Hikurangi Stags won the Whangarei City & District rugby league title, by defeating the Takahiwai Warriors 36-26 at Toll Stadium, Whangarei.


2013 New Zealand winter storm
The 2013 New Zealand winter storm was a highly intense extratropical cyclone which affected New Zealand on 20–22 June. The storm brought strong winds and high waves especially around the Wellington Region, and further afield chilling cold temperatures and heavy snow to the South Island. The storm was described by the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) as an extreme event. The maximum 10-minute average, sustained wind reading, recorded at Wellington airport was 101 km/hour, with individual gusts up to 130–140 km/hour at this location.


2013 New Zealand winter storm
Winds were equivalent to the strength of a category 1 or 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Record wave heights of 15 m peak to trough were recorded by a buoy offshore from Baring Head in the Cook Strait. The highest wind gust was 202 km/hr, at Mt Kaukau, Wellington.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Meteorological history
On 19 June a surface low pressure just to the northwest of the South Island and at the same time there was a southerly coming in with some cold air at the top of the atmosphere. "The whole thing developed as a massive low that started to move across the west of the South Island, then [20 June] it moved across Cook Strait to create a new low just east of Kaikoura... that was the real kick in pants that caused a clockwise circle of wind." -Associate


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Meteorological history
Professor James Renwick at the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University has researched how polar conditions affect our weather. "To get an event like this, which is pretty extreme, we need the westerly wind that normally blows across New Zealand and the southern oceans to slow down and to buckle into a series of big meanders, north-south waves around the hemisphere." The air was so cold over the country, temperatures dropped to −6˚C in Tekapo, because the isobars stretched all the way to down to the edge of the Antarctic sea ice". This followed bad weather earlier in the month on 4 June which saw winds up to 120 km/h and torrential rain and flooding across the country.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
High winds struck Central New Zealand on the night of 20 June and morning of 21 June. Wind gusts uprooted trees, ripped roofs off houses, smashed windows and flung trampolines into powerlines in Wellington, Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa, closing roads and schools across the lower North Island. The Fire Service received 932 emergency calls for help in the lower North Island in the 12 hours to 6 am 21 June. During the Storm residents were advised to stay indoors and not go out by the City Council.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
Wellington City Council said they had received many reports of flying debris with multiple reports of trees and powerlines down, along with broken windows and structural damage. In the suburb of Kingston a house lost its roof. Radio New Zealand listeners reported that roofing iron was blowing about on roads in Newtown. Emergency services said they were very busy during the storm. The Northern Police Communications Centre said 90% of the calls it received couldn't be answered by its overloaded central branch based in Wellington.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
The storm damaged houses, roads and seawalls, as well as closing 150 schools and leaving thousands without power across the country. The storm caused significant damage to the capital's electricity network and resulted in 30,000 homes and businesses without power at its peak. Conditions were so dangerous that some council and power companies stopped their workers from carrying out repairs, until the storm had subsided.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
Ocean waves measuring 15 metres (49 ft) from trough to peak were recorded from a buoy about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) out to sea, near Wellington by NIWA. The waves washed away parts of some coastal roads and seawalls, and were the largest recorded near the capital since measurements began in 1995. Localised coastal flooding also occurred in the Wellington suburbs of Island Bay, Seaview and the city of Porirua.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
In Lower Hutt the local council estimated a cost of $100,000 NZD to remove debris washed up on the Petone foreshore when parts of the wall were smashed by the storm surge. Logs and driftwood lay scattered around Marine Parade to Eastbourne. The childhood holiday home of writer Katherine Mansfield was severely damaged by massive waves at Days Bay where several homes were completely destroyed.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
Racing at Trentham Racecourse was cancelled following the storm and the start of the Wellington LUX light festival was postponed until 22 June.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
The Hawkes Bay region saw destructive winds, with a peak gust of 80 km/h recorded at Hawkes Bay Airport on 21 June. Police and council workers spent much of the following weekend cleaning up after the storm, most of which involved uprooted trees and blocked roads. Hawke's Bay Civil Defence manager Trevor Mitchell said the region had got off "pretty lightly" compared to other parts of the country, though some areas suffered localised surface flooding.


2013 New Zealand winter storm, Impacts
The Insurance Council of New Zealand says the storm could be the biggest weather event, insurance-wise, in the lower North Island since the 2004 Manawatu River floods. Measurements placed the storm in the same category as five other major storms recorded in 1961, 1965, 1967, 1974, 1977 and 1985.


