2016 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The 4 winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the 4 losers proceed to Round 3.


2016 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The 4 winners proceed to Round 3 while the 4 losers must enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2016 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Round 3
The 4 Round 2A losers play against the 4 Round 2B winners. The 4 winners of Round 3 enter the Quarter-Finals.


2016 Wicklow Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The 4 Round 2A winners face the 4 Round 3 winners.


2016 Widnes Vikings season
This article details the Widnes Vikings rugby league football club's 2016 season. This is the Vikings 5th consecutive season back in the Super League.


2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Wigan Warriors season
This article details the Wigan Warriors rugby league football club's 2016 season. This is the Warriors 21st season in the Super League.


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event
The 2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Osprey, Florida, United States, on 28 March–3 April 2016.


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received an entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event – Doubles
Anhelina Kalinina and Oleksandra Korashvili were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Louisa Chirico and Katerina Stewart in an all-American final, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–4].


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event – Singles
Alexa Glatch was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2016 Wilde Lexus Women's USTA Pro Circuit Event – Singles
Madison Brengle won the title, defeating Lara Arruabarrena in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.


2016 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The 2016 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 33rd edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting
On March 9, 2016, six people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting at a suburban house in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. One of the victims was a pregnant woman, whose unborn baby was added to the number of fatalities on the day after the shooting. Two men, Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas, were charged in connection with the shooting, but charges against Thomas were later dropped and Shelton was acquitted at trial in 2020.


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, Shooting
The shooting occurred while the victims were holding a backyard party at which about fifteen people were present at the time. According to officials, shortly before 11:00 p.m., one gunman who was situated in a nearby alley fired shots from a .40-caliber pistol and forced several people onto the back porch. The other gunman, equipped with a 7.62 mm caliber rifle and situated in the yard of an adjacent residence, then ambushed and shot the victims as they tried to enter the house through a backdoor. Afterwards, the gunmen fled the scene on foot.


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, Shooting
Witnesses reported hearing 30–40 gunshots; a total of 48 shell casings were recovered from the scene. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala described the shooting as a "planned and calculated" attack. He added that he believed one or two of the victims may have been targeted and the rest were collateral damage. A $20,000 reward for information on the shooting was announced.


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, Victims
Four people died at the scene and a fifth died after being taken to UPMC Mercy. On March 10, the eight-month-old fetus of one of the victims was added to the list of fatalities, bringing the death toll to six. The victims are:


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, Victims
Three others were injured in the shooting. Two of them, both men, were in critical condition, while the third, a woman, was treated and released. One survivor, 51-year-old John Ellis, died on September 15, 2020, after being taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital for complications. It was not immediately clear if the cause of death could be attributed to the shooting, which caused a spinal cord injury that left Ellis paralyzed from the waist down.


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, Suspects
On June 23, 2016, Zappala announced that charges were being filed against Cheron Shelton (no relation to Jerry and Tina Shelton) and Robert Thomas, who had long been considered prime suspects. Their alleged target was Lamont Powell, one of the injured victims. He was allegedly targeted as revenge for his suspected role in the 2013 murder of Shelton's friend, Calvin Doswell, in Pittsburgh's Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood. The case against Robert Thomas was later dismissed. Cheron Shelton was later found not guilty in the shooting. Cheron Shelton later pled guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Cheron Shelton was later sentenced to eight years in prison.


2016 Wilkinsburg shooting, Reactions
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a statement offering support and assistance in the investigation. U.S. Representative Keith Rothfus called the shooting a "senseless act of violence" and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. issued a statement urging more action to be taken against the issue of gun violence.


2016 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2016 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tribe were led by 37th-year head coach Jimmye Laycock and the team played their home games at Zable Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–5 in CAA play to tie for eighth place.


2016 William Jones Cup
The 2016 William Jones Cup was the 38th staging of William Jones Cup, an international basketball tournament. The men's tournament was held from 23–31 July 2016 at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The women's tournament was held from 3–7 August 2016.


2016 William Jones Cup
Mighty Sports won the cup with two games to spare, securing the fifth overall championship for the Philippines.


2016 Wilmington Hammerheads FC season
The 2016 Wilmington Hammerheads FC season is the club's 20th year of existence. They are members of the United Soccer League Eastern Conference.


2016 Wilmington mayoral election
The 2016 Wilmington mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. Incumbent mayor Dennis P. Williams ran for reelection to a second term, but was defeated in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2016 by Mike Purzycki, the former executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation. Purzycki defeated Republican Robert Martin and Delaware Independent Steven Washington in the general election.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500
The 2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held from 16 to 18 September 2016 at the Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and consisted of one race of 445 kilometres in length. It was the tenth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Race 20 of the season. It was also the first event of the 2016 Enduro Cup. The event was the 46th running of the Sandown 500.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500
The race was scheduled to be run over a distance of 161 laps (500 km), however the race was shortened to 143 laps after an opening lap crash involving James Golding caused damage to a tyre barrier. The race was stopped in order for repairs to be carried out on the tyre barrier. The shortening of the race was per V8 Supercars regulations that call for the race to end 3 hours, 30 minutes after the start.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500
The race, which featured mixed conditions due to intermittent showers during the afternoon, was won by the Holden Racing Team pairing of Garth Tander and Warren Luff, three tenths of a second clear of the car of Shane van Gisbergen and Alexandre Prémat. Will Davison and Jonathon Webb completed the podium. The pole-sitting car of Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell finished 13th after receiving a drive-through penalty for a pit stop infringement.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
The event was the 46th running of the Sandown 500, which was first held in 1964 as a six-hour race for series production touring cars. It was the twelfth time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fourth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
The event was promoted as a "retro round", with teams encouraged to use adaptations of Australian touring car liveries from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, although some teams extended beyond these parameters when devising a livery. The following cars carried a retro livery during the event:


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
A number of teams also dressed their members in period clothing.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
Changes were made to the race regulations, with the soft compound tyre being used in the race for the first time and the number of compulsory pit stops being reduced from four to three. The requirement for cars to make four compulsory pit stops had been introduced for the 2013 race, when the engines used by Nissan Motorsport and Erebus Motorsport (which was then running  Mercedes-Benz E63 AMGs) struggled to match the fuel economy of the Ford and Holden engines.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
With Erebus Motorsport switching to Holden VF Commodores for the 2016 season and Nissan Motorsport improving the performance of its engines, the decision was made to reduce the number of compulsory pit stops. Nissan Motorsport were unconcerned by the change, with team owner and driver Todd Kelly saying: "We have gone ahead in leaps and bounds in economy since the four stops were implemented – everyone has... If we were worried about it we would have put something up to the commission, which we haven’t done."


