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Billy Gilliland
Billy Gilliland (born 27 March 1957) is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Career Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doubles specialist at the international level with his greatest success coming in mixed doubles. Gilliland won mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships with England's Nora Perry in 1985. He had previously reached the All-England final in both men's doubles and mixed doubles in 1982. He was a mixed doubles bronze medalist at the 1977 IBF World Championships with Joanna Flockhart. Though he won numerous tournaments abroad, perhaps Gilliland's most impressive badminton accomplishment was sharing twelve consecutive Scottish national mixed doubles titles equally with two partners, between 1976 and 1987. With regular partner Dan Travers, he won nine Scottish national men's doubles titles during that period, and men's doubles at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenock
Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east. The 2011 UK Census showed that Greenock had a population of 44,248, a decrease from the 46,861 recorded in the 2001 UK Census. It lies on the south bank of the Clyde at the " Tail of the Bank" where the River Clyde deepens into the Firth of Clyde. History Name Place-name scholar William J. Watson wrote that "Greenock is well known in Gaelic as , dative of , 'a sunny knoll. The Scottish Gaelic place-name is relatively common, with another Greenock near Callander in Menteith (formerly in Perthshire) and yet another at Muirkirk in Kyle, now in East Ayrshire. R. M. Smith in (1921) described the alternative derivation from Common Brittonic *, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Tredgett
Michael Graham Tredgett (born 5 April 1949) is an English badminton player who specialized in doubles and played at the world level for more than a decade, winning numerous international men's doubles and mixed doubles titles. Partnered with Nora Perry (badminton), Nora Perry, they became the first ever world number one mixed doubles pairing in the inaugural IBF world ranking release in 1978. Badminton career Tredgett won five medals in the IBF World Championships, World Championships between 1977 and 1983. He is also one of the most successful players ever in the European Badminton Championships with 5 titles, three of them in men's doubles and two in mixed doubles. He shared three All England Open Badminton Championships, All-England mixed doubles titles (1978, 1980, 1981) with Nora Perry (badminton), Nora Perry and reached the All England Open Badminton Championships, All-England men's doubles final twice with Ray Stevens (badminton), Ray Stevens (1972, 1980) and twice with M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Flockhart
Joanne Flockhart is a retired female badminton player of Scotland. Career She won the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Billy Gilliland Billy Gilliland (born 27 March 1957) is a former badminton player from Scotland who excelled from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Career Although he won the Scottish national singles title in 1979, the tall, angular Gilliland was a doub ....https://web.archive.org/web/20111105093557/http://sports123.com/bad/we-d.html Sports 123 References Scottish female badminton players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region, and is in Treaty 6 territory. It anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". The area that later became the city of Edmonton was first inhabited by First Nations peoples and was also a historic site for the Métis. By 1795, many trading posts had been established around the area that later became the Edmonton census metropolitan area. "Fort Edmonton", as it was known, became the main centre for trade in the area after the 1821 merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. It remained sparsely populated until the Canadian acquisition of Rupert's Land in 1870, followed eventually by the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1891, its inauguration as a city in 1904, and its designation as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Drake Arena
Clare Drake Arena is a 2,700-seat multi-purpose arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is home to the University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas ice hockey teams A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interd ... and was named after former University of Alberta Golden Bears hockey coach, Clare Drake, who led the Golden Bears to 697 career wins. See also * List of Commonwealth Games venues References Ice hockey venues in Alberta Sports venues in Edmonton University of Alberta buildings University sports venues in Canada 1978 Commonwealth Games venues 1959 establishments in Alberta Sports venues completed in 1959 University and college buildings completed in 1959 Badminton venues {{Edmonton-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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MED or med may refer to: Healthcare * Medical extrication device, a device for extricating an injured patient from an accident site, such as the Kendrick extrication device * Medication, often used in the plural "meds" * Medicine (or medical) * Minimal erythemal dose, the minimum dose of radiation that produces skin erythema * Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, a rare genetic disorder * Title of Medic, the first Physician degree in Argentina * Minimum effective dose Places * MED, the IATA code for Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Medina, Saudi Arabia * Mediterranean Sea People * M.E.D. (rapper), American Hip hop artist signed to Stones Throw Records * Michael Eric Dyson (born 1958), American academic, author, and radio host Technology * .med filename extension, used for: ** tracker modules created by OctaMED ** MEDLINE documents ** backup files created by WordPerfect's macro editor * Manhattan Engineer District, US project to develop a nuclear bomb during World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Tier
Nigel G Tier (born 3 October 1958) is an English retired badminton player. Career He won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Gowers. Tier represented England and won a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in the men's doubles with Andy Goode, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ..., Scotland. Achievements World Championships ''Mixed doubles'' Commonwealth Games ''Men's doubles'' European Championships ''Mixed doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' IBF Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983-2006. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Goode (badminton)
Andrew Brian Goode (born 30 January 1960) is an English retired badminton player. Career At the age of 17, Goode emerged victory in the boys' singles at the 1977 European Junior Championships, and was part of the English winning team at that competition. Goode represented England and won a gold medal in the team event and two silver medals in the men's and mixed doubles, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1990, Goode who won the men's and mixed doubles title at the National Championships, had been left out of the England team for the European Championships in Moscow. He later won two more medals in the team event and mixed doubles at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He also competed for Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Goode won nine titles at the English National Badminton Championships The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadowbank Sports Centre
Meadowbank Stadium (officially the Meadowbank Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank, Edinburgh, Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, 1970 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the Games in 1986 Commonwealth Games, 1986, becoming the first venue to host the Games twice. It is the current home of side Edinburgh City F.C., Edinburgh City. The stadium has also regularly hosted Association football, football. It was the home ground of Scottish Football League team Livingston F.C., Meadowbank Thistle between 1974 and 1995, becoming the first all-seated football ground in the UK in the process, and subsequently hosted senior non-league football as the home ground of Edinburgh City F.C., Edinburgh City. League football returned to Meadowbank in 2016 following City's promotion to the Scottish Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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MED or med may refer to: Healthcare * Medical extrication device, a device for extricating an injured patient from an accident site, such as the Kendrick extrication device * Medication, often used in the plural "meds" * Medicine (or medical) * Minimal erythemal dose, the minimum dose of radiation that produces skin erythema * Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, a rare genetic disorder * Title of Medic, the first Physician degree in Argentina * Minimum effective dose Places * MED, the IATA code for Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Airport in Medina, Saudi Arabia * Mediterranean Sea People * M.E.D. (rapper), American Hip hop artist signed to Stones Throw Records * Michael Eric Dyson (born 1958), American academic, author, and radio host Technology * .med filename extension, used for: ** tracker modules created by OctaMED ** MEDLINE documents ** backup files created by WordPerfect's macro editor * Manhattan Engineer District, US project to develop a nuclear bomb during Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