2013 Newcastle Knights season
The 2013 Newcastle Knights season was the 26th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Kurt Gidley, they competed in the NRL's 2013 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 7th place (out of 16), thus reaching the finals. The Knights then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by eventual premiers, the Sydney Roosters.


2013 Newcastle Knights season, Jerseys and sponsors
In 2013, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was Hunter Ports.


2013 Newcastle Knights season, Representative honours
The following players appeared in a representative match in 2013.


2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts women's provincial curling championship, was held January 16–20 at the Bally Haly Golf & Curling Club in  St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Stacie Devereaux rink would go on to represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kingston, Ontario.


2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Results
All draw times listed in Newfoundland Standard Time Zone (UTC−03:30).


2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Playoffs
Due to Devereaux being undefeated, she must be beaten twice by Strong in order for Strong to win.


2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
The 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from February 5 to 10 at the RE/MAX Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning team of Brad Gushue will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Alberta.


2013 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Newfoundland Standard Time (UTC−3:30).


2013 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 24, 2013. This article lists the results in selected municipalities. Results are for mayoral elections unless otherwise specified.


2013 Nicholls State Colonels football team
The 2013 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonels were led by fourth-year head coach Charlie Stubbs and played their home games at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for seventh place.


2013 Nicholls State Colonels football team, Media
Nicholls State football games were broadcast live on the radio through KLRZ 100.3 FM, KLEB AM 1600, and KBZE 105.9 FM. KLRZ and KLEB also streamed the games online.


2013 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards
The 2013 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards were held on 14 June 2013, at the Studio 8 in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta and hosted by Ayu Dewi and Coboy Junior. The ceremony held the theme for "Slime Station".


2013 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards
Coboy Junior led the nominations with two categories and also was biggest winner with taking home two awards for Favourite Child Star and Slime Star.


2013 Nicky Rackard Cup
The 2013 season was the ninth staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup. Donegal were the 2013 Champions, defeating Roscommon in the final. However, they were not promoted to the 2014 Christy Ring Cup due to a restructuring of the competition.


2013 Nicky Rackard Cup, Structure
6 teams compete. 4 play in Round 1, 2 go straight to Round 2.


2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships
The 2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Winnetka, United States between 1 and 7 July 2013.


2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles
Devin Britton and Jeff Dadamo were defending champions, but Britton decided not to participate. Dadamo teamed up with Mischa Zverev but lost to Kevin King and Juan Carlos Spir in the first round. Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus claimed the title, by beating Somdev Devvarman and Jack Sock 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]


2013 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles
John-Patrick Smith was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Jack Sock won the title, beating Bradley Klahn 6–4, 6–2.


2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
The 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards was the 8th edition of the ceremony. It was held at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York and hosted by Basketmouth.


2013 Nigeria Premier League
The 2013 Nigeria Professional Football League will be the 42nd season of the competition since its inception, and the 23rd since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League". Due to start in December, numerous delays and challenges to the board pushed the opening weekend back to February, and then pushed to March 9. There was a season-opening Super Four tournament won by Heartland F.C. between the four clubs involved in Continental competitions in order to get them ready for their international assignments.


2013 Nigeria Premier League, Clubs
Sixteen teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League (Bayelsa United, El-Kanemi Warriors, Nasarawa United and Nembe City F.C.) participated in this season.


2013 Nigeria Premier League, Table, News
Akwa United were banished to Rojenny Stadium in Anambra State for the rest of the season after a Week 18 incident against Warri Wolves where fans invaded the pitch and attacked officials.


2013 Nigeria Premier League, Table, News
A September game between Kano Pillars and Enyimba was abandoned in the final minutes because of crowd trouble. Pillars will play the rest of the season in Kaduna. After the league originally awarded the forfeit to Enyimba, the NFF ruled the game to be replayed 9 October in Lokoja.


2013 Night Train Tour
The 2013 Night Train Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Jason Aldean, in support of his fifth studio album Night Train. It played at stadiums and arenas across North America.


2013 Night Train Tour, Background
Aldean held the first ever concert at Sanford Stadium on the campus of the University of Georgia on April 13, 2013.


2013 Night Train Tour, Background
On July 12, 2013, Aldean became the first country artist to ever headline Fenway Park. He sold out the historic park in seven minutes which is the quickest in the venue's history. Due to the quick sell-out he scheduled a second show for July 13, 2013.


2013 Night Train Tour, Setlist
The following set list is representative of the show on September 20, 2013. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.


