List of All Stars Awards winners (football)

This is a list of all past winners of the official GAA GPA All Stars Awards in Gaelic football since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of "Gaelic Weekly" magazine.
For each year since 1995, when the official award began, the All Stars Footballer of the Year is highlighted with FOTY. If the footballer of the year did not win an All Star Award, his name is added to the list as FOTY. The unofficial Texaco Footballer of the Year, awarded since 1958, is a guide to the leading players of the past.
All Star awards listed by year.
1972.
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1973.
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1974.
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1975.
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1976.
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1977.
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1978.
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1979.
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1980.
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1981.
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1982.
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1983.
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1984.
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1985.
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1986.
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1987.
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1988.
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1989.
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1990.
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1991.
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1992.
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1993.
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1994.
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1995.
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1996.
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1997.
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List of nominees
1998.
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1999.
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2000.
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2001.
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2002.
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2003.
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2004.
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2005.
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2006.
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2007.
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2008.
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2009.
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2010.
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2011.
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2012.
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2013.
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2014.
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2015.
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2016.
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2017.
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2018.
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2019.
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2020.
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Summary.
By the end of 2013, 387 different footballers had received awards. For those with the highest numbers of awards, see GAA GPA All Stars Awards. Players are from the following counties:
Carlow, Kilkenny**, Longford, Waterford, Limerick, London and New York have not had a football award winner.


2008 European Mixed Curling Championship

The 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 22 to 27, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Sportpark in Kitzbühel, Austria.
Germany, skipped by Rainer Schöpp won its first title, defeating Czech Republic in the final.
Teams.
The teams are as follows:
Round Robin.
In every group: first place directly to playoffs, second place to qualification round
Qualification round.
Qualification semifinal
Qualification final
Playoffs.
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final


Motor racing


2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2003 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-seventh season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also nineteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship with titles awarded for both Drivers and Teams. The championship was contested over ten events from 19 April to 13 September 2003.
The Drivers Championship was won by Björn Wirdheim and the Teams Championship was awarded to Arden International Ltd.
Teams and drivers.
The following teams and drivers contested the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.
Calendar.
The 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over a ten event series.
Teams Championship.
Points for the 2003 FIA Formula 300 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each event. Results from both team cars were taken into account.
Complete Overview.
R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying 13E=grid position, but started from the end of the grid
See also.
2003 Euro Formula 3000 season


