Trophy News from New York, NY
Oscar trophy trend, fact or fiction?
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt almost certainly are strong contenders in the best actor award category — shining, word has it, in their respective upcoming movies, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Revolutionary Road.”
But they and others might be up against a subtle force they can do little about in the best actor race: Oscar award voters tend to favor actors playing real people.
Trophy News from the Lancashire Telegraph………
Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School head leaves at ‘pinnacle of career’
RHYDDINGS Business and Enterprise School headteacher Barry Burke gave his farewell prize night speech last night.
Mr Burke became head of the Oswaldtwistle school in 1999. In 2005 it was named as one of the fifth most improved schools in the country.
At the end of this term Mr Burke will leave to take up the post at a new inner city academy in Manchester.
Mr Burke told patrents and pupils: “Tonight is the last time I’ll speak to you as headteacher of Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School.
“As you know, I’ve been given the opportunity to take some of the ‘Rhyddings Magic’ and plant it in a new school in Manchester.
“So you see, it’s really your fault I’m leaving at the end of this term.
“After all, you’ve demonstrated to the world that Rhyddings’ students improve their performance year on year with your year group achieving the best all round set of results ever, and that makes me look good!
“And just like Joe Calzaghe’s decision to ‘quit’ while he’s at the top, I’m able to leave Rhyddings at the pinnacle of my teaching career – all because of your outstanding success.”
Mr Burke thanked pupils, staff, governors and parents and added: “I’ll take my Rhyddings ‘snapshots’ with me to make me happy when times get tough and call on the support of my friends when I inevitably meet those apparently insurmountable obstacles.
“Standing on the shoulders of giants, like those in Rhyddings, has made me successful but, more importantly, happy.”
>> PRIZEWINNERS
100 per cent attendance: One year, Katie Collins, Kirsty Evans; five years, Daniel Duckett; Art and Design: Aqsa Munir; Business Studies: Daniel Duckett; Engineering: Liam Koral; English Language: Farheen Mohammed; English Literature: Nafisa Tahir; French: Rebecca Entwistle; Geography: Katie Collins; Health and social care: Leanne Slattery; History: Farheen Mohammed; ICT: Kirsty Ormerod; Mathematics: Daniel Duckett; Media Studies: Sameena Waheed; Performing Arts: Emma Ward; Physical Education: Danny Wilkinson; Religious Education: Zisham Abid; Science: Rebecca Entwistle.
Technology (Catering): Katie Collins; Graphics: Louise Pike; Product Design: Aqsa Munir; Technology, resistant materials: Drew Owens; Textiles: Zakkeha Begum; Travel and Tourism: Louise Pike; Urdu: Zisham Abid.
School Trophies: Moore Trophy for service to the school: Mark Braysford; Governors’ Trophy for service to the community, Annabel Johnson; Rhyd-dings Trophy for effort, Moinuddin Anwar; Banks Trophy for achievement, Emma Ward; Mim’s Trophy for extra-curricular perfor-mance, Christopher O’Connor; Rhyddings Trophy for outstanding academic achievement, Rebecca Entwistle.
Originally posted by Catherine Pye
Trophy News From Henley-on-Thames and South Oxfordshire…
Trophies galore at Badgemore
THE general manager of Badgemore Park Golf Club, Jon Connell, welcomed the members and guests to the club’s annual dinner dance and prize presentation evening and hosted a champaign reception to kick-start the celebrations.
Club captain David Lyle presented the trophies to the 2008 competition and match winners including club champion, Martin Hawkins, lady champion Sylvine Andrews and premier golfer of the year Manjit Ahluwalia.
Club captain David Lyle presented the trophies to the 2008 competition and match winners including club champion, Martin Hawkins, lady champion Sylvine Andrews and premier golfer of the year Manjit Ahluwalia.
Lady captain Sarah Moore circulated details of her chosen charity, Starlight Children’s Foundation and raised over £1,000 to support Starlight Wishes and brighten the lives of seriously ill children.
In summary, the last trophy winners for 2008 were Bill Hayden, medal eclectic winner, Simon Austin, committee cup and premier golfer of the year, Manjit Ahluwalia.
Ken Arlett, C team captain, threw down the gauntlet and challenged the AB team to a match to round off the season where the C team was narrowly beaten.
Trophy News From Simi Valley, CA
Winning the Heisman Trophy does not guarantee a college football player a long and successful pro career, although every football player would love the bronze statue displayed on their mantle. Even if they do not have a successful career, they could use it like O.J. did as collateral to help pay off civil penalties.
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Trophy News From Philadelphia, PA
The bottle in his hand was already half-empty, but Cole Hamels seemed a bottomless source of bubbly.
In the soggy celebration of Philadelphia’s World Series championship, Hamels stood before the plastic shield protecting his locker, giddily drenched in sparkling wine. The bottle bore the label of Domaine Ste. Michelle, a French-sounding brand imported all the way from Washington state, and the 24-year-old pitcher had been branded the Series’ Most Valuable Player.
“This will be a trivia question for the next couple hundred years,” Hamels said, happily. “And I get to be a part of it.”
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Trophy News from WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio
AFMC captures AF Marathon major command trophy
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered here, is the sophomore winner of the U.S. Air Force Marathon Major Command Challenge Commander’s Trophy.
The announcement was made Oct. 3 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz.
General Schwartz presented the traveling trophy to Gen. Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander. The trophy had resided with last year’s inaugural winner, Air Education and Training Command, headquartered at Randolph AFB, Texas.
Trophy News from Bloomberg, New York, NY
May 5 (Bloomberg) — Dressed in business garb on a steamy summer afternoon in the Hamptons, Philip Schwalb and Sameer Ahuja pitched their concept of a sports museum for the financial district in New York City to swimsuit-clad investors at the Surf Club of Quogue.
“We had absolutely no idea that we would be out at the beach and certainly were not dressed at all appropriately for it,” said Ahuja of that day in 2003 on New York’s Long Island. “It was a surreal experience.”
The $7 million in seed capital the pair raised from their beachfront pitch grew to $100 million in three years and gave birth to the 45,000-square-foot Sports Museum of America opening May 7 in John D. Rockefeller’s former Standard Oil Building, steps from the Charging Bull statue in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street.
In addition to individual investors’ cash, the museum is backed by $52 million in Liberty Bonds, the tax-exempt financing program created to foster economic development after the Sept. 11, 2001, attack that destroyed the World Trade Center.
The museum, which will charge $27 for admission, is designed as a tourist attraction in a neighborhood still on the mend.
“People come down here and can see something tangible that we’ve created for lower Manhattan,” said Ahuja, 33, the for- profit museum’s chief financial officer. He predicted the site will attract 1 million visitors annually. “We stand as one of the significant tourism improvements and that’s really important.”
Brandi’s Bra
The Sports Museum’s 19 galleries display the American flag that was draped around Olympic hockey goaltender Jim Craig after the U.S. won the gold medal in 1980 and the sports bra that California soccer player Brandi Chastain bared after her penalty kick led the U.S. to victory over China in the 1999 Women’s World Cup final.
College football’s Heisman Trophy and its annual award ceremony will now be based at the museum. It is also the home of the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center, the only Hall of Fame dedicated to females.
Trophy News from the U.K.
Trophy case continues to grow at Hazel Green – Lady Trojans earn crown at Madison County tourney
NEW MARKET – Hazel Green claimed its second volleyball championship in four days Tuesday by winning the Madison County Tournament at Buckhorn.
But the Lady Trojans hope the hardware they collected to go with its Scottsboro Invitational trophy are merely accessories.
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