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
A new FIA regulation saw changes made to the seat belts used in the cars. Previously, elastic straps had been used to keep the seat belts out of the way during driver changes. An investigation by the FIA found that the elastic straps could cause the seat belts to slip in a frontal impact, increasing the risk of injury to the driver. As a result, Supercars mandated that the elastic straps be removed. During test days prior to the event, teams found that the removal of the elastic straps increased the time required for a driver change, noting that this could have an impact during pit stops with a short refuelling time.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Background
Jamie Whincup entered the event as the championship leader, 137 points ahead of his teammate Shane van Gisbergen, with the third Triple Eight driver, Lowndes, a further 61 points behind in third. Garth Tander and Warren Luff were the defending Enduro Cup champions.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Practice
Three 30-minute practice sessions were held on Friday, with the two afternoon sessions being open only to the co-drivers. The morning session was open to all drivers, though only regular championship drivers took part. Fabian Coulthard set the fastest time ahead of Chaz Mostert and Van Gisbergen. The session was mostly free of incidents, though James Moffat had to return to the pit garage with a loose driver's window. The first of the co-driver sessions was topped by Steven Richards, ahead of Tony D'Alberto and Luff.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Practice
A number of drivers went off the circuit during the session but were able to rejoin. Ashley Walsh stopped on the track with an electrical problem with five minutes remaining, causing a red flag. D'Alberto went quickest in the final Friday session, with Richards in second ahead of Steve Owen. A fourth and final 30-minute session was held on Saturday morning and was open to all drivers, though only five co-drivers completed laps during the session.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Practice
The session was red-flagged at the halfway mark after a traffic cone used to mark the edge of the circuit at Turn 6 was dragged on to the track. Whincup set the fastest time, going 0.0002 seconds quicker than Scott McLaughlin, with Van Gisbergen in third. Todd Kelly stopped on the track at the end of the session due to an engine problem, prompting his team to change his car's engine prior to the qualifying session.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Qualifying – Race 20
Qualifying for Race 20 consisted of three parts: a 20-minute qualifying session and two 20-lap (60 km) qualifying races. The qualifying session was contested by regular championship drivers and set the grid for the first of the qualifying races, which was contested by co-drivers. The results of the first qualifying race set the grid for the second, where the main drivers took part. The results of the second qualifying race decided the grid for Race 20.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Qualifying – Race 20, Qualifying
The qualifying session was held on Saturday morning. Todd Kelly did not take part in the first half the session as his team completed the engine change it had started after the final practice session. Mostert set the fastest lap time, putting his co-driver Owen on pole position for the first of the qualifying races. Whincup was second fastest, 0.0084 seconds slower than Mostert. Coulthard completed the top three ahead of Tander and Moffat.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Qualifying – Race 20, Qualifying Race 1
Qualifying Race 1 was held on Saturday afternoon. Paul Dumbrell, starting second, made the best of the start to move into the lead ahead of Owen and Luke Youlden. Dean Canto locked a brake going into the first corner and hit the rear of D'Alberto, sending D'Alberto into a spin. Steven Richards was forced to stop to avoid a collision with D'Alberto's car. Canto was given a drive-through penalty for his role in the incident. Craig Baird went off the circuit at Turn 4 after locking his front brakes but was able to rejoin.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Qualifying – Race 20, Qualifying Race 1
Dumbrell quickly built a lead over Owen, with Youlden engaged in a close battle with Luff for third place. On lap 10, Chris van der Drift made a mistake at Turn 7 and hit the kerb, which punctured a tyre and damaged the suspension. He retired from the race at the end of the lap. Dumbrell took victory by 7.6 seconds over Owen, while Youlden was passed by both Luff and Jonathon Webb on the penultimate lap. The top ten was completed by David Wall, James Golding, Alexandre Prémat, Jack Perkins and Jack Le Brocq. Richie Stanaway was disqualified from the race when it was found that his car's tyres were below the minimum tyre pressure of 17 psi.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Qualifying – Race 20, Qualifying Race 2
Qualifying Race 2 was held later on Saturday afternoon. Mostert made a slow start from second place and then ran wide at the first corner, dropping to eighth place. As he rejoined the circuit, Moffat was pushed into Cameron Waters, who went off the circuit and became bogged in the wet grass. The safety car was deployed to allow Waters' car to be retrieved. The race restarted on lap 5 and Tander put pressure on Whincup for the lead. McLaughlin passed Will Davison for third place on lap 6; he was followed by Coulthard on lap 8.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Qualifying – Race 20, Qualifying Race 2
Davison continued to struggle for pace, dropping to ninth by lap 11. Coulthard was pushed off the track by Van Gisbergen on lap 17 as the latter attempted a pass at Turn 9. Coulthard then made contact with Davison at Turn 12, causing Davison to run wide and lose positions to Tim Slade and Michael Caruso. Van Gisbergen slowed on the main straight to allow Coulthard back through. Coulthard was then told to redress his pass on Davison, which he did on the final lap. Whincup took victory to put himself and Dumbrell on pole position for Race 20. It was the pair's third consecutive pole position at the Sandown 500. Tander finished second ahead of Garry Rogers Motorsport teammates McLaughlin and Moffat. Mostert recovered to finish fifth, with James Courtney, Van Gisbergen, Slade, Caruso and Davison completing the top ten.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
Race 20 was held on Sunday afternoon and the race regulations required each car to make at least three pit stops during the race. Each driver was required to complete a minimum of 54 laps out of the scheduled 161. All of the co-drivers were selected to start the race, with Dumbrell lining up on pole position ahead of Luff, Wall, Golding and Owen. Dumbrell had a lot of wheelspin off the line and dropped to fourth, while Walsh made a good start from eighth to move into third place, behind Luff and Wall.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
There was slight contact between Golding and Perkins at the first corner which damaged the front-right tyre on Golding's car. The tyre deflated at the end of the back straight and Golding went straight ahead at Turn 6, making heavy contact with the tyre wall. The safety car was deployed but with extensive repairs required for the tyre barrier, the race was red-flagged on lap 3. As per the regulations, all of the cars followed the safety car into the pit lane and teams were allowed to perform certain work on the cars.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
The contact with Golding had damaged the exhaust outlet on Perkins' car, which the Holden Racing Team was able to rectify during the red flag period. While tyre changes are usually not permitted under red flag conditions, the stewards gave teams the option to change to wet tyres as light rain had begun to fall. The red flag period meant that the race would eventually finish short of the scheduled 161 laps.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
After a delay of 26 minutes, the tyre barrier was repaired and the race was restarted under the control of the safety car. The safety car returned to the pit lane at the end of lap 6, with Luff opening a small lead over Wall and Dumbrell putting pressure on Walsh for third place. Macauley Jones spun at Turn 4 on lap 12, dropping to the back of the field. Canto moved into the top 15 on the same lap, having started in 22nd place.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
On lap 14, Webb ran wide at Turn 4 and lost places to Richards and Aaren Russell, while Dumbrell passed Walsh for third place at Turn 9. The following lap saw Richards spin at Turn 4 and drop to 24th place; Russell Ingall did the same one lap later and also hit the tyre wall, damaging the front guard on his car and dropping to last place. The first round of pit stops began on lap 21 when D'Alberto came into the pit lane; he was followed by Stanaway on lap 25.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
Rain began to fall on lap 35 and the leaders came into the pit lane to change to wet tyres on lap 37. After the first round of pit stops was completed, Luff continued to lead while Dumbrell had moved past Wall for second place. Stanaway, Canto and Cameron McConville were all on slick tyres, having made their pit stops before the rain came, while the rest of the field was on wet tyres.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
With the rain stopped and the track drying out, Stanaway, Canto and McConville began to move through the field, being over three seconds faster per lap than the race leaders. Dumbrell took the lead from Luff at Turn 9 on lap 49, while rain began falling again on lap 50. Despite this, Stanaway and Canto were up to third and fourth respectively on lap 51, while McConville moved up to twelfth place one lap later.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
With the rain continuing and the track getting wetter, Canto went off at Turn 4 on lap 55, hitting the wall and becoming stuck in the wet grass. The safety car was deployed and with the co-drivers having completed their minimum of 54 laps, most of the leading cars made a pit stop for a driver change. Dumbrell, Walsh and Perkins all stayed out. Both of the DJR Team Penske cars, now with Coulthard and Pye at the wheel, had changed to slick tyres along with the car of Rick Kelly. The race went back to green flag conditions on lap 58 with Dumbrell leading from Walsh, Perkins, Aaren Russell and Tander. Prodrive Racing Australia were able to repair Canto's car and it rejoined the race with Winterbottom at the wheel, three laps off the lead.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
The rain stopped again and a dry line began to appear on lap 65. With fresher wet tyres, Tander and McLaughlin had moved up to second and third respectively by lap 68, with Dumbrell continuing to lead. Walsh made a pit stop on lap 72 to fit slick tyres and hand the car over to Slade. Mostert and Perkins stopped one lap later to change to slick tyres, with Courtney taking over from Perkins. The leaders stopped on lap 74 to change to slick tyres.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
As Dumbrell did not make a pit stop on lap 55, his car required more fuel than those behind and Whincup, having taken over the car, emerged from the pit lane behind Tander, McLaughlin, Todd Kelly and Lowndes. Coulthard, Rick Kelly and Nick Percat assumed the top three positions, having stayed out after taking on slick tyres at the previous pit stop. Tander was fourth before losing the place to McLaughlin on lap 79.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
Dumbrell was found to have removed his seat belts too early during the pit stop and Whincup was given a drive-through penalty as a result, dropping him to 18th place. Coulthard made a pit stop on lap 95, followed by Rick Kelly and Percat on lap 96. This gave the race lead to McLaughlin, with Tander, Van Gisbergen, Davison and Lowndes completing the top five. Waters went off at Turn 4 on lap 98 with oil leaking from under the car; he retired from the race at the end of the lap. Tander pressured McLaughlin for the lead, pulling alongside on the main straight on consecutive laps but McLaughlin was able to successfully defend the position.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
The car of Slade and Walsh was given a drive-through penalty after Slade was found to have left the pit box before fastening his seat belt in the car's previous pit stop. Tander made his final pit stop on lap 104, followed by McLaughlin and Van Gisbergen on lap 105. The pit stop process saw Tander pass McLaughlin, who went off at the first corner after rejoining the circuit and lost another position to Van Gisbergen. Lowndes made his final pit stop on lap 106 and emerged ahead of McLaughlin.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
McLaughlin tried to pass Lowndes at Turn 4 but lost momentum going on to the back straight, losing a place to Davison. Lowndes, on cold tyres, locked a brake going into Turn 9 and went off the circuit, dropping behind Davison, McLaughlin and Mostert. Tander regained the race lead when Coulthard made a pit stop on lap 119, with an eleven-second gap back to Van Gisbergen who would assume second place when Rick Kelly made his final pit stop. On lap 122, the front-left guard on Tander's car peeled back.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
With the guard being securely fastened by the rear mounts, the race stewards deemed that the car was safe and that the Holden Racing Team was not required to call Tander into the pit lane for repairs. Rick Kelly stopped on lap 125, leaving Van Gisbergen in second place and closing the gap to Tander, whose pace had been affected by the damaged guard. With the regulations stating that the race must end one lap after 4:48 pm, the race finished at the end of lap 143. Tander held on to take victory, 0.3 seconds clear of Van Gisbergen.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20
Davison completed the podium, despite driving with a broken header in the closing laps, ahead of McLaughlin and Mostert. Coulthard finished sixth, having moved up the order in the closing stages on fresher tyres, ahead of Todd Kelly, Lowndes, Percat and Rick Kelly. With Whincup finishing 13th, Van Gisbergen left the event with a 7-point championship lead over Whincup. Lowndes maintained third in the points standings, while McLaughlin moved ahead of Winterbottom after the latter finished 24th.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20, Post-race
The victory was Tander's first since the 2014 Castrol Townsville 500 and Luff's first since the 2013 Armor All Gold Coast 600. It was the Holden Racing Team's first race win since the season-opening Clipsal 500 Adelaide. Team principal Adrian Burgess said the race was a "massively important win for us and our partners", with the result coming one month after Holden announced it would no longer provide support to the team in 2017.