Surfboard fin

A surfboard fin or skeg is a hydrofoil mounted at the tail of a surfboard or similar board to improve directional stability and control through foot-steering. Fins can provide lateral lift opposed to the water and stabilize the board's trajectory, allowing the surfer to control direction by varying their side-to-side weight distribution. The introduction of fins in the 1930s revolutionized surfing and board design. Surfboard fins may be arrayed in different numbers and configurations, and many different shapes, sizes, and materials are and have been made and used.
History.
Historically, surfboards had no fins; some amount of control was achieved through convex hulls and the surfer dragging a foot in the water. A common problem with these early boards was "sliding ass", in which the tail would slip sideways, usually causing a wipeout. The first fixed fin was introduced by surfing pioneer Tom Blake in 1935. In Waikiki, Blake attached a long, deep metal keel from an abandoned speedboat to his surfboard, and was immediately impressed with the results. Around 1936, Woody Brown independently added a fixed fin to his second surfboard design in San Diego, which further popularized the feature.
The stability and control fins allowed revolutionized the sport, though many surfers avoided them for several years; evidently, they were thought dangerous. The feature grew more common in the mid-1940s and became the universal industry standard in the 1950s. Experimentation with fin design and configuration increased after 1966 with the popularization of shortboards. Parallel double fins, first introduced in the 1940s by Bob Simmons, became periodically popular. In 1980, Simon Anderson introduced the three-fin "Thruster" design, which has since become standard.
Configurations.
In surfing, there are two major types of (typically stationary) surfboard fins (hydrofoils), and a host of illustrative issues.
Both a skeg and ""rail" "fins"" stabilize the motion of the surfboard. They "also" contribute to the desired effect of converting the (kinetic energy) push of the sloped wave face combined with the rider's mass on the sloped wave face (potential energy) into "redirected" energy – "lift" (lift (physics)) – the surfer deflects his surfboard and fins off the water of the wave face (and/or vice versa) to make forward progress across the wave face, or "down the line," that is, parallel to the wave crest and beach – riding parallel to the crest (perpendicular to the pull of gravity down the wave's slope) in this way is known as "trimming." "Lift" (aka "drive") from the board and its fin(s) is what enables all maneuvers in surfing.
A "skeg" (an upright, streamlined, often raked keel) typically denotes one centrally-mounted stabilizer foil mounted perpendicularly to the riding surface, at the rear of the surfboard.
Smaller surfboard fins mounted near the edge (or "rail") of the surfboard are known as "rail fins" and are seen in multi-fin arrangements (often in combination with a similarly-sized central fin further back on the board). Rail fins enable high-performance surfing, and are most often "single-foiled," with one flat side and one "foiled" side, as seen on an airfoil, for greater lift.
A fin configuration with fins near the edge of the board stabilizes and contributes lift during turning maneuvers, which contributes to the board's ability to "hold" during turning maneuvers. Rail fins are often seen in addition to a central fin, but can be used without a central fin as well. Some of the most popular multi-fin configurations use two rail fins (a "twin-fin"), two rail fins plus a similar-sized central fin mounted further back (e.g. a "Thruster"), or four fins (a "quad"). Rail fins are more or less engaged by the rider's heel and toes as they lean in the desired direction of their turn. As the rider does so, an "inside" rail fin sinks deeper and its angle of attack is increased, as is its lift-induced drag. Rail fins also add lift (known as "drive") in trim and with greater holding ability, enable steeper wave faces to be ridden and higher speed "down the line."
Rail fins are typically "toed-in," that is, the leading edge of the fins are oriented toward the centerline of the surfboard, which decreases the angle of attack in trim, which makes it easier to initiate turns. "Toeing in" rail fins also adds drag on the "outside" fin, as its angle of attack is "negative" during trim or in a turn. These combined factors of toed-in rail fins cause several issues: drag on a toed-in outside rail fin can slow the board down in trim, but it can also give a braking effect during turns that is useful. The inside rail fin (and the board itself) can be "pumped," attacked and re-attacked, by swerving up and down the face, causing acceleration down the line, or similarly pumped to achieve a desired trajectory through a multi-stage turn. At higher speeds, the drag off toed-in rail fins can cause surfboards to oscillate and become unstable – a phenomenon known as "speed wobbles".
Most surfboards intended for larger waves are longer (to increase hull speed for paddling, wave-catching, "and" surfing), and as most shapers orient the rail fins toward the nose of the board, a longer board inherently results in reduced toe-in of rail fins, therefore less negative angle of attack, less oscillation, greater stability, and higher speeds.
Rail fins also typically have some degree of "cant," that is, are tilted out toward the rail they are adjacent to. This is a significant "additional" factor in lift at various attitudes, drag, and performance, as are the variables of other foils – including flexibility, thickness, and planform.
Rail fins evolved into being and surged into popularity as riders (Simon Anderson, most famously) sought a solution to two major performance issues of a central "single" fin – both related to engagement of the foil: For one, a "centrally"-mounted fin is tilted up out of the water as the board is leaned over, and thus it loses more and more of its lift as the lean angle increases – if the lean angle is acute enough, the fin's tip can be the only area left in the water; the tip may then rapidly stall and, having lost its lift, become disengaged from the water, leaving the board's bottom as the only control surface still operating. Before rail fins became (extremely) popular, this tendency of "single fins" led to riders "nursing" turns – this tendency was a significant limiting factor on performance. The enhanced hold offered by rail fins during turning led to more types of maneuvers being possible.
The other major issue leading to rail fins' use is the fact that a rider can use the lift near the rail to increase speed and performance on smaller waves due to the above effects and abilities of these foils.
Conventional statics fins suffer from the inability to have a camber and attack angle always adapted to variations trajectories. The angles given to rail fins are a compromise generating straight drag and oppositions in maneuvers. The center fin merit of being able to adjust its suction face and its angle with the direction of the turn to avoid the hydrodynamic stall. The fin camber and attack angle needed to accord to the different phases of trajectory. When turning left or right the fins need to adjust the camber and attack angles to avoid hydrodynamic stall, so the Adaptive Dynamic Attack & Camber system (ADAC) brought a solution to this hydrodynamic problem. This surf fin technology introduced adaptable structures with variable geometry inspired by aeronautics and biomimetic in the surf.
In Windsurfing, a derivative of traditional surfing, skegs are also often used as a central stabilizing fin (hydrofoil) located at the rear of the board. A windsurfer's skeg also has the effect of producing lift, which allows the rider to direct the craft laterally against the lift the sail (itself an airfoil) produces. The skeg has undergone numerous phases of development and, as with other foils, its design is determined by the balance of the pressures it experiences in use, including lift, drag (physics), ventilation and stall (flight).
Types.
Glass on fins are fins that are permanently connected to the surfboard through fiberglass. This type of fin was mainly used on older model surfboards. Glass on fins are broken easily and are hard to repair. You rarely see these types of fins today because a different type of fin has replaced them.
Removable Fin Systems The most common types of fins used today, removable fins are surfboard fins that can be unscrewed from the surfboard and be replaced by different fins or be moved about the board for a different setup in maneuverability and stability. In the early '90s, three Australian surfers invented the fin control system (FCS). Since its global release in 1994 FCS has become the industry standard; providing elite athletes and everyday surfers an abundance of fin designs and a platform to change the performance of their surfboard by changing fins. The system also streamlined the surfboard manufacturing process by making it easier to install fins into boards and repair damaged fins. The leading competitor to FCS fins is Futures fins. Using a single larger fin box, the manufacturer claims the fins provide a stronger connection and more closely approximate the feeling of a glass on fin. Third, there is the US Box system that is still often used for single fin setups.
Flexible fins fins are used on most rental boards because of liability. These fins are much safer than a hard fin because they cannot cut you. However, it does lose some of the performance.
ADAC System Adaptive Dynamic Attack & Camber fins. bio-mechanics variable geometry fins able to adjust the attack angle and camber according to the various phases of the trajectory.
Materials Used Nowadays fins are normally made in Plastic or Fiber. Fiber fins are combining different materials to obtain better performance, and better weight and flotation ratios like honeycomb cores, bamboo core, and then glassed with fiber and sometimes reinforced with carbon fiber.
Production.
Tom Blake(One of surfing most influential fathers) invented the first fin used on a surfboard. Although Blake's first fin was most like attaching a keel from a boat to the bottom of the board, Blake's finding started the development of the fins in use today.
From Blake's first fin, people, perhaps most famously Bob Simmons and George Greenough, have modified and invented new types of surfboard fins. Simmons was apparently the first to use more than one fin on a surfboard. Greenough made the fin flexible and took inspiration from the fins of fish(allegedly tuna) and dolphins. Bob Simmons used a twin-keel design on innovative wooden boards of his own design and manufacture in the 9'-10' range, which he rode in large surf at Windansea in California.
In the 1970s, multi-fin systems became much more widely used, in competition and by average surfers, as top professionals like Larry Bertlemann and Mark Richards enjoyed competitive success maneuvering shorter boards with twin fins in smaller surf and tighter radius turns.
It was not until the 1980s that Simon Anderson invented the popular thruster set-up (three fins – two on the rail from the tail end, one center fin up from the tail) which stabilized the board compared to the twin-fin set-up, and provided more control and lifting surfaces in an effective configuration. The design was an immediate competitive success for Anderson, inasmuch as he immediately won two very famous surf contests using "thrusters," and the entire surfing world quickly followed his lead. The thruster is the dominant fin configuration to this day, in both recreational and competition surfing.
Setups and shapes.
Single fin.
The single fin setup is the original fin setup. Single fin setups are common on long boards. They are usually long and wider than other fins, which make the board controllable with only the one fin.
Twin Fin.
The twin fin setup has two smaller fins mounted near the rail. They can be either glassed or screwed in (detachable). This setup allows for extra speed and looser turning.
Thruster.
The most common setup, the "thruster" is a tri-fin. All the fins are the same size, with two semi-parallel (slightly toed-in, usually, and slightly canted outward, usually) fins mounted near the rails forward of the tail and a middle fin at .
2+1 setup.
The 2+1 denotes a larger center fin (for reference, larger than a thruster center fin) with 2 small to medium-small fins at a position close to thruster rail fin positions. The "sidebites" contribute some lift, control, and stability to the board when it is "on rail," arcing through turns. Typically, "sidebites" are removable, so the surfer can take them out for use in smaller waves, which gives less drag and freer turning. The 2+1 is a popular configuration for mid length to long boards.
Quad setup.
The quad setup is four fins, two on each side, in a similar position to the rail fins on a thruster. The fronts are typically larger than the rears but this is not always the case. The rears are nearly always inboard and aft of the fronts. The exact measurements and configuration of the quad set-up can vary pretty widely. This setup is often used in short boards and provides more lift and control surface near the rail. There is no center fin.
Twinzer setup.
The Twinzer is a design by Wil Jobson and similar to the Campbell brothers' "Bonzer," the fin set-up is held to be functionally integral and synergistic with the bottom contours of the board, specifically a "bat-tail" with an integral convex/double-channel. The fin set-up itself is four fins, two on each side, in a similar position to the rail fins on a thruster. The fronts are smaller than the rears, often roughly 1/3 the size, mounted ahead and outboard of the fronts, with ~8 degrees of outward cant, and notably, the fins' trailing edges are behind the leading edges of the main fins. The water coming off the trailing edge of the "canards" becomes part of the flow "behind" the main fins. This fact is held to enhance the lift and speed of the set-up, because of the "slot effect." The exact measurements and configuration of the twinzer are basically standardized by Jobson, but some variation is seen amongst different builders.
Tunnel fin.
See Tunnel fin.
Bonzer.
The Bonzer is a 3- or 5- array invented by the Campbell brothers in Oxnard, California in the early 1970s for the powerful waves of a well-known wave near their home. The Bonzer array is an approximately 7" center fin aft and either two or four delta-shaped fins ("runners") mounted near the rails in somewhat similar fashion to other rail fins, but they are substantially lower aspect and aggressively canted outward. The Bonzer array is firmly held to be an integral part of the Campbell brothers' overall board design featuring double concave bottom contours out the tail.
Diamond Quad.
The Diamond Quad is a design by John Coby of Noosa Australia. It was first test surfed on 16 July 2011 at Teatree Point Noosa. The purpose of the design was to induce more looseness into longboards. The design features a stabiliser tail fin, two side fins, and a destabiliser fin in the centre, and anterior to, the side fins, called a 'dorsal fin'. The initial test, performed on a 9'6" Tolhurst Tuflite, with a retro-fitted slot for the dorsal fin, was extremely successful making the board feel at least 50% looser. After continuous development, the Diamond Quad has seen the tail fin become smaller and the side fins become bigger. The main drive in the Diamond Quad now comes from the side fins. The dorsal fin is small, deep and usually somewhere between 600 and 680 mm forward of the tail (to trailing edge of fin), depending on the length and width of the board. The final 'sweet spot' of the dorsal fin can only be found by surfing and adjusting. Too far a forward placement induces excessive instability and makes the longboard too loose and difficult to control. The fin is progressively moved back in small increments, usually about 5 mm at a time, until a suitable amount of stability and control is achieved. The Diamond Quad also allows a longboard to trim a couple of degrees tighter, ride higher on the wall and be more stable in white water turbulence.
Fyn central line.
The central line configuration comes from optimizations of Dynamic system "ADAC", conducted in France by jf Iglesias, and applied to surf since 2014 with the brand Fyn. US Patent and first import of the system came in the US in 2015. Dynamic system "ADAC" (ref 11) eliminates the need for asymmetric fins antagonists. The central position of fins for more efficient rail supports, it is natural to place the dynamic fins on the center line, to benefit from all the advantages. The configuration on the center line thus increases the force of the rail support, to benefit from the effects of leading edge flaps and adjust the positions of the gaps between the fins (if rear spoiler is mounted USbox) .The configuration on the center line of the dynamic fin has maneuverability and drive the system ADAC and also the effectiveness of the rail support of the central position that was formerly reserved only for singles. (A configuration on the center line with static fins block maneuverability).
Dimpled fins.
3DFINS feature Golf Ball Dimpled technology. 3DFINS Dimple technology is based on the Golfball dimples. A surfboard fin with dimples creates a turbulent flow a fin without Dimples is more a laminar flow. Turbulent flow has more adhesion so when the surfer starts to turn, the dimpled fin surface delays the flow separation, reducing cavitation (the separation bubble) allowing the foil to maintain performance. When the surfer is turning at high speeds, the turbulent boundary layer helps the flow overcome an adverse pressure gradient and allows the fin to remain attached to the surface longer than it would otherwise. This reduces drag, increases lift and improves overall performance of the fin design – a World Tour Proven Innovation that has set the path for 3DFINS as an innovator of Fins. The Dimples are unique to 3DFINS TM (Design Patented, Aust, USA, International Patents Pending). Designed by Australian Surfer/inventor Courtney Potter while working closely with Josh Kerr, Jamie O'Brien and Christian Fletcher and a comprehensive series of Fluid Dynamic testing.
Dimensions and geometry.
Sweep (Rake).
When looking at the sweep or otherwise known as the rake of a fin, is how far the front edge of a fin arc is backward. Rake is the measurement that determines how far back a fin curves in relation to its base. This is what propels the board, the smaller rake fins will offer greater speed and will be more predictable but less ideal for short, fast turns. Large rake fins offer you a "squirrelly" yet playful experience whilst letting you make tighter turns.
Toe/Splay.
Often defined by the manufacture of the board, the toe or splay of a fin system is the angle of which the side fins are in relation to the board's central stinger. Often side fins are referred to as "Toed-in" with the front of the fin angled towards the middle of the board. This allows water to pressure the outside fins which will ultimately increase responsiveness.
Base/Length.
The widest point of a fin is the base, giving the fin strength and is often the part that sits flush with the base of the board once installed. The length of the base will affect the board's responsive behaviours in turns. The longer base creates trajectories for water to propel past, which creates a faster ride. For sharper, more maneuverable fins go for a shorter base.
Foil.
Foil is one of the more important aspects of a fin, referring to the shape of the outside and inside faces of the fin, thinnest near the tip of the fin, and thicker near the base. Altering the flow of water over the fin surface has a direct impact on the performance of the fins and board. Your central fin will always be symmetrical and convex on both sides, this is often referred to as "50/50", this offers even distribution and stability. Outside fins are typically convex on the outside faces and flat or curved inwards on the inside. The flat inside creates a solid balance of control, speed and maneuverability, whilst a curved or concaved inside maximizes lift and minimal drag, more ideal for speed and fluidity.
Flex.
The fin's flexibility or lack of flex significantly impacts the way your board reacts, a more flexible fin offers a more playful and fun experience, where a stiff fin will offer greater speed on hollow waves. Higher-end fins come with both soft and stiff flex patterns being stiff at the base and softer at the tip.
Height/Depth.
This is the measurement from the base of the fin, to the tallest point at the tip. The varying height of fins is designed to change a board's stability and grip through turns. If control and surfing relaxed manner is what is wanted, a taller fin is the way to go; shorter fins do not give the water like taller fins, meaning more experienced riders can maneuver the board more freely.
Cant.
Cant is the degree in which the fin sits in relation to the board's base, for example, a fin that is straight up/down has a cant of 90 degrees, this makes the ride faster by carving through the wave more freely. Anything outside the 90 will increase the board's responsive behaviours through turns. Less cant allows for greater acceleration and drive.