2013 Night Train Tour, Setlist
1. "Crazy Town"2. "Take a Little Ride"3. "Tattoos on This Town"4. "When She Says Baby"5. "The Truth"6. "Fly Over States"7. "Texas Was You"8. "Johnny Cash"9. "Amarillo Sky"10. "Night Train11. "1994"12. "Don't You Wanna Stay"13. "Tennessee River"14. "Big Green Tractor"15. "The Only Way I Know16. "Dirt Road Anthem"17. "She's Country"


2013 Night Train Tour, Tour DVD
A live concert DVD entitled 'Night Train to Georgia' was released on October 15, 2013. Majority of the film was captured during Aldean's concert at Sanford Stadium on April 13, 2013. The film will include an 18-song set list that showcases 10 of his No. one hits. Also featured on the 90 minute DVD are personal interviews from Aldean, footage from his record-breaking Fenway Park and Wrigley Field stadium shows held in Summer 2013. There are also appearances by Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan and Ludacris as each of them joined him on stage.


2013 Nineveh governorate election
The 2013 Nineveh Governorate election in Iraq was held on 20 June with elections for the Al Anbar Governorate. Due to security problems, turnout was less than half that of the 2009 election. This election saw Sunni Arab parties lose a number of seats to minority parties.


2013 Nineveh governorate election, Background
Nineveh is one of Iraq's most demographically-diverse governorates. Out of a population of about 2.8 million, 2013 estimates cited by Niqash claim about 300,000 Turkmen, (primarily in Tal Afar and Rashidiya. A similarly-sized population of Yazidis live in the districts of Shekhan and Sinjar and near the town of Bashiqa. Some 250,000 Shabaks live in villages north and east of Mosul, and 200,000 Christians live in Bashiqa, Bartella and Bakhdida. There is a sizable Kurdish population, with many Yazidis also identifying as Kurds. Although elections for 13 of Iraq's 18 governorates were held on 20 April, elections in Al Anbar and Nineveh were delayed due to security concerns in the ongoing insurgency and Sunni-led protests.


2013 Nineveh governorate election, Violence
As of 14 June there were eight attacks on provincial-council candidates in Nineveh, resulting in six deaths (including Muhanad Ghazi, a Sunni Arab candidate for the Iraqi Republican Gathering—a party supporting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki). Ghazi was shot dead by unknown gunmen whilst walking home from the East Mosul mosque.


2013 Nineveh governorate election, Violence
Another local politician, Younis al-Rammah (leader of the moderate United Iraqi Gathering party), was killed on 19 June—the day before the election. Rammah was hosting a family gathering at a residence in Hadhar when a man embraced him, detonating a suicide vest and killing Rammah and four relatives. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although Iraqi officials blamed it on attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq to disrupt the political process and return to sectarian violence. There was also violence on election day, with four Iraqi soldiers wounded by mortar rounds and roadside bombs in the Mosul area.


2013 Nineveh governorate election, Analysis
The Uniters List, composed of al-Hadba and the Iraqi Islamic Party, had won 49.82 percent of the vote and 22 of 37 seats in the Nineveh Governorate Council in 2009. The party held eight of 39 council seats after the 2013 election. The local Arab parties lost control of the council, although Atheel al-Nujaifi remained governor. The new council president was Bashar Kiki, a Kurd; the new vice-president, Nour ad-Din Qabalan, was a Turkmen. Nujaifi's deputy, Abdul Qader Battoush, is also Kurdish. His second deputy, Hassan al-Allaf, is an Arab and one of three politicians elected from Mosul (which had produced a large number of Arab politicians in the previous election).


2013 Nineveh governorate election, Analysis
According to local political scientist Hamza Hussein, the number of seats won by minorities demonstrated popular discontent and lack of confidence in the previous council. Local activist Rabea Mustafa said that opposition to the previous council arose largely from resentment of its fractured nature, which hampered its ability to deliver basic services. Mustafa also said that the election result was due to minorities being driven out of Mosul because of violence; these minorities then settled elsewhere in Nineveh.


2013 Nineveh governorate election, Analysis
Voter turnout in Mosul was low, due to security problems and a lack of confidence in the political process and the previous council. Candidates were better able to canvass outside Mosul due to better security, and many Mosul-based candidates withdrew from the election. Voter turnout was about half that of 2009: 581,449, compared to 995,169 in the previous election.


2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open
The 2013 Yinzhou Bank Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 WTA 125K series. It took place in Ningbo, China, on 22–27 September 2013.


2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open, Women's Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen were the defending champions, having won the 2012 Ningbo Challenger – Women's Doubles, but both players chose not to participate.