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20, Post-race
Despite finishing second, Van Gisbergen said the stewards' decision to not give a mechanical black flag to Tander for the loose guard was the right one, saying: "If they did black flag it it would have been a hollow victory." Tander himself expressed surprise at the way the guard came off and noted its effect on the car's performance: "We had been doing it comfortably to that point but it became very, very difficult to drive."


2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500, Report, Race 20, Post-race
The car of David Reynolds and Baird was disqualified from the race as Reynolds did not achieve the required total resting time for a drive during the race. The rules stipulate the each driver must have a resting time of at least one-third of the scheduled race distance. The rule has the effect of creating a minimum driving time for each driver of 54 of the scheduled 161 laps. As Baird completed only 48 laps, the race stewards excluded the car from the race results, with all cars finishing behind the pair moving up one place. The team cited a miscommunication with Baird as the reason for the error.


2016 Wimbledon Championships
The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw commenced on 27 June 2016 and concluded on 10 July 2016.


2016 Wimbledon Championships
2016 was the 130th edition of the championships, the 49th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament was organised by All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation.


2016 Wimbledon Championships
Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion in the Gentlemen's Singles, but he lost in the third round to Sam Querrey, ending a 30-match winning streak in Grand Slams and Djokovic's hopes of becoming the first man to achieve the golden calendar slam. The Gentlemen's Singles title was won by Andy Murray. Serena Williams successfully defended her Ladies' Singles title and equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles.


2016 Wimbledon Championships
The Gentlemen's Doubles event consisted of 'best of three sets' matches for Rounds 1 and 2 in order to help with 'catch-up' scheduling due to a rain stricken first week. It was also the first time since 2004 that play took place on Middle Sunday, also known as the People's Sunday due to the fact that no tickets are sold in advance or through the ballot and all seats are made available on general sale the day before. For the first time in the championships' history singles events were held in the wheelchair competitions.


2016 Wimbledon Championships
Australian Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 Men's Singles champion, two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1, played his last professional matches in Men's doubles before retirement.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament
The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was the 130th edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Tournament
The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys (under 18 – singles and doubles) and girls (under 18 – singles and doubles), which is also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the Grand Slam category and, for the first time in the tournament history this year, men's and women's singles events for wheelchair tennis players. The tournament was played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the  All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon; qualifying matches were played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The total prize money for this year tournament is of £28.10m, an increase of 5% from last year tournament. The players who will win the men's singles and women's singles will earn £2.00m, an increase of £120,000 from the previous year. The prize money for men's doubles, women's doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for this year competition.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds
The seeds for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships were announced on Wednesday, 22 June 2016.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles
The seeds for gentlemen's singles are adjusted on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula, which applies to the top 32 players according to the ATP Rankings on 20 June 2016:


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Gentlemen's Singles
Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Singles seeds, Ladies' Singles
The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 20 June 2016. Rank and points before are as of 27 June 2016.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Main draw wild card entries
The following players were given wild cards into the main draw senior events, based on internal selection and recent performances.