Jacob Bernstein

Jacob Bernstein (born February 24, 1885 and died December 21, 1959) was an American chess master.
Born into a Jewish family in Kaunas, Lithuania, he lived in New York. He won three consecutive New York State Chess Championships (1920-1922), and shared 1st with Herman Steiner in 1929, but lost a tiebreak to him.
He also tied for 8-9th at New York 1913 (Rice tournament, José Raúl Capablanca won),
tied for 5-6th at New York 1915 (Capablanca won), tied for 7-8th at New York 1916 (Rice tournament, Capablanca won),
and lost a match to Abraham Kupchik (1.5 : 3.5) at New York 1916.
After World War I, he tied for 3-6th at New York 1922 (Edward Lasker won),
took 13th at Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 1923,
and tied for 7-10th at Pasadena 1932 (Alexander Alekhine won).<ref></ref. He married Yiddish Stage actress, Nellie Casman in 1948, and lived in New York City. They remained married until his death in 1959.


Pioneer Valley Roller Derby

Pioneer Valley Roller Derby (PVRD) is a roller derby league based in Northampton, Massachusetts. Founded in early 2006, the league was the first in the new flat-track roller derby movement that featured both women's and men's teams.
The league was founded after two friends went to watch Providence Roller Derby play. The men's team, the Dirty Dozen, was the first flat track men's roller derby team in the U.S. Having male skaters made the league ineligible to affiliate with the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the leading organization for flat-track roller derby, although Pioneer Valley Roller Derby does skate to WFTDA rules.
Early members of the league included "Big Vinny's Kid", the daughter of a former roller derby skater.
The men's teams early bouts included one against the referees of Charm City Roller Girls, and the New York Shock Exchange's first bout, which Pioneer Valley lost 109-51. Later in 2007, the league worked with these two groups to found the Men's Derby Coalition (MDC). The Dirty Dozen came second in the MDC's 2010 Championship, losing to New York in the final. The MDC subsequently became the Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA), and Erich Bennar of Pioneer Valley was elected as its president in 2011. The Dirty Dozen were ranked fifth for the 2011 MRDA Championship, although they lost both their bouts, to finish sixth.
One skater from Pioneer Valley was selected for France at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.


Mi Tzu

Mi Tzu Quan (; literally "rice ancestor") is a Northern Chinese martial art that uses fast, clear, long-ranged movements and is similar to Chaquan and Shaolin Quan.
Style.
Much like Chaquan and Meihuaquan, two similar styles, both belonging to the 'Long fist' category of shaolin martial arts, Mi Tzu Quan uses elegant multi-direction strikes, such as striking low and forward with the front fist while striking high and behind with the back fist.
Appearances in Pop Culture.
The Mi Tzu style is used by the character Smoke in and its sequel, Mortal Kombat Armageddon.


Barney Lazarus

Barney Lazarus (18 December 1879 – 6 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Lazarus made his senior VFL debut in 1902, playing seven games for Carlton. Following his retirement from football, Lazarus moved to Sydney and married there in 1912. In 2015 it was discovered that Lazarus was Jewish, making him one of the few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.


Anchor City Rollers

Anchor City Rollers is a roller derby league based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
History.
Anchor City Rollers was founded in 2010 as the Halifax Roller Derby Association. Its name was changed to Anchor City Rollers in 2014. In late 2018, the league had roughly 100 members and actively recruits new membership. The league was voted silver for best sports league by readers of "The Coast" in 2012 and 2015, and gold in 2013, 2014, and 2018. It was nominated for a NS WomenActive Trendsetter Award in 2016.
Anchor City was accepted into the WFTDA Apprentice Program in August 2018. Anchor City was made a full WFTDA member league in February 2019.


China Table Tennis Super League

China Table Tennis Super League (, CTTSL) is the top table tennis division under the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
The last finisher of the CTTSL will be relegated to the China Table Tennis Jia League A Group. The top two finishers of the Jia League A Group will have extra games with the second last finishers of the CTTSL for two positions in the CTTSL.
Teams.
Men's league.
In 2015 China Table Tennis Super League Teams:
In 2014, the 10 teams are:
In 2008, the 9 teams are:
Women's league.
In 2014, the 10 teams are:
Foreign players.
A number of foreign players have played in the league.
Naturalized Chinese players.
There have also been many players from Mainland China, who at some point in his or her career became a citizen of another country or territory.
Chinese players.
 Zhang Jike, Zhang Chao (table tennis), Ma Lin, Fang Bo, Song Hongyuan, Li Muqiao, Wang Hao, Lei Zhenhua, Hao Shuai, Xu Xin, Qiu Yike, Wei Yan Tao, Zhang Yibo, Shan Xiaona, Ma Long, Wang Jianjun, Han Yang


Natalia Karamysheva

Natalja Germanovna Karamyševa (, also romanized as Natalia Karamysheva) is a former Soviet ice dancer who works as a coach and choreographer. With her husband Rostislav Sinicyn (Sinitsyn), she is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion.
Career.
Natalia Karamysheva and Rostislav Sinitsyn placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the 1981 Winter Universiade.
Following her retirement from competitive skating, Karamyševa became a coach and choreographer working in the Czech Republic. Her current and former students and clients include Karolína Procházková / Michal Češka, Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn, Kamila Hájková / David Vincour, Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák, Jakub Strobl, and Barbora Ulehlova.
Personal life.
Karamyševa is married to Rostislav Sinicyn. Their son, Alexandr Sinicyn (born 27 March 1996 in Prague), is a competitive ice dancer for the Czech Republic.
Karamyševa and Karamysheva have both been used to romanize her surname. Karamyševa is the Czech-style version.
Results.
with Rostislav Sinicyn


