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Michaela Blyde
Michaela Blyde (born 29 December 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby sevens player and Olympic gold medalist. Her mother, Cherry Blyde, became the first female president of the Taranaki rugby football union in 2022. Personal life Her younger brother, Liam Blyde also plays rugby as a developmental trialist for the men's Sevens team and played for the Taranaki Bulls team in 2021. Rugby career Blyde debuted for New Zealand as a 17-year-old in the 2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship in Australia. In 2018, she won gold medals at both the Commonwealth Games and the Rugby World Cup Sevens. She also won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Blyde was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. She later won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. Achievements and honours * 2017, Canada Sevens Langford dream team. * 2017, World Rugby Women's Sevens Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
The 2013 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the third edition of the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship. It was held from 5–6 October 2013 in Noosa, Australia. Australia were crowned Champions with Fiji as runner-up. Tournament Group phase Finals References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oceania 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ... 2013 rugby sevens competitions 2013 in women's rugby union Rugby sevens competitions in Australia International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1995 Births
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Gayle Broughton
Gayle Broughton (born 5 June 1996) is a former New Zealand rugby union sevens player who played for the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. She made her international debut for New Zealand in 2014 and called time on her rugby career in March 2022. She had scored 315 points in 112 World Series matches. and has won every trophy on offer in the sevens game. Her accomplishments include six World Rugby Sevens series titles, Olympic Games gold and silver medals, Commonwealth Games gold and winning the Rugby World Cup Sevens. In April 2022, Broughton began playing rugby league in Australia. Early life Gayle Broughton was born in Hāwera, New Zealand, on 5 June 1996 to Alfred Hauparoa. A naturally talented sportswoman with six brothers, Broughton was raised by her Broughton grandparents but had a troubled childhood, which led to her being expelled from high school at the age of 16. Rugby career In 2012, the New Zealand Rugby Union organized a "Go for Gold" campaign to id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taranaki Daily News
The ''Taranaki Daily News'' is a daily morning newspaper published in New Plymouth, New Zealand. History The paper was founded as the ''Taranaki News'' on 14 May 1857, by friends of former Taranaki Province Superintendent Charles Brown.J.S. Tullett, ''The Industrious Heart: A History of New Plymouth'', New Plymouth City Council, 1981. Brown was the first proprietor of the newspaper and he appointed his political supporter and former ''Taranaki Herald'' editor Richard Pheney as its editor. The paper, initially housed in a small wooden building on the east side of Brougham Street opposite the present library, became a strident critic of the ''Herald'' and the provincial government. The paper began publishing on Saturdays and in 1885 changed its name to the ''Taranaki Daily News'' when it began publishing daily. The word "Taranaki" was dropped from the masthead about 1962 when the paper's ownership was merged with that of the ''Herald'' to become Taranaki Newspapers Ltd, and reins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Women's Sevens
The Australian Women's Sevens, currently hosted in Sydney, is an annual rugby sevens tournament and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Australia joined the women's circuit in 2017 for the fifth edition of the series. Originally hosted at the Sydney Football Stadium prior to its demolition and rebuilding, both the men's and women's events for the Sydney Sevens tournament were moved to the Sydney Showground Stadium in 2019, and then to Western Sydney Stadium for 2020. History Champions See also * Australian Sevens The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ... (men's tournament) References World Rugby Women's Sevens Series tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2017 International women's rugby union competitions hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Sevens
The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held every March. It is one of the ten stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series, and is played the weekend after the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event from the 2015–16 season. The tournament is played at BC Place in Vancouver. Event winners Attendance See also * Canada Women's Sevens The Canada Women's Sevens is an annual women's rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. Canada joined in the third year of the Series. The tournament is hosted at Westhills Stadium in the Victori ... References External links Canada Sevensofficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Canada Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 2016 International rugby union competitions hosted by Canada 2016 establishments in British Columbia Rugby union in British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest (after Johannesburg). Colloquially named the ''Mother City'', it is the largest city of the Western Cape province, and is managed by the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The other two capitals are Pretoria, the executive capital, located in Gauteng, where the Presidency is based, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital in the Free State, where the Supreme Court of Appeal is located. Cape Town is ranked as a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. The city is known for its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is home to 66% of the Western Cape's population. In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's Tournament
The women's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from September 9 to 11 at the Cape Town Stadium. Teams The four semi-finalists from the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens were automatic qualifiers, with South Africa also qualifying as host. The remaining eleven places were decided in the six continental regions. ;Notes Draw The ten core teams from the World Rugby Sevens Series were seeded according to their points accumulated across the 2019–20 and 2021–22 seasons. The remaining six teams were seeded based on regional ranking positions in July 2022. Format Like the previous edition, the tournament was played using a knock-out format. * Teams in the Championship Cup competed for the Rugby Sevens World Cup trophy and gold, silver and bronze medals. * Losing teams in the Championship Cup quarterfinals played off for 5th to 8th place. * Losing teams in the Championship Cup Round of 16 (first round) competed for the Challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. Birmingham was announced as host on 21 December 2017. The Games marked England's third time hosting the Commonwealth Games after London 1934 and Manchester 2002, and the 7th Games held in the United Kingdom, with previous events in Wales and Scotland: Cardiff 1958, Edinburgh 1970 and 1986 and Glasgow 2014. The Games was the largest ever held, with 72 participating nations and over 1.3 million ticket sales. It was also the first to have more events for women than men and the first integrated event, with the para competition held at the same time. Alongside the Games, a cultural festival was held across the West Midlands, as well as a number of trade events. An esports event was also held. It marked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