2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open – Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Zhang Shuai won the title, defeating Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open – Singles
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, having won the 2012 Ningbo Challenger – Women's Singles, but decided not to participate.


2013 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open – Singles
Bojana Jovanovski won the title, defeating Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1.


2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.


2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series
Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.


2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series, First stage
The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.


2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series, Final stage
The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.


2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Climax Series, Final stage, Pacific League
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (1)


2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Japan Series
PL Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)


2013 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, for their "extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons". The award citation indicated the organization was awarded the prize, because they “have defined the use of chemical weapons as taboo under international law. Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons.” The committee criticized Russia and the United States for not meeting the extended deadline for destruction of its chemical weapons, and noted that certain countries "are still not members". The OPCW was the 22nd organization to be awarded the prize.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Nomination
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on 4 March 2013, it had received 259 nominations for the prize. This was the highest number of nominations ever: 18 more than the previous record year 2011. Of those 259 nominations, 50 were for organizations.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement
The winner of the Award was announced on 11 October 2013. The press release indicated that the OPCW was awarded the prize for "its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons". The announcement further reiterated the development of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which establishes the OPCW, as well as earlier instruments such as the Geneva Convention of 1925, but also indicated the use of chemical weapons during World War II and afterwards "by both states and terrorists".


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement
The use of chemical weapons in Syria was also mentioned as a recent event underscoring the importance of elimination of chemical weapons. The OPCW contributed to the UN mission investigating the use of chemical weapons in Ghouta  and its activities since 1 October entailed supervision of destruction activities, which followed the accession of Syria to the Chemical Weapons Convention (and its provisional application), OPCW Executive Council Decision EC-M-33/DEC.1. and was mandated via the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2118.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Announcement
The Nobel Committee was critical towards Russia and the United States for not meeting their extended deadlines for the full destruction of its chemical weapons in 2012, and mentioned that some states "are still not members". Non -member states of the OPCW are the states which are not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention: Angola, Egypt, Israel, Myanmar, North Korea and South Sudan.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Committee
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. For the 2013 award, the members were:


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation, located in The Hague, Netherlands. The organisation promotes and verifies the adherence to the Chemical Weapons Convention which prohibits the use of chemical weapons and requires their destruction. The organization was established on 29 April 1997, upon the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The verification consists both of evaluation of declarations by member states and on-site inspections. The principal body of the organization is the "conference of states parties", which normally is convened yearly. The Executive Council is the executive organ of the organisation and consists of 41 States Parties. The "Technical Secretariat" applies most of the activities mandated by the Council and is the body where most of the employees of the organisation work. Ahmet Üzümcü is Director-General of the OPCW.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
All 190 parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention are automatically members of the OPCW. Non -members are Israel and Myanmar, which are signatory states that have not ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, and Angola, Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan, which have neither signed nor acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Reaction
OPCW Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü told reporters that he hoped his organisation's work would help "to achieve peace in that country [Syria] and end the suffering of its people."


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Reaction
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the organisation's work.


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Reaction
USA Today quoted a London-based Syrian opposition activist who doubted Syrian people would be celebrating the award. Similarly, a spokesperson for the Syrian National Coalition labelled the prize "ironic".


2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Reaction
Pakistani politician Imran Khan called on the USA and Russia to destroy their own chemical weapons.


2013 Nordic Figure Skating Championships
The 2013 Nordic Figure Skating Championships was held from January 31 to February 3, 2013 at the Egilshöll in Reykjavík, Iceland. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior, junior, and novice levels.


2013 Nordic Futsal Championship
The 2013 Nordic Futsal Championship, was the Third edition of the Nordic Futsal Championship hosted by Stockholm, Sweden.


2013 Nordic Futsal Cup
The 2013 Nordic Futsal Cup was held from December 4 to 7, 2013 in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. Sweden won the tournament.


2013 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2013 took place in Liberec, Czech Republic from 20 January to 27 January 2013. It was the 36th Junior World Championships and the 8th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.


2013 Nordic Opening
The 2013 Nordic Opening was the 4th edition of the annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the first competition round of the 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.


2013 Nordic Opening, World Cup points distribution
The winners of the overall standings were awarded 200 World Cup points and the winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 World Cup points.


2013 Nordic Opening, World Cup points distribution
A total of 350 points was possible to achieve if one athlete won all three stages and the overall standings.