Atherstone

Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England. Located in the far north of the county, Atherstone forms part of the border with Leicestershire along the A5 national route, and is only 4.5 miles from Staffordshire. It lies between the larger towns of Tamworth and Nuneaton and contains the administrative offices of North Warwickshire Borough Council.
At the 2011 census the population of the civil parish of Atherstone was 8,670. The population of the larger built-up area which includes the adjoining village of Mancetter was 10,573.
History.
Atherstone has a long history dating back to Roman times. An important defended Roman settlement named "Manduessedum" existed at Mancetter near the site of modern-day Atherstone, and the Roman road, the Watling Street (most of which later became part of the A5) ran through the town. It is believed by some historians that the rebel Queen of the Britons, Boudica was defeated at the Battle of Watling Street by the Romans in her final battle near Manduessedum.
The Domesday Book of 1086, records that Atherstone (then named "Aderestone") was held by Countess Godiva.
The ancient St. Mary's Chapel in Atherstone dates from the early 12th century when the monks of Bec made a donation of to a house of friars and hermits, later referred to as "Austin friars". During the reign of Edward IV the Crown granted lands in Atherstone (including at least one church) to the Carthusian order situate at Mount Grace Priory, Yorkshire. According to Nichols, the chapel was granted to Henry Cartwright in 1542, then left abandoned and neglected until 1692 when Samuel Bracebridge settled a yearly sum for the parson of Mancetter to preach there every other Sunday in the winter season
After this, St. Mary's Chapel seems to have experienced something of a revival. Its square tower being rebuilt in the fashionable "Gothic" style in 1782. This drastic alteration probably aroused some controversy. although the fine architectural drawing of the chapel made by Mr. Schnebbelie in 1790 prompted Nichols to assert that "the new tower provides a good effect". St Mary's was further redesigned in 1849 by Thomas Henry Wyatt and David Brandon.
It is said that the Battle of Bosworth actually took place in the fields of Merevale above Atherstone. Certainly reparation was made to Atherstone after the battle and not to Market Bosworth. Local legend is that they stayed at The Three Tuns in Long Street.
In Tudor times, Atherstone was a thriving commercial centre for weaving and clothmaking. The town's favourable location laid out as a long ‘ribbon development’ along Watling Street, ensured its growth as a market town. While it remained an agricultural settlement in medieval times, attempts were made to encourage merchants and traders through the creation of burgage plots, a type of land tenure that provided them with special privileges. A manuscript discovered by Marjorie Morgan among the muniments of Cambridge's King's College (Ms. C9), refers to the creation of nine new burgage strips from land belonging to seven of the tenants in Atherstone vill.
By the late Tudor period Atherstone had become a centre for leatherworking, clothmaking, metalworking and brewing. Local sheep farmers and cattle graziers supplied wool and leather to local tanners and shoemakers (an industry that continued until the 1970s), while metalworkers, locksmiths and nailers fired their furnaces with local coal and the alemakers supplied thirsty palates on market days.
The surviving inventories from 16th century Mancetter provide a fascinating glimpse into Atherstone's Elizabethan merchants and traders, before the town was economically overshadowed by the bustling cities of Coventry and Birmingham. They show Atherstone at this time as a typical Midlands market town, taking full advantage of its location and agricultural setting.
Atherstone was once an important hatting town, and became well known for its felt hats. The industry began in the 17th century and at its height in the early 20th century there were seven firms employing 3,000 people. Due to cheap imports and a decline in the wearing of hats, the trade had largely died out by the 1970s with just three companies remaining, Denham & Hargrave Ltd, Vero & Everitt Ltd and Wilson & Stafford Ltd. The production of felt hats in the town ceased altogether with the closure of the Wilson & Stafford factory in 1999. As of 2018 the factory has received the go-ahead to be redeveloped into canalside residential apartments.
Governance.
Atherstone is part of the parliamentary constituency of North Warwickshire, with the current MP for the area being Conservative's Craig Tracey. The local authority is North Warwickshire Borough Council, which, since May 2015, has been under Conservative control. Atherstone also has a Town Council.
Geography.
The town is situated northwest of Nuneaton, southeast of Tamworth and north of the nearest major city, Coventry. Atherstone is close to the River Anker which forms the boundary between Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Witherley village is on the opposite bank of the river inside Leicestershire, whilst the village of Mancetter is contiguous with Atherstone to the southeast. Other nearby villages include Sheepy Magna, Ratcliffe Culey, Fenny Drayton, Grendon, Dordon, Baxterley, Baddesley Ensor and Hartshill.
Its co-ordinates are (52.5833,
-1.5167)1.
Economy.
In part due to its central location in the UK, Atherstone's economy has expanded rapidly since the 1980s, with several major companies such as 3M (1964) TNT (1987), Aldi(1990s) setting up their head office operations and/or national distribution centres in the town. The British Home Stores warehouse which had operated in the town for 40 years, closed in August 2016, Now used by Royal Mail Sorting Office.
Transport.
Atherstone is on the main A5 national route and close to the M42 motorway.
The Coventry Canal and a series of eleven locks runs through the town, as does the West Coast Main Line railway. Atherstone has its railway station on this line, with an hourly service 7 days a week to both London and Crewe via Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent. The current level of service was introduced in 2008, and is a big improvement on the service two decades earlier there were simply 5 trains a day, just going between Stafford and Rugby.
The historic station building, built in 1847, was under threat of demolition in the early 1980s. Thanks to a local group, the Railway and Steam Traction Society, listed status was obtained, with the building celebrating its 150th anniversary in 1997. Building work won a special Ian Allan conservation award. As of 2008, the railway station building is occupied by a local veterinary practice.
Recreation.
The major football team in the town is Atherstone Town, known as 'the Adders'. This is after the tradition which has Atherstone being a corruption of the name "Adders - stone". Their ground is located on Sheepy Road.
Atherstone's team started out as Atherstone Town Football Club in 1887 but folded in 1979, from 1979 to 2003 Atherstone's football team was known as Atherstone United Football Club but folded yet again mid-season in 2003. The team then reverted to the previous name Atherstone Town Football Club. The club made the national headlines in October 2013 when during an FA Cup 3rd Qualifying round against Barrow A.F.C. crowd violence erupted during the first half when a small "minority" of Atherstone supporters ran across the pitch and attacked a number of Barrow supporters. The ringleaders and other participants of the crowd trouble were subsequently arrested, charged and sentenced to various jail terms. Since this incident the club has established itself as a family and community orientated club.
The rugby union team is Atherstone Rugby Football Club who play in the Warwickshire Two League. Their ground is at Ratcliffe Road.
Atherstone Leisure Complex is at the north end of Long Street and consists of a swimming pool and gym. Atherstone Memorial Hall is also part of the leisure complex. Pool, Darts, Dominoes and fighting on a Friday night are also favorite pastimes within the town.
Atherstone is also famous for its number of Pubs. At one time in the early 20th century there were reported to be 30 alone covering the length of Long Street. There are still a number of pubs still open though some are following the recent decline and closing. Amusingly most locals never refer to the pubs by their actual names but instead local nicknames. Classic examples are The White Lion (Sweeties), White Horse (Conkies), White Bear (The Clock), Barge & Bridge (Shanghai), Hat & Beaver (Flying Handbag) Wheatsheaf (The sheaf), Market Tavern (Crics). The legal age for consumption of alcohol in these establishments is 18 although anyone above the age of 12 in the presence of an adult will usually be served a beer. As of September 2020 the following Pubs/Clubs remain: Old Swan, Black Horse, Conny Club, Hat n' Beaver, Bubble Inn (white horse), Red Lion, Bar 93, Legion, Market Tavern, Angel, Wine Bar, New Swan, The Clock, Wheatsheaf, Kings Head and the Maid of the Mill.
The town is also noted for its distinct dialect which is a fusion of Brummie, Coventry and Tamworth accents. The general greeting is "alright yuff" which follows a strict order of precedence. Persons of the same age can greet each other this way and those older can address their younger associates the same but it is a major faux-pas to address someone senior to yourself as "Yuff" and may result in being excommunicated within the social order.
It must also be noted that claiming to be an "Atherstonian" follows a strict social order. One must have been "born and bred" within a one-mile radius of Long Street to claim this status however since the opening of the George Eliot maternity hospital in neighbouring Nuneaton during the 1960s this rule has been somewhat relaxed on condition that one's parents were born in Atherstone. To this day anyone residing in Atherstone who was not born there and who's parents are not from the town is classed within the social order as an "Outsider".
Shrovetide Ball Game.
An annual tradition in Atherstone is the Shrove Tuesday Ball Game played on a public highway with large crowds. The game celebrated its 800th anniversary in 1999.
The game is a complete free-for-all played along Watling Street (the old Roman road) at the point where it forms the main street of Atherstone town. The ball is decorated with red, white and blue ribbons that are exchanged for money by who ever is able to obtain one and is made of thick leather to make it too heavy to kick far. The match starts at 3:00pm when the ball is thrown from the window of Barclays Bank and continues until about 5:00pm. However the ball may legitimately be deflated or hidden after 4:30pm. There are no teams and no goals, though in the last century the match was played between a team from Warwickshire and one from Leicestershire. There is only one rule: players are not allowed to kill one another. Whoever is able to hang onto the ball at the end of the game not only wins the game but is allowed to keep the ball as well. The game is controlled by a number of "marshalls" some of whom are former winners. Police are present but for the two hours the game is in progress stand back and allow the action to continue. Legend has it that many an old feud is settled on Ball Game day. This Shrove Tuesday ball game has been held annually since the early 12th century and is one of Atherstone's claims to fame. The 2019 edition of the game was noted for being extremely violent with several videos of the event being uploaded to social media. Event organisers disputed the accounts of violence as "nothing new".
The origin of the game, in the reign of King John, is thought to have been a "Match of Gold that was played between the Warwickshire Lads and the Leicestershire Lads on Shrove Tuesday".
The 'ball' used is specially made each year and is 'thrown out' by a prominent sporting or show business personality. Shop windows are boarded-up and traffic is diverted on the afternoon whilst the game, in which hundreds of people take part, progresses along the town's main streets.
Naval connections.
Atherstone has strong naval connections. Three Royal Navy ships have been named HMS "Atherstone" after the town: the vessels were commissioned in 1916, 1939, and most recently, 1985.
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MF Ghost

 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It has been serialized in Kodansha's "Weekly Young Magazine" since September 2017, with its chapters collected into nine "tankōbon" volumes as of September 2020.
As of January 2019, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.
Plot.
The series takes place in the 2020s, where self-driving electric cars have replaced internal combustion ones. However, in Japan, there is a large organization called MFG, founded by Ryosuke Takahashi (from the "Initial D" series), who does street racing with internal combustion cars. A new rookie, who is competing with the pseudonym , a 19 year old Japanese-British young man, has showed up on the scene driving a Toyota 86, and beating European top-tier cars, such as the Lamborghini Huracan Performante, Ferrari 488 GTB, Lotus Exige, Alfa Romeo 4C, Lexus LC500 and Porsche 911 Carrera. Kanata has been trained by legendary downhill and rally racer Takumi Fujiwara at the Royal Donington Racing School in the UK and is a Formula 4 world champion. He has only one motive: to find his long-lost father.
Publication.
"MF Ghost" is written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. The manga began in the 40th 2017 issue of Kodansha's "Weekly Young Magazine", published on September 4, 2017. The series is connected to Shigeno's previous work "Initial D". In October 2018, Shigeno stated that the manga is 1/5 finished. Kodansha has compiled its chapters into individual "tankōbon" volumes. The first volume was published on January 5, 2018. As of September 4, 2020, nine volumes have been published.
Reception.
As of January 2019, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation.