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2016 Wimbledon Championships, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Lý Hoàng Nam and Sumit Nagal were the defending champions, but were both ineligible to compete this year.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Kenneth Raisma and Stefanos Tsitsipas won the title, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Reilly Opelka was the reigning champion, but was ineligible to compete this year.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Denis Shapovalov won the title, defeating Alex De Minaur in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries
The 2016 Wimbledon Championships are described below in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries, Middle Sunday (3 July)
For only the fourth time in Wimbledon history, play was scheduled for the middle Sunday to avoid the tournament overrunning due to rain interruptions.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Day-by-day summaries, Day 12 (9 July)
Defending champion Serena Williams successfully defended her title and seventh Wimbledon crown, she is now tied with Steffi Graf 22 Women's Singles titles in the Open Era.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Goran Ivanišević and Ivan Ljubičić were the defending champions but Ljubičić chose not to compete this year. Ivanišević played alongside Thomas Enqvist, but they were eliminated in the round robin.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Greg Rusedski and Fabrice Santoro defeated Jonas Björkman and Thomas Johansson in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Dalma Gálfi and Fanny Stollár were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Usue Maitane Arconada and Claire Liu won the title, defeating Mariam Bolkvadze and Caty McNally in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Sofya Zhuk was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Anastasia Potapova won the title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Magdalena Maleeva and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but were eliminated in the round robin.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Selima Sfar defeated Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez in the final, 7–6(7–5), ret. to win the Ladies' Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Jonathan Marray and Adil Shamasdin.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the title, defeating Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–1), 6–3. This was the first all-French men's doubles final at Wimbledon.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Due to inclement weather, all first and second round matches were best-of-three sets instead of best-of-five.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Andy Murray defeated Milos Raonic in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2), to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second Wimbledon title and third major title overall.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the third round to Sam Querrey. This was Djokovic's first defeat before the quarterfinals of a major since the 2009 French Open. The defeat also ended his streak of four consecutive major victories, dating back to the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Raonic became the first Canadian man to reach a major singles final. He was also the first non-European to reach the Wimbledon final since Andy Roddick in 2009, the first player born in the 1990s to reach a major final, and the first non-European to make any major final since Kei Nishikori at the 2014 US Open. Querrey became the first American man to reach the quarterfinals at a singles major since John Isner and Andy Roddick at the 2011 US Open.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
It was the first time since 2002 that the men's final did not feature Djokovic, Roger Federer, or Rafael Nadal. Federer did not play tennis for the rest of the season due to knee and back injuries.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Kontinen and Watson went on to win the title, defeating Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. Kontinen became the first Finnish Grand Slam champion, while Watson was the first British woman to win the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title since Jo Durie in 1987.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated the defending champions Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Gustavo Fernández and Nicolas Peifer were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Fernández played alongside Joachim Gérard, but lost in the semifinals to Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Hewett and Reid defeated Peifer and Stéphane Houdet in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6) to win the Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Gordon Reid defeated Stefan Olsson in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the inaugural Wheelchair Men's Singles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley successfully defended their title, defeating Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Wheelchair Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Jiske Griffioen defeated Aniek van Koot in the final, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 to win the inaugural Wheelchair Women's Singles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–4, to win Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. This was the Williams sisters' sixth Wimbledon doubles title, and their 14th major doubles title overall.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Babos and Shvedova.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Serena Williams was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. By winning her seventh Wimbledon title, Williams equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles. This was also the first time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season since Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin-Hardenne met in the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals. Williams dropped just one set the entire tournament, to Christina McHale in the second round.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
In addition to Williams and Kerber, Garbiñe Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwańska and Simona Halep were also in contention for the world WTA no. 1 ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Williams retained the top spot by reaching the fourth round and eventually winning the title. She also spent her 300th week at the top of the WTA rankings during the second week of the tournament, and won her 300th Slam match at the tournament by defeating Annika Beck in the third round.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
At 36 years old, Venus Williams became the oldest woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Martina Navratilova at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
In 2016, the qualifiers were: Tatjana Maria, Amra Sadiković, Jana Čepelová, Aleksandra Krunić, Maria Sakkari, Julia Boserup, Tamira Paszek, Luksika Kumkhum, Mandy Minella, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Marina Erakovic and Paula Kania.


2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Duan Yingying received a lucky loser as a replacement for Victoria Azarenka, who withdrew because of injury.


2016 Winchester City Council election
The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Winchester City Council election
Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016.


2016 Winchester City Council election
Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:


2016 Winchester City Council election, Results Summary
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.


2016 Wind Energy Holding Bangkok Open
The 2016 Wind Energy Holding Bangkok Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 29 August – 4 September 2016.


2016 Wind Energy Holding Bangkok Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Wind Energy Holding Bangkok Open – Doubles
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul and Kittipong Wachiramanowong won the title after defeating Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana 7–6(11–9), 6–3 in the final.


2016 Wind Energy Holding Bangkok Open – Singles
Blaž Kavčič won the title after defeating Go Soeda in the final 6–0, 1–0 retired.


2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 59th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 84th season overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the West Division and finished with an 11–7 record; their first winning season since 2011.


2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The Blue Bombers successfully improved upon their 5–13 record from 2015, after defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Labour Day Classic on September 4. It was their first win in the Classic since 2004.


2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The Blue Bombers qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2011 with a week 16 victory over the BC Lions followed by losses by the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes two days afterward. In the Playoffs the Blue Bombers ended up losing 32–31, ending their season.


2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2016 CFL Draft took place on May 10, 2016. The Blue Bombers had eight selections in the eight-round draft. The team forfeited the second overall selection after selecting Garrett Waggoner in the 2015 Supplemental Draft. However, the Blue Bombers were able to get back into the top nine when they acquired the ninth overall selection after trading Chris Greaves to the Edmonton Eskimos.


2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate International players updated 2016-11-28 • 46 Active, 6 Injured, 5 Six-Game Injured,5 Practice


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger
The 2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition, for men, and 4th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $75,000, for men, and $25,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada between July 11 and July 17, 2016.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Men's Doubles
This was the first edition of the men's doubles tournament.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Men's Doubles
Mitchell Krueger and Daniel Nguyen won the title, defeating Jarryd Chaplin and Benjamin Mitchell 6–2, 7–5 in the final.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Men's Doubles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the quarterfinals.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Men's Singles
This was the first edition of the men's singles tournament.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Men's Singles
Go Soeda won the title, defeating Blaž Kavčič 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Women's Doubles
Sharon Fichman and Jovana Jakšić were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Women's Doubles
Francesca Di Lorenzo and Ronit Yurovsky won the title, defeating Marie-Alexandre Leduc and Charlotte Robillard-Millette 1–6, 7–5, [10–6] in the final.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Women's Singles
Kristie Ahn was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2016 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger – Women's Singles
Francesca Di Lorenzo won the title, defeating Erin Routliffe 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2016 Winston-Salem Open
The 2016 Winston–Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Winston-Salem Open (as successor to previous tournaments in New Haven and Long Island), and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, from August 23 through August 29, 2015. It was the last event on the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.


2016 Winston-Salem Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Winston-Salem Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles
Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Inglot played alongside Marin Draganja, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lindstedt and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Lindstedt and Qureshi then lost in the semifinals to Andre Begemann and Leander Paes.


2016 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles
Guillermo García-López and Henri Kontinen won the title, defeating Begemann and Paes in the final, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8].


2016 Winston-Salem Open – Singles
Kevin Anderson was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jiří Veselý.


2016 Winston-Salem Open – Singles
Pablo Carreño Busta won his maiden ATP title, defeating Roberto Bautista Agut in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4.


2016 Winston-Salem Open – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Winston-Salem mayoral election
The 2016 Winston-Salem mayoral election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect the mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of Allen Joines.


2016 Winston-Salem mayoral election
This election saw mayoral elections in Winston-Salem shift from odd-numbered years to presidential election years.


