X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Winners


Faith Academy Secondary School

Faith Academy was established in 1999 by the Winners' Chapel Church and presently has nearly 2,000 students and all reside in the school premises as boarders.

Ota, Nigeria

Ota is also well known as the home of former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo's farm, the Canaanland compound of the megachurch Winners' Chapel, and the Africa Leadership Forum.

Winners

Since late 2001, Winners stores have been paired with HomeSense, a home accessory retailer owned by Winners Merchants, modelled on TJX's American HomeGoods stores.

Winners Merchants International L.P is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX Companies which also owns HomeSense.


1957 Torneo di Viareggio

The 1957 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.

1960 Torneo di Viareggio

The 1960 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.

1978 Torneo di Viareggio

The 1978 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.

1979 Torneo di Viareggio

The 1979 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.

1991 DFB-Supercup

Uniquely, because Germany had just been reunified, the competition featured four teams instead of the usual two: The previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SV Werder Bremen, respectively, were joined by their counterparts from the East.

2001 Fed Cup

The winners of the first round played off against four other teams from the 2000 World Group pools, with the winners proceeding to the World Group.

2003 Fed Cup

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I sections will compete in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2004 World Group.

2007 European Cup Winter Throwing

Discus winners Gerd Kanter and Franka Dietzsch became world champions, while the men's hammer throwers Primož Kozmus and Ivan Tsikhan took the top two spots in Osaka as they did in Yalta.

2007–08 Serie D

The nine division winners were automatically promoted to Serie C2 for the 2008-09 season, while the two last-placed teams were automatically relegated to Eccellenza.

2012 Dublin Senior Football Championship

UCD, Ballyboden St Enda's, Raheny, St Oliver Plunkett's-Eoghan Ruadh, Skerries Harps, St Vincent's, St Peregrine's, Kilmacud Crokes, Trinity Gaels, Na Fianna, Ballymun Kickham's, St Patrick's Palmerstown, Parnells, Templeogue Synge Street, St Brigid's and Lucan Sarsfields all went on to qualify for the winners section of the second round of the Dublin Championship.

2013 KPL Top 8 Cup

The KPL ruled Chemelil Sugar winners of the match and therefore qualified to the semi-finals.

Abe Pollin

Winners of the award have included Georgia M. Dickens, 2002 Executive Director, The S.T.E.P.U.P. Foundation Of Greater Washington, D.C. Inc., Harvey C. Barnum, Jr., 2005 Teacher of the Year, Jason Kamras and 2006 Miss District of Columbia, Kate Michael.

Anthony Powell Society

Past winners have included British Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, Republican electoral advisor Karl Rove, and former newspaper editor Sir Max Hastings.

Artimation

The judges (brought in from many companies in related fields to the categories of the contest such as Cartoon Network, High Voltage, Digital Domain, The Simpsons etc.) select winners and a handful of honorable mentions to be displayed at the festival.

Billy Hardwick

There have been only five other Triple Crown winners since: Johnny Petraglia, Mike Aulby, Pete Weber, Norm Duke and Chris Barnes.

Board track racing

Driver fatalities continued to mount on board tracks into the 1920s, and included four Indianapolis 500 winners, three of which occurred at the Altoona track (another Pillsbury design) in Tipton, Pennsylvania, and three in the same years in which the driver won at Indianapolis.

C.L.C.G. Naomh Conaill

Columba later gained further fame as the first Donegal man to win a Senior All-Ireland football winners medal, when he lined out for Cavan in the 1947 final played at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

Cal Pritner

Students from the Illinois State University Department of Theatre, which Pritner served as founding department chair, include: a majority of the founding members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble; Tony winners Judith Ivey and Rondi Reed; Oscar nominee John Malkovich; former Steppenwolf Theatre artistic directors Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Randy Arney; and film and television stars Gary Cole and Jane Lynch.

Cameron King

In December 2009 he won the Val Lembit Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding sportsman in NSW, awarded by the Combined High Schools, joining previous winners such as olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe and first grade rugby league player Blake Green.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Nine winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, were signatories to a letter to pressure U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the $7-billion pipeline expansion project by the Canadian-based company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL.

Community Shield

The English FA Community Shield previously known as the Charity Shield, is a one-off game between the winners of the English Premier League and the FA Cup.

Coventry City F.C. in European football

It saw Coventry pitted with 1986–87 Scottish Cup winners St. Mirren, however poor attendances at the first leg (a 1–1 draw at Highfield Road) meant that the revival was halted, and the second leg was never played.

Dori Monson

Past local winners include former Seattle Supersonics owner Clay Bennett, former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, Congressman Jim McDermott, Ron Sims, conservative political activist Tim Eyman, and Dori Monson.

Ducky Pond

At Yale, Pond tallied a record of 30–25–2 record, including a 4–3 mark versus Harvard, and mentored two of the first three winners of the Heisman Trophy, Larry Kelley and Clint Frank.

Eddie Belmonte

On February 17, 1972, he rode five winners in a single day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Ellen Feld

The 'Morgan Horse' series (reading level ages 9–13) includes Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse and its sequel, Frosty: The Adventures of a Morgan Horse. Both books were selected (in different years) as winners of Children's Choices, an award co-sponsored by the International Reading Association and The Children's Book Council.

Frank Kelleher

That year he won his first Munster winners' medal following a provincial final defeat of Limerick.

John Treacy

Treacy overtook Spedding with 150m to go, during which the Irish television commentary of Jimmy Magee listed the previous Irish Olympic medal winners up to that time, before culminating: "And for the 13th time, an Olympic medal goes to John Treacy from Villierstown in Waterford, the little man with the big heart."

K.R.C. Genk

After defeating PSG in the quarter-finals, Waterschei lost the first leg of the semi-final 5–1 at Pittodrie Stadium, home of the eventual winners, Aberdeen F.C. A 1–0 victory in Waterschei, courtesy of Eddy Voordeckers, could not reverse the position.

Kazumi Saito

That year, then-Hanshin Tigers ace Kei Igawa had also posted 20 wins, making it the first time since 1982 that both Japanese leagues had produced 20-game winners.

Left-wing fascism

Sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz, in his 1984 book "Winners and Losers", built on Vladimir Lenin's work "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder.

Matti Kovler

In September 2013 Matti was recognized by the Boston Foundation as one of the six winners of the 2013 Brother Thomas Fellowships, “no strings attached” $15,000 bi-annual awards designed to support 6 talented artists making outstanding contributions to their community through excellence in their craft.

Mickley

Bob Stokoe, professional footballer and later manager,who won an FA Cup winners medal as a player with Newcastle United In 1955, and later managed Sunderland to victory in the same competition in 1973.

Moscow Flyer

Ridden by the Irish 18 year old Kate Harrington, 'Moscow' won comfortably and was giving a rousing reception in the winners' enclosure post race.

New York Golden Gloves

Named for the small golden gloves given out to the winners of each weight category, the New York Golden Gloves continued for decades under the sponsorship of the New York Daily News.

Newcastle Scholarship

Distinguished winners of the Newcastle Scholarship in its original form include Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, WR Inge, Patrick Shaw-Stewart, Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Douglas Hurd and William Waldegrave (currently Provost of Eton College).

Østermarie

Recent winners have given their names to Aage Haugland's Gyde (Lane) in honour of the Wagner bass, "Benny Andersens Boldgade" songwriter, and "Seamus Heaney Stræde" celebrating the Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet.

Rémi Garde

Garde became known for his tidy and reliable performances as backup for Vieira or Emmanuel Petit; he played a total of 45 matches over three seasons for Arsenal, and was a member of the Double-winning side of 1997–98, making 10 league appearances that season meaning he just about qualified for a Premier League winners' medal.

Royal Perth Hospital

Several well-known practitioners and medical researchers have worked at Royal Perth Hospital over the years, including Dr Fiona Wood, winner of the 2005 Australian of the Year Award, and Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren, winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology.

Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards 2004

The winners of the 2004 Golden Aries, given by the Russian Guild of Film Critics.

Setanta Sports Cup

Cup holders Crusaders, 2012 FAI Cup winners Derry City, 2011–12 IFA Premiership champions Linfield and 2012 League of Ireland champions Sligo Rovers entered the competition in the quarter-finals, with the remaining eight clubs entering in the first round.

Srđan Radonjić

Radonjić was part of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which finished fourth in Group C, behind gold-medal winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia.

Steve Jay

He has scored more than fifty nationally broadcast PBS specials and series episodes, including three George Foster Peabody Award winners, and contributed to several feature films.

Taihei Ueda

Ueda was a member of the Japan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing one match against eventual winners the All Blacks.

Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival

Past winners included Gary Walkow (Notes from Underground), Constance Marks (Green Chimneys), Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals), David Riker (La Ciudad), Daniel Yoon (Post Concussion), and a lifetime achievement award for Guillermo Gómez-Peña.

TheCommunity.com

Founded in 1999 as a portal for non-profit organizations, TheCommunity.com provides news, projects and interaction with global leaders including the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Victoria Newton

However, it was revealed that the 2006 winners of the "Bizarre" readers' poll awards - who included Justin Timberlake and Madonna - were presented with their awards before readers had the opportunity to vote.

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2002

Notable winners included a young Muamer Hukić (more commonly known as the cruiserweight boxing champion Marco Huck) and there were a number of repeat winners from the last world championships in Belgrade with Ramadani Besnik, Fouad Habbani, Olesya Gladkova, Oxana Vassileva, Barbara Plazzoli and Marjut Lappalainen all picking up gold medals.

Zamy Steynovitz

Consequently he is acquainted with many Nobel prize winners like Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu as well as many other politicians and artists.


see also