Harold Solomon

Harold Solomon (born September 17, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player who played during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 5 in singles in 1980, and of No. 4 in doubles in 1976. Over the course of his career, he won 22 singles titles.
Solomon was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame, the USTA Mid Atlantic Section Hall of Fame, the D.C. Sports Hall of Fame, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Early and personal life.
Solomon grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Springbrook High School, lived in Pompano Beach, Florida, and is Jewish. He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has a wife named Jan, a daughter named Rachel, and a son named Jesse.
Tennis career.
He began playing tennis when he was five. He was ranked as high as second in the United States in his junior career, and won the Clay Court Championship when he was 18. He was named an All-American at Rice University, where he was a political science major and a member of Wiess College.
He turned professional when he finished university in 1972, and first won pro matches in 1974. Among his shots was the moonball—a high and deep shot, normally hit with a lot of spin.
At the French Open, Solomon's best showing was when he reached the finals in singles play in 1976. He reached the quarterfinals in 1972 and 1976, and made it to the semifinals in 1974 and 1980. At the US Open, he was a semifinalist in 1977. He won the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters twice (in 1977 and 1980) and was a finalist at the 1976 and 1978 United States Pro Championships.
Solomon captured a total of 22 professional singles titles. His lifetime professional win-loss record is 564–315, and he earned over $1.8 million. He was ranked among the top 10 singles players worldwide in 1976, 1978, 1979, and 1980, and was among the top 20 from 1974 to 1980. His best year was in 1980 when his win-loss record was 64–23 and he was ranked No. 5 in the world. He appeared in "Playgirl Magazine"s list of 10 sexiest men that same year.
Solomon played doubles with Eddie Dibbs. In 1976 they were ranked No. 4 worldwide, and were among the top ten in 1974, 1975, and 1976. They were nicknamed "The Bagel Twins."
Davis Cup.
Solomon played in the Davis Cup on the American team in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1978. He has a record of nine wins and four losses in this competition. The US team won the Davis Cup final in 1972 (3–2 against Romania) and 1978 (4–1 against Great Britain) although Solomon did not play in either final.
ATP.
Solomon served as president of the Association of Tennis Professionals from 1980 to 1983 and later on its board of directors.
Halls of Fame.
Solomon was inducted into the USTA Mid Atlantic Section Hall of Fame in 1994 and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. He was named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame (player) in 2013. He was inducted into the D.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
Coaching career.
Solomon began coaching in the 1990s, working with Jennifer Capriati, Mary Joe Fernandez, Shahar Pe'er, Justin Gimelstob, Eugenie Bouchard, Allie Kiick, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova and others. Some of his players won Grand Slam events and the Olympic Games. He founded and runs the Harold Solomon Tennis Center, now known as the Florida Tennis SBT Academy, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


Giro al Sas

The Giro al Sas, also known as the Giro Podistico di Trento and the Giro Internazionale Città di Trento, is an annual 10-kilometre road running competition for men which takes place in October in the city of Trento, Italy.
First held as a part of celebrations for Saint Vigilius of Trent in 1907, the competition was interrupted by World Wars but has been held virtually every year since 1945. This makes it one of Europe's longest-running competitions of its type. The race has been won by some of Italy's most successful long-distance runners, including Stefano Baldini, as well as elite foreign athletes such as Paul Tergat and Kenenisa Bekele.
The race is held within the city centre and starts and finishes at Piazza del Duomo. The name of the race, roughly translated as the "Sas Circuit", derives from the fact that the course features ten kilometre-long loops on the main city streets – which are locally referred to as "al Sas".
The running event should not be confused with the similarly named Giro del Trentino – a road cycling competition which the city has hosted since 1963.
History.
The history of the competition can be traced back to 1907 when a community group organised a race on the city streets of roughly 6 km as part of the festival of Saint Vigilius of Trent. Domenico Gottin, a runner from Veneto, was the first to cross the line but he was later disqualified for taking a short cut, leaving Isidoro Trenner (a member of the local sports club) as the winner of the inaugural race. The race became an annual tradition, although it ceased during World War I.
It re-emerged in the post-war period and gained its current moniker of the Giro al Sas at this point – a name roughly meaning the "Sas Circuit", which derived from the race's looped course on the city's main streets which were known as "the Sas". The running competition was placed on hiatus from 1940–44 due to World War II. The Giro al Sas returned to the streets in November 1945, just months after the Italy's surrender to the Allied Forces.
After the wars, the race entered a new, uninterrupted era (with the exception of 1991 and 1996) and gradually became international in nature with elite athlete competition. Alongside other Italian races, such as the Giro di Castelbuono, it is among the oldest road running competitions which continue to the present day. The current race director is Gianni Demadonna, a former athlete and athletics manager who won the race three times in his running career. Among the prominent competitors of the race's history is Stefano Baldini, the 2004 Olympic marathon champion, who competed in 18 editions and won on three occasions. He set the 2010 race as his final outing of his successful career, although an injury forced him to miss of the competition. Other significant winners include Franjo Mihalić, Francesco Panetta, Paul Tergat, and Kenenisa Bekele.
Course and records.
The course of the race has varied through its history: it was a 15 km race in the 1960s, before existing as a 12 km circuit from 1970 to the mid-1990s. From 1997 to 2004, the race typically featured ten laps spanning 10.9 km. It has been a 10 km race from 2005 to present. The current course of ten 1 km laps features many twists and bends as it traces a circular loop around the central city streets, making fast times difficult to achieve in the Trento race.
Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul of Kenya holds the fastest time for the 10 km distance via his winning run of 28:00 minutes from 2005. Over the 10.9 km circuit, another Kenyan – Paul Kosgei Malakwen – has the course record with 30:46 minutes. Although it has almost exclusively been a men's race only for its entire history, a women's competition was added to the programme for the 2005 edition – this 10 km race was won in 33:15 minutes by Bruna Genovese, an Italian professional marathon runner.
Past winners.
Little information about the race (or its winners) in its early history is available and the modern competition regards its post-war rebirth in 1945 as the start of its modern, continuous lineage.
Key:


2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game

The 2007 Casino Rama Curling Skins Game on TSN was held on December 8th and 9th at the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre in Rama, Ontario. It was the first TSN Skins Game put on since it was put on hiatus in 2004. The total purse for the event was CAD$100,000.
Four teams were invited to participate. They played one semi-final each on December 8th, and the winners played in the final on December 9th. All three games were shown on TSN and TSN-HD. Kevin Martin's team was the big winner, taking home $61,000.
Teams.
Team Gushue.
"St. John's Curling Club, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador"
Team Howard.
"Coldwater and District Curling Club, Coldwater, Ontario"
Team Martin.
"Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton, Alberta"
Team Middaugh.
"St. George's Golf and Country Club, Toronto, Ontario"
Draw to the button.
Team Martin won the draw to the button contest to determine seeding. This awarded them an extra $1000.
Games.
Semi-final dollar amounts
Middaugh vs. Howard.
"December 8, 1:00pm EST"
Martin vs. Gushue.
"December 8, 7:00pm EST"
Final.
"December 9, 1:00pm EST"
Final game dollar amounts
+ $15000 bonus for the winner


2009 GP2 Series

The 2009 GP2 Series season was the forty-third season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifth season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season consisted of twenty races at ten rounds, beginning on 9 May at the Circuit de Catalunya and finishing on 20 September at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The Algarve circuit hosted its first GP2 weekend, and was the only new circuit on the calendar. The Nürburgring also returned as part of its rotation with Hockenheim as the home of the German Grand Prix.
The title was won by German rookie Nico Hülkenberg at the penultimate round of the championship at Monza, the first time the series had been won before the final round. His team ART Grand Prix claimed the teams title in the Algarve.
Barwa Addax's title contender Romain Grosjean left the series mid-season to join the Renault for the remainder of the Formula One season following Nelson Piquet Jr.'s sacking.
Champion Hülkenberg, runner-up Petrov and 3rd place Lucas di Grassi all drove in the 2010 Formula One season for Williams, Renault and new team Virgin Racing respectively. 16th place Kamui Kobayashi took part in the final two races of the 2009 Formula One season for Toyota following Timo Glock's injury in the Japanese Grand Prix while 18th place Karun Chandhok joined new Formula One team HRT in 2010.
2009 Schedule.
The 2009 calendar was announced on 16 December 2008. The final round of the championship will be the first GP2 race to take place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Also, the German Grand Prix was moved from Hockenheim to the Nürburgring.
Championship standings.
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.
Drivers.
Notes:
Teams.
Notes:


K3 League

The K3 League is a football competition in South Korea. Created in 2020, it is considered the third tier of South Korean football league system. After the 2019 season, the former Korea National League and K3 League Advanced became defunct and were rebranded into the K3 League.
History.
In 1964, a semi-professional league that existed until 2002 was started with the Korean National Semi-Professional Football League. In 2003, it was replaced by the Korea National League (KNL), and 15 clubs played in the new semi-professional league. With the establishment of the K League Challenge (currently K League 2) as second-tier professional league in 2013, the number of clubs in the KNL has decreased. Since 2017, only eight clubs have participated to the league. At the same time, the amateur league K3 League has developed into a promotion and relegation league by dividing into two leagues: the Advanced and the Basic. In 2015, the Korea Football Association's structural reform plan will be announced to merge the KNL and K3 Leagues. In late 2019, both the KNL and former K3 Leagues were disbanded, replaced by two new class profiles: K3 League and K4 League. In 2020, the new K3 League was launched with a total of 16 teams, with eight teams in the KNL, seven teams in the K3 League Advanced (including one promoted team from the K3 League Basic), and one team in the K3 League Basic.
Competition format.
The promotion and relegation system exists between the K3 League and the K4 League.
In 2020, the K3 League will have 16 teams played one stage double round-robin again total 30 of games. Teams will not be able to promote to the higher tier since the K League 2 is played under the different league system. However, the teams will be able to get relegated to the K4 League.
Former clubs.
The list does not include promoted or relegated clubs.
Champions.
Titles by club.
Clubs in bold compete in the top flight as of the 2021 season.


