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The World Challenge
World Challenge may refer to: *IAAF World Challenge Meetings *World Challenge Expeditions, an outdoor education company *World Challenge (golf), an offseason golf tournament * GT World Challenge, Continental auto racing series *SWAT World Challenge, annual competition of law enforcement SWAT teams *The World Challenge (competition) The World Challenge is a competition that was first hosted in 2005 by BBC and sponsored by Newsweek and Shell. It accepts projects from around the world that deal with social, environmental and community issues and uses business methods to try t ..., competition to solve with social, environmental and community problems * The World Challenge (TV series), 1986 documentary television series * World Club Challenge, an annual rugby league competition * World Football Challenge, an exhibitional international club association football competition featuring football clubs from Europe and North America, which has been held since the summer of 2009. See also< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF World Challenge Meetings
The IAAF World Challenge was an annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). First held in 2010, it replaced the IAAF Grand Prix and IAAF Super Grand Prix series to form the second tier of international one-day meetings, after the IAAF Diamond League. Unlike the Diamond League, the IAAF World Challenge comprised stand-alone meetings, and no overall winners are crowned. The series was made defunct at the end of 2019 and was replaced by the World Athletics Continental Tour The World Athletics Continental Tour is an annual series of independent track and field athletic competitions, recognised by World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the ..., which includes series winners for non-Diamond League events. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Challenge Expeditions
World Challenge is a for-profit UK provider of overseas adventure travel programs targeted at schools. The company was founded when a young army captain took a team of soldiers on a training mission to the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountain range in Pakistan in 1985. He realised that the personal development and camaraderie learned there would shape the team for years to come. World Challenge was later born from this experience in 1988, which created the school expedition industry. The company operates in North America, Australia, Middle East, South East Asia and Europe. As a brand within the Travelopia Holdings Limited group, World Challenge is owned by KKR. Carbon Negative Trips World Challenge are the world's first climate positive (carbon negative) student travel company and pride themselves on providinsustainable travel They also produce an impact report every year which calculates their impact on the environment, students, local communities and projects plus much more.Impac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Challenge (golf)
The Hero World Challenge is a golf tournament hosted by Tiger Woods, which takes place each December. It features a small number (currently 20) of top-ranked golf pros. The tournament is a benefit for the Tiger Woods Foundation. The event is part of the PGA Tour schedule, but does not offer FedEx Cup points or official money as it is an unofficial event. Format Initially, the tournament had a 16-man field composed of the defending champion, the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, and four sponsors exemptions chosen by the Tiger Woods Foundation. In 2008, the field was increased to 18 players, consisting of the most recent winners of the four major PGA tournaments, the top 11 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking, the defending champion, and two special exemption players selected by the foundation. Prize money won by the players is not included in money rankings on any of the world's professional golf tours, but the tournament is recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GT World Challenge
The GT World Challenge America is a North American auto racing series launched in 1990 by the Sports Car Club of America. It has been managed by the Stephane Ratel Organisation since 2018, and has been sanctioned by the United States Auto Club since 2017. The series consists of four driver classifications and five classes of vehicles: GT3, GT4, (Sprint, SprintX, East and West), and Touring Car, consisting of TCR homologated cars, as well as separate TC and TCA classes featuring modified production vehicles, such as the BMW M235iR and the Mazda MX-5 Cup car. History The Sports Car Club of America created a "showroom stock" class for amateur club racing in 1972. In 1984, following the success of the Longest Day of Nelson and another 24-hour race at Mid-Ohio, the SCCA combined existing races into a manufacturer's championship. For 1985, the series became a 6-race professional championship with sponsorship from ''Playboy'' magazine. Escort radar detectors sponsored the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWAT World Challenge
The Original SWAT World Challenge is an annual competition of law enforcement SWAT teams. It is usually held close to Little Rock, Arkansas, USA and its goals are to encourage exchange of ideas/techniques and promote the high level of tactical skills, mental focus and physical endurance possessed by SWAT Teams. History The event began in 2004 under its original name of World SWAT Challenge and was won by San Antonio, Texas. In 2005, Germany's GSG 9 won all eight events and in 2006 won four of the eight events maintaining its top SWAT World Challenge ranking. The event was renamed Original SWAT World Challenge in 2005 when the tactical footwear company Original SWAT became title sponsor, and has since been expanded into the World SWAT Series which will include regional competitions capable of hosting 25–30 competing teams. The first of these was the Northeastern SWAT Challenge in late 2006, followed in 2007 by the addition of the Rocky Mountain Tactical Challenge, and a Mid-Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Challenge (competition)
The World Challenge is a competition that was first hosted in 2005 by BBC and sponsored by Newsweek and Shell. It accepts projects from around the world that deal with social, environmental and community issues and uses business methods to try to improve upon those issues in the world. The 2005 winners *1st prize: Coconets, from a project in the Philippines called Juboken Enterprises *2nd and 3rd prize: Reef rehab and I Do Foundation The 2006 winners *1st prize: Elephant paper by Maximus (Sri Lanka) *2nd and 3rd prize: Cards from Africa and NGO Dalit The 2007 winners *1st prize: T'ikapapa, Potato Goldmine project in Peru. *2nd and 3rd prize: School for Success and Cooking without Gas The 2008 winners *1st prize: Hashoo Foundation, Plan Bee project in Pakistan. *2nd and 3rd prize: A Chance to Grow and School for Success The 2009 winners *1st prize: Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation, A Bright Idea project in Sri Lanka. *2nd and 3rd prize: Nothing Wasted and Fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Challenge (TV Series)
''The World Challenge'' (french: Le Défi mondial) is a Canadian television documentary series, which aired in English on CBC Television and in French on Télévision de Radio-Canada in 1986. Adapted from Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber's 1980 book ''Le Défi mondial'', the six-episode series was hosted by Peter Ustinov and Patrick Watson, and centred on the political and social challenges that threaten the future of humanity. The French edition of the series premiered in January 1986, with the English version launching in June.Mike Boone, "CBC chooses poor time to air The World Challenge". ''Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...'', June 16, 1986. References External links * 1980s Canadian documentary television series 1986 Canadian television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Club Challenge
The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australasian National Rugby League (NRL) and the European Super League, for the de facto club world championship of the sport. The first such match was played in 1976 but did not become a regular fixture until the late 1980s. It was also punctuated in the 1990s by the Super League war but has been held every year since 2000. The Sydney Roosters are the current champions, defeating St Helens 20–12 in 2020. Between 2015 and 2017, the World Club Challenge became the championship match for the 3 game, World Club Series. Two further exhibition matches were played prior to the main game. As the World Club Challenge in its current form is a match between the winners of the NRL and Super League competitions, it is currently possible for teams from the five countries with professional sides to qualify: New Zealand, France, Wales, England, and Australia. As of the completion of the 2020 edition o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