2013 Nordic storms
2013 Nordic storms were a series of storms affecting predominantly the Nordic nations with other northern European nations also affected. The first storm in the series Hilde, named Otto by Free University of Berlin, and Eino in Finland was an extratropical cyclone affecting parts of northern Europe, causing disruption to electricity supplies and transportation across mid Norway, northern Sweden and central Finland during 15–18 November 2013. The storm brought a new record average wind speed to Sweden (at altitude), however wind speeds at lower altitudes were less than seen during Cyclone Dagmar of 2011. Most damage was caused by falling trees along the storm's path likely exacerbated by unfrozen ground. The total cost of damage is likely to be low, as the storm passed over relatively unpopulated regions of the Nordic nations.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history
The storm formed over the Atlantic Ocean to the south of Greenland and west of Newfoundland on 15 November. The storm followed a similar, though more northerly path than Dagmar in 2011. The storm was estimated to be less intense than Dagmar, and the more northerly track would take it over lightly populated regions.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history, Preparation and warnings
Before the storm the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued class 1- and class 2-warnings across Norrland. Class 2-warning remained active on 17 November in parts of Västerbotten and Norrbotten. The Finnish Meteorological Institute issued a level 2 warning, that significant wind damage could occur in central Finland, and released advice for the public on how to prepare for strong winds and any potential power outages.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history, Preparation and warnings
The Norwegian energy company Statoil evacuated 97 people from the drilling platform Njord A as a safety precaution. Hurtigruten ferry sailings along the Norwegian coast were cancelled in preparation for the storm. Railway transport was halted overnight (16 November) in northern Sweden.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history, Preceding weather
Fronts from low pressure area Nikolaus passed over Norway in the 24 hours before Hilde. These fronts brought close to extreme rainfall in Bergen on 15 November, and heavy rain across Western Norway which left many roads impassable as they were closed by landslides and rockfalls overnight 15–16 November.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history, Preceding weather
Norway's second-largest city Bergen, saw 60 mm of rain fall in 6 hours, Friday afternoon and evening. The calls generated overwhelmed the capacity of the city's emergency lines and Bergen municipality staff set up an alternate number to cope with incoming calls reporting flooding of homes and roads. The rainfall also closed the city's Fløibanen funicular railway for only the second time in 105 years.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history, Preceding weather
On the Norwegian national road 15, a bus from Volda to Oslo was caught in a landslide between Hjelle and Oppstryn around midnight. None of the 35 passengers aboard were hurt but the bus was left stuck within the slide.