Body cord

In fencing, a body cord serves as the connection between a fencer and a reel of wire that is part of a system for electrically detecting that the weapon has touched the opponent. There are two types: one for epee, and one for foil and sabre.
Description.
Épée body cords consist of two sets of three prongs each connected by a wire. One set plugs into the fencer's weapon, with the other connecting to the reel. Foil and saber body cords have only two irregularly sized prongs (or a twist-lock bayonet connector) on the weapon side, with the third wire connecting instead to the fencer's lamé. The need in foil and saber to distinguish between on and off-target touches requires a wired connection to the valid target area.
How it works.
The three wires of the body cord are known as the A, B, and C lines. At the reel connector (and both connectors for Épée cords) The B pin is in the middle, the A pin is 1.5 cm to one side of B, and the C pin is 2 cm to the other side of B. This asymmetrical arrangement ensures that the cord cannot be plugged in the wrong way around.
The A line is the "lamé" line, the B line is the "weapon" line, and the C line is the ground. Although it works somewhat differently for each weapon, a valid touch always involves the connection of the A and B lines. In all three weapons, the C line is connected to the body of the weapon, and sometimes (normally in high-level competition) to the fencing strip as well, which must be made of metal in this case.
In foil, the A line is connected to the lamé and the B line runs up a wire to the tip of the weapon. The B line is normally connected to the C line through the tip. When the tip is depressed, the circuit is broken and one of three things can happen:
In Épée, the A and B lines run up separate wires to the tip (there is no lamé). When the tip is depressed, it connects the A and B lines, resulting in a valid touch. However, if the tip is touching the opponents weapon (their C line) or the grounded strip, nothing happens when it is depressed, as the current is redirected to the C line. Grounded strips are particularly important in Épée, as without one, a touch to the floor registers as a valid touch (rather than off-target as in Foil).
In Sabre, similarly to Foil, the A line is connected to the lamé, but both the B and C lines are connected to the body of the weapon. Any contact between the B/C line (doesn't matter which, as they are always connected) and the opponent's A line (their lamé) results in a valid touch. There is no need for grounded strips in Sabre, as hitting something other than the opponent's lame does nothing.
On the strip.
Typically, a fencer wears a body cord under their jacket. The wire is threaded through the sleeve of the weapon arm as it is being donned. Most gloves feature a small hole designed for body cord use. In officially sanctioned tournaments, the plug that fits into the weapon must be secured with an additional device, usually a small clip.
The other end of the wire is connected to the reel, as well as a D-ring on the fencer's jacket to prevent it from disconnecting during a bout. In addition, foilists and saberists must connect their alligator clips to their lamés. Fencers are forced by regulation to attach the lamé clip to their weapon arm side to prevent accidental or intentional removal.
Regulation also stipulates that any fencer who brings a defective body cord to the strip be penalized with a yellow card. However, should one's body cord fail in the middle of a bout, no penalty is awarded. In both cases, the fencer is not allowed to disrobe to change cords. This leads to the common practice of replacing the body cord by tying the new cord around the defective cord and pulling it through the sleeve.
Repair.
Body cords must be kept in good working order lest their condition deteriorate. Common causes of broken body cords include breaks and damage to the prongs. Many body cords are made with clear plastic insulation so that any corrosion of the copper wire can be seen more easily.


Sari Ohhara

Sari Ohhara (born April 21, 1995) is a Japanese bodyboarder from Ichinomiya, Japan. She is the third ranked top female bodyboarder in the world. She won first place in the 2015 APB Tahara Pro in Japan, her first win in the APB World Tour. She won the 2019 World Title after competing in the Gran Canaria Fronton King Pro 2019.
She first bodyboarded at the age of 11 and joined the World Tour in 2011.


South American Beach Volleyball Circuit

The South American Beach Volleyball Circuit is a unisex sport competition for national teams in the sport of beach volleyball. The championship is held annually by the CSV (the South American volleyball federation) since 2005.
Format.
The circuit has used the same format since the 2005 edition, all twelve CSV affiliated federations can host a tournament in the circuit called "stop". Once the stops have been stablished, the other eleven federations can enter up to two teams in each stop, any federation can choose to send two teams, only one team or non at all in both female and male tournaments; after the eleven visiting federations have declared their teams, the host federation can 'fill' the tournament with country quotas until there are 16 or 24 teams entered.
Each stop of 16 has the teams divided into four pools with four teams each, each pool plays a round-robin and the top two move on to quarterfinals, then semifinals and the final game. Each stop of 24 has the teams divided into six pools of four, each pool plays a round-robin and the top two teams from each pool plus the 4 best third places move on to the round of 16, then quarterfinals, semifinals and the final game, however, never has a stop has had 24 teams entered.
After a stop, each federation is given a score based on its best team's final ranking. After all stops have ended, the federation with the most points is declared the champion.


Ofer Berkovich

Ofer Berkovich (עופר ברקוביץ; born November 12, 1965) is an Israeli basketball coach who has coached in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and in the Israeli National League. He is currently the Coach of Maccabi Ra'anana.
Biography.
Berkovich was born in Israel. In the Israeli Basketball Premier League and in the Israeli National League he was: an Assistant Coach of Ironi Ramat Gan from 1989 to 1993 and 1999 to 2000, an Assistant Coach of Bnei Herzliya Basket in 1995, an Assistant Coach of Hapoel Eilat in 1996, Coach of Hapoel Holon in 2001, Coach of Maccabi Haifa in 2004, Coach of Elitzur Givat Shmuel from 2005 to 2007, Coach of Ironi Ashkelon in 2008, Coach of Maccabi Rishon LeZion from 2008 to 2009, Coach of Maccabi Ashdod from 2011 to 2013, Coach of Ironi Nes Ziona in 2016, Coach of Bnei Herzliya Basket in 2019, and Coach of Maccabi Ra'anana since 2020.


Aill na Cronain

Aill na Cronain (; Cronan's cliff) is an inland west-facing limestone crag in The Burren in County Clare, Ireland. It is popular with novice rock climbers due to the number of short single-pitch 10–20 metre rock climbing routes in the S to HS rock climbing grades. It is beside the Aillwee Caves.
Rock climbing.
The crag is accessed by a 10–minute walk northwards from the upper car-park of the Ailwee Cave attraction (see map below). The crag is on private property but rock climbing has been allowed since the early 1970s, with the earliest recorded rock climbing routes dating from circa 1971. The "UKClimbing" online logbook notes that: "Skull slab is probably one of the best VDiffs you'll find in the country". Aill na Cronain is also listed in "Ireland's Adventure Bucket List", which says that: "If you are just starting out [rock climbing], one of the best spots to visit is Aill na Cronain, just beside the Ailwee Cave".
In terms of layout, the centre of Aill na Cronain is the "Skull Buttress" which has a distinctive skull–appearance when viewed from a distance. Its "nose" contains the flat "Skull Slab" VD–grade climb. The "East Side" face, and "Far East Side" face, lie to the north of Skull Buttress. The "Butterfly" face, and the "Small Wall" face lie to its south. While most routes are between S and HS, more challenging routes have been put up on the "Skull Buttress" such as "Raven" (E3 6a), "Monkey Business" (E2 5c), and Sunbane (E1 5c).
Aill na Cronain is in the County Clare townland of Ballycahill. Just over 23 kilometers to the southwest of Aill na Cronain is the more advanced rock climbing limestone sea–cliff called Ailladie, which contains some of Ireland's most advanced rock climbs.


Florida State League

The Florida State League (FSL) was a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. It was one of three leagues classified as Class A-Advanced, the third-highest classification of minor leagues at the time. Each team that was in the league was affiliated with a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and most played in their affiliate's spring training facility.
The league was founded in 1919 and continued almost uninterrupted until 2020. Initially, the FSL was classified as a Class D circuit. It was elevated to Class C from 1921 to 1924 before reverting to Class D from 1925 to 1928. The league went dormant from 1929 to 1935, but was revived as a Class D circuit from 1936 to 1941. After another period of inactivity from 1942 to 1945, it continued at Class D from 1946 to 1962. When the minor leagues were reconfigured in 1963, the FSL was reclassified as a Class A league. There it continued until the next reorganization in 1990 when it was elevated to Class A-Advanced. The league disbanded in 2021 and was replaced by the new Low-A Southeast league.
History.
The league originated in 1919 with teams in Bartow, Bradenton, Lakeland, Orlando, Sanford, and Tampa, Florida. The league closed down in 1928 and resumed play in 1936. It has continued uninterrupted, except for a four-year (1942-1945) suspension during World War II.
The championship series' first cancellation was in 2001, when playoffs were canceled after the September 11 attacks. Afterwards, the 2004 playoffs were canceled due to the threat of Hurricane Ivan. Years later, the 2017 FSL Championship finals were canceled on September 5, due to the threat of Hurricane Irma. The winners of the division series playoff games were named co-champions. This marked the third time since 2000 that the championship series game was canceled. In 2019, the end of the season and playoffs were cancelled due to the threat of Hurricane Dorian.
The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled on June 30.
The Florida State League disbanded in 2021 in conjunction with MLB's restructuring of Minor League Baseball and was replaced by the new Low-A Southeast league.
Florida State League Hall of Fame.
The Florida State League Hall of Fame began in 2009.


Jiang Weijie

Jiang Weijie (born 17 October 1991) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Jiang became a professional in 2005. He won his first title, the RICOH Xinxiu Cup, in 2008. Jiang ended Gu Li's six-year reign over the Mingren title, defeating Gu in the fifth and final game by resignation.


