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Rhona Burchill
Rhona is the name of: * Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion * Rhona Bennett (born 1976), American singer, actress and model * Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament * Rhona Brown (1922–2014), South African botanical artist and housewife * Rhona Cameron (born 1965), Scottish comedian ** ''Rhona'' (TV series), short-lived Scottish sitcom starring Cameron * Rhona Goskirk, fictional character on ITV's Emmerdale * Rhona Graff, senior vice-president of the Trump Organization * Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), New Zealand artist * Rhona Martin (born 1966), Scottish curler and skip of the Great Britain team * Rhona McLeod, Scottish broadcaster * Rhona Mitra (born 1976), British actress, model and singer * Rhona Robertson (born 1970), New Zealand former badminton player * Rhona Simpson (born 1972), Scottish field hockey player *Rhona Smith, British legal academic See also *Rona (other) *Rhonda Rhonda is a give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Adair
Rhona Kathleen Adair (2 September 1881 – 27 March 1961) was an Irish amateur golfer. She won the British Ladies Amateur twice and the Irish Ladies' Close Championships four times at the start of the twentieth century. Life Adair was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. She was the daughter of keen golfers Hugh Adair and (Mary) Augusta Lee Adair (née Graves). Her father manufactured linen but he and her mother captained golf teams. Along with May Hezlet, Adair is the most famous Irish golfer from the turn of the 20th century. She was 17 years of age when she played in her first British Ladies Amateur in 1895. In 1899 she nearly beat the 77 year old "Old Tom Morris" who had designed the St Andrews Links where they were playing. Morris was quoted as having said "I'll no' be licked by a lassie", but only won on the final green. Adair went on to win the British Ladies Amateur in 1900 and again in 1903. She also won four straight Irish Ladies' Close Championships from 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Martin
Rhona Howie, MBE (born 12 October 1966, Ayrshire), better known under her married name, Rhona Martin, is a British curler most famous for skipping the British women's team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team claimed the gold medal. She has also skipped for the Scotland curling team at both the World and European Championships. Career Early career Martin was long known in Scottish curling circles for her uncanny knack of repeatedly failing to win the national championships at the final hurdle, but finally won the right to appear in a major international championship in 1998, where she was skip of the Scotland team that won a silver medal at the European Curling Championships. With some significant changes in personnel, she returned to the championships in Chamonix the following year, where the team was narrowly edged out of the medal placings. In 2000, Martin's quartet won the Scottish Women's Curling Championship, defeating the team led by former Olympic skip Kirsty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rona (other)
Rona, RONA or Róna may refer to: Places *Rona (Kristiansand), a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway *Rona (river), a river in Maramureș County, Romania *Rona, Bellevue Hill, a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill *Rona, Switzerland, a village *Rona, a village in Jibou town, Sălaj County, Romania *Rona, a peninsula/island of the Isle of May in Scotland *Rona de Jos and Rona de Sus, communes in Maramureș County, Romania *North Rona, a Scottish island in the North Atlantic *South Rona, a Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides *Tinizong-Rona, a Swiss municipality People Given name *Rona, a diminutive of the Russian male given name Aaron (given name), Aaron *Rona Ambrose (born 1969), former interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons *Rona Anderson (1926–2013), Scottish stage, film, and television actress *Rona Barrett (born 1936), American gossip columnist and businesswoman * Rona Coleman (active from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Smith
Rhona K. M. Smith is a British legal academic. She is professor of international human rights and former head of Newcastle Law School at Newcastle University and is the United Nations special rapporteur for Cambodia. Smith was criticised by the Cambodian government for behaving like a "teacher in a classroom". Smith had questioned the 2018 elections where Cambodian People’s Party had taken all 125 seats. She noted that 118 politicians had been arrested and the courts had dissolved an opposition party ignoring the constitution which expected a multi-party state. In March 2021, Smith joined three other UN special rapporteurs in criticising lengthy jail terms given to Cambodian opposition leaders living in exile for seeking to return to Cambodia and foment popular opposition to the continued rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen Hun Sen (; km, ហ៊ុន សែន, ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who has served as the prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Simpson
Rhona Isabel Simpson (born 14 July 1972 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a field hockey player from Scotland who has played for her country over 280 times. By 2014 she was Scotland’s most-capped hockey player and top goal scorer. Simpson started playing hockey at the age of 12 as part of the curriculum at her school, Wellington School, Ayr. She went on to be selected for the South West District Team. She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). Simpson became top scorer at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Rome, Italy, alongside Kaori Chiba (Japan), Tomomi Komori (Japan) and Maryna Vynohradova (Ukraine), scoring six goals. She represented Scotland at the Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She studied at Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Robertson
Rhona Robertson (born 19 July 1970 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former female badminton player from New Zealand. She is a veteran of two Olympic Games and four Commonwealth Games. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the women's singles. Robertson won another bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games partnering Tammy Jenkins in the women's doubles. Four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ... she won another bronze medal in the mixed team. References 1970 births Living people New Zealand female badminton players Olympic badminton players of New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Mitra