2013 Nordic storms, Meteorological history, Preceding weather
High winds across Finnmark in the far north of Norway were reported on 16 November, which led to the evacuation of Hammerfest Airport's tower, and grounding of all air traffic. Wind gusts of 75 knots (139 km/h) were reported on the mountains and 64 knots (119 km/h) at the airport.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
The strongest wind gust in Norway was measured at Nordøyan Lighthouse in Vikna municipality, Nord Trøndelag at 49 metres per second (180 km/h), with an average windspeed reaching 39 metres per second (140 km/h). At Sklinna Lighthouse average winds of 35 metres per second (130 km/h) were measured with gust speeds of 44 metres per second (160 km/h) in Leka municipality, Nord Trøndelag. Locally guts over land reached between 40 to 50 metres per second (140 to 180 km/h) with waves of 13–15 m at the coast. Across central Norway high wind blew trees down onto powerlines. In Helgeland the E6 road was closed from the southern county border to the Korgfjell Tunnel. In the city of Trondheim police cordoned off areas of the city centre for public safety.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
In Sweden the high altitude weather station at Stekenjokk, in Lappland recorded an average windspeed (10 minutes) of 47 metres per second (170 km/h; 110 mph), which surpassed the record of 44 metres per second (160 km/h; 98 mph) recorded in association with Gudrun in 2005 and another storm in 2–3 March 2011 also recorded at Stekenjokk.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
The station also recorded the highest gust (2 seconds) ever recorded in November during the storm at 56 metres per second (200 km/h; 130 mph) with the previous monthly record of 55 metres per second (200 km/h; 120 mph) recorded at Tarfala 7 November 2003, The highest ever gust recorded during any month in Sweden is 81 metres per second (290 km/h; 180 mph) recorded 20 December 1992.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
Inland at lower altitudes the strongest gusts were 29 metres per second (100 km/h; 65 mph) recorded at Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County and Frösön, Jämtland, which were lower than those seen during the Dagmar storm in 2011.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
In Norway electricity was cut to 35,000 homes at the height of the storm, mostly in Trøndelag and Helgeland. The storm at its height left 36,000 without electricity in Jämtland, Västernorrland and Västerbotten in Sweden, which had been reduced to 28,000 by mid morning 17 November, with electricity suppliers warning some customers may not be reconnected until Monday 18 November. In Finland, an estimated 230,000 households were without electricity.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
Northern Sweden also saw problems with the mobile and land line phone network, with 15,000 customers without land line connections on 17 November, in the towns of Vilhelmina and Dorotea inhabitants had difficulty in reaching the emergency services telephone number. The Norwegian communications company Telenor reported that in Nord-Trøndelag 2,800 broadband and 4,600 fixed line customers were without service and in Nordland 300 broadband customers and 460 fixed line customers were also without service on 18 November. The company also reported difficulties with the mobile phone network in these counties, with over 150 2G base stations down and 60 3G base stations out of service.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
In Finland the regions of Häme, Tampere, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta and Savo, were particularly affected, with the storm  felling many trees and breaking power lines. In western regions of Finland rail lines were disrupted.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
In Russia power outages were reported in the town of Lakhdenpokhya, Republic of Karelia due to the strong winds. Electricity supplies were also cut to 108 villages throughout the Leningrad region, while Saint Petersburg saw electricity lines, billboards, roofing and traffic signals toppled.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
The Saint Petersburg Dam was closed in the early morning 17 November with a storm warning in place in the city.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact
In the Gulf of Finland the closure of the St Petersburg dam left the ferry MS Princess Maria was unable to enter port, waiting out the storm with 2800 passengers on board. Strong winds forced its St. Peter Line sister ferry the MS Princess Anastasia to return to Tallinn harbour.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Subsequent storms
Several further low pressure systems impacted the Nordic countries immediately after the passage of Hilde.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Cyclone Oskari
Oskari (Vincenc) – November 29–December 4, 2013. 976 hPa. Named by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. Oskari was stronger than Hilde in Finland, with a maximum gust of 34.7 metres per second (125 km/h) at Märket skerry lighthouse, to the west of the Åland Islands.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Cyclone Xaver
Named Bodil by Danish Meteorological Institute and Sven by SMHI, the storm brought Force 12 winds and heavy snowfall. The storm brought a storm surge to the Irish and North Seas with coastal flooding resulting from what the Environment Agency in the United Kingdom described as the worst storm surge in 60 years. Record water levels were also reported in the Øresund between Sweden and Denmark. Blizzards and severe weather in Sweden and Poland led to several fatalities.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Cyclone Xaver
The North Sea storm surge on 4–5 December 2013 saw water damage 1,400 buildings and 6,800 hectares (17,000 acres) of land, and caused no direct deaths. This was attributed to the warnings that were issued several days in advance and the improved coastal defences that had been built since the North Sea flood of 1953.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Cyclone Ivar (Seija)
Ivar named by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and Seija by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. unnamed by the FUB. December 10–17, 2013. 977 hPa. With a route and intensity similar to Hilde, Ivar once again brought hurricane-force winds to central Norway. In Norway 50,000 customers were without power. In Sweden the storm left 55,000 across Norrland without power. Near record level winds were reported from Finland, where 200,000 were left without power. Estonia saw winds up to 115 km/h and 45,000 homes without electricity.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Cyclone Ivar (Seija)
Described as more powerful than both Hilde and Oskari, but slightly weaker than Cyclone Dagmar of 2011 in Finland. Video of shoppers in Ålesund, Norway, struggling against the wind from the storm was shown widely on internet after becoming a hit on YouTube. Hilde and Ivar brought the worst forest damage to Scandinavia since the New Year's Day Storm of 1992.


2013 Nordic storms, Impact, Cyclones Zaki and Adam
Zaki – December 12–16, 2013 and Adam December 14–19, 2013. 952 hPa.


2013 Norfolk County Council election
The Norfolk County Council election took place across Norfolk on 2 May 2013, coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England. The results were announced the following day, Friday 3 May 2013. The result brought to an end 12 years of Conservative administration, who finished three seats short of a majority after losing 20 seats, leaving the Council in no overall control (NOC). UKIP and the Labour Party both made gains of 14 and 11 seats respectively. The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party both lost three seats each, whilst an independent won a single seat in North Norfolk.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Previous composition, Changes between elections
In between the 2009 election and the 2013 election, the following council seats changed hands:


