Sidney Norman Bernstein

Sidney Norman Bernstein (13 July 1911, New York City – 30 January 1992, New York City) was an American chess master.
He tied for 2nd-4th in Marshall Chess Club Championship at New York 1930/31 (Arthur Dake won), tied for 6-7th in New York State Chess Championship at Rome 1931 (Fred Reinfeld won). He played board two, behind Reuben Fine, on the victorious CCNY team in the 1931-32 Intercollegiate championships. He took 11th in the American Chess Federation Congress (U.S. Open Chess Championship) at Philadelphia 1936 (Israel Albert Horowitz won).
Bernstein was a participant in eight U.S. Chess Championship events (1936, 1938, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959 and 1961).
He played thrice in Ventnor City, as he shared 1st in 1940, tied for 5-7th (Jacob Levin won) in 1941, and tied for 3rd-6th (Daniel Yanofsky won) in 1942. He tied for 1st with Reinfeld in Manhattan Chess Club Championship at New York 1942,
and took 8th in Manhattan CC in 1955 (Max Pavey won).
Top players that he scored wins against were Donald Byrne, multiple wins against Arnold Denker, multiple wins against Frank James Marshall, Edmar Mednis, and Sammy Reshevsky, amongst others.


Martin Cohen (soccer)

Martin Cohen (born 3 February 1952) is a South African former professional association footballer who played for the Los Angeles Aztecs.
Playing career.
Cohen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is Jewish. He was a starter for Highlands Park during the apartheid era of soccer in South Africa. He had trained with this club since the age of 10. On 20 April 1974, Cohen was part of the White XI that played their black counterparts in a racially charged match at Rand Stadium. After initially going down 1-0 to the black side (the goal was called off-side by referee Wally Turner), Cohen scored a crucial goal before Neil Roberts put the game away.
In 1975, Cohen won the South Africa's player of the year.
In December 1976 he signed with the Los Angeles Aztecs. He scored his first two goals in the first leg of the second round of the NASL playoffs against the Dallas Tornado as the Aztecs won 3-1. He played with the California Surf in 1979.
His son, Larry Cohen, is also a footballer.


Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival

The Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival takes place in June in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. The festival builds on the town's industrial heritage in which canal boats were used to move coal and other raw materials in the town for the production of salt, and then move the salt out of town, either for use directly, or as a raw material in the manufacture of chemicals such as chlorine and soda ash.
The Middlewich Folk and Boat festival is now firmly established on the folk circuit and it is estimated that 30,000 people visit the town during the festival weekend, along with 400 boats. The festival was originally organised by members of the Middlewich Paddies, and taken over by the local council in 2011 when the original committee were unable to continue with the event. In 2008, the festival was declared among the top three folk festivals in England by Guardian Online.
History.
The festival has been held since 1990. It was cancelled in 2001 because of Foot and Mouth disease.
The festival.
Since 1990 there has been an annual folk music and (canal) boat festival, which is now highly regarded on the folk circuit with visitors coming into the town from all over the UK. During this festival artists appear at venues throughout the town, whilst Morris Dancing and Craft Stalls also featured. The boating festival centres on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The main venues where people and boats converge are the Big Lock and Kings Lock, public houses next to locks of the same name on the Trent and Mersey canal.
Artistes.
2012 (15–17 June).
Including
2010 (18–20 June) - 20th Anniversary Celebration.
INCLUDING
2008 (13–15 June).
Including
2001 (15–17 June – cancelled).
Cancelled due to Foot-and-mouth disease.


Becky Easton

Rebecca Anne Easton (born 16 April 1974) is an English former footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton and Liverpool.
Easton played as right-back and central midfielder and represented England at full international level. Merseysider Easton has won league titles with both Everton and Liverpool.
Club career.
Easton joined Everton from Liverpool Ladies in 1997 and won the league title in her first season with The Blues. She had featured in Liverpool's FA Women's Cup final defeats in 1995 and 1996.
Easton had a second spell with Everton having re-signed from Doncaster Rovers Belles in the 2004 close season, where she had been captain.
In 2012 Easton was released by Everton, but won a contract for the 2013 FA WSL season with Liverpool after a successful trial.
With Easton in the team Liverpool won the league title in 2013 and 2014 but were much less successful in 2015, finishing second bottom. Her 2015 campaign was truncated by a broken arm. Aged 41, she was among four players to be released by the club at the end of the season.
In December 2015 Easton rejoined Doncaster Rovers Belles, where she would combine playing with a role as assistant general manager. Doncaster lost their four opening games and were marooned at the foot of the WSL 1 table, when Easton left the club by "mutual consent" in the mid-season break, ostensibly to focus on her studies.
International career.
Easton represented England at senior level, playing in England's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup finals appearance in 1995, which ended with a 3–0 quarter-final defeat by Germany.
In 2000, she was named as the Nationwide International Player of the Year, based on her consistency for the national team.
Personal life.
Easton worked as a podiatrist in Liverpool, until she began full-time football training during her second spell with Liverpool. She also embarked on a master's degree in sports directorship at Manchester Metropolitan University.
On 26 May 2016, she married former teammate Natasha Dowie.


Newman/Haas Racing (video game)

Newman/Haas Racing is a racing video game developed by Studio 33 and published by Psygnosis for the PlayStation and Windows in 1998. It has been described as similar to Psygnosis's "Formula One" series.
Development.
"Newman/Haas Racing" was built on the same graphics engine as Psygnosis's earlier racing game "Formula 1", without the enhancements which appeared in its then-recent sequel, "Formula 1 97".
The game's audio commentary was provided by Danny Sullivan and Bobby Varsha.
Reception.
The game received mixed or average reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. "Next Generation" said of the PlayStation version: "Judged purely as a racing game, "Newman/Haas" offers enough to make it one of the better examples of the genre, but considering that Psygnosis' "F1" games have offered a similar experience for some time now, the game can only be considered a disappointment".


Biel running days

The Biel Running Days ( ) takes place in June in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Various long-distance track events are involved. The most well known of these is the 100 km Ultra marathon which began in 1959 and is one of the biggest and oldest of its kind (only a 1x100 km loop). You can do the run alone, as a couple or in a Team of 5. The Ultra marathon is also a part of the European Ultramarathon Cup. Along with the 100 km Ultra marathon there are a night marathon and a half marathon taking place.
Route.
The start for all distances is at the “Kongresshaus” in Biel/Bienne. The 100 km run starts on Friday night at 10pm and the marathon and half marathon at 10.30pm. The route takes the participants through the cities and towns of Biel/Bienne, Nidau, Port, Bellmund, Jens and Kappelen to Aarberg, a medieval town made more special by the atmosphere created by the thousands of spectators. It is in Aarberg where the half marathon runners cross the finish line. After it is onto Lyss where the Ultra marathon participants may have a supporter on a bike join them. The route then continues onto Grossaffoltern and Scheunenberg then through to the Limpach Valley to Balm bei Messen and Oberramsern which brings the race to kilometre 39.
Here in Oberramsern is the finish line for the night marathon. The night marathon route is the same as the 100 km except that the runners have done an additional loop through Biel/Bienne.
The 100 km runners start to head South now to Mülchi, Etzelkofen and Jegenstorf where they will soon hit the 50 km mark. They continue onto Kernenried and Kirchberg. Then it is time for the runners and their bike support to separate for 10 km as they bumpy track on the Emme river begins. This part of the route has been nicknamed the Ho Chi Minh trail by previous participants. When the fastest runners reach here it is still dark out and due to branches and big stones on the path most runners will have a head lamp to help them.
Just before Gerlafingen the narrow path ends and the bike supporters can rejoin their runner. Over Biberist, Lüterkofen-Ichertswil and Bibern the run continues to Arch and the Aare river. The route then follows the Aare approximately 10 km past Büren. The last kilometres go past Brügg direction Biel/Bienne until the finish line in the city of Biel.
Last possible finish time is Saturday at 7pm, 21 hours after the start.
Statistics.
100 km Records.
All results since 1959: arrs.run


Xu Yuhua

Xu Yuhua (born 29 October 1976) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and former Women's World Champion (2006–2008). She was China's third women's world chess champion after Xie Jun and Zhu Chen. She has been followed by Chinese women's world chess champions Hou Yifan, Tan Zhongyi, and Ju Wenjun.
Biography.
On March 25, 2006 she won the Women's World Chess Championship knock-out tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia, defeating Russian IM Alisa Galliamova in the final 2½–½ (in a best-of-four match). The knockout event had 64 participants, with both former world champion Zhu Chen and reigning world champion Antoaneta Stefanova. Xu was three months pregnant at the time. She became China's 22nd Grandmaster by winning the event.
She won the 2nd FIDE Women Grand Prix, Nanjing, 27 September – 9 October 2009.
Xu Yuhua plays for Zhejiang chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).
She is a law graduate.
Achievements.
Major successes and titles include:
Education.
Education degrees include:


Siegfried Flesch

Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (March 11, 1872 – August 11, 1939) was an Austrian sabre fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Flesch was Jewish.
Olympic fencing career.
Born in Brno, Flesch was 27 years old when he came second in the Austrian sabre championships in 1899, the next year he competed for Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, in the first round of the sabre event he was one of the sixteen fencers to qualify to the next round, there he finished third out of a group of eight fencers so qualified for the final pool. In the final pool of eight fencers Flesch won four of his seven matches to finish in third place for the bronze medal, thus becoming the first Jewish fencer to win an Olympic fencing medal.
He returned to Olympic competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, now aged 36 years old he again participated in the sabre event. In his first round he won his pool after winning all five match ups, unfortunately in the second pool of matches he could only win one against the other four fencers in his pool so was eliminated and was ranked 24th overall in the event.


