refimprove date October 2008 Infobox sports league title BritishUniversities American Football League current season BUAFL 2011 12 Season 2011 12 logo Buafl logo.png pixels 00 caption BUAFL logo sport American football founded 2007 fame motto inaugural teams 56 country GBR champion Hertfordshire Hurricanes folded website http www.buafl.net buafl.net singles ceo TV The BritishUniversities American Football League BUAFL is an American football league contested by university teams in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was formed by the British American Football Association in 2007 as the successor to the British Collegiate American Football League after the BSAFAs public disagreements with the BAFAs policies led to them being ex communicated by the other BAFA members ref cite web url http www.bafa.org.uk artman2 publish bcafl BSAFA Operations Suspended.shtml title BSAFA Operations Suspended date 2007 07 25 publisher British American Football Association accessdate 2009 05 12 ref ref cite web url http www.bafa.org.uk artman2 publish buafl BAFA Launches BUAFL.shtml title BAFA Launches BUAFL date 2007 07 25 publisher British American Football Association accessdate 2009 05 12 ref in particular the BAFL which ironically and justifiably was also later ex communicated for almost exactly ... UNIVERSITIES AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINAL date 16 December 2009 publisher Northampton Town F.C. ... League NFL , through its partner organization NFLUK. ref http www.nfluk.com news NFLBUAFL 121108.html ref BUAFL largely follows the rules of the American college league, College football NCAA Football ... National Final in front of a sold out John Charles Stadium. League structure The league operates ... 0 RD3 team02 Greenwich Mariners RD3 score02 12 2010 league MVPs League MVP David Saul Sheffield ... 2009 league MVPs Offensive MVP Tristan Varney Birmingham Lions Defensive MVP Ed Butcher Southampton Stags References Reflist External links http www.buafl.net Official BUAFL Website British American ... more details
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decided to invite the Scottish Universities to their event and to form BUSC British University ... July Captain s Trip October BritishUniversities Dry Slope Championships BUDS November BritishUniversities Indoor Snowsports Championships BUISC February March The Main Event BritishUniversities Alpine ... The BritishUniversities Indoor Snowsports Championships take place in February and March. Universities ... in the Alps over a two week period in late March early April. BritishUniversities Alpine Championships The BritishUniversities Alpine Championships take place during the second week. BUSC is the only organisation able to run BritishUniversities and Colleges Sport BritishUniversities and Colleges ...advert date March 2008 tone date March 2008 Infobox football league logo BUSClogo.JPG pixels 121 country United Kingdom founded 1990 teams Many teams compete from various universities. domest cup British University Snowsports Championships The main event. website http www.buscevents.com The BUSC or BritishUniversities Snowsports Council exists to promote participation and competition in skiing and snowboarding at all levels for students in the United Kingdom. Activities The main role of BUSC as an organisation is to run events for student snow sports and it is the only BritishUniversities & Colleges Sport BUCS BritishUniversities Sports Association recognised organiser of snowsports competitions. The BUSC year is packed with races, freestyle comps, demo days, parties and culminates at The Main ... is to promote competitive snowsports within universities, as well as encouraging participation at a lower level to all mainstream students. History British University Snowsports Championships began ... the BUSF British University Sports Federation 1962 1994 Championships had been held in Scotland, also ... process for the following years organising committee. BUDS The worlds biggest dry slope event, the BritishUniversities Dry Slope Championships take place at Hillend Ski Centre Hillend near Edinburgh ... more details
1994 website The BritishLeague was the main motorcycle speedway league in Britain from its formation ... BritishLeague Division Two second division starting in 1968 which was renamed the New National League in 1975 and subsequently the National League . The BritishLeague was formed in 1965 ... style font size 90 Season Champions Second Third 1965 British Speedway League 1965 West Ham Hammers Wimbledon Dons Coventry Bees 1966 British Speedway League 1966 Halifax Dukes Coventry Bees Swindon Robins 1967 British Speedway League 1967 Swindon Robins Coventry Bees West Ham Hammers 1968 British Speedway League 1968 Coventry Bees Hackney Hawks Exeter Falcons 1969 British Speedway League 1969 Poole Pirates Belle Vue Aces Wimbledon Dons 1970 British Speedway League 1970 Belle Vue Aces Wimbledon Dons Coventry Bees 1971 British Speedway League 1971 Belle Vue Aces Leicester Lions Coventry Bees 1972 British Speedway League 1972 Belle Vue Aces Reading Racers King s Lynn Stars 1973 British Speedway League 1973 Reading Racers Sheffield Tigers King s Lynn Stars 1974 British Speedway League 1974 Exeter Falcons Belle Vue Aces Ipswich Witches 1975 British Speedway League 1975 Ipswich Witches Belle Vue Aces Newport Wasps 1976 British Speedway League 1976 Ipswich Witches Belle Vue Aces Exeter Falcons 1977 British Speedway League 1977 White City Rebels Exeter Falcons Reading Racers 1978 British Speedway League 1978 Coventry Bees Belle Vue Aces Hull Vikings 1979 British Speedway League 1979 Coventry Bees Hull Vikings Cradley Heath Heathens 1980 British Speedway League 1980 Reading Racers Hackney Hawks Belle Vue Aