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Northwind (Australian Rules Football Team)
The Canada national Australian rules football team represents Canada in Australian rules football. The men's side is known as the Northwind () while the women's side is known as the Northern Lights. The national team is selected by AFL Canada the governing body for Australian rules football in Canada. Northwind players are selected from the best Canadian-born players from the club teams across Canada. The team plays in international tournaments, including the Australian Football International Cup and the 49th Parallel Cup. Identity The Northwind's guernsey has the Maple leaf, the floral emblem of Canada, in the national colours of red and white. History The first team to represent Canada in the sport was a junior team aged 18 to 20 known as the "Canadian Cadets" to play a series of internationals against teams from the United States and Australia in 1912. While the tour itself was unsuccessful and controversial, the team won around half of their matches on their Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Canada
AFL Canada (formerly the Canadian Australian Football Association, ) is the governing body for men's and women's Australian rules football in Canada. AFL Canada was formed on 30 July 2004, when the Canadian Australian Football Association changed its official name. AFL Canada is responsible for co-ordinating three national programs - the Northwind senior men, Northern Lights senior women and the Wolfpack junior men's team. AFL Canada also oversees game development nationally and several competitions and tournaments across the country. History The Canadian Australian Football Association was established in May 1989 when two clubs, the Mississauga Mustangs (now the High Park Demons) and the Toronto Panthers (now the Toronto Eagles), were formed and played in the inaugural Conacher Cup game in Toronto, Ontario. National teams AFL Canada selects the Northwind, Canada's national men's Australian rules football team, and the Northern Lights, Canada's national women's team. No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th Parallel Cup
49 (forty-nine) is the natural number following 48 and preceding 50. In mathematics Forty-nine is the square of the prime number seven and hence the fourth non-unitary square prime of the form ''p''2. Both of its digits are square numbers, 4 being the square of 2 and 9 being the square of 3. It appears in the Padovan sequence, preceded by the terms 21, 28, 37 (it is the sum of the first two of these). Along with the number that immediately derives from it, 77, the only number under 100 not having its home prime known (). The smallest triple of three squares in arithmetic succession is (1,25,49), and the second smallest is (49,169,289). 49 is the smallest discriminant of a totally real cubic field. 49 and 94 are the only numbers below 100 whose all permutations are composites but they are not multiples of 3, repdigits or numbers which only have digits 0, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8, even excluding the trivial one digit terms. 49 = 7^2 and 94 = 2 * 47 The number of prime knots with 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etobicoke Kangaroos
The Etobicoke Kangaroos is an amateur Australian Football club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the AFL Ontario AFL Ontario is the largest Australian football league in North America. It is currently composed of teams from the Greater Toronto Area, Southwestern Ontario and the National Capital Region, who play off for the Conacher Cup (named after Lionel .... The club made a surprise Grand Final appearance in 2003 (their first year of competition) and lost to the Toronto Dingos. The Kangaroos lost to the Toronto Eagles in the 2007 and 2009 Grand Final. In 2008, the Kangaroos defeated Toronto to post their first OAFL premiership. The Kangaroos won back-to-back Premierships in 2011 (vs High Park) and in 2012 (vs Broadview Hawks). The Kangaroos won two premierships in season 2015, adding their fourth division 1 premiership by defeating the Toronto Eagles and their first Women's premiership after the Lady Roos defeated the Hamilton Wildcats. In 2016, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeshore Rebels
The Toronto Rebels Australian Football Club is an amateur Australian rules football club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 1990, the Toronto Rebels are one of the oldest and most accomplished teams in Canadian Australian Football. Team Highlights The rebels, founded in 1990, began as Scarborough. The team made the grand final in 1991, but was defeated by the Toronto Panthers. The team beat Mississauga Mustangs in 1992 to win the premiership. In 1993, the Scarborough Rebels relocated and became the Lawrence Park Rebels. That year they won a back-to-back premiership against the Panthers. The Rebels were defeated in the 1994 Grand final by the Mustangs, ending the successive premierships. In 1997, the team went through the season undefeated only to be defeated by the Toronto Eagles in the Grand Final. In 1998, a repeat match saw the Eagles once again defeat the Rebels. In 2001, the Rebels were undefeated for the entire season and went on to win the premiershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Eagles (Australian Rules Football)
The Toronto Eagles Australian Football Club (commonly known as the Toronto Eagles) is an amateur Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Ontario Australian football league. The club was formed in 1989 when the then Canadian Australia Football Association (now known as AFL Ontario) began. They are based at Humber College (North Campus) in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada which has been their home for 10 years. Since entering the competition, the Eagles have become the most successful club in AFL Ontario history, winning 13 premierships, being runners up in 2018, and competing in finals constantly over the years. History In 1989, members of the local Australian community in Toronto, Canada congregated to play a number of Australian Rules football matches. Sighting some growing enthusiasm, AFL Ontario, which was then known as the Canadian Australian Football League and more recently as the Ontario Australian Football League (OAFL), was established later that year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Deer Magpies