Floorball League

Floorball League (abbreviated "FBL") is a floorball video game developed by Prodigium Game Studios. The game was released on December 3, 2010. FBL features authentic floorball teams provided by International Floorball Federation and Finnish Salibandyliiga. FBL is the first major official modern floorball video game being released. The first 3D floorball game ever known was called "MER-innebandy", released in the mid-1990s.
History and development.
The development of FBL started slowly in November/December 2007. Soon after that, Prodigium Game Studios Ltd was established and first license negotiations were started to get authentic floorball player licenses to the game. International Floorball Federation and Finnish Salibandyliiga agreed to support the future development of the game.
Prodigium Game Studios used in-house motion capture technology to produce the player animations for the game. During the years 2008–2009, the motion capture technology was built up and a first demo version started to shape up. In early February 2010, the first demo version of the game, called "Training session", was released to the public.
During year 2010, Prodigium Game Studios was one of the six companies that were granted support by the expert group at Nordic Game Program. This was an important milestone for the project, because the support enabled a higher gear for the development of FBL. Soon after that, a gameplay demo was released on 31 July 2010. The gameplay demo featured a one-period match between Finland and Sweden, with authentic players.
The final demo version of the game was released on November 24, 2010, and the final game was released on December 3, 2010.


Gamma Ethniki

The Gamma Ethniki (, C National Amateur Division) is the fourth highest football league in Greece.
History.
It began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 1983 it was changed to professional. Although not literally national (it is divided into "North" and "South" groups), Football League 2 is considered as a national division.
On 3 August 2010, it was announced that the division had been renamed "Football League 2". From season 2013–14, the football League 2 is merged by fourth division championship (Delta Ethniki) and renamed again Gamma Ethniki. The new third division will be held in six groups, with the clubs divided basis of geographical criteria, while it will return in an amateur form. From season 2014–15 until season 2016–17 the league was held in four groups, with the clubs divided basis of geographical criteria. The champion of each group was promoted to Football League.
From the 2017–18 season and onwards, the league will be held in eight groups, with the clubs divided by geographical criteria. The first team of each group will be qualified to a play-off tournament, consisted of two groups. The first two teams of each group will be promoted to the Football League.
Current groups.
106 clubs in 8 groups are competing in the Gamma Ethniki during the 2020–21 season.


Redding Rodeo

The Redding Rodeo is a major stop on the professional rodeo circuit that takes place in Redding, California, United States. It began in 1948 and was inducted to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2016.
After being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Redding Rodeo returned May 14, 2021, broadcast on The Cowboy Channel.


Cyprus Basketball Division A

The Cypriot Basketball Division A is currently the top-tier level men's professional basketball competition of the Cypriot basketball league system. It is run and governed by the Cyprus Basketball Federation.
Format.
At present, six clubs compete in the league. Since the 2016–17 season, the six teams play each other four times during the regular season, with the top 4 teams reaching the play-off semi-finals stage. One team (the last one) at the end of the season is relegated to the second division, whilst one team from the second division is promoted.
The play-off semi-finals and the championship winner will be decided after three wins. The championship winner, along with the winners of the Cypriot Cup, will qualify to compete in the next season's FIBA's European-wide continental competitions.
Teams and locations.
The following eight teams (in alphabetical order) are competing in the 2018–19 Cyprus Basketball Division A:


Ruby Fox

Ruby Ellen Fox (born August 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American sports shooter and Olympic silver medalist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, she won a silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol competition. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, she place 26th in the 25 metre pistol competition and tied for 22nd place in the 10 metre air pistol competition.


2007 BDO Classic Canadian Open of Curling (January)

The 2006-07 BDO Classic Canadian Open of Curling was held January 24–28, 2007 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


Queen of the Channel

The Queen of the Channel is a title bestowed on the woman who has completed more successful swims of the English Channel than any other. It is held by Alison Streeter with a total of 43 swims.


Deek Cameron

Derek "Deek" Cameron is a shinty referee and ex-shinty player from Fort William, Scotland. As a player for Fort William Shinty Club, he holds the record for the fastest goal scored in the Camanachd Cup final, an effort within 7 seconds in Fort's 1992 victory.
Shinty career.
Cameron, playing for Fort William Shinty Club, was a part of the successful Camanachd Cup winning team of 1992, scoring after only seven seconds. He continued playing for the second team after retiring from first team action.
In 2008, Cameron moved into refereeing. He also won his first ever Sutherland Cup medal in 1984.
In 2011, Cameron refereed the Macaulay Cup and the Camanachd Cup final. In the Camanachd Cup final, his record was almost broken by Danny MacRae of Newtonmore, who scored within 12 seconds.


North American Figure Skating Championships

The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial (every two years) competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.
History.
Although the event was classified as an "international competition" under International Skating Union rules, it was actually a cooperative venture between the United States Figure Skating Association and the Canadian Figure Skating Association, which both had their roots in a former organization called the Ice Skating Union of America. The latter organization had sponsored competitions open to skaters of both countries as early as 1913.
The 1943 competition was cancelled due to World War II and the 1945 competition included ladies single skating only. Ice dance was included for the first time in 1947.
The competition was discontinued when the Canadian federation abruptly cancelled its participation in the 1973 event, which was to have been held in Rochester, New York. The CFSA cited problems with the judging (which tended to favor the skaters of whichever country had a majority of judges on the panel) and the reluctance of top skaters from both countries to participate in an event immediately before the World Figure Skating Championships. In fact, the CFSA was at that time already planning to hold its own international competition, the first Skate Canada International, in the fall of 1973. This event would be open to skaters from all ISU member countries and use international judges. The USFSA established its own international competition, Skate America, in the fall of 1979.
Medalists.
Fours.
Fours competitions were held only in the indicated years.


Herbert Meitner

Herbert Meitner (; born 1913) was an Israeli footballer who played as an forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Rishon at club level, and the Mandatory Palestine national team internationally.
Meitner took part in Mandatory Palestine's last international match against Lebanon in 1940, scoring one goal; it was his only international cap.


Maria Florencia Manfredi

Maria Florencia Manfredi (born 16 April 1982) is an Argentine equestrian athlete. She competed at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games and was the first rider who represent Argentina during a World Cup Final in Dressage. She competed also at the South American Games in Medellin 2010 and Quillota 2014, where she won team silver. In 2015 she competed at the 2015 Pan American Games.


The Wave (company)

The Wave is a firm building artificial wave pools for surfing in England. The Wave: Bristol was opened in 2019, on the northern outskirts of Bristol, and a second site, The Wave: London , is planned.
The Wave, Bristol.
The founder of the project is Nick Hounsfield. The project was named "The Wave: Bristol" in 2012, initially focussing on a site next to the Portway in Bristol, but rejected it as not big enough. A site on farmland at Easter Compton was selected in 2013, with the technology generating the artificial waves to be supplied by the Spanish company Wavegarden.
In August 2017, South Gloucestershire Council approved the £20 million scheme, which is designed for sustainability. Besides the wave pool, the scheme will include a natural swimming lake, barefoot trails, foraging areas and gardens of various types - activity, sensory, healing, culinary and herb gardens. Other proposed features include a clubhouse, a surf shop, a ropes and tunnels course and a campsite.
The planned dimensions of the pool are long by wide and deep. The firm plans to host a High-Performance Surfing Centre and surf contests.
In June 2015 it was decided to use the American company Wave Loch's wave generation technology instead of Wavegarden's, requiring the opening date to be put back to 2016.
However, as of May 2017, they reverted to the Wavegarden's technology.
In April 2016, The Wave announced that South Gloucestershire Council had approved the revised designs. With the switch back to Wavegarden, the planning permission was resubmitted, and approved in late August 2017.
In October 2019 construction was completed.


Rowntree Mackintosh F.C.


Mouse racing

Mouse racing is an activity in which live rodents are coaxed to travel through a miniature racecourse at fast speeds. The races generally take place at taverns, fairs, or fund-raising events and are popular in several countries. Mouse racing has also attracted criticism from animal rights groups, who believe the activity is too stressful for the mice.
Variations.
There are several different types of mouse races. Some races use elaborate sets built to resemble a horse racing track, while others are more like obstacle courses, with wheels and other challenges. In 1940s England, mice were sometimes made to propel miniature boats by running on treadmills, which were connected to the boat's paddle-wheels.
In many contemporary races, an individual mouse trainer organizes the event using his own animals and invites spectators to make bets, with the proceeds often going to some specific cause. In the United States, one of the most well-known charity-race organizers was Harvey Coffee. He organized events throughout the American Midwest and was mentioned in the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch".
The famous World War II movie, Stalag 17, features a scene with mouse racing in a barracks.
More competitive versions of the activity have existed; for example, a Western Australia Mouse Racing Association was founded in 1972 to organize competitions among mouse owners, who trained their pets to break speed records. Australia continues to hold a national Mouse Cup in rural Bylong, which attracts about 800 participants. Rats are explicitly banned at the more competitive mouse races.
Criticism.
Mouse racing has received criticism from animal rights groups since the 1940s, when the RSPCA condemned the English aquatic races. They declared, "Anyone who knows about boys will know that [...] the mice will be prodded unmercifully to ginger them up". An advocate of the activity replied in defense, "No cruelty is imposed on the creature since experience shows that mice derive much enjoyment from their wheel turning activity". More recently, animal rights societies in New Zealand criticized mouse races at local taverns, noting that the often-loud audiences could frighten the mice with their cheering. However, one race manager replied, "If they can't take a joke in the world, then what's wrong with them?".


Aulikki Ristoja

Aulikki Ristoja (also Ristoja-Lehtimäki, born 2 January 1949) is a Finnish chess player who holds the title of Lady International Correspondence Chess Master (LIMC, 1998). She is a three-time winner the Finnish Women Chess Championship (1979, 1988, 2000).
Chess career.
In Finnish Chess Championships for women she has won 3 gold (1979, 1988, 2000), 5 silver (1976, 1981 (shared), 1983, 1987, 1997 (shared)) and 4 bronze (1978, 1980, 1985, 1999) medals.
Aulikki Ristoja played for Finland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
Aulikki Ristoja is the first Finnish correspondence chess player who holds the title of Lady International Correspondence Chess Master (LIM, 1998). She was also the first Finnish chess player who participated in ICCF Ladies World Championship and placed 11th in the VI final tournament.


Jacoba Stelma

Jacoba Cornelia "Co" Stelma (2 July 1907 – 30 August 1987) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. She was born in The Hague and died in Brielle.


Kawasaki Motors Racing

Kawasaki Motors Racing was the European subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and was located in Netherlands. It was responsible for managing the racing activities of the MotoGP team.
The subsidiary was set up in 2007 as a result of the Japanese manufacturer's necessary split from Harald Eckl's organisation, who managed the Kawasaki MotoGP team since 2002. The reason for the split was Eckl's involvement with a competitor's MotoGP activities, which forced Kawasaki to terminate the relationship immediately. For the first time since Kawasaki returned to the premier class of motorcycle racing, the team became a complete ‘in house’ factory team.
On January 9, 2009, Kawasaki announced it had decided to "... "suspend its MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season onward and reallocate management resources more efficiently"". The company stated that it will continue racing activities using mass-produced motorcycles as well as supporting general race oriented consumers.
The emphasis was subsequently placed on World Superbike Championship racing using the Kawasaki ZX-10R road bike as a basis, with Paul Bird Motorsport (2009-2011) and Barcelona-based Provec Racing from 2012, together with World Supersport 300 from 2019.
Racing background.
2007 MotoGP season.
The team used the new 800cc Ninja ZX-RR and Bridgestone tyres in 2007. Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque were chosen as team riders.
Olivier Jacque crashed in practice during the Chinese Grand Prix, gashing his arm severely enough to be unable to race for 2 Grands Prix. He returned to racing only to crash again during practice at the Catalan Grand Prix, missing this race too. Following the series of injuries, Jacque announced his retirement from competition, but planned to continue as a team test rider. He was replaced by Australian rider Anthony West.
The team's best result for the season was a 2nd-place finish by Randy de Puniet at a wet Japanese Grand Prix.
2008 MotoGP season.
For 2008 John Hopkins joined the team alongside Anthony West. Results were poor though, being regular midfield runners throughout the season.
In August 2008, Kawasaki signed Marco Melandri to join John Hopkins for the 2009 season. However, the global financial crisis of 2008 caused Kawasaki to reconsider its MotoGP program, and the Italian sports daily Tuttosport reported on December 30 that Kawasaki would be pulling out of MotoGP for 2009.
2009 MotoGP season.
After negotiations with DORNA, Kawasaki provided a scaled down team named Hayate Racing Team for the 2009 season. The team was renamed due to limited factory involvement, with Kawasaki providing only one bike with Marco Melandri as the sole rider.
The team achieved better than expected results with 6th and 5th placings early in the season. Melandri finished in 2nd place at the French Grand Prix. This result is equal to Kawasaki's best ever result in MotoGP and is their first podium finish since 2007.


Canada Winter Games


F.League

The F. League (in Japanese: "F・リーグ", Officially "日本フットサルリーグ",Nihon Futtosaru Rīgu) is the top league for Futsal in Japan. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship.
History.
The league was formed in 2007 as a complement for the elimination tournament, (the current "Puma Cup") which groups regional futsal champions into a final elimination phase.
The league operates on the sports franchise system, with no promotion or relegation of clubs. The clubs are thus expansion teams. In 2009 the number of clubs was increased from 8 to 10 with the addition of Fuchu Athletic and Espolada Hokkaido.
In F. League play, the clubs battle each other three times: once at home, once away and once in a neutral venue (generally Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo). The season runs from August to February.
An elimination league cup, the "Ocean Cup" is played every season by the 12 F.League teams.
Teams.
Teams play the F. League 2019–20 season.


James Stout (rackets)

James Stout, born August 16, 1984, is a world-ranked professional squash, rackets and real tennis player from Bermuda.
Stout has been the World Champion of Rackets since 2008, and is also ranked within the top ten in the world in Real Tennis and Squash Doubles.
He previously played professional squash on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world tour, achieving a career high ranking of world #116 in 2004.
Alongside his pro athlete career, he has been a teaching professional at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club since 2006.
Career.
Stout began playing squash in Bermuda at the age of 4. At 13, Stout moved to England to attend boarding school at Cheltenham College, where alongside squash he also began playing the sport of rackets, coached by Mark Briers.
Stout’s early promise in rackets was shown when he won both the esteemed Foster Cup and the First Pairs Cup two years in succession, in 2000 and 2001.
In 2003, at the age of 19, he moved to Belgium to pursue his professional squash career, basing himself in the city of Antwerp and competing on the PSA tour internationally. The same year, Stout was part of the Bermuda National Team to compete at the World Team Squash Championships in Vienna, Austria.
In 2006 he represented Bermuda in squash at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Australia, and later that year at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia. He moved to the United States in late 2006 after being offered a teaching professional position at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club. The same year he also won the US Professional singles rackets championship and the Western Open rackets championship. In 2007, Stout represented Bermuda at the Men’s World Open Squash Championships, and again won the rackets titles at the US Professional singles and Western Open.
He defeated former world champion Neil Smith 3-0 in the U.S. Open rackets final in January 2008, and the following month won the British Open rackets championship defeating Alex Titchener-Barrett 4-1. By virtue of those two victories he was granted the right to challenge then world champion Harry Foster. The World Championship match against Foster was held in late 2008; Stout defeated Foster by a score of 6-1 (4-1 in the first leg in New York, and 2-0 in the second leg in London) becoming the second youngest ever rackets World Champion at the age of 24.
In 2009, Stout was awarded Bermuda Male Athlete of the Year in the Bermuda Government Sports Awards, and again became the British Open rackets champion.
The following year, Alex Titchener-Barrett challenged Stout for the rackets World Championship title which Stout successfully defended, winning 4-0 in the first leg in New York, and 1-1 in the second leg at the Queens Club in London.
In 2010, Stout also became the US Open rackets champion and US Open real tennis champion, defeating several higher seeds, including the defending champion, to win the title.
Stout began playing professional squash doubles on the Squash Doubles Association tour in 2012, and won the Graham Cup with his partner Greg McArthur and the William White tournament during the 2012-2013 season.


Andrew Beer

William Andrew Beer (1862-1954) was an English artist, known for painting racing pigeons, in oil on canvas, under the working name of Andrew Beer. A racing pigeon enthusiast himself, he was a judge at competitive pigeon shows.
Beer had a studio in Eastville, Bristol, to which the pigeons he was to paint were sometimes sent by train, arriving at the nearby Stapleton Road Station. He typically painted pigeons at near life-size, singly or in small groups, in side-on view, against similar backgrounds. He often included text, noting the pigeons' names and achievements.
His works are in the collections of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Pontypridd Museum and the Radstock, Midsomer Norton & District Museum Society.
He also painted scenes of southern England, which were issued as postcards.


Sofi (mascot)

Sofi was the Mascot official of 2010 ISF Women's World Championship in Caracas, Venezuela. This is a cat that suggests tenderness, and a lot of strength, conveys the beauty and intelligence of the Venezuelan woman. It is called Sofi, an acronym for SOFtball International. Designed by Fractal Studio, a design studio in Venezuela. Was filed on May 20, 2010.
Personality.
She is a bold cat, spontaneous and clever. she loves acting on stage and always follow your intuition, but sometimes becomes very exaggerated. It is usually very sociable, as well as being loving and kind. I like softball.


Soren Thompson

Soren Hunter Miles Sussman Thompson (born May 5, 1981) is an American right-handed épée fencer, team world champion, and two-time Olympian. He represented the United States in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where he reached the quarterfinals and came in 7th, the best US result in the event since 1956 and at the time the second-best US result of all-time. He also represented the US in the 2012 Olympics in London. Thompson won a gold medal and world championship in the team épée event at the 2012 World Fencing Championships. He was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame in 2018, and the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
Early and personal life.
Thompson was born in San Diego, California, and attended Torrey Pines High School, graduating in 1999. He then attended Princeton University, majoring in Art and Architecture. While attending Princeton, Thompson took a year off of school to focus on his training prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics. Thompson graduated with an A.B. in art and archaeology from Princeton University in 2005 after completing an 87-page-long senior thesis, titled "The San Diego School of Organic Architecture", under the supervision of Esther da Costa Meyer.
From 2008 until April 2011 he worked for Hycrete, a clean-tech company in Northern New Jersey. Since 2015, Thompson has served as Vice President of Business Development of Daxor Corporation, a blood volume diagnostic company in New York City.
He was a resident of San Diego, and now resides in New York City.
Fencing career.
Thompson started fencing when he was 7 years old. He eventually became the highest-ranked junior in the United States.
Thompson currently represents the New York Athletic Club, and trains there and at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. His coaches have included Alison Reid, Lisa Posthumus, Gago Demirchian, Yefim Litvan, Michel Sebastiani, Heizaburo Okawa, and Michael D'Asaro Sr.
NCAA championships.
Thompson attended Princeton University. Fencing at Princeton under Maître Michel Sebastiani, Thompson was the 2001 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Épée Champion, came in 2nd in 2002, and was 3rd in 2005.
His other NCAA awards include First Team All-American in 2001–02 and 2005, and Honorary All-American in 2003, First Team All-Ivy in 2001–03 and 2005, and Academic All-Ivy in 2005.
In 2005, Princeton awarded Thompson the William Winston Roper Trophy, its highest honor for a male athlete.
Junior and Senior National Championships.
Thompson won the US Junior National Championship and the US Junior Olympics Championship in 1999 in épée.
He won individual gold medals in men’s épée at both the 2011 US Fencing National Championships and the 2018 US Fencing National Championships.
World Championships.
Thompson won the team bronze medal in the 1999 Junior World Fencing Championships. The following year, he came in 11th individually at the 2000 Junior World Fencing Championships.
Thompson took 8th in the 2003 World Fencing Championships in Havana, Cuba, defeating top seed Ivan Kovacs of Hungary (15–14).
He came in 26th in the 2006 World Fencing Championships in épée, in Turin, Italy. At the 2011 World Fencing Championships, Thompson made it as far as the Round of 16 (where he lost to 2011 world champion Paolo Pizzo of Italy) in Catania, Italy.
At the 2012 World Fencing Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, in April 2012, Thompson won the gold medal for the team épée event, as part of the U.S. Men's Epee Team that won the first Senior World Championship fencing title for American men in history. The US team defeated six-time reigning World Champion France in the finals.
Olympics.
2004.
While attending Princeton, Thompson took a year off of school to focus on his training prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics.
 He qualified for both the individual and team épée competitions in Athens.
Thompson fenced for the US in the 2004 Olympics at 23 years of age, taking 7th place in the individual épée competition, the best US result in the event since 1956 and at the time the second-best of all-time. He defeated Paris Inostroza of Chile in Round Two, 13-12. In the Round of 16, he defeated Alfredo Rota of Italy, the No. 1 ranked épée fencer in the world and 2000 Olympics team epee gold medal winner, 15–13. He then lost 15–11 to the 2000 Olympic gold medalist Pavel Kolobkov of Russia, who went on to win the 2004 Olympic silver medal. Thompson became the first American to reach the men’s épée quarterfinals in nearly 50 years.
He also took 5th place with the US épée squad in the team competition at the 2004 Olympics.
Thompson sought to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and was having the best season of his career. He suffered a serious injury, however, a fully torn off-the-bone right hamstring, before he was able to qualify. He therefore retired – temporarily, it turned out – from competitive fencing.
2012.
Thompson came out of retirement in 2010, and trained before and after his full-time job. He left his job in April 2011 to focus exclusively on fencing. He decided to not have a coach, as he didn’t find what he wanted in a coach in New York City, and knew what he wanted to do, and felt he just needed to execute."
He qualified and represented the United States in the 2012 London Olympics. Thompson was eliminated in the round of 32 in the individual épée competition by Jörg Fiedler of Germany, the reigning European champion, finishing in 19th place. No team men's épée event was held at the 2012 Olympics.
Thompson finished the 2012 season ranked 7th in the world in individual épée.
Pan American Games and Pan American Championships.
Thompson competed on the U.S. men's épée team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. They finished fourth. He subsequently won a team gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
He won individual and team gold medals at both the 2011 Pan American Fencing Championships in Reno, Nevada, and the 2012 Pan American Fencing Championships in Cancún, Mexico. Thompson then won a team silver medal at the 2013 Pan American Championships.
Maccabiah Games.
Thompson, who is Jewish, won a team silver medal at the 2005 17th Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Senior North American Cup.
He is a senior North American Cup (NAC) champion. In 2010, Thompson won a bronze medal at the North American Cup A. In 2012, he won a silver medal at the December North American Cup.
World Cup.
Thompson came in 2nd, winning the silver medal, at the 2004 Buenos Aires Senior Épée World Cup. He won a team silver medal at the 2012 Legnano World Cup, and a team bronze medal at the 2012 Tallinn World Cup. The following year he again won a team silver medal at the 2013 Legnano World Cup.
Halls of Fame.
Thompson was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame in 2018.
He is a 2020 Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Miscellaneous.
Thompson appears in "Impractical Jokers" an American hidden camera-practical joke reality series, as a guest star.
Thompson was listed at # 61 in the book "100 of the Best Fencers of All Time" (A&V, 2014).


British Grand Prix (squash)

The British Grand Prix is an annual men's squash tournament that takes place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester.
The tournament was part of the PSA World Series (2010-2011), the most prestigious class of event in the PSA World Tour. The tournament was founded in 2010 and takes place in September. The first two editions of the tournament were won by Egyptian Ramy Ashour. It was a partial replacement of the British Open Squash Championships, which were suspended in 2010 and restarted in 2012.


Victor Buerger

Victor Buerger (Berger) (29 January 1904 – 1996) was a Ukrainian–British chess player.
Biography.
Buerger was born in Nikolaev, Ukraine [then Russian Empire] and became a member of London Chess Club.
Tournament results.
In 1923, Buerger tied for 5–7th in Pardubice (Pardubitz). In 1924, he tied for 7–9th in London. In 1925/26, he tied for 5–6th in Hastings (Alekhine and Vidmar won). In 1926, he tied for 1st with Yates in London. In 1926/27, he tied for 7–8th in Hastings (Tartakower won).
In 1927, he tied for 9–11th in London (Nimzowitsch and Tartakower won), tied for 3rd–4th in Tunbridge Wells, and tied for 4–6th in Scarborough (Colle won). In 1927/28, he tied for 3rd–4th in Hastings (Tartakower won). In 1928, he won in Cheltenham, took 2nd in Tenby, and tied for 7–8th in Scarborough (Winter won). In 1928/29, he took 9th in Hastings. In 1929, he tied for 2nd–3rd in London. In 1930, he tied for 1st–3rd in London.
In 1932, Buerger took 11th in London (Alekhine won). In 1937, he took 9th in an invitation-only Margate tournament that Fine and Keres won. He scored his most notable win at Margate, defeating Alexander Alekhine in a game marred by multiple mutual blunders in time pressure.


Jorik Hendrickx

Jorik Hendrickx (born 18 May 1992) is a Belgian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, a three-time Coupe du Printemps champion (2012, 2013, 2016), the 2017 International Challenge Cup champion, and a three-time Belgian national champion (2010, 2016, 2017). He qualified to the final segment at five World Championships and two Winter Olympics, finishing 16th in 2014 and 14th in 2018. He placed in the top ten at five European Championships.
Personal life.
Jorik Hendrickx was born in Turnhout, Belgium. He studied sport marketing and management at in Tilburg. In early 2017, he began an internship at Speedo, working on a research project. At All Sport Benelux, his research focuses on the growth of Belgian e-commerce. His younger sister, Loena, is also a figure skater.
On February 1, 2018, Hendrickx publicly came out as gay.
Career.
Hendrickx began training at age five and a half. Since the age of 10, he is coached by Carine Herrygers. He began competing on the junior level internationally in 2007. He was out for four months in 2008 as a result of a groin injury. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2009.
Hendrickx finished 9th at the 2012 European Championships. The next season, he received his first senior Grand Prix assignment, the 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard in November. Hendrickx placed 4th in the short program, but had to withdraw the next day after sustaining an injury in an off-ice warmup for the morning practice. He fractured his ankle, tearing ligaments from his fibula. Returning to the ice in January 2013, Hendrickx began practicing some jumps toward the end of the month. He missed the 2013 European Championships but competed at the 2013 World Championships, finishing 19th and qualifying a men's entry for Belgium at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He finished 16th.
After Turnhout's ice rink closed, Hendrickx decided to train at a temporary rink. He said, "It's extremely cold and the quality of the ice is not what it should be. The most important thing is that I didn't have to change environment, my school, coaches, medical team." He finished 4th at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was the best result by a Belgian skater since 2009.
Hendricks won the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy, and obtained an men's singles entry for Belgium at the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, South Korea. He participated in the figure skating event at the Olympics with his sister Loena, who also represented Belgium at the ladies' singles. After the Olympics, he skipped the 2018–19 figure skating season, and announced his retirement on 8 August 2019.
Results.
"GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix"
Detailed results.
"Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships."


Superliga Femenina de Voleibol

The Superliga Femenina de Voleibol (SFM) is the top level of women's volleyball in Spain. The championship was founded in 1989. The administration of the league is carried out by the "Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Formerly known as 1ª División de la Liga Nacional Femenina de Voleibol, and, since 1989 as the current name.
Competition format.
9 teams played in a two-round format. Upon completion of regular season, the top four teams play Championship's playoffs, while the bottom team is relegated to Superliga 2.
During regular season, a win by 3–0 or 3–1 means 3 points to winner team, while a 3–2 win, 2 points for winner team & 1 for loser team.
Championship playoffs is played to best of 3 games.


Milwaukee Monarchs

The Milwaukee Monarchs are a Premier Ultimate League (PUL) professional "womxn"'s ultimate team based in Milwaukee, WI. They joined the PUL in 2020 as part of the 2020 expansion. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so they have not yet competed. The Monarchs are dedicated to "growing the sport with an emphasis on creating opportunities for and raising the profiles of womxn, girls, and players of diverse identities in Wisconsin and the broader Midwest"
Franchise history.
On December 3, 2019 the PUL, which held its inaugural season in 2019, announced that it would be adding four new teams including the Milwaukee Monarchs, Washington DC Shadow, Portland Rising, and Minnesota Strike.
The Monarchs were founded by Ness Cannaday, Austin Prucha, Katy Stanton, and Dan Laurila.
Roster.
The 2020 roster was as follows:


Tracking (dog)

Tracking refers to a dog's ability to detect, recognize and follow a specific scent. Possessing heightened olfactory abilities, dogs are able to detect, track and locate the source of certain odours. A deeper understanding of the physiological mechanisms and the phases involved in canine scent tracking has allowed humans to utilize this animal behaviour in a variety of professions. Through domestication and the human application of dog behaviour, different methods and influential factors on tracking ability have been discovered. While tracking was once considered a predatory technique of dogs in the wild, it has now become widely used by humans.
Physiological mechanisms.
According to zoosemiotics animal communication involves an exchange of information between a sender and a receiver through a transfer of chemical signs. Described as representation and signification, a chemical sign can be produced without the presence of a dog and detected without the presence of the individual who produced it. This means dogs have the ability to leave their own signs and detect previously laid signs without the presence of another dog or individual. It is this theory of zoosemitoics that explains how dogs are able to determine the direction of a seemingly invisible scent track.
Although dogs are capable of following both visual and olfactory cues, it appears that scent is their most effective source of information. Equipped with enhanced physical and neurological olfactory structures, a dogs sense of smell is much more advanced compared to that of humans. Specialized turbinate bones in the canine nasal cavity allows for increased exposure of chemical receptor cells to the air. This, paired with a proportionally large segment of brain devoted to olfaction processing, results in the enhanced smelling ability of canines.
Both physical and neurological attributes of dogs contribute to their ability to detect extremely small concentrations of specific scents and their ability to differentiate between odours. The accuracy of these detections is determined by the concept of scent groups. A scent group refers to a specific mixture of scents that comprise the overall odour of an individual. A dogs acuity to a scent group is so refined they are able to discriminate humans by odour and can even match certain scents to specific body parts of an individual. Scent discrimination is most proficient while a human odour is fresh and becomes more difficult once an odour starts to fade.
Phases.
Tracking behaviour in dogs is exhibited through three separate phases.
Methods.
Although dogs use physiological methods to detect scent trails, they apply these methods differently depending on the environments in which they are tracking. A scent results from the individual odour of a person being tracked or through an environmental disturbance odour that results from the physical movements of the person being tracked. The ways in which dogs track an individual, vegetative and track scent can vary depending on circumstances. Specifically, scent tracking ability of a dog depends on whether or not an individual deposits their scent in the air or on the ground.
An air scent is when human odours of sweat, cells, gland secretions, or toiletries circulate freely in the open air. The bacteria attached to fallen skin cells provide dogs with odorous by-products that enhance the individuality of a trail. While an initial air scent is much stronger than a ground scent, a ground scent remains detectable for a longer period of time.
A ground scent is the combined permeations of trampled vegetation, bugs, mud, and soil disturbed by an individuals footprints. The disturbed soil releases moisture and kills plant life which results in a different odorous by-product. Each footprint releases a new odour more potent than the ones of the undisturbed vegetation surrounding it.
A track scent is often a mixture of both the air scent and the ground scent being left behind by an individual. Dogs are able to determine a track scent by identifying a combination of both human odours and environmental odours released by an individual. They then use the strength of this overall scent to determine the directionality of a trail and track along that route. Since an initial footstep is much less potent than the last footstep taken by an individual, dogs move in the direction where the scent seems to become stronger. Additionally, dogs have been observed to alternate between visual tracking and scent tracking depending on the circumstances of their environment. For the most part dogs prefer to use olfactory cues even when the target or visual cues are within their line of sight. However, there has been research conducted where dogs have been shown to rely on visual, social or cognitive cues to identify the tracks of an individual.
Factors that influence tracking ability.
There are many different factors which influence a dogs ability to successfully determine the directionality of a track. The age, sex, and even personality of a dog can greatly influence tracking behaviour. Male dogs have been described to more accurately determine the direction of a trail than female dogs. It is hypothesized that this is due to the evolutionary history of male dogs. Male olfactory ability of canines is superior to that of females because historically it was their duty to find mates and mark territory. Canine olfactory sensitivity is also found to diminish, therefore younger dogs tend to have superior tracking than older dogs. Personality traits of dogs affect both their ability to be successfully trained and their ability to successfully track. Dogs that are more active and confident tend to perform better during training activities and tracking activities.
The mannerisms of the handler working with the dog can also affect tracking ability. It has been discovered that humans and animals share very specific social skills that enable them to bond and work together effectively. Adaptations of social tolerance and attentiveness has enabled dogs to participate in cooperative problem solving with their human counterparts. Social attentiveness refers to an animals ability to pay attention to their partners actions and behave accordingly. It is this factor that explains how dogs are capable of interpreting and reacting to cues from their handler. Pointing, gaze shifting, and facial expressions demonstrated by the handler can be used by the canine to locate objects and follow a certain direction. Although usually purposeful, unconscious signals are also capable of being interpreted by canines while working with humans. Therefore, handlers are trained to be cautious of their actions when working with their canine in order to ensure their demands are being properly perceived by the dog.
Human uses of tracking dogs.
Human uses for tracking dogs are dependent on many different factors. Specifically, the demands of a job often influence which kind of dog humans choose to train and employ. There are three different types of scenting dogs based on their affinity for air scents, ground scents and tracking scents. Described as a tracking dog, trailing dog, and point source dogs each one specializes in a different method of tracking.
Tracking dogs.
Tracking dogs are known for their ability to detect and follow the vegetative vapours released from disturbances of plant life They stay very close to foot paths and are able to follow considerably aged tracks.
Trailing dogs.
Trailing dogs have a stronger affiliation for proponents of human scent near the trail they are tracking. They can be observed deviating slightly from or crossing over the trail they are tracking. Trailing dogs heavily rely on scent because the trails in which they follow often don't have any visual cues for tracking. Tracking and trailing dogs are often used interchangeably for police aid in human, suspect and victim searches.
Point source dogs.
Point source dogs are specialized in air scent tracking and tend to ignore ground scents. They utilize increasing intensity of specific odours to identify and track a trail to a certain target object. There are two separate classifications of point source dogs: detector dogs and discrimination dogs. Detection dogs are most often used identify both non-biological and biological scents of a target object while ignoring other non-target environmental scents Discrimination dogs are most often employed by police forces to identify the scent of a specific individual being tracked. This differs from detection dogs because they are required to react to a scent that matches or differentiates between other ones instead of identifying that a certain scent is present.
Specific uses of detection dogs
Specific uses of discrimination dogs
Tracking trials.
A Tracking trial is an event to encourage dogs to make use of their strongest facility, the ability to follow a scent trail. The competition emulates the finding of a lost person or article in a situation where the performance of the dog can be fairly assessed. Because of this, the tracks laid are straightforward, not the wanderings that may characterize a lost person, nor do they include deliberate attempts by the tracklayer to deceive the dog.
Although different organizations specify somewhat different rules, the basics of a tracking trial remain the same. The objective is for the dog to find the deliberately "lost" tracklayer and any articles they may have dropped along the track.
Generally, tracks are laid, marked, and mapped on the day previous to the tracking trial by the trial judge or steward. Tracks are chosen so that the judge or steward can easily determine where the track is located, and where articles are to be placed, even after the marks, ribbons, or flags have been removed. The length of the track, the number of corners, the number of articles left on the track depends on the level of difficulty of the track and the rules of the organization under which the trial is being run.
On the day of the trial, a tracklayer follows the marked track and removes any marks that have been placed on the track, then leaves articles of clothing on the track as specified by the steward or judge, including one at the end of the track. After a specified time, depending on the difficulty of the track and the requirements of the rules of the organization, the dog and handler is directed to the track and find the tracklayer and articles as required. The dog is usually worked on a 10-meter or (30-foot) lead, but the length of lead actually used depends on the terrain.
In general, a dog must work continually as if genuinely looking for a lost person without assistance from the handler, and find the required number of lost articles and the tracklayer at the end of the track, for the dog to be awarded a pass. This pass can also be graded on the quality of the work. After the required passes have been awarded, the dog may apply for a tracking title according to the rules of the organization the trials have been run under.


Cruit Island

Cruit Island (Irish: An Chruit or Oileán na Cruite) is a small inhabited island in the Rosses region of County Donegal, Ireland. It is linked to the mainland by bridge.
Culture.
Cruit Island has a strong musical heritage. Local musician Seán McBride wrote the famous Irish ballad "The Homes of Donegal" in 1955. The song "Thíos Cois na Trá Domh" originates from the island and remains a very popular song in the Donegal Gaeltacht to this day.


Golden Arm (film)

Golden Arm is a 2020 comedy film directed by Maureen Bharoocha and written by Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly. It stars Mary Holland, Betsy Sodaro, Dot-Marie Jones, Kate Flannery, Olivia Stambouliah, Dawn Luebbe, Ron Funches, and Eugene Cordero. It was originally set to premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest festival, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released by Utopia in select theaters and on demand on April 30, 2021.
Plot.
A struggling baker in a small town takes her friend's advice to train for the Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship and its prize of $15,000.


Felix Pipes

Fritz Felix Pipes (also "Piepes"; 15 April 1887 – 20 January 1983) was an Austrian tennis player who was born in Prague. He was Jewish, and was a medical doctor. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Arthur Zborzil to win a silver medal for Austria in the men's doubles event.
He also competed for Austria in singles in 1912, and in both singles and doubles (with Zborzil) at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He was runner-up in the Austrian International Championship in both 1909 and 1913. He twice played at the World Hard Court Championships, losing in round one of singles in 1912 and in the quarterfinals of mixed doubles in 1912, and in round two in 1913.


Ballachulish Camanachd Club

Ballachulish Camanachd Club is a shinty team from Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland. The club was founded in 1893 the same year as the Camanachd Association. One of the sport's most famous clubs, they won the Camanachd Cup four times before World War I. The club is also the most northerly of teams playing in the South district, the kyle at Ballachulish being the traditional demarcation point between the two districts. The club has moved to one team playing South Division Two in 2013 but soon gained promotion and re-established two teams, and gained promotion to National Division One for 2015.
History.
Founded in 1893, and built on the strength of the men who worked the Ballachulish Slate quarry, the club won the Scottish Cup in 1899, 1901, 1911 and 1912. The outbreak of war was to put an end to this run of success and the club has never quite achieved these heights again. The club regained some modicum of strength by winning the Mactavish Cup in 1938, the only South team to ever do so, before war intervened again. The last Camanachd Cup Final appearance to date was in 1948 when they lost to Newtonmore. Although the Ballachulish quarry is now closed, Balla's red strips continue to represent the trade union socialism in the quarry.
The club has never recovered the Camanachd Cup, but has several Celtic, Sutherland and Dunn Cups to its name and enjoyed a great spell in the 1960s. The club's second team restarted in 2007 and competed in the Bullough Cup and the Sutherland Cup, did not enter competition in 2008 but be competed in 2009 in South Division Two. The second team was removed from all competition in March 2010.. It re-entered in 2011.
The return of Dugald Rankin from Skye Camanachd saw an upsurge in the team's fortunes. However, Ballachulish has also exported David Campbell to Newtonmore and John MacDonald to Fort William, and is often losing players to other clubs. This has seriously affected the club's ability to return to the top level of the sport.
With an imbalance in the number of clubs in the South and North Divisions One, Ballachulish were approached to enter North Division One in season 2012. However, only a month after rejecting this move, the club sensationally announced that the club would be scrapping its reserve team and also taking their first team down to South Division Two despite both sides finishing in respectable mid-table positions in 2011.
The move to the South Division Two initially saw Balla maintain midtable, but the return of several ex-players who had been playing for other teams, such as David Campbell, a Premier League winner with Newtonmore and John MacDonald, a multiple Camanachd Cup winner with Fort William and Scotland internationalist saw Balla win the Sutherland Cup in 2013 and gain a league playoff against Kyles Athletic. Although the league playoff was lost, Balla were still promoted. They then won the South Division One, but were defeated in the National League Playoff in 2014 by Skye. However, league reconstruction saw both teams promoted into National Division One for 2015.


Kakkonen

Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kakkonen (Finnish for 'Number Two'; ). Sakari Tukiainen finished the season 2014 as the top goal scorer and setting a new league record with 40 goals for the Kakkonen. Petter Meyer finished the 2015 as the top goal scorer for GrIFK with 23 goals.
League structure.
For the 2012 season the format of the Kakkonen has been changed with the league divided in 4 groups of 10 teams, each representing a geographical area. Every club plays each of the others in the same group three times. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. The group winners may win promotion to Ykkönen while two bottom clubs of each group and weakest 8th ranked club will be relegated to Kolmonen.
For the 2016 season the format of the Kakkonen has been changed with the league divided into 3 groups of 12 teams. Each club plays the others in its group twice. The group winners and the best second place team have a chance of winning one of two promotion places to Ykkönen after a four team playoff. The bottom three teams in each group 10, 11 and 12 will be relegated to Kolmonen.
Administration.
The Football Association of Finland (, SPL; , FBF) administers the Kakkonen.
Sections and teams 2017.
Kakkonen Group C.
All details taken from Finnish FA website.
Group Winners.
1970–1972 II divisioona, Tier 2
1973–1993 II divisioona, Tier 3
1994- Kakkonen, Tier 3


Voyeur (horse)

Voyeur (foaled 2002) is a horse ridden in show jumping by U.S. Olympic team member Kent Farrington. He is owned by Amalaya Investments.
Life and accomplishments.
Voyeur is a 2002 Dutch Warmblood gelding by Tolano van’t Riethof out of Goodwill.
In 2015, Farrington and Voyeur become the first pair from the U.S. to win the Rolex International Jumping Riders Club Club Rolex Top Ten Final. The pair also won the Longines World Cup in 2015. Voyeur placed first in the Pan American Cup presented by Rolex at Spruce Meadows in July 2015.
In July 2014, Voyeur was awarded the Halla Challenge Trophy in Aachen which is awarded to the best horse of the show, honoring Hans Günter Winkler who has won seven total Olympic medals and is the only equestrian to compete in and medal in six Olympic games. Also in 2014, Voyeur and Farrington won the ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Farrington rode Voyeur to a Bronze finish for the U.S. Team at the FEI World Team Jumping Championship during the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.


Ken Bradshaw

Ken Bradshaw (born October 4, 1952) is an American professional surfer and winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.
Bradshaw was born in Houston, Texas. On January 28, 1998, Bradshaw successfully towed into and rode a wave with a face allegedly of about . The site was Outside Log Cabins, an outer reef on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The ride lasted about 30 seconds.
Bradshaw took part in a hypothermia experiment for Discovery Channel which lasted for 4 hours at without clothing. His body temperature dropped to .
Lifestyle.
Bradshaw is a vegetarian. He was Layne Beachley's partner, helping her to become one of the world's top female surfers.


Sepak Takraw League

The Sepak Takraw League, often referred as STL, is a Malaysian men's professional league for sepak takraw, a sport native to Southeast Asia. The competition was established in 2014 by Sepak Takraw Association of Malaysia (STAM) (Bahasa Melayu: "Persatuan Sepaktakraw Malaysia (PSM)") and Astro Group’s subsidiary, Asia Sports Ventures, to develop the sport and groom players for the Malaysia men's national sepak takraw team. Since 2016, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation between a top division called STL Premier and a second division called STL Division 1. A cup competition called STL Champions Cup was introduced in 2017, featuring the top teams from STL Premier and STL Division 1 as well as invitational sides from around Asia. All competitions under the league use the official International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) rules and regulation.
Since 2018, it has been administered by PSM and Astro Group under a different subsidiary, Astro Arena.
History.
Origins.
Malaysian sepak takraw was on the decline due to a talent pool shortage in the 2010s, with only 29 players available for national team selection at one point. A professional sepak takraw league was mooted in 2013 after Astro and UFA Sports Asia launched Singapore-based Asia Sports Ventures to undertake the development and global commercialisation of sepak takraw. Numerous discussions were held involving stakeholders to form a league similar to the Takraw Thailand League (TTL), which has been running since 2002. STL was officially launched by then Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin and STAM president Ahmad Ismail in Putrajaya on 7 November 2014.
Foundation year.
In its first season, 128 teams from seven zones in Peninsular Malaysia participated in preliminary rounds to qualify for the main competition. The best 16 teams were drawn into four groups, with the top two teams of each group progressing to the knockout stage. Hanelang A were the inaugural STL champions after beating PDRM D in the Grand Final on 18 January 2015 and took home a grand prize of RM20,000.
Professional era.
The competition immediately entered its professional era the following season as teams were consolidated and narrowed down to eight teams. After the 2015 season, in which ATM became its first professional-era champions, it underwent another major revamp by introducing a promotion and relegation system. The new format was well-received, with the viewership of STL hitting a new record of 5.6 million viewers in the 2016 season, improving from 4.8 million viewers a year earlier. STL Champions Cup was created the following year to promote the league outside Malaysia.
In 2018, STL played a huge role in helping Malaysia win a gold medal in sepak takraw at the Asian Games for the first time in 24 years, as the five players involved were from the league: Farhan Adam, Zulkifli Abdul Razak, Syahir Rosdi, Azlan Alias and Norhafizi Abdul Razak.
In 2019, the league was officially broadcast outside of Malaysia for the first time when Indonesian broadcaster TVRI covered STL Champions Cup.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to the 2020 movement control order, the league was affected and three teams based in East Malaysia, namely Sabah Mountaineers, Sarawak Hunter and Labuan Drillers, did not participate in the 2020 season. Plans to hold the league around the country were also shelved with all STL Premier and STL Division 1 matches taking place at Titiwangsa Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, with no crowd in attendance. The season began in September 2020 but was halted indefinitely a month later, first due to players and team officials coming into close contact with a person tested positive for COVID-19 and then due to a new movement control order imposed in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. The season resumed again in December and concluded with the Kuala Lumpur Thunder winning their maiden STL Premier title. The Kuala Lumpur side then became only the second team to do a double by winning the STL Champions Cup.
Competition format.
Regular season.
There are currently 10 clubs in STL Premier. During the course of a season, the clubs play each other twice (a double round-robin system) for 18 games. The teams receive two points for a win and zero points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then set difference and then point difference. As of the 2020 season, the top six teams qualify for STL Champions Cup. The two lowest placed teams are relegated to STL Division 1, and the top two teams from STL Division 1 are promoted in their place.
For STL Division 1, there are currently eight clubs, who play each other once (a round-robin system). Starting with the 2020 season, teams are divided into two groups with the top two of each group progress to a promotion playoff stage. Since 2020, the two teams that reach the promotion playoff final are promoted to STL Premier and qualify for STL Champions Cup.
STL Champions Cup.
Since its inception in 2017, the top teams from STL Premier and STL Division 1 as well as several foreign teams compete in this post-season tournament. However, there were no foreign teams in 2018 for unknown reasons. The 2020 tournament was held without any foreign team for the second team, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Champions.
STL Division 1.
"*Selangor Pistons were promoted instead of PSM Mavericks (then known as PSM A)"
Clubs.
Current.
"*As of the 2021 season"


FC Torpedo Vladimir

Football Club Torpedo Vladimir () is a Russian football club from Vladimir, founded in 1959. In 2011, they played in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division in 2010. The club has been called Trud (1959), Traktor (1960–1968) and Motor (1969–1972). Their best historical result was 6th place in the Russian First Division in 1993. They played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) from 1960 to 1963, 1992 to 1994 and again from 2011).
Current squad.
As of 19 April 2021, according to the official PFL website.


Gili Cohen

Gili Cohen (Hebrew: גילי כהן, born June 19, 1991) is an Israeli Olympic judoka. In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships.
Judo career.
Cohen has been Israeli judo champion in the U52kg category seven times in a row - from 2011 through to 2017.
In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 2013 Moscow Grand Slam, and the gold medal at the 2014 Tbilisi Grand Prix. She was the bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships in Montpellier.
Cohen won the gold medal at the 2016 Baku Grand Slam, beating Asian Championships silver medalist Ma Yingnan of China in the semi-final and defeating world number 12 Odette Giuffrida of Italy in the final. She also won the bronze medals at the 2016 Samsun Grand Prix and the 2016 Almaty Grand Prix.
Cohen competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, while she was ranked 9th in the world judo ranking. She lost to Christianne Legentil of Mauritius in the Women’s 52kg tournament.
In April 2017, she won the silver medal at the Antalya Grand Prix in the Women’s 52kg.
At the 2017 Maccabiah Games, Cohen won the gold medal in the under-52kg judo event.
In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam. later that year, Cohen won a bronze medal in her event at the Antalya Grand Slam.
Titles.
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Greyhound jockey

Greyhound jockeys or monkey jockeys are capuchin monkeys trained to ride racing dogs for sport over a course.
The use of monkeys as jockeys in greyhound races was recorded in Sydney at the Shepherd's Bush Race course in Mascot, in Sydney, Australia, in 1927. and 1928. Monkey jockeys were still being used in greyhound races in Victoria, Australia, in 1938.
In the United States, monkey greyhound racing is claimed to have begun as a fad in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1930, conceived by Loretta and Charlie David. The couple obtained 12 female capuchin monkeys and over a period of two years trained them to ride greyhound racing dogs in specially designed saddle harnesses. The craze continued in America until the late 1930s, before the public lost interest.


Cardiff Civil Service F.C.

Cardiff Civil Service Football Club was an Association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The team joined the Second Division of the Welsh Football League in 1990 and won promotion to the First Division in its first campaign. The side remained in the First Division for more than a decade before dropping out of the Welsh Football League.
The club played its home matches at the Civil Service Grounds on Sanatorium Road in Ely.
History.
Cardiff Civil Service joined the Second Division of the Welsh Football League for the 1990–91 season. The side finished the campaign as champions of the division, scoring 100 goals in the process and winning promotion to the First Division. The Civil Service initially adapted well to the higher tier, finishing in the top eight in four of its first five seasons in the higher tier. This included a fourth placed finish in the 1995–96 campaign, the club's highest placed finish in the Welsh Football League. However, a gradual decline led the side to finish in the bottom half of the table for the majority of its time in the First Division. The side left the Welsh Football League in 2003. The club's reserve side spent two season in the South Wales Amateur League.
In the 2011–12 season the club reached the third round of the Welsh Cup.
The club gained media attention following the progress of Gareth Bale, who began his career in the club's youth sides. He was subsequently spotted by scouts as an eight-year old playing for the Civil Service's six-a-side team in Newport by scouts from Southampton.


Lisa Thomson

Lisa Thomson (born 7 September 1997) is a Scottish rugby union player, who captained for Scotland Women in 2018–19. She plays for Scotland and was vice-captain for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Club career.
Thomson rose up through the ranks playing for East of Scotland under-18s, Scotland under-18 and under-20. She was part of a team that won the Brewin Dolphin under-15 Cup in 2012 when she played for Langholm under-15s. She also played for Murrayfield Wanderers under-18s, before joining Melrose Ladies.
She was awarded the Keri Holdsworth Player of the Match when Edinburgh beat St Andrew's in the Varsity Cup in 2015.
She signed her first professional contract in 2017 with the SRU to play in France for French club Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villeneuvois (LMRCV) for the season of 2017–18, alongside fellow Scottish player Chloe Rollie. This provided significant opportunities for their progression in the sport and was the first contract of its kind for Scottish female players.
Following this, she returned to Edinburgh to finish her studies, while playing for DMP Sharks.
International career.
Thomson made her international debut against England at Broadwood in the 2016 Six Nations opener. She is a Scottish Rugby-supported player, who was the captain for Scotland Women for the 2018/19 season. When Scotland beat Italy in the Women's Six Nations Championship of 2017, Thomson played a key role, setting up the home side's first try for Chloe Rollie, helping the team fight back from 12-0 down to secure a 14–12 victory.
Thomson was selected to travel to South Africa with Scotland Women in their first ever tour and their first ever matches in the Southern Hemisphere in 2019, where they obtained two victories.
She is vice-captain for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. The team lost to England and Italy, before beating Wales 27–20 to claim fifth place in the championship. Scotland captain of the 2021 Women's Six Nations, Rachel Malcolm, said of her teammate, “For me Lisa is probably the most well-rounded rugby player we have in our Scotland team. She leads so well in terms of organising the game and she has a brilliant rugby head and an unbelievable skillset."
She turned pro in 2016, when she was enlisted as a Stage Three player in the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy.
Personal life.
A former pupil of Trinity PS and Hawick HS, Lisa Thomson got involved with rugby at 5 years old playing for the Robbie Dyes in Hawick, and then played through primary school with Jedburgh minis. The town of Hawick is known for its community's passion for rugby and she frequently watched matches with her parents while growing up.
She played at Langholm youth sections, then a season for Murrayfield Wanderers U18s. This was followed by two seasons for Melrose Ladies at 17, playing her first senior rugby there. She moved on to play for Edinburgh University, while studying Applied Sports Science there, before interrupting her studies to move to Lille in France for one season. She also spent time playing football for junior clubs but has stated in interviews that she preferred rugby as a contact sport.
She is also a Community coach at Edinburgh Harlequins Youth Section.


Lochaber Camanachd

Lochaber Camanachd is a shinty club based in Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland. The club's senior team play in the Marine Harvest Premiership while a reserve team plays in the North Division Two. Lochaber also field a woman's team.
History.
The club was formed in 1946 from Brae Lochaber (formed 1887) and Spean Bridge (formed 1894). The constituent clubs then split between 1949 and 1958 before amalgamating again in 1958. These two clubs were very prominent in the first days of organised shinty. Brae won the MacTavish Cup thrice in the 1920s.
The club became a strong force in shinty again in the early 2000s, knocking out Kingussie from the Camanachd Cup quarter finals in 2004 and gaining promotion to the Premier Division the same year. However, its stay was short-lived and they were relegated in 2005 to North Division One. However, the club made another quick return to the Premier in 2007 after winning Division One. The second team also won North Division Three in 2006. The club flirted with relegation in 2008 but the club survived under manager Michael Delaney. Ally Ferguson was appointed to the position of coach in December 2008.
Ferguson presided over the relegation of the club in December 2009 after the club was overhauled by both Inveraray and Bute. Lochaber's record of success in the Premier Division meant that they were considered the most likely winners of the North Division One in 2010.
Ferguson resigned along with his assistant Jason Latto in May 2010, leaving Lochaber with a management crisis after a steady start to the season. He was replaced by Michael Delaney, his immediate predecessor, in an attempt to stop Lochaber's season turning to crisis.
Delaney's efforts ensured that Lochaber was always in the running for promotion but was pipped by Kilmallie for the league title on the last day of the season.
Lochaber started strongly in 2011 but were beaten by Kinlochshiel to the league title, however 2012 has seen them start very well in the league and reach their first senior cup final since the 1946 merger, by reaching the MacTavish Cup Final. They made up for a loss to Newtonmore in that final by defeating Beauly in the Balliemore Cup. They also won the North Division One and provided Shaun Nicolson and Neil MacDonald to the Scotland team.
Spean Bridge regularly played host to the Marine Harvest Festival of Shinty with the showpiece game between North District and South District. This tournament has gone into abeyance since 2008.