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Gains and Losses
The Conservative Party suffered net a net loss of 20 seats (22 losses and 2 gains); Liberal Democrats a net loss of 3 seats (4 losses and 1 gain); the Green Party lost 3 seats, finishing with four in total. UKIP made 14 gains to become the official opposition, while Labour gained 11 seats, and 1 seat was gained by an independent.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Gains and Losses
The Conservatives lost one seat (Hevingham & Spixworth) to the Liberal Democrats in Broadland, one to an Independent candidate (North Coast) in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, 7 seats to Labour (Caister-on-Sea, Yarmouth North & Central, Clenchwarton & King's Lynn South, Gaywood South, King's Lynn North & Central, Bowthorpe and Catton Grove), as well as losing 13 seats to UKIP (Dereham South, Swaffham, Thetford East, Watton,  Breydon, East Flegg, Gorleston St Andrews, Lothingland, Gayton & Nar Valley, Gaywood North & Central, Marshland North, Holt and Melton Constable).


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Gains and Losses
The Liberal Democrats lost two seats to the Conservatives (Fakenham and Mundesley, both in North Norfolk), one seat to UKIP in Breckland (Thetford West) and one to Labour covering several city wards in the Norwich district (Lakenham).


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Gains and Losses
The Green Party lost three seats to Labour in Norwich (Mile Cross, Sewell and Town Close).


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Incumbent councillors
A total of 55 incumbent councillors were defending their seats for the same party they had stood for in 2009 (or in one of the five subsequent by-election). 41 were successful in retaining their seats, while 14 were not.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Incumbent councillors
41 incumbent Conservative County Councillors were defending their seats at this election, including Judy Leggett (Old Catton), Judith Virgo (Humbleyard) and Barry Stone (Lothingland) who had won their seats in by-elections. Of these 41, 28 were re-elected while the other 13 lost their seats (9 to UKIP, 3 to Labour, 1 to the Liberal Democrats). All 5 Liberal Democrat incumbents held their seats. The Green Party had 3 incumbents defending seats; two were retained, while one was lost to Labour. Labour incumbents successfully defended all 5 of their seats (two of which they had won in by-elections - Susan Whitaker in Lakenham division and Alexandra Kemp (née Kampourpoulos) in Clenchwarton and King's Lynn South division). UKIP's single councillor retained his seat.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Incumbent councillors
Incumbents who stood for other parties or as independents (such as former Conservative Jon Herbert in Forehoe) are not counted in these figures.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Group leaders
Bill Borrett (Elmham & Mattishall) was re-elected unopposed as the Conservative group leader, George Nobbs (Crome) was re-elected unopposed as the leader of the Labour Group. The Liberal Democrats elected Dr Marie Strong (Wells) as their new group leader, replacing Mike Brindle who did not stand in this election. Richard Bearman (Mancroft) continued as the leader of the Green Party group. Richard Toby Coke (Gayton & Nar Valley) was selected as the UKIP group leader.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Turnout
The overall turnout at the election was 32.14% (215,465 votes, out of a total electorate of 670,383). The turnout in each division ranged form 18.09% in King's Lynn North & Central to 50.75% in Holt.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Council Leader Election
With the council now being in no overall control it was unclear who would be elected Leader. In the event, at the initial election for Council Leader on 13 May 2013, the Conservatives lost by 40 votes to 43.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Council Leader Election
After the initial vote, a "rainbow" alliance was formed between Labour, UKIP, The Liberal Democrats with support from the Green Party. Under the agreement, the existing cabinet system would be abolished and replaced by a new committee system with Labour councillor George Nobbs to be nominated to be Leader. On 27 May he was elected by a vote of 42 to 38.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Aftermath
Tom FitzPatrick (Fakenham) replaced Bill Borrett as Conservative group leader on 1 May 2014, however less than 10 months later he was successfully challenged by Cliff Jordan (Yare & All Saints) in the following March.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Summary of Results, Aftermath
The 'Rainbow Alliance' of UKIP, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats with support from the Greens ran the Council until May 2016, with George Nobbs being re-elected by 43 votes to 40 in 2014, and by 42 to 39 in 2015. However, on 9 May 2016 the Alliance collapsed when the Green Party withdrew its support and abstained in the election for Leader, and Conservative Cliff Jordan won by 41 votes to 37. This enabled the Conservatives to run the Council through a minority administration until the local elections in May 2017.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Candidates by party
There were a total of 364 candidates standing across the whole of the county - an average of 4⅓ in each division. Both the Conservatives and Labour fielded a full slate of 84 candidates, UKIP stood 70 candidates, the Liberal Democrats stood 62, the Green Party stood 43, and there were 21 other candidates (including 3 for the Christian Peoples Alliance, 1 for the United People's Party and 17 independents).