2016 Winter Cup
The 2016 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas from February 18 to February 20, 2016.


2016 Winter Cup, Competition
The finals session featured the top 42 gymnasts according to their all-around ranking and the top three gymnasts on each apparatus. The all-around and individual event champions were determined via a combined two-day score. Performances at the Winter Cup helped determine eight men who comprised the United States men's national gymnastics team at the 2016 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (Norwegian: Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; Nynorsk: Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February and 21 February 2016. They were the fourth Youth Olympic Games and the second winter edition. Lillehammer was awarded the games on 7 December 2011 as the only candidate. The games reused venues from the 1994 Winter Olympics; this made Lillehammer the first city to host both regular and Youth Olympics. In addition to Lillehammer, sports were contested in Hamar, Gjøvik and Øyer.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Host selection
Lillehammer was the only city to bid for the games. The Norwegian Olympic Committee talked with Norwegian and regional authorities to investigate a bid and ultimately submitted a bid to the IOC. Upon the deadline for bidding, they were the only city to bid. Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics. They bid for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, but failed to become a candidate. Lake Placid, Lucerne, Zaragoza and Sofia all expressed interest in bidding but ultimately failed to submit any bids. On 7 December 2011, the International Olympic Committee selected Lillehammer as the host city of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Organization
In January 2012, Siri Hatlen was appointed as head of the Lillehammer 2016 Organizing Committee. At the Closing ceremony of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Lillehammer was handed the Olympic Flag. Tomas Holmestad (33) is CEO of Lillehammer 2016, which holds office at Oppland Fylkeskommune. In August 2014, Lillehammer Organizing Committee counts 20 employees, and this number were expected to rise to 70-80 employees in January 2016.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Venues
Nine competition and eleven non-competition venues were used, with all except the Youth Olympic Village in Lillehammer being existing venues. The games were held in four municipalities: Lillehammer, Hamar, Gjøvik and Øyer. The former three are located nearby the lake of Mjøsa and each have about 27,000 residents, while Øyer has 5,000 residents and is located in the valley of Gudbrandsdalen. There were five competition venues in Lillehammer, two in Hamar and one in Gjøvik and Øyer.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Venues
In Lillehammer, the twin ski jumping hill of Lysgårdsbakken has a spectator capacity of 35,000. Lysgårdsbakken has a hill size of 138 and a K-point of 120, while the normal hill has a hill size of 100 and a K-point of 90. Birkebeineren Ski Stadium hosted cross-country skiing, biathlon and Nordic combined, with the stadium itself having a capacity for 31,000 spectators during cross-country skiing and 13,500 during biathlon. In addition, spectators could watch from along the tracks. Kanthaugen Freestyle Arena has a capacity for 15,000 spectators and hosted freestyle skiing and half-pipe snowboarding.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Venues
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is located at Hunderfossen and is the only bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track in the Nordic Countries. Kristins Hall hosted both ice hockey and curling. Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall is located in a man-made cave and featured the short track speed skating events. In Hamar, Vikingskipet hosted long track speed skating and Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre hosted figure skating. Alpine skiing and slopestyle snowboarding were undertaken at Hafjell in Øyer.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Venues
Lysgårdsbakken also hosted the opening ceremony. The medal ceremonies took place in the town plaza. Athletes and leader accommodation were provided at two Olympic Villages, one in Lillehammer for the Lillehammer and Øyer-based events, and one in Hamar for the Hamar and Gjøvik-based events. The Lillehammer village consisted of student apartments in combination with a hotel and apartment resort. They used Håkons Hall (who also hosted the closing ceremony) for dining. The Hamar village was Hotel Scandic Hamar. In addition, there are five designated cultural venues in Lillehammer: Kulturhuset Banken, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer University College, Maihaugen and the Nansen Academy. The Main Media Centre was located at Mesna Upper Secondary School, which is adjacent to Stampesletta.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Venues
All the competition venues were built ahead of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Kristins Hall is the only venue not used during those Games, while Håkons Hall and Kvitfjell were used. During Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games, Håkonshall was the venue for the Learn & Share program, whilst Kristins Hall was the official venue for ice hockey and curling. Kvitfjell was not used, and Hafjell was the main venue for downhill skiing, snowboard, and freeskiing instead.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Marketing, Mascot
Lillehammer organizing committee launched an international mascot design competition in March and April 2014. The competition required that the design proposals would be on an animal (ordinary animal or a fantasy one), look youthful, be kind and open, sporty, and represent the look of Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. LYOGOC received over 50 proposals from all over the world, and a jury consisting of Birgit Skarstein, Julie Strømsvåg, Simen Staalnacke, and Marianne Aagotnes, selected three finalists. The final proposals were presented on the official Facebook page of Lillehammer 2016, where fans could vote on their favorite. It was the Lynx that won the competition, designed by 19-year-old Line Ansethmoen.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Cultural programme
Also a cultural programme was a part of the event, in which for example bandy was featured.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, The Games, Sports
The Youth Olympic Games featured 7 sports and 15 disciplines. 70 events, there will be 5 mixed team events (Mixed-NOCs), 9 mixed team events (NOCs), 29 men's events, and 27 women's events.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, The Games, New events
A number of events have been added to the programme.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Participating nations
The countries listed below have qualified at least one provisional athlete. 7 countries (Colombia, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Portugal and Timor Leste) made their Winter Youth Olympic Games debut. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Medal table
The top ten listed National Olympic Committees (NOCs) by number of gold medals are listed below with the host nation, Norway, being highlighted.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Medal table
Medals won by teams of athletes from more than one NOC are included in the table as medals awarded to a mixed-NOCs team.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics medal table
The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. Approximately 1,068 athletes from 71 NOCs participated in 70 events in 15 sports.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics medal table, Medal table
In a number of events, there were teams in which athletes from different nations competed together. Medals won by these teams are included in the table as medals awarded to a mixed-NOCs team.


2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election results, Changes in council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Results compared directly with the previous local election in 2015.


