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4 unusual facts about Western Division


Badri Maharaj

When Vashist Muni arrived in Fiji, in 1920, and conducted meetings in different parts of the Western Division, Badri Maharaj provided confidential reports on his activities to the Government.

Cyclone Paula

In Fiji's Western Division, strong storm surge destroyed homes in nine villages across the coastline.

Jeremaia Waqanisau

He joined the civil service and served as Commissioner of Fiji's Western Division from January 1997 through December 1998.

Lamin, Gambia

Lamin, Western Division, Gambia, a city located in the Western Division near the national capital Banjul


Ba F.C.

The football team took part in a league organised by the Northern District Association in which teams from the north west districts of Viti Levu.

Batokunku

Batokunku (also spelled Batukunku) is a village located in Kombo South, one of the nine districts of The Gambia's Western Division.

Gabriel Sharma

On 1 May 2005, he became the first Indo-Fijian to be consecrated as an Anglican Bishop, the first ethnic Indian Bishop in the Province of Aotearoa, of which Fiji forms a part, and the first Bishop specifically assigned to Fiji's Western Division, when he was installed as Bishop of Viti Levu West.

Soccer Bowl '76

The Minnesota Kicks qualified for the playoffs by virtue of winning the Western Division with 138 points.

Winchester Model 1200

The Model 1200 and Model 1300 were two pump-action shotguns that were manufactured by the Winchester-Western Division of Olin Corporation.


see also

1933 NFL Championship Game

The Bears went 10–2–1 and won the NFL's new "Western Division"; they were led by running backs Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski, and quarterbacked by Keith Molesworth.

1942 NFL Championship Game

The game pitted the undefeated Western Division champion Chicago Bears (11–0), co-coached by Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos after George Halas had entered the U.S. Navy and led by quarterback Sid Luckman versus the Eastern Division champion Washington Redskins (10–1) who were led by coach Ray Flaherty and quarterback Sammy Baugh.

1943 Chicago Bears season

Having been denied chance at an undefeated, the Bears won the Western Division yet again and defeated the defending champion Washington Redskins, who gave them their only loss of the season, in the NFL title game to claim their sixth league title, and third in four years establishing themselves as the NFL Dynasty of the 1940s.

1960 Los Angeles Chargers season

Head Coach Sid Gillman led the Chargers to the AFL Western Division title with a 10–4 record, in the team's only season in Los Angeles.

Ballylifford

He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and later the 3rd Western Division Flying Column of the Irish Republican Army.

Bill Muckalt

In 2009–10, Muckalt served as head coach of the Valencia Flyers of the Western States Hockey League, guiding the team to a 23–21–5 record and a fifth place finish in the WSHL Western Division.

Eastern United Colliery

The colliery was nationalized in 1947 and became part of the National Coal Board South Western Division.

George Holt Henshaw

Brasse, as Engineer in charge of the Western Division of the Danish Railways.

Irish Free State offensive

The Free State forces in the city consisted of the pro-Treaty First Western Division of the IRA under Michael Brennan and the Fourth Southern Division under Commandant General Donochadh O'Hannigan.

Minnesota Swarm

Representing the Swarm in the Western Division All-Star game, Ryan Benesch and Nick Patterson were selected as starters for the team and Callum Crawford and Andrew Watt were named as reserves.

Oglala

Oglala Lakota, or Oglala Sioux, a Sioux Nation sub-band of the Western division (Lakota)

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

2006 - The Western Division was renamed the Telus Division, under a sponsorship agreement with the Telus Corporation.

Rice Owls

The Rice Owls play in the Western Division of Conference USA and are currently coached by David Bailiff.

Tijuana Embajadores

They were to have replaced the Tijuana Cimarrones of the now-defunct Golden Baseball League, which is now a part of the NAL's Western Division along with the Calgary Vipers, Chico Outlaws, Edmonton Capitals, Na Koa Ikaika Maui and Yuma Scorpions.