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Downtown Dingos
The Toronto Dingos is an amateur Australian rules football club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada competing in the AFL Ontario. The club was formed in February 1996 and train at David A. Balfour Dog Park located at Yonge & St. Clair, playing their home games at Humber College (Lakeshore Campus) in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun .... Since entering the competition, the Dingos have won 4 premierships, and have competed in finals regularly over the years. Club Award Winners Craig Stewart Medal (Best & Fairest) Leading Goal Kicker Rookie Of The Year Jacob Steinberg Award (Best Clubman) Player's Player Award Coaches Award Most Improved Player Award AFL Ontario Premierships *2000 *2003 *2004 *2005 See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Oval
Whitten Oval (also known as Mission Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, Footscray. It is the training and administrative headquarters of the Western Bulldogs (formerly the Footscray Football Club), which competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The ground is also the home of the club's women's and reserves teams which compete in the AFL Women's (AFLW), Victorian Football League (VFL), and VFL Women's (VFLW). Formerly known as the Western Oval, the venue was renamed in honour of Ted Whitten in 1995, a former player, captain and coach for the club. A statue of Whitten is located at the entrance of the oval. History The Whitten Oval is the centrepiece of a reserve that, from 1860, was a stone quarry used by the railways. In 1866, the quarry was turned into a reserve that included botanical gardens. Other former quarries within the City of Footscray that were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Trevor Barker Beach Oval, also known simply as Trevor Barker Oval and currently known under naming rights as the Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval (WSTBBO), is an Australian rules football ground in Beach Road, on the border between Hampton and Sandringham, Victoria. Most commonly known as Beach Road Oval throughout its existence, in 1998 the ground was renamed after the late Trevor Barker, who died of cancer in 1996 at the age of 39. Barker had coached the Sandringham Football Club to the 1992 and 1994 premierships. History In the late 1920s, the Sandringham City Council had been seeking to establish a senior football club in the district to join the Victorian Football Association, and providing a fenced venue to which admission could be charged was a requirement of the Association. After a previous unsuccessful application, the council received permission from the State Government to fence the existing playing oval in February 1929; the Sandringham Football Club ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwind (Australian Rules Football Team)
The Canada national Australian rules football team represents Canada in Australian rules football. The men's side is known as the Northwind () while the women's side is known as the Northern Lights. The national team is selected by AFL Canada the governing body for Australian rules football in Canada. Northwind players are selected from the best Canadian-born players from the club teams across Canada. The team plays in international tournaments, including the Australian Football International Cup and the 49th Parallel Cup. Identity The Northwind's guernsey has the Maple leaf, the floral emblem of Canada, in the national colours of red and white. History The first team to represent Canada in the sport was a junior team aged 18 to 20 known as the "Canadian Cadets" to play a series of internationals against teams from the United States and Australia in 1912. While the tour itself was unsuccessful and controversial, the team won around half of their matches on their Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Australian Football International Cup
The 2011 Australian Football International Cup (also known as the AFL International Cup 2011 or IC11) was the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League (AFL). It was contested between 12 and 27 August 2011 by 18 nations, with games played in both Melbourne and Sydney. Two matches were played as curtain raisers to AFL premiership matches, USA vs South Africa at Stadium Australia and the IC Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Ireland won its second men's championship, and the inaugural women's championship (Ryan Aslett Cup). Competing Teams On 1 July 2011, the AFL confirmed the 18 men's teams that would participate in the 2011 International Cup: ; 17 of these clubs represented single nations, and one (the Peres Team for Peace) represented both Israel and the Palestinian Territories. As well as the above Men's teams, for the first time in the history of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Australian Football International Cup
The 2008 Australian Football International Cup was the third time the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition, has been contested. It was scheduled for 2008 (as part of the 150th year celebrations of Australian Football), with 16 nations competing. The tournament was hosted by both Melbourne and Warrnambool in Victoria, Australia between 27 August and 6 September, with a single match additionally played in Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo .... Like previous tournaments, the competition was open to men's teams with strict nationality eligibility rules. The Grand final, Grand Final was played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea were victorious by 8 points with a goal kicked aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