David Littman (ice hockey)

David K. Littman (born June 13, 1967 in Cranston, Rhode Island) is a former ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the eleventh round, 211th overall, of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. He played three games in the National Hockey League: two with the Sabres and one with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Playing career.
Collegiate.
Littman spent four years at Boston College studying Communications. In his senior year, Littman served as one of three captains on the team as the Eagles qualified for the NCAA final eight. He ended his season with .912 saves and a .895 percentage. In 2000, his BC record of 2,548 career saves was broken by Scott Clemmensen. As a result, he was selected for the AHCA East Second-Team All-American. He was drafted in the eleventh round, 211th overall, of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
Professional.
Littman attended the Sabres training camp but was reassigned to their International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, to begin the 1989–90 season. However, the 1990–91 would prove to be a breakout season for him. On January 29, 1991, Littman made his NHL debut by replacing Darcy Wakaluk in the second period. Littman saved 15 of 18 shots in an 8–3 loss to the St. Louis Blues. Upon their return to the IHL, both Littman and Wakaluk also set a new Rochester record for most points and assists by a goaltender with seven each. He was also selected for the 1991 All-Star Game. Littman shared the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender, with teammate Darcy Wakaluk.
The following year, he was again the recipient of the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award.
On August 28, 1992, Littman signed with the new NHL expansion team, the Tampa Bay Lightning. Although he began the season in the minor leagues with the Atlanta Knights, Littman was recalled to the NHL in November 1992. His stay in the National Hockey League was short-lived and he was reassigned to the IHL. He became a free agent at the end of the season.
As a result of his successful stints with the Atlanta Knights, Littman was selected to compete with Team USA at the 1994 IIHF World Championship, where they finished fourth in the tournament. Before his retirement, Littman played with the IHL’s Orlando Solar Bears, recording 53 wins over two years before a career-ending knee injury.
Later life.
After working for the Solar Bears as a color commenter, Littman joined EA Sports. He began as a quality assurance associate but later was promoted to producer on the NHL series of games.
Personal life.
Littman was born in Queens, New York but grew up on Long Island. His family moved to Rhode Island prior to his acceptance to Boston College. Littman was raised Jewish.


Dabuz

Samuel Robert Buzby (born August 7, 1993), also known as Dabuz, is an American professional "Super Smash Bros." player. In "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U", he won several major tournaments and was ranked between 3rd and 6th best player in the world throughout the game's competitive history. In "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", he was ranked 7th and 9th best for the first and second halves of 2019, respectively.
Dabuz primarily used Olimar in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl". In "Super for Wii U", he switched to Rosalina and Luma as his primary character, with Olimar as his secondary. In "Ultimate", he used both Olimar and Rosalina as primaries, and Palutena as a secondary.
Career.
"Super Smash Bros. Brawl".
Dabuz began competing in "Smash" with "Super Smash Bros. Brawl". His parents were initially reluctant to let him leave Long Island to compete, and Dabuz would occasionally lie to them about where he would be in order to attend tournaments. However, after winning $3,000 at an event held by Major League Gaming in 2009, he was able to convince his family that competing in "Smash" was a valid pursuit. Despite this, his ability to travel for competitions was severely limited. In January 2012 he finished tied for 13th at Apex 2012, a major tournament held at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He tied for 7th at Apex the following year. In June 2012 he traveled to Canada and won Impulse 2012.
Dabuz used Olimar as his primary character in "Brawl".
"Super Smash Bros. for Wii U".
"Super Smash Bros. for Wii U" released in November 2014, and Dabuz immediately began having strong showings in tournaments. He took second at APEX 2015 in February, third in Community Effort Orlando 2015 in June, and 5th at Evo 2015 in July. In August he signed with esports organization Vanquish Gaming, as their first "Smash" player. He would go on to take 2nd at Paragon Los Angeles 2015 in September, then 3rd at The Big House 5 in October. He continued placing highly in 2016, taking 2nd at Genesis 3 in January, and tying for 9th at Pound 2016 in April. In the inaugural Panda Global Rankings, which ranked players based on their tournament results from "Smash for Wii U"s inception through May 2016, Dabuz was ranked 3rd, behind only Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios and Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada. In addition to the mathematical ranking, Panda Global polled 48 panelists, most of which were top players, to produce a companion "X-Factor" ranking. This ranking had Dabuz second, with Nairo third.
In June 2016, Dabuz won his first major "Smash" tournament when he took the title at Apex 2016. Later that month, he and fellow "Smash" player Jason "ANTi" Bates signed with esports organization Dream Team. During his time with Dream Team, Dabuz won another tournament, WTFox 2, placed third at CEO 2016, tied for 7th at Evo 2016, and took 2nd at Super Smash Con 2016. In August allegations surfaced that Dream Team was not paying their "Smash" players, and shortly afterwards both Dabuz and ANTi departed the organization. Dream Team later released a statement denying that they had not paid the duo, and claiming that both had mutually parted ways with the organization after receiving more lucrative offers following their performances at CEO 2016. Dream Team also claimed that hey had picked up the players in anticipation of a Nintendo- and Twitch-sponsored tournament circuit which never materialized, and that it made little sense to field a "Smash" roster without that circuit. In early October, Dabuz signed with multi-esport organization Renegades, and finished out the year taking 5th at The Big House 5 and 9th at 2GGT: ZeRo Saga. In the second edition of the Panda Global Rankings, covering the latter half of 2016, Dabuz was ranked 4th, with Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce joining ZeRo and Nairo above Dabuz in the rankings.
Dabuz had a slow start to 2017, tying for 13th place at 2GGC: Genesis Saga, the first major tournament of the year. He then tied for 7th at Genesis 4 at the end of January. He took 4th at Frostbite 2017 in February and 2nd at a minor tournament, PAX Arena, which was held at PAX East 2017 in early March. At the end of March, Dabuz won his first premier-tier "Smash" tournament, 2GGC: Civil War, which had the greatest concentration of top players of any "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U" tournament held to date. He took 4th at CEO Dreamland in April, then tied for 9th at CEO 2017 in June. Dabuz retained his 4th best position in the Panda Global Rankings for the first half of 2017. Dabuz started the second half of 2017 off strong by winning 2GGC: ARMS Saga and tying for 7th at Evo 2017 and DreamHack Atlanta 2017, all in July. However, August proved more difficult, as he also had a disappointing showing at Super Smash Con 2017, finishing 33rd, and subsequently withdrew from Shine 2017, which was held at the end of the month. He took 4th at DreamHack Montreal in October, then tied for 9th at GameTyrant Expo 2017 and won The Big House 7, both in early October. Days after his Big House 7 win, he announced that he had departed Renegades. He finished out the year placing 5th at 2GGC: MKLeo Saga and 4th at the 2GG Championship. While he won two major tournaments, Dabuz also attended only eight of the fourteen major tournaments in the second half of the year, and fell to 6th place in the Panda Global Rankings.
Dabuz had a resurgence in early 2018, winning five tournaments in three months; PAX Arena at PAX South 2018 in January, Frostbite 2018 and XenoSaga XIII in February,11:50 and Midwest Mayhem 11 and Overclocked II in March.10:0012:55 Of these, Frostbite 2018 was the only event considered a major in the Panda Global Rankings. He tied for 5th at a number of other major tournaments over the first half of the year; Genesis 5 in January, Get On My Level 2018 and MomoCon 2018 in May, and Smash 'N' Splash 4 in June. In mid-June, he announced that he had signed with Gravity Gaming on a short-term deal, which would allow him to attend the last "Smash for Wii U" tournaments held before the release of "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" at the end of the year. He went on to finish 3rd at 2GG: Hyrule Saga in late June, 5th at CEO 2018 in July, and won Smash Sounds and Low Tier City 6 later the same month.30:40 In August he tied for 9th at EVO 2018 and Shine 2018, but also finished tied for 33rd at Super Smash Con 2018. He finished 2nd at DreamHack Atlanta 2018 in November, the last "Smash for Wii U" tournament he contested in 2018. Dabuz rose back to 3rd in the final Panda Global Rankings for "Smash for Wii U", which covered much of 2018, behind Leonardo "MkLeo" López Pérez and Gavin "Tweek" Dempsey. In a separate ranking, the Panda Global Rankings 100, which listed the Top 100 "Wii U" players from the game's release through the release of "Ultimate", Dabuz was ranked the 4th best player of all time behind ZeRo, Nairo, and MkLeo.
In August 2019, well after the release of "Smash Ultimate", Dabuz won the "Smash for Wii U" tournament at Super Smash Con 2019.
Throughout "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U", Dabuz used Rosalina and Luna as his primary character. As early as the first Panda Global Ranking in mid-2016, he was already considered the uncontested best player in the world with that character. By the end of 2016, Dabuz had begun using his main character from "Super Smash Bros. Brawl", Olimar, as a frequent secondary. He would continue to utilize this duo throughout "Smash for Wii U"s competitive run. In a 2017 interview, Dabuz stated that the primary reason that he began using Olimar again was that the character fared well against Diddy Kong – considered one of the strongest characters early in the game's history – while it was an extremely difficult matchup for Rosalina.
"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate".
"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" released at the end of 2018, and while Dabuz remained an elite competitor in the new game, he failed to reach the same heights in "Ultimate" as he did in "Smash for Wii U". In the first half of 2019, the highest finish he achieved in a major tournament was 4th, at both Genesis 6 in February and CEO 2019 in June. He took 5th in two other major events, Smash N' Splash 5 and Pound 2019, and tied for 9th in MomoCon 2019, 2GG: Prime Saga, and Get On My Level 2019. His lowest showing at a major tournament was tied for 17th at Frostbite 2019, held in February. He also won a minor tournament, Thunder Smash, in May, winning $20,000. The first half of the year also saw him change sponsors. He announced his departure from Gravity at the end of February, and joined Team Liquid in early March. In the inaugural Panda Global Rankings Ultimate, Dabuz was ranked 7th, lower than his ranking at any point in "Smash for Wii U" competition.
July 2019 proved Dabuz's best month in "Ultimate" to date. He finished 2nd at Albion 4, held in London, then finished 2nd at Low Tier City 7, held in Texas a week later. He rounded out the month with 3rd-place finishes at Defend the North 2019 and Thunder Smash 2. In the six largest tournaments held during the second half of 2019, Dabuz took 2nd at The Big House 9, 5th at Shine 2019, tied for 9th in three other tournaments including Evo 2019, and tied for 49th at Super Smash Con 2019. He fell to 9th place in the Panda Global Rankings Ultimate for the latter half of the year.
Dabuz started 2020 by taking 2nd at Lets Make Big Moves, held in New York in early January. He tied for 5th at Glitch 8, then 9th at Genesis 7, both held later that month. In late February he took 5th at Frostbite 2020. Frostbite was Dabuz's last event before Panda Global Rankings suspended the 2020 competitive season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, most of the tournaments scheduled for the first half of 2020 were cancelled or moved online. "Ultimate"s online service suffers from noticeable input delay and lag, and many top players had poorer than normal performances in online tournaments, however Dabuz had several strong showings. At the end of April, Dabuz took 2nd at Pound Online. Weeks later, he took 3rd out of 8,192 participants at the Hungrybox-organized The Box tournament. In June, he won the East Coast competition at Fights for Rights, a pair of tournaments held to raise funds for charities involved in the George Floyd protests.
Owing to changes to Rosalina that made her less effective in "Ultimate" than she was in "Smash for Wii U", Dabuz initially returned to using Captain Olimar as his primary character, with Rosalina and Palutena as secondary characters. However, patch 3.1, released at the end of May 2019, singled out Olimar and Pichu, two of the smallest characters in the game, making them easier to hit. It also reduced the power of some of Olimar's attacks. Dabuz responded on Twitter that while one of Olimar's moves "got destroyed for no good reason" and the character was no longer elite, he knew the adjustments he needed to make and that he felt the character was still competitive. By the end of 2019, Dabuz was using both Rosalina and Olimar as co-main characters.
Playstyle.
Dabuz utilizes a defensive playstyle; Rosalina and Olimar – the two characters he uses most – both have mechanics that allow Dabuz to pressure his opponent from a safe distance, then quickly move in and attack when that pressure leads his opponent to make a mistake. Writing for the Panda Global Rankings in 2017, Adam Braham called his style "one of the most aggressively defensive play styles of any "Smash Wii U" player". Dabuz calls his style "passive aggressive".
He is also known for his extensive research and note-taking. He studies both character matchups and player matchups and consults his notes during tournaments. At CEO 2016, he asked for and was granted a pause in the match so he could review his notes using a laptop he brought on stage.
Personal life.
Dabuz graduated from Stony Brook University in 2017. He is of Jewish heritage.


2000 24 Hours of Daytona

The 2000 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 5–6, 2000 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The event was the first round of the inaugural Rolex Sports Car Series season. Victory overall and in the GTO class went to the No. 91 Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R piloted by Olivier Beretta, Karl Wendlinger, and Dominique Dupuy. Victory in the SR class went to the No. 20 Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III piloted by James Weaver, Rob Dyson, Max Papis, and Elliott Forbes-Robinson. Victory in the GTU category went to the No. 56 Haberthur Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R piloted by Luca Drudi, Gabrio Rosa, Fabio Rosa, and Fabio Babini. Finally, the AGT class was won by the No. 84 Comer Racing, Inc. Chevrolet Camaro piloted by John Finger, Doug Mills, Richard Maugeri, Andy McNeil, and Ronald Zitza.
Race results.
Class winners in bold.
External links.
Official results
Car Information & Images


Nike Kornecki

Nike Kornecki (born August 18, 1982) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, and competes in the 470 Class double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centerboard, Bermuda rig, and center sheeting.
 In 2004, she won a bronze medal in the world championships in the 470.
Biography.
Kornecki is Jewish, and was born in Italy.
Sailing career.
In 2000, she partnered with Vered Buskila, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland. In 2004, they won bronze medals in both the European Championship in Germany and the 470 World Championship in Zadar, Croatia.
They competed on behalf of Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy, and came in 18th. They won a silver medal in the 2005 European Championship.
They competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the Women's 470 Class Two-Person Dinghy, and came in fourth.


Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix

The Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix was a one-off motorcycling event that was part of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, held to replace the Portuguese Grand Prix due to homologation issues of the Autódromo do Estoril.


Vitali Golod

Vitali Golod (; born 23 June 1971) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1996.
Chess career.
Golod was Ukrainian champion in 1991. He then moved to Israel.
In 2004, he tied for 1st-2nd places with Sergey Erenburg in the Israeli championship in Ramat Aviv. He also won in Santa Monica.
In 2006, he won the Spring North American FIDE Invitational tournament (GM-B section) in Schaumburg, Illinois, US, and shared third place at the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament (behind Alexander Areshchenko and Sergey Volkov). The next year Golod tied for 1st-6th with Mateusz Bartel, Zahar Efimenko, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Mikhail Kobalia at Isle of Man, finishing second on tiebreak score.
In March 2010, he tied for 1st-4th places with grandmasters Maxim Turov, Sergei Zhigalko and Rinat Jumabayev in the Georgy Agzamov Memorial tournament. Four months later, Golod tied for 1st-7th with grandmasters Alexander Riazantsev, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Christian Bauer and Sébastien Mazé in the Master open tournament at the 43rd Biel Chess Festival. In November, he won the Israeli championship.


Haim Gidon

Haim Gidon is a teacher of Krav Maga (: "contact combat"), an Israeli-originated self-defense and military hand-to-hand combat system taught to military, police forces and civilians worldwide.
He was a co-founder of the IKMA (Israeli Krav Maga Association) in 1977. In 1994, upon Imi Lichtenfeld's retirement, he became the Grandmaster and president of the Israeli Krav Maga Association. He was granted an 8th dan white and red belt by Imi Lichtenfeld (also known as Imi Sde-Or), the founder of Krav Maga. Today Gidon now holds a 10th dan red belt which is the highest degree in his style of Krav Maga.
Biography.
Gidon was a member of Krav Maga founder Imi Lichtenfeld's first training class in the early 1960s. Gidon fought in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition, and the Yom Kippur War.
After the Six-Day War Gidon resumed his competitive boxing and decided to learn more about the Krav Maga principles he had learned in the military. In 1977, along with Lichtenfeld and other top instructors, Gidon co-founded the Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA) which he now heads as president. The IKMA board voted to add (Gidon System) to the IKMA's name to ensure people understand the specific brand and quality of Israeli krav maga that is taught. In 1994 Gidon was elected as IKMA president and opened his current gym and the main training center for the IKMA, located on Ben Zion Street in Netanya, Israel. In 1995 Lichtenfeld nominated Gidon as the top authority to grant 1st dan (level) Krav Maga black belts and up. In an IKMA ceremony Lichtenfeld awarded Gidon an 8th dan (one of only two Lichtenfeld ever awarded) designating Gidon as the highest ranking Krav Maga instructor.
The IKMA (Israeli Krav Maga Association) was the original association founded by Imi Lichtenfeld, he appointed Haim as its president when Imi retired. There are a lot of videos and pictures to testify this fact, as well as the moment when Master Gidon earned 8th Dan.
Lichtenfeld approved of Gidon's adding extensive groundwork, modified weapons defenses and other additions/improvements to the Krav Maga system. As president of the IKMA he has taught defensive tactics for the last thirty years to Israel's security and military agencies. Haim received a commendation directly from the Office of the Israeli Prime Minister thanking him for his teaching contributions to Israel's security organizations.


Scottish Open (darts)

The Scottish Open is a darts tournament organised by the Scottish Darts Association and has been staged every year in February since 1995. The current venue is the Normandy Cosmopolitan Hotel in Renfrew. In 2014 Robbie Green became the first player to win the tournament on more than one occasion, with the previous 20 tournaments won by 20 different players.
List of winners.
There was a previous incarnation of the event staged in 1977, which was won by Australia's Russell Stewart who remains the youngest winner of the competition at the age of 23. Although Stewart was one of the most successful Australian players of the 1980s, this was the only title he won in the UK. It helped him qualify for the world championships for the first time in 1984.
Current tournaments.
Men's.
The BDO created two new events (the England Open and the Scottish Open) in 1995, which could have been in response to the split in darts which had seen many of the top players leave the organisation to start the WDC (now the PDC).


2008 Formula V6 Asia Championship

The 2008 Formula V6 Asia season took place in four Asian countries. The season started on May 16–18 in Sepang and ended on November 21–23 in Shanghai.
Race calendar.
Earl Bamber and Armaan Ebrahim did not participate to the last venue due to their commitment in the Malaysian round in A1 Grand Prix.
Full Series Results.
Points are awarded in both races as following: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 for 9th and 1 bonus points for pole position in the first of the two venue races but only awarded to drivers, not for teams. Only the drivers that achieve races are awarded by points. The team standing is obtained with the best two drivers of each team at each race