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Julie Foster
Julie Foster is a Canadian rugby union player who participated in three Rugby League World Cup, World Cups (1998 Women's Rugby World Cup, 1998, 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2002, and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2006). Foster also represented Hockey Canada in a two-game series against the United States in 1993. Born in Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1969, Foster spent her rugby career in Saskatchewan. Early coaches include Leanne Balliett and Kirsten Karwandy. Foster's introduction to rugby began with the Regina Breakers in 1991. That same year she represented Saskatchewan Rugby Union, Saskatchewan Rugby until 2012. In 2008, she was a founding member of the Regina Rage RFC. Foster also played on the Dog River Howlers and Prairie Fire Ultra Sevens invitational sides. Foster's first cap was against New Zealand in 1996, though her most memorable game was at her first Canada Cup (rugby union), Canada cup in 1996 when she scored three tries. She scored her first try at the 200 Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Women's Rugby World Cup
The 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second World Cup fully sanctioned by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB). The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain. The formatThere are 16 teams at the IRB Women's World Cup 2002. They are divided into four Pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding. For the first set of matches the highest seeded team plays the lowest seeded team whilst the two mid-seeded teams play each other. After the first round of matches the positions in each Pool are recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places. In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each Pool play each other. The final Pool standings are calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each Pool. The four top teams in each of the Pools go forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada is the national Sport governing body, governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of Canada, established in 1929. Rugby Canada administers the Canada national rugby union team and sanctions the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship, a national competition for under-20 men's teams. It previously sanctioned the Rugby Canada Super League, Super League as the premier level of men's competition in the country, but scrapped that league after the Americas Rugby Championship was created in 2009 as a two-stage competition in which the first involved only Canadian teams. History Canadian Rugby Football Union The Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884 with the specific purpose of organizing play-off games between various union champions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette McAuley
Colette McAuley (born May 11, 1973) is a former Canadian rugby union player with 21 caps, including the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup, during a ten-year career with Rugby Canada. Rugby career At the University of Guelph, McAuley played fullback for the Guelph Gryphons. She was also a member of the Ontario provincial team from 1994 to 2007 and was team captain in 2005. McAuley's first international cap was at a Can-Am test match in Saranac Lake, N.Y. on the 6th of August 2000 under Coach Ric Suggitt. She would spend ten years with the program including participation at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup. McAuley played in the 2011, 2003, and 2005 Canada Cups. For two years, McAuley also represented Canada at international sevens tournaments in Hong Kong, Dubai, and Los Angeles; including winning tournaments in San Diego and Toronto Coaching and community After retiring from her international career, McAuley spent a decade as an assistant coach for the Guelph Gryphons before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
The Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region was a health region in Saskatchewan, Canada. Primarily based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, the health region operated out of 8 hospitals, 10 community health centres, and numerous long-term care facilities and clinics. As of December 4, 2017, it is considered defunct, as all health regions in Saskatchewan have been amalgamated into the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Major Referral Hospitals The city of Regina has two major hospitals that serve the local community as well as being referral centers within the region and province: *Pasqua Hospital *Regina General Hospital Pasqua Hospital is a public hospital at 4101 Dewdney Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan. Originally established as the Grey Nuns Hospital by the Grey Nuns. The hospital is operated by the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region. From 1948 to 1958 the hospital also housed the Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Provincial Laboratory. Regina General Hospital is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Canadian Championship (Gaelic Football)
The Western Canadian Championship is a Gaelic football championship tournament of the Western Divisional Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, played every year in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The championship includes Men's and Ladies' Gaelic football, two of the sports which make up Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, th .... History In 2004, the first formal GAA sanctioned Western Canadian Championships were played. The Divisional Board, in order to facilitate tournaments that include unaffiliated teams (i.e. not in the Western Divisional Board), and to allow each teams host critical games (understanding the travel distances between venues), agreed that the Championship would be played out in a League format. Each member team would play each oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Cup (rugby Union)
The Canada Cup was an international women's rugby union tournament staged in Canada. The tournament generally features Canada, and two or three other invited nations. So far there have been four tournaments - 1993, 1996, 2000, and 2005. In addition in 2003 and 2004 Canada hosted the Women's version of the "Churchill Cup" - a competition that was in every way identical to the Canada Cup and whose records may reasonably be included with it. The records for the six Canada and women's Churchill Cup tournaments appear below. Appearances Seven nations have taken part in the six Canada and women's Churchill Cup tournaments held to date: Winners See also *Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results *Churchill Cup The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's (and formerly women's) teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams (originally one and later three) from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's Capital of New Zealand, capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Karwandy
Kirsten is both a given name and a surname. Given name Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine. Behind the Name, retrieved 15 December 2009. * Surname People with the surname Kirsten include: * Amy Beth Kirsten (born 1972), American composer * Benjamin Kirsten (born 1987), German footballer * |
Leanne Balliett
Leanne, LeAnne, Leann, LeAnn, Lee-Anne, Lee Anne, Lee-Ann, Lee Ann, Li-Anne, etc. are female given names and may refer to one of the following people: Leann, LeAnn, and Leeann * Leann Birch (1946-2019), American developmental psychologist * Leann Fennelly (born 1990), Irish camogie player and student * Leann Hunley (born 1955), American television actress * Leann Tilley, Australian biology professor * LeAnn Lemberger (born 1954), American writer * LeAnn Rimes (born 1982), American singer, songwriter, actress, and author * Leeann Chin (1933-2010), Chinese-born American restaurateur, entrepreneur, and businesswoman * Leeann Dempster, Scottish football executive * Leeann Tingley, Miss Rhode Island U.S.A. 2006 * Leeann Tweeden (born 1973), American radio broadcaster, model, and sports commentator Leanne and LeAnne * Leanne Armand (born 1968), professor and marine scientist * Leanne Baird, 1998 Miss Canada International * Leanne Baker (born 1981), former New Zealand professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, and the border city Lloydminster. English is the primary language of the province, with 82.4% of Saskatchewanians speaking English as their first language. Saska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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