Northern Territory Football League

The Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) is an Australian rules football semi-professional league operating in Darwin in the Northern Territory.
The league is one of the only, and the highest level, Australian Rules competitions played during the Australian Summer with the season beginning in October and ending in March, because cricket cannot be played during the wet season, due to high levels of rain, resulting in the football and cricket seasons being swapped. The league regularly attracts high-profile semi-professional players from interstate leagues due to its lack of salary cap and the timing of the season, which allows players to play extra matches during the rest of Australia's off-season.
History.
While most other Australian rules leagues in Australia operate during the southern hemisphere winter, the NTFL chooses to play in the Northern Territory's 'wet season' from October to March, primarily due to hard playing surfaces during the 'dry season'.
The NTFL was founded in 1916 with The Wanderers Football Club and Waratah Football Club as founding members. Waratahs are the only club to have competed in every season of the NTFL. Darwin (Buffalos Football Club) was formed in 1917, Nightcliff in 1950, St Marys in 1952, Palmerston in 1972 (as North Darwin), Southern Districts in 1987 and the Tiwi Bombers in 2006 (with full entry in 2007).
The 1974-75 season was abandoned due to Cyclone Tracy.
In the 1990s, the league ran into financial problems primarily due to the Northern Territory government luring the league to the new purpose-built stadium at Marrara Oval after its construction in 1991. The move pushed the league's operating costs up drastically despite contrary promises from the NT government. Marrara Oval is now known as TIO Stadium, as part of a naming rights deal with NT health insurance company, Territory Insurance Office.
During this history of the league it has exported successful players to other leagues, notable players have included Michael McLean, Maurice Rioli and Michael Long.
In 2006, it was announced that a team representing the Tiwi Islands, called the "Super Tiwis" would be added to the 2006/07 season for eight games against teams that would normally have the bye. They became a permanent part of the league in the 07/08 season as the Tiwi Bombers, clad in Essendon Football Club style guernseys of black and red.
There was also a push for an NTFL representative club to compete in the Adelaide-based South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The first of a series of trial matches was held in 2006, with a long term view of admitting a Darwin side into the SANFL. A strong crowd at Marrara Oval witnessed SANFL club North Adelaide defeat a composite NTFL squad by 27 points, demonstrating that a Darwin team could be competitive. There was a push to make the event an annual match, however, the NTFL decided on fielding a side in the AFL Queensland State League from 2009 (which became the Northern Conference of the North East Australian Football League in 2011) and the Northern Territory Football Club was formed.
In 2010 it was decided to merge the NTFL with the Top End Australian Football Association (TEAFA) to create a three division competition in which the NTFL would make the Premier League whilst the NTFL reserve competition and clubs from the TEAFA would incorporate the First Division and Second Divisions.
The 2012/2013 season saw Banks Bulldogs and the Central Australian Football Club placed on a four-match trial in the Premier League, for possible full-time inclusion. The Bulldogs, originally a part of the TEAFA competition, would stay in the NTFL Division One competition. But the CAFC team would continue their trial run in the Premier League, the number of games extended to 10 for the 2013/2014 season. However, the side did not become a permanent team in the competition.
League structure.
The league consists of both junior and senior divisions. The A Grade competition is known as the NTFL Men's Premier League and includes eight clubs (Darwin, Nightcliff, Palmerston, Southern Districts, St Mary's, Tiwi Bombers, Wanderers, and Waratah). The reserves are divided into two divisions known as Division 1 (B Grade) and Division 2 (C Grade). Division one includes all Premier League clubs, excluding the Tiwi Bombers, and four other clubs which were formerly in the TEAFA competition (Banks, PINT, Tracy Village, and University). Division 2 consists of nine clubs with the inclusion of Jabiru. The A Grade Women's competition consists of eight clubs, including all Premier League clubs, except for the Tiwi Bombers replaced by Tracy Village.
The junior division is broken into age groups, under 18's, under 16's, youth girls, under 14's, and under 12's, with all age groups split into two divisions, except for under 18's and youth girls. Under 18's is the only junior division with a fixed number of clubs, including all Premier League clubs, except for the Tiwi Bombers replaced by Big River Hawks. The rest of the junior divisions vary based on participation levels each year, however, the clubs with juniors are all the Premier League clubs and Tracy Village.
Clubs.
Current clubs.
Premier League Clubs
Division One/Two Clubs
Coverage.
Media.
Television.
In 2006, NTFL premier league matches were broadcast nationally for the first time ever on ABC2 each Sunday afternoon from February to March. Previously the matches had only been shown in the Territory on ABC Darwin. In 2008, it reverted to local broadcasting. During the 2014/15 season, the Saturday 3.00pm premier league match was broadcast live on ABC in Darwin. During the 2017/18 season, Southern Cross TV broadcast one game a week on Sunday afternoons. Since then National Indigenous Television (NITV) broadcasts nationally replays of one game a week throughout the week starting Sunday afternoons.
Radio.
During the 2014/15 season, one premier league match was broadcast on ABC Local Radio, the match was either the late or early Saturday game and was an alternate match to the TV-broadcast game. In 2017/18, ABC will continue to broadcast one game a week on the digital radio frequency 105.7FM with a commentary team including Dominic McCormack, Natasha Medbury and Kieran Davis.
Internet.
Internet broadcasting commenced through YouTube during the 2012/2013 season, followed by its inclusion on the ABC iView on-demand service the 2013/2014 season which uses the recordings taken from the match day broadcast. The TV broadcast match was simulcast live on ABC Grandstand on YouTube during the 2014/15 season.
Attendance.
The NTFL attracts strong local crowds. The 2005 Grand final attracted a crowd of over 5,000 people. One of the biggest crowds was the 2010/11 Grand Final between St Mary's and Wanderers, with the Wanderers prevailing with a 28-point win, which attracted an over 9,000 crowd.
Women's Premier League.
The Woman's NTFL competition was all started in 2004 and currently has 10 teams enrolling.
Teams.
Premier League Clubs


Central Division GAA Board

The Central Divisional Board of the North American GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and gaelic football in an area centered on Chicago. It is affiliated to the North American Board, and its territory was expanded in 2006 to include Milwaukee. Its headquarters are at Gaelic Park, a custom built facility for Gaelic games in the South side of Chicago. The facility has hosted major tournaments such as the North American playoffs. It hosted the 2007 Continental Youth Championships and the 2007 North American Playoffs.
The CDB has 28 registered clubs playing Gaelic Football, Hurling, Ladies Gaelic Football, and Camogie.


Motorcycle road racing


Maya Hayes

Maya Alexandria Hayes (born March 26, 1992) is an American soccer coach and former player, who is currently the assistant coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's soccer team.
Hayes last played in 2017 as a forward for Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League. A United States youth international, Hayes won the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan.
Early life.
Hayes was born in New York City to Irene Smith and Derek Hayes. She has four siblings. Hayes attended Newark Academy, a private school located in Livingston, New Jersey. She grew up in West Orange, New Jersey.
College career.
Hayes attended Pennsylvania State University from 2010 to 2013 where she played for the Nittany Lions. In 2011, she scored 31 goals, earned 70 points, and led the nation in goals and points. She set a new Penn State and Big Ten Conference record for points in a single season. Hayes finished her Penn State career having scored 71 goals in 89 matches, the third-most in program history.
In January 2020, she was named to TopDrawerSoccer.com's best XI of the 2010s.
Club career.
Hayes was selected by Sky Blue FC in the first round (sixth overall pick) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft. A few weeks later, the team signed her.
In 2018, it was announced that she had made the decision to sit out the 2018 NWSL season to pursue graduate studies at Auburn University. She does not consider this an official retirement.
International career.
Hayes previously played for the United States under-18 women's national soccer team. She competed for the United States at the 2010 and 2012 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup tournaments. On August 20, 2012, at Hiroshima Big Arch, she scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Ghana, in the first match played by the United States at the 2012 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup; the first goal was an own goal by Ghanaian Linda Addai. Three days later, at the same venue, in the second match against China, she scored a 36th-minute equalizer goal to tie the game at 1-1, which was also the final score. In their last match in Group D, the United States team conceded a 0–3 loss to Germany; and advanced to the second stage based on goal difference, with all goals scored by Hayes besides one aforementioned own goal. With no further goal from Hayes in the knock-out stage, the United States team won the 2012 Japan FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup tournament with two goals from Kealia Ohai and one goal each from Vanessa DiBernardo and Morgan Brian.
Personal life.
Hayes identifies as gay.


Eric Uptagrafft

Eric Allan Uptagrafft (born February 16, 1966) is an American sport shooter.
He was born in Spokane, Washington, and lives in Firestone, Colorado. He competed for the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50, coming in tied for 30th. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 16th in the same event. He shares the world record in the 50 meter rifle prone competition.


Future Racer

Future Racer is a PlayStation video game released in Europe in 2001 and in Japan on May 23, 1997 as Defeat Lightning.


Friends of Dublin Hurling

Friends of Dublin Hurling (FODH) is an organisation established in 2002 to help project a dynamic image of hurling in Dublin. It organises many events and social functions to enable this to be achieved.
One of the main FODH events is the annual golf classic held in May each year in Castlewarden Golf Club. FODH also raises funding through membership fees and has made this funding available to county teams for training related activities. In 2008 it supported the Dublin colleges' teams that won Leinster ‘A’ hurling titles at senior and juvenile level. In addition, FODH organises buses to take Dublin hurling supporters to matches around the country and a cash incentive is made available for clubs to organise a supporters’ bus to certain games.
The inaugural ‘Celebration of Dublin Hurling’ took place in 2007 in the Red Cow Hotel and attracted four hundred and fifty people, and there was a full house at the second annual event in the Grand Hotel in Malahide. At this annual event, FODH recognise the achievements of hurlers from Dublin and the ‘Senior Hurler of the Year’, ‘Young Hurler of the Year’ and ‘Hall of Fame Award’ recipients are honoured. The 2007 Hall of Fame inductee was Jimmy Boggan (Crumlin). In addition, the work being done by clubs for the development of hurling in Dublin is recognised through the ‘Club of the Year’ awards at senior, intermediate and junior level.


Jacques Davidson

Jacques Davidson (14 November 1890, in Amsterdam – 13 January 1969, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch chess master.
Before World War I, he had lived in London for a number of years. Jacques had played with his father for a stake, he had won, and though he was not paid, the idea had occurred to him that it could be profitable to play chess against wealthy Englishmen. He learned how to proceed from another Dutchman, Rudolf Loman. In the 1920s, Davidson would finish second in the Dutch championship twice, behind Max Euwe.
In 1911, he won a match against Edward Sergeant (2,5 : 0,5) in London. He tied for 3rd-5th at Tunbridge Wells 1911 (Frederick Yates won); took 15th at Cologne 1911 (Moishe Lowtzky won); tied for 2nd-3rd at London 1912 (Harold Godfrey Cole won); took 6th at London 1912 (George Alan Thomas won); tied for 4-7th at London 1913 (Edward Lasker won).
He took 2nd at Nijmegen 1921 (Euwe won); took 8th at The Hague 1921 (Alexander Alekhine won); took 16th at Scheveningen 1923 (10+10, Paul Johner and Rudolf Spielmann won); took twice 2nd, behind Euwe, in Amsterdam (1923, 1924). Davidson won at Amsterdam 1925 (Quadrangular); took 16th at Semmering 1926 (Spielmann won); took 8th at Spa 1926 (Friedrich Sämisch and Thomas won); took 2nd at Utrecht 1927 (Quadrangular, Euwe won); shared 1st with Hartingsvelt at Amsterdam 1927; tied for 5-6th at Amsterdam 1929 (Euwe won).
He played several matches; drew with Richard Teichmann at Berlin 1922, and lost to Euwe (1924, 1927) and Spielmann (1932, 1933), all in Amsterdam.


Shonda Stanton

Shonda Stanton is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Indiana.
Coaching career.
Indiana.
On June 10, 2017, Shonda Stanton was announced as the new head coach of the Indiana softball program, replacing Michelle Gardner.
Head coaching record.
College.
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