2016 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by second-year head coach Paul Chryst, were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule
Wisconsin announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Badgers will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Ohio State, and will travel to Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule
The team's three non–conference games are against the Akron Zips from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Georgia State Panthers from the Sun Belt Conference, and the LSU Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule
The Associated Press and Coaches' preseason top 25 polls were released in August and for the first time since 2009 the Badgers were unranked in both polls. Meanwhile, the first five of their Power 5 opponents were all ranked 17th or higher in the preseason polls with #5 LSU, #6 Ohio State, #7 Michigan, #12 Michigan State and #17 Iowa.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU
The Badgers started off the regular season with a neutral site game against the LSU Tigers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. LSU was favored to win the game by double digits. The Badgers came out to lead 6–0 by halftime with the Badgers kicker, Rafael Gaglianone, making two field goals; one from 30 and the other 48 yards. Running back Corey Clement led the Badgers on their opening drive of the third quarter and scored a touchdown on a five-yard run. LSU responded with two touchdowns shortly thereafter due to a quick succession of Badgers' turnovers.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU
Another field goal in the fourth quarter from 47 yards put the Badgers back in the lead. In the last minute of the game, and within field goal range, LSU quarterback Brandon Harris was nearly sacked by linebacker Vince Biegel and threw an interception which was caught by Safety D'Cota Dixon; LSU offensive lineman Josh Boutte was subsequently ejected for a flagrant hit after the play. The turnover secured the victory for the Badgers who in turn ran out the clock.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU
The game was fifth-year senior Bart Houston's debut as Wisconsin's starting quarterback, after being a backup quarterback for four years. His debut passer rating of 33.2 was the worst for a Wisconsin quarterback since 1977 when Mike Kalasmicki's debut passer rating was 5.20. Rafael Gaglianone had his fourth game-winning field goal of his career, the most in school history.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU
The game was described as a "historic upset" for the Badgers by ESPN and Yahoo! Sports. After the game ESPN Staff Writer Jesse Temple stated that "Wisconsin secured its most significant nonconference regular-season victory since 1974, when the team upset fourth-ranked Nebraska 21–20 at Camp Randall Stadium." The Badgers snapped the Tigers 52-game win streak for non-conference regular season wins, an FBS record that stood since a 2002 loss to Virginia Tech.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU
Following the game Wisconsin's kicker Rafael Gaglianone was lauded with multiple 'Player of the Week' awards, including Big Ten special teams player of the week, Rose Bowl Big Ten player of the week and one of three Lou Groza Award Stars of the Week. Wisconsin's Jack Cichy was named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week for his defensive efforts. Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst was announced as the "Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week" following the opening week of college football.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, vs. LSU
Paul Chryst announced in a press conference that Chris Orr, who went down the first play of the game with a right leg injury, would be out for the rest of the year due to a torn ACL. He also stated that former linebacker-turned-fullback Leon Jacobs would now play both sides of the ball at fullback in addition to inside linebacker, to regain some depth at the position due to Chris Orr's season-ending injury.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Georgia State
The Badgers played against opponent Georgia State for the first time. The entire game was marked by offensive struggles on Wisconsin's part. Wisconsin jumped out to an early 6–0 lead on the foot of kicker Rafael Gaglianone, who converted field goal attempts from 47 and 28 yards in the 1st quarter. In the second half, things got ugly for the Badgers as Georgia State countered a touchdown run by Dare Ogunbowale with a field goal and touchdown of their own. With Wisconsin struggling to make progress on offense, Paul Chryst replaced QB Bart Houston with redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, Georgia State
In the 4th quarter, the winless Panthers took the lead 17–10 on a 9-yard run. Hornibrook, however, led the offense on two scoring drives - a touchdown pass to Kyle Penniston and another Gaglianone kick - to pull out the win. The Badgers improved to 3–0 on the season, but their struggles on offense led to questions about which quarterback would start next week's crucial Big Ten matchup against Michigan State.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, at No. 8 Michigan State
Prior to the game, it was leaked that redshirt freshman quarterback Alex Hornibrook would make his debut and start against Michigan State after his performance the prior week against Georgia State. Wisconsin was also laden with injuries going into the game with two offensive line starters, Jon Dietzen and Micah Kapoi, out with injuries along with placekicker Rafael Gaglianone and fourth-string running back Bradrick Shaw.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, at No. 8 Michigan State
Michigan State opened the scoring with a field goal by Michael Geiger in the first quarter on a drive started when MSU defensive lineman Raequan Williams stripped and recovered a fumble from Wisconsin's freshman quarterback. Wisconsin answered back with a seven-and-a-half minute drive resulting in a one-yard touchdown catch by tight end Eric Steffes. Thereafter, Wisconsin's defense shut down the Spartan offense and an interception by Sojourn Shelton in the second quarter resulted in a one-yard rushing touchdown by running back Corey Clement. The Spartans made another field goal to close out the first half.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, at No. 8 Michigan State
In the third quarter, Badgers defensive back D'Cota Dixon forced a fumble which was recovered by fellow Badgers DB Leo Musso who returned it for a 66-yard touchdown. Also in the third quarter, the Badgers replacement kicker Andrew Endicott made his first ever field goal attempt (college or high school) at 41 yards, Corey Clement had another five-yard rushing touchdown to round out the third quarter. Overall, the Badgers forced four turnovers. Hornibrook, on third down, completed nine of his 13 attempts for 136 yards and a touchdown and, on third and long (10+ yards), he was six for six for 100 yards.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, at No. 8 Michigan State
It was the first time since 1999 that a Big Ten team beat two top ten teams by the first of October  in the same season, the last being Penn State in 1999. The last time Wisconsin defeated two top ten teams in the same season was 1962. The last time Wisconsin beat MSU in East Lansing was in 2002 when Barry Alvarez was head coach. The last time Wisconsin beat a top ten team on the road was at No. 5 Purdue in 2004.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Game summaries, at No. 8 Michigan State
Wisconsin players were lauded after the game, including freshman QB Alex Hornibrook for making his debut on the road against No. 8 Michigan State and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Outside Linebacker TJ Watt was named the Walter Camp Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his dominant defensive performance, including 6 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.5 sacks, one pass breakup and two QB hits.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Roster
The Badgers returned 13 starters, six on offense, six on defense and one on special teams.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Roster, Departures
In early August, after not making the 105-man fall roster, wide receiver Krenwick Sanders announced his intent to transfer from UW due to being buried on the depth chart, he had one catch for 10 yards his true freshman year in 2014 and he redshirted the 2015 season. He was granted a release by the university and announced that he would transfer to Jacksonville State, an FCS team in Alabama.


2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Roster, Departures
Later in August the Badgers' 3-year starter at center, fifth-year senior Dan Voltz, retired from football due to numerous injuries sustained over his career. In the 2015 season he tore his ACL against Illinois and was out for the remainder of the season. He suffered from various ankle issues during the 2014 season.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary was held on April 5 in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won the contest with 56.5%, distancing nationwide frontrunner Hillary Clinton by 13 percentage points.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The Wisconsin Republican primary, held on the same day in conjunction with the Democratic primary, yielded a win for Ted Cruz, who distanced nationwide frontrunner Donald Trump by 13%. With no other primaries being scheduled for that day by either party and just two weeks ahead of the important New York primary, the Wisconsin primary was in the national spotlight.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The two parties' primaries were held in conjunction with this year's Wisconsin judicial elections, where Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Rebecca Bradley was confirmed for a 10-year elected term, winning over Appeals Court judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
Wisconsin provided a friendly setting for Sanders's brand of economic populism. Liberals made up two-thirds of the majority-white primary electorate, and the economy, followed by income inequality, were of top concern to voters, according to exit polls.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
Clinton lost Wisconsin by a narrow margin in the general election, against Republican nominee Donald Trump.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Procedure, State primary procedure
As Wisconsin held an open primary, residents could choose freely which party's primary they wished to participate in, when showing up at the polls on election day, regardless of their official registration with either party or none. Polling stations were opened between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Central Time.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Procedure, State primary procedure
The two parties' primaries were held in conjunction with this year's Wisconsin judicial elections that included the election of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Procedure, Democratic nomination procedure
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin pledges only 86 out of 96 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention based on the popular vote at the primary election on the basis of proportional apportion. However, only the 18 at-large delegates and 10 pledged "Party Leaders and Elected Officials" (PLEOs) are apportioned according to the statewide vote, while the 57 district delegates are apportioned according to the vote within each of the state's eight congressional districts. The remaining ten Wisconsin delegates are unpledged "Party Leaders and Elected Officials" (PLEOs), or "Superdelegates", who may vote for whomever they wish at the party's upcoming National Convention.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Candidates
While three candidates appeared on the Democratic primary ballot, only Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton actively campaigned for the Wisconsin contest, after Martin O'Malley had already suspended his campaign.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Candidates, Presidential debate in Milwaukee, February 2016
The Democratic Party held its sixth presidential debate on February 11, 2016 in Milwaukee, at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Moderated by PBS NewsHour anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, the debate aired on PBS and was simulcast by CNN. Participants were Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Bernie Sanders scored a large victory in Wisconsin, a largely liberal and big manufacturing state. He was bolstered by a 73-26 showing among younger voters, a 64-35 showing among men, a 72-28 showing among self-identified Independents, and a 59-40 showing among white voters who comprised 83% of the electorate in the Cheese State. Sanders also won women 50–49, but lost African American voters to Clinton, 69–31. Sanders swept all income and educational attainment levels in Wisconsin.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Sanders won unions 54–46, a key demographic in the industrial Rust Belt.