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Candidates by party
Compared to 2009, UKIP had 52 more candidates, there were 6 more independent candidates than 2009, the Conservatives and Labour had the same number, the Liberal Democrats had 7 fewer candidates and the Green Party had 8 fewer candidates. The British National Party did not stand any candidates, compared to the 7 they stood in the previous election. In total, there were 44 more candidates than in 2009.


2013 Norfolk County Council election, Candidates and results by division
Below are the results of the election, separated into the 7 districts and 84 divisions.


2013 Norfolk State Spartans football team
The 2013 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Pete Adrian and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).


2013 Norfolk State Spartans football team
The Spartans came into the season having been picked to finish seventh in the MEAC. The Spartans also entered the season with five players having been picked for the MEAC Pre-Season All-Conference 1st Team and four players having been selected for the 2nd-team.


2013 Norfolk State Spartans football team
They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2013 North American Lacrosse League season
The 2013 North American Lacrosse League season was the first and only season in the history of the NALL. The season began January 5, 2013 and ended  March 16, 2013. Originally scheduled as a 12-game season for each team, the season was cut to ten games for the Baltimore Bombers, Boston Rockhoppers and Kentucky Stickhorses. The Rhode Island Kingfish season was initially cut to 6 road games due to issues securing the Bradford R. Boss Arena. Eventually, due to the Bombers folding after only seven games, the rest of the regular season was canceled on March 11, and the championship game was moved to March 16.


2013 North American Lacrosse League season, Current standings
Grey indicated that the Baltimore Bombers folded before the season completed. Record shown is their record before they folded.


2013 North American Lacrosse League season, Championship
Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 7:00PM EST, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky


2013 North American Soccer League season
The 2013 North American Soccer League season was the 46th season of Division II soccer in the United States and the third season of the revived North American Soccer League. It was contested by eight teams including one from Canada. Expansion club New York Cosmos was added to the NASL during the season. A split season format was used for the first time. Puerto Rico Islanders, originally planned to take part in this season, as they did in first two editions, took the year off, due to planned restructuring. The defending Soccer Bowl champions were the Tampa Bay Rowdies, while the San Antonio Scorpions were the defending North American Supporters' Trophy winners.


2013 North American Soccer League season, Personnel and sponsorship
Note1: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold one or more non-FIFA nationalities.


2013 North American Soccer League season, Spring season
The New York Cosmos and the Puerto Rico Islanders did not participate in the spring season. (April 6 to July 4)


2013 North American Soccer League season, Fall season
The New York Cosmos began participating in the fall season. (August 3 to November 2)


2013 North American Soccer League season, Soccer Bowl 2013
Soccer Bowl 2013 was contested by the winners of the spring and fall seasons. The game was hosted by the winner of the spring season.


2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team
The 2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Rod Broadway and played their home games at Aggie Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.


2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team
The Aggies entered the 2013 season having been picked to finish third in the conference at MEAC Media Day. The Aggies also entered the season with a new offensive coordinator, Rickey Bustle.


2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team
They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.


2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Game notes, Appalachian State
This game marked the 21st meeting overall between the Shaw University Bears and the Aggies, and the first between the two in 52 Years. Going into the  match up, the Aggies held the all-time series at 3-17-1. The last meeting between the two in 1968, saw The Aggies defeat the Bears 0-69.


2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Game notes, Appalachian State
The Aggies called upon redshirt freshman quarterback Lamar Raynard to be the starting quarterback. Raynard passed for 188 yards with three touchdowns and 1 interception. Preseason All-American & MEAC Offensive player of the year, running back Tarik Cohen, ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. This game marked Cohen's 13th career 100-yard game. Cohen is now 928 rushing yards short of becoming the all-time leading rusher in school history.


2013 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Post season, 2014 NFL Draft
The 2014 NFL Draft was held on May 8–10, 2013 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The following A&T players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.


2013 North Carolina Central Eagles football team
The 2013 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by interim head coach Dwayne Foster after former coach Henry Frazier, III was fired following a domestic dispute on August 22, 2013. The Eagles played their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2013 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
The 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team are representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox is in his 15th year coaching the Tar Heels. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2013 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
The 2013 season was one of the best in school history. The Tar Heels were ranked #1 in the Baseball America poll for most of the season, and won their first ACC tournament title in six years. They made the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the overall number-one seed, and advanced to the 2013 College World Series. It was the 10th CWS appearance in school history, and their seventh appearance since 2006.


2013 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2013 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 2013 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The Tar Heels finished the season 7–6 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to place fifth in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Belk Bowl, where they defeated Cincinnati.