The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Prior to 1988 it was played on grass courts, but since then two types of hardcourt surfaces have been used at Melbourne Park – green coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007 and, afterwards, blue Plexicushion.
Shrewsbury is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Shrewsbury, unlike surrounding towns like Grafton, Millbury, Westborough, and Northborough, did not become a mill town or farming village; most of its 19th-century growth was due to its proximity to Worcester and visitors to Lake Quinsigamond. The population was 35,608 according to the 2010 US Census, in nearly 12,400 households.
Shrewsbury is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 3,809, reflecting an increase of 219 (+6.1%) from the 3,590 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 494 (+16.0%) from the 3,096 counted in the 1990 Census.
The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international esports competition with multi-game titles in which hundreds of esports athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions also known as Esports Olympics. WCG events attempt to emulate a traditional sporting tournament, such as the Olympic Games; events included an official opening ceremony, and players from various countries competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals. WCG are held every year in other cities around the world.
David Alexander Edwards is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Shrewsbury Town.
The Web.com Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance is the year-end golf tournament of the Web.com Tour. It has been played at a variety of courses; starting in 2019 it will be played at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Indiana as part of a 10 year deal. Since the 2008 edition, the purse has been $1,000,000, with the winner receiving $180,000.
James John O'Brien is a professional footballer who plays for Notts County as a Central midfielder.
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College is a post-secondary co-educational selective sixth-form college located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The college, which is commonly referred to as SSFC, currently has an enrolment of approximately 1,650 students, generally ranging between the ages of 16 to 19. The curriculum consists of AS, A2 levels and a small range of BTECs. GCSE English Language and Maths can only be taken alongside an A level programme as resits. The college was ranked as the 17th-best sixth-form college in 2012, has the best A-Level performance of any state-funded institution in Shropshire, and has been awarded 'Beacon Status'. The college's Welsh Bridge campus includes several buildings of Grade II-listed status.
The Burnie International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit. It is a $75,000 level tournament for the Challenger Tour and a $60,000 level tournament for the Women's Circuit, although it was previously a $25,000 level tournament before it was upgraded in 2014. It was held annually in Burnie between 2003 and 2015, but didn't take place in 2016 due to a need for court upgrades.
Graham Dylan Burke is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gillingham, on loan from Preston North End. Burke has represented the Republic of Ireland at senior level.
Bryn Andrew Morris is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for League One club Portsmouth.
The Launceston Tennis International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is part of the ITF Women's Circuit and has been held in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, since 2012. In 2014 it was upgraded to a $50,000 category event, having been a $25,000 category event the previous two years. In 2018, it returned to a $25,000 category event, before upgrading to a $60,000 category event in 2019.
Dominic Iorfa is an England U-21 international footballer who plays as a defender for Sheffield Wednesday. He is the son of Nigerian international footballer Dominic Iorfa.
The WTA Tier V tournaments were the fifth, and lowest, level of women's tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour between 1990 and 1992 and from 2001 to 2005. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. Most of the Tier V tournaments became Tier IV events between 1993 and 2000 and from 2006 to 2008.
The 2018–19 FA Cup is the 138th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It is sponsored by Emirates and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the Extra Preliminary Round on the weekend of 11 August 2018 and will conclude with the final on 18 May 2019. The winner will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage.
The 2019 World Series of Poker is the 50th annual tournament, and will take place from May 28-July 16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV will be the 8th edition of the EuroHockey Championship IV, the fourth level of the European field hockey championships. It will be held from 7 to 11 August 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.
The Hua Hin Championships, currently sponsored by Toyota and called the Toyota Thailand Open, is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $250,000 tournament on the WTA Tour.
The 2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom between 11 and 17 February 2019.