2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Sanders swept all counties in Wisconsin but one. He was victorious in the southeast 55–45, in the southwest 62–38, and in rural northeastern and northwestern Wisconsin 57–42. He carried the major cities of Madison, which has a younger electorate, as well as Eau Claire, Green Bay, Oshkosh, and Kenosha. Clinton won in Milwaukee 51–48, likely thanks to her ardent African-American support.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The 2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on April 5 in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Texas senator Ted Cruz won the contest with 48%, ahead of nationwide frontrunner Donald Trump by 13 percentage points. Taking advantage of the state's two-level "winner takes all" provision, Cruz took 36 out of the 42 available delegates.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The Wisconsin Democratic primary, held on the same day in conjunction with the Republican primary, yielded a win for Bernie Sanders, who defeated nationwide frontrunner Hillary Clinton by 13 percentage points. With no other primaries being scheduled for that day by either party and just two weeks ahead of the important New York primary, the Wisconsin primary was in the national spotlight.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The two parties' primaries were held in conjunction with this year's Wisconsin judicial elections, where Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Rebecca Bradley was confirmed for a 10-year elected term, winning over Appeals Court judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
Despite Ted Cruz's win, the eventual nominee, Donald Trump, went on to win the state on Election Day, held on November 8.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Procedure, State primary procedure
As Wisconsin held an open primary, residents could choose freely which party's primary they wished to participate in, when showing up at the polls on election day, regardless of their official registration with either party or none. Polling stations were opened between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Central Time.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Procedure, State primary procedure
The two parties' primaries were held in conjunction with this year's Wisconsin judicial elections that included the election of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Procedure, Republican nomination procedure
The Republican Party of Wisconsin pledges all of its 42 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention based on the popular vote at the primary election on the basis of a "Winner takes all" provision. However, only the 18 at-large delegates are awarded to the statewide plurality winner, while the 24 district delegates, three for each of the state's eight congressional districts, are given to the district-wide winner.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Candidates
While twelve candidates appeared on the Republican primary ballot, only three of the candidates actively campaigned for the Wisconsin contest, after all other candidates had already suspended their campaigns.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Candidates, Presidential debate in Milwaukee, November 2015
The Republican Party held its fourth presidential debate on November 10, 2015 in Milwaukee, at the Milwaukee Theatre. Moderated by Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo  and Gerard Baker, the debate aired on the Fox Business Network and was sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. Eight candidates including Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Rand Paul, participated in the primetime debate that was mostly focused on jobs, taxes, and the general health of the U.S. economy, as well as on domestic and international policy issues. The accompanying undercard debate featured Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Bobby Jindal who ended his campaign a week after the debate.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Candidates, Campaigns
Social conservative Texas senator Ted Cruz, who enjoyed the endorsement of the united Republican Party establishment, including Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, was expected to come out in front. Most polls saw him leading the current national frontrunner, populist New York businessman Donald Trump narrowly by single-digits. Trump maintained he would prevail in spite of the Republican establishment endorsing Cruz, and was "going to have a really, really big victory".


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Candidates, Campaigns
With the Never Trump camp closing ranks around an expected Cruz victory in Wisconsin, the third candidate, fiscal conservative Ohio governor John Kasich, was not expected to be competitive in the more populous areas of Wisconsin, and shifted his focus on the more rural congressional districts in order to win at least some of the per-district delegates. Just a few days ahead of the primary, Trump openly asked Kasich to drop out of the race. Kasich was also heavily attacked in TV commercial by both frontrunners' SuperPACs.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Results
With 48.25% of the statewide vote, Texas senator Ted Cruz distanced nationwide frontrunner Donald Trump by some 13%, thereby winning all 18 at-large delegates. Out of the eight congressional districts, Cruz won in six, therefore receiving another 18 district-wide delegates, while Donald Trump took home six district-wide delegates from western Wisconsin, where he won the 3rd and the 7th congressional districts.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Reactions and aftermath
Cruz's unexpectedly large victory in Wisconsin was widely seen as a turning point for the Donald Trump campaign, making it less likely for Trump to win an outright majority of all national delegates, even if he should win a plurality of delegates. Without an outright majority in the 2016 Republican National Convention's first ballot, the delegates won by Trump would be able to switch to Cruz or another candidate in subsequent ballots, as they were pledged to support him only in the first ballot.


2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary, Reactions and aftermath
Given the Republican establishment's pressure not to nominate Trump, many commentators expected Cruz to be better positioned in subsequent ballots. The theory of Trump's demise proved to be false. As the primary schedule moved to the Northeast, including his home state  of New York, Trump increased his margin of victory and won almost all of the delegates. Finally, with his victory in the Indiana primary, Trump became the presumptive nominee.


2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election
An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 99 members to Wisconsin's State Assembly. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State Senate. The primary election was held on August 9, 2016.


2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election
Republicans consolidated their control of the Assembly by gaining one seat, winning 64 seats compared to 36 seats for the Democrats.


2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election, Results, District
Results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election by district:


2016 Wisconsin State Senate election
An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect 16 of the 33 members of Wisconsin's State Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State Assembly. The primary election was held on August 9, 2016.


2016 Wisconsin State Senate election
Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate by gaining one seat, winning 9 seats compared to 7 seats for the Democrats.


2016 Wisconsin State Senate election, Results, District
Results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election by district:


2016 Wisconsin elections
The 2016 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 8, 2016. One of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats and all eight seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election, as well as half of the Wisconsin Senate seats and all of the Wisconsin Assembly seats. The 2016 Fall Partisan Primary was held on August 9, 2016.


2016 Wisconsin elections
The Wisconsin Republican Party made large gains in the 2016 election. Businessman and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won Wisconsin in an upset, becoming the first Republican to win the state since 1984. Additionally, the state GOP had a strong showing in the State Legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957, and Republican Senator Ron Johnson defeated Russ Feingold a second time for a second term. This put Walker and the Wisconsin GOP in a strong position.


2016 Wisconsin elections
Wisconsin Republicans also celebrated the victory of Justice Rebecca Bradley in the April election for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Bradley had been appointed to the court in 2015 after the death of Justice N. Patrick Crooks, who had been seen as a swing vote on the court.


2016 Wisconsin elections, Federal, Senate
In a rematch of the 2010 election, first term incumbent Republican Ron Johnson ran against former Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold. Johnson defeated Feingold in the general election with 50.2% of the vote.


2016 Wisconsin elections, Federal, House of Representatives
All of Wisconsin's eight United States House of Representatives seats were up for election in 2016. Party composition remained unchanged after the general election.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Legislature, State Senate
The 16 even-numbered districts out of 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2016. Nine of these seats were held by Republicans and seven were held by Democrats. Prior to the election, Republicans controlled the chamber with a 19 to 14 majority, but they gained a seat in the election.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Legislature, State Assembly
All 99 seats of the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election in November. Nine Assemblymen (6 Republicans, 3 Democrats) did not seek re-election.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Judiciary, State Supreme Court
Incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley defeated Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the April general election. Justice Bradley had been appointed to the court in 2015 by Governor Scott Walker, to replace Justice N. Patrick Crooks, who had died in office. Justice Crooks' term was already set to expire in 2016, thus no special election needed to be scheduled.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Judiciary, State Supreme Court
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge M. Joseph "Joe" Donald was also a candidate in this election, but did not advance from the February primary election.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Judiciary, State Supreme Court
Though Wisconsin judicial elections are nonpartisan, Justice Bradley's victory was seen as an important win for the Republican party, as she claims a judicial philosophy aligned with conservative judges like Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, and she had been endorsed by Republican-aligned interest groups such as the National Rifle Association and Wisconsin Right to Life. Justice Crooks, who she was replacing, was seen as a swing vote on the court, so this was a net gain for the conservative bloc on the court.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Judiciary, State Court of Appeals
All four districts of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals had a seat up for election in 2016. None of the races were contested.


2016 Wisconsin elections, State, Judiciary, State Circuit Courts
Forty of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2020. Ten of those seats were contested. Three incumbent judges were defeated—Milwaukee County judges Paul Rifelj and Michelle Ackerman Havas, and Eau Claire County judge Brian H. Wright. All three defeated judges had been appointed by Governor Scott Walker.


2016 Witney by-election
The Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.


2016 Witney by-election
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 12 September 2016. The election was won by the Conservative Robert Courts with a reduced vote share, and the Liberal Democrats came in second with an increase in vote share of 23.4 percentage points.