Rhona is the name of: * Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion * Rhona Bennett (born 1976), American singer, actress and model * Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament * Rhona Brown (1922–2014), South African botanical artist and housewife * Rhona Cameron (born 1965), Scottish comedian ** ''Rhona'' (TV series), short-lived Scottish sitcom starring Cameron * Rhona Goskirk, fictional character on ITV's Emmerdale * Rhona Graff, senior vice-president of the Trump Organization * Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), New Zealand artist * Rhona Martin (born 1966), Scottish curler and skip of the Great Britain team * Rhona McLeod, Scottish broadcaster * Rhona Mitra (born 1976), British actress, model and singer * Rhona Robertson (born 1970), New Zealand former badminton player * Rhona Simpson (born 1972), Scottish field hockey player *Rhona Smith, British legal academic See also *Rona (other) Rona, RONA or Róna may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona McLeod
Rhona McLeod is a Scottish broadcaster. McLeod is a former international athlete and was a member of the Scottish Athletics team for seven years Athletics career As an athlete, her preferred events included sprint hurdles and long jump and she enjoyed a wealth of travel experiences around the world competing for her country. It was always her aim to combine her interest in sport with a future career in journalism. Media career After a freshman year studying Broadcasting at the University of Wyoming, she completed a BA degree in Media Studies at the University of Stirling. In her working career McLeod started out by writing for the specialist sports magazines Scotland's Runner, Scottish, The Punter football magazine and Today's Runner. In 1995, she joined BBC Scotland. For 20 years she Presented the sport segment on Reporting Scotland. She also presented Sport Nation on television and Sport Weekly on BBC Radio Scotland. In her time with BBC Scotland McLeod reported and pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Haszard
Alice Gwendoline Rhona Haszard (1901–1931) was a New Zealand artist. Biography Haszard was born in Thames, New Zealand, one of the five children of Alice (née Wily), and Henry Douglas Morpeth Haszard, a surveyor, who worked for the Lands and Survey Department, later becoming a Commissioner of Crown Lands in 1910. As a result of her father's job the family moved often and lived in Auckland, Christchurch, Hokitika and Invercargill. At the age of 18, Haszard enrolled at the Canterbury College School of Art, now the Ilam School of Fine Arts, joining a set of women artists that included Ngaio Marsh, Evelyn Page (née Polson), Rata Lovell-Smith (née Bird) and Olivia Spencer Bower. She was taught amongst others by Archibald Nicoll, the newly appointed head of the school. Haszard was very bohemian. She dressed eccentrically, spoke positively of de facto relationships and advocated vegetarianism and unprocessed food. In 1922, she married Ronald McKenzie, a teacher and fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Bennett
Rhona Lynn Bennett (born May 10, 1976), also known as Miss R&B, is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Nicole on ''The Jamie Foxx Show''. She is currently a member of contemporary R&B female group En Vogue. Bennett began her career doing voiceovers and industrial films before moving into professional theatre and television. Before joining the cast of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', Rhona was a castmember of the Disney Channel's variety show ''The All-New Mickey Mouse Club''. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. She also appeared as Loquatia on the short-lived UPN television sitcom '' Homeboys in Outer Space'' during the 1996–97 season. Career 1991–1999: ''Mickey Mouse Club'' and television roles Bennett started in music at 11 years of age with ETA Creative Arts Theater, and sang "Christmas Melody" in Goodman Theater. In 1991, she became a Mouseketeer on the '90s revival of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. She was also part of a spin-off dramedy t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Graff
Rhona Cheryl Graff is a long-standing executive assistant to Donald Trump and senior vice-president of the Trump Organization. She worked at Trump Tower in New York City for nearly thirty years prior to Trump's election to the United States Presidency, and has been described as Trump's 'gatekeeper'. Following Trump's election to the White House, Graff continued to handle his arrangements outside official engagements. Early life and education Graff grew up the daughter of Carl Kalman Graff and Elsie Ann Ratner Graff in the Queens borough of New York City. She holds a master's degree in psychology and education from Queens College. Career In 1987 Graff heard of a job vacancy at Donald Trump's business, and successfully applied for it. She has since held the positions of assistant to the president and senior vice-president within the Trump Organization, handling a large quantity of Trump's business activity and acting as occasional spokesperson. She has also appeared alongside T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhona Goskirk
Rhona Goskirk is a fictional character from the British television soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Zoë Henry. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 17 September 2001. The character was introduced by series producer Steve Frost and she appeared on a recurring basis during 2001 and 2002. She returned to ''Emmerdale'' as a full-time character on 31 March 2010, reintroduced by series producer Gavin Blyth. She has been through a diverse range of storylines, including a romantic bond with comedic chef Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock); giving birth to their son Leo Goskirk, who has Down Syndrome; marrying Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt); becoming addicted to painkillers, discovering Paddy's affair with her friend Tess Harris (Nicola Stephenson) after Tess' death; pursuing a manipulative relationship with Tess's widower Pierce Harris (Jonathan Wrather), her near-death in the soap's biggest stunt known as "No Return Week", marital rape at the hands of Pierce; becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