2016 Witney by-election, Background
David Cameron had been the Conservative Party MP for the seat since the 2001 general election, becoming leader of the Conservative Party in 2005 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010. Following the Leave result in the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union that Cameron had campaigned against, he resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, being replaced by Theresa May. In September 2016 he announced his resignation as an MP saying he did not want to be a distraction to May's premiership.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
The Conservatives picked Robert Courts, a barrister and West Oxfordshire District Councillor since 2014, from a shortlist of three candidates; he defeated Natasha Whitmill, a former aide to Cameron, and John Cotton, the leader of South Oxfordshire District Council. Though Witney voted in favour of remain in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, Courts is a "Brexiter", which means that he supports Brexit.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
The Labour Party selected Duncan Enright as their candidate. He serves as a West Oxfordshire District Councillor and stood in Witney at the 2015 general election, finishing second behind Cameron.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Democrats selected Liz Leffman, a West Oxfordshire District Councillor (for Charlbury and Finstock) and local businesswoman, as the party's candidate. She stood in Witney in the 2005 general election, finishing second to Cameron.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
The UK Independence Party named Kenrick "Dickie" Bird. He served in the army in Oxfordshire's local Regiment, The Royal Green Jackets, before becoming Head Porter at Oriel College, Oxford, and stood in Banbury in 2015, coming third.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
The Green Party named Larry Sanders, a former Oxfordshire County Councillor and brother of US Senator Bernie Sanders. He came fifth in the 2015 general election in the neighbouring constituency of Oxford West and Abingdon.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
The National Health Action Party (NHA) selected Dr Helen Salisbury, a GP and lecturer at Oxford University Medical School. Salisbury was their candidate in Oxford West & Abingdon at the 2015 general election.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
Winston McKenzie, a former professional boxer and a perennial candidate, was named as the candidate of the English Democrats. He came third in Croydon North at the previous general election.


2016 Witney by-election, Candidates
Independent candidate Adam Knight endorsed the Liberal Democrat candidate, Leffman, during the campaign.


2016 Witney by-election, Result
The Liberal Democrats recorded their highest share of the vote in Witney since 1983.


2016 Witney by-election, Previous results in constituency, 2016 EU referendum result
The constituency is co-terminous with the district of West Oxfordshire which, in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, voted in favour of remain.


2016 Wofford Terriers football team
The 2016 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 29th-year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Charleston Southern and The Citadel in the first and second round, before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.


2016 Woking Borough Council election
The 2016 Woking Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other elections across the UK and the Police and Crime Commissioner election for Surrey Police.


2016 Woking Borough Council election
Boundary changes had included a shrinking of the council from 36 councillors to 30 councillors, and all 30 council seats in the 10 new wards were up for election. In each ward, 3 candidates were elected, with the leading candidate in each ward being elected for 4 years, the second-placed candidate being elected for 3 years and the third-placed candidate being elected for 2 years. As a result, there will be no borough elections in 2017, but a third of the council will be due for re-election in each of 2018, 2019 and 2020.


2016 Woking Borough Council election, Summary
Prior to this all-out election on new ward boundaries, the Conservatives had a strong majority on the council, with 24 seats compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats, 2 Labour councillors, and one Independent.


2016 Woking Borough Council election, Summary
Despite remaining the largest party by a clear margin of 10 seats over their nearest rivals, the result was considered slightly disappointing for the Conservatives, who saw their council majority over all other parties reduced to four seats.


2016 Woking Borough Council election, Summary
Independent candidates won all three seats in Byfleet, defeating sitting LibDem councillor and former Mayor Anne Roberts and the Conservative councillors Gary Elson and Richard Wilson. The Liberal Democrats won all three seats in the new Hoe Valley ward and shared the spoils with the Conservatives in Goldsworth Park, Mount Hermon and St Johns. Labour took all three seats in the Canalside Ward (where the Conservative council was taking forward a controversial redevelopment and regeneration scheme in the Sheerwater area). However, the Conservatives did rack up four extremely convincing wins (with majorities in each ward of c.1,000 votes) in the wards of Heathlands, Horsell, Knaphill and Pyrford.


2016 Woking Borough Council election, Summary
There were very close battles, resulting in three ‘split wards’, in Goldsworth Park, Mount Hermon and St Johns, but, arguably, no results were closer than those in the Mount Hermon ward, where Conservative councillor Carl Thomson and Liberal Democrat councillor Liam Lyons both lost their seats, and where only 64 votes separated the second and fifth placed candidates, and just 22 votes separated those who placed second and fourth.


2016 Woking Borough Council election, Summary
In the election, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats were the only two parties to field a full slate of thirty candidates. UKIP stood one candidate in each of the ten wards, and two in Canalside, for a total of eleven candidates in all. Labour nominated sixteen candidates in total, but stood them across just seven out of the ten wards. The Greens fielded one candidate in each of seven wards, for a total of seven nominations. The best result for the Greens was in Knaphill, where their candidate James Brierley was the runner-up to the three successful Conservative candidates.


2016 Woking Borough Council election, Summary
After the election, long-standing council leader Councillor John Kingsbury continued in office with the support of the Conservative group. Councillor Kingsbury later announced his retirement as council leader in 2017, and stood down as a councillor at the 2018 local elections.


2016 Wokingham Borough Council election
The 2016 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wokingham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Wokingham Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives retained control of the council and gained one seat from an Independent Candidate.


2016 Wollongong state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Wollongong in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 12 November 2016. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Noreen Hay (Labor) on 31 August.


2016 Wollongong state by-election
By-elections for the seats of Canterbury and Orange were held on the same day.


2016 Wollongong state by-election, Candidates
The five candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:


2016 Wolverhampton City Council election
The 2016 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. 20 seats are being contested in total (one third of the Council). This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Wolverhampton City Council election
The ward of Tettenhall Regis is notable for having two Conservative Party candidates nominated for a single seat. The Conservative Party confirmed that Udey Singh was the official candidate, and the additional nomination for Mark Evans, the incumbent retiring Councillor, was an 'administrative error'.


2016 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
The 2016 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Harare, Zimbabwe on 17–18 September 2016.


2016 Women's Asian Champions Trophy
The 2016 Women's Asian Champions Trophy was the fourth edition of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held in Singapore. The top five Asian teams (China, India, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia) participated in the tournament which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions.


2016 Women's Asian Champions Trophy
Qnet was the official sponsor of the 2016 Asian Women's Hockey Champions Trophy.


2016 Women's Australian Hockey League
The 2016 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 24th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in the Western Australia city of Perth.


2016 Women's Australian Hockey League
Queensland Scorchers won the gold medal for the sixth time by defeating the Victorian Vipers 3–2 in the final. NSW Arrows won the bronze medal by defeating Canberra Strikers 2–1 in the third place playoff.


2016 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition format
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, each consisting of five teams in a round robin format. Throughout the pool stage however, teams from each pool competed in crossover matches with the teams in the other pool, with each team playing one crossover match.


2016 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition format
At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams of Pools A and B progressed through to the semi-finals, where the top placed teams of each pool competed against the second placed team of each pool, with the winners progressing to the final.


2016 Women's Australian Hockey League, Competition format
The bottom three teams in each pool move into Pool C (Classification Round), where teams carry over points from previous matches, and play the remaining teams. The final placings in Pool C carry over to final placings in the tournament.


2016 Women's Bandy World Championship
2016 Women's Bandy World Championship is held in Roseville, Minnesota, USA, on February 18–21, 2016. The Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval hosts the games.


2016 Women's Bandy World Championship
This is the eighth Women's Bandy World Championship and the second Women's Bandy World Championship hosted by the United States. China made its championship debut.


2016 Women's Bandy World Championship
Sweden had won all the previous Women's World Championships of bandy except the last one in 2014, which was won by Russia. The Swedes responded this year by defeating the Russians in the final by 1 goal to 0.


2016 Women's Baseball World Cup
The 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup was the 7th edition of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, the biennial international women's baseball world championship tournament. The competition was held in Gijang, South Korea from September 3 to September 11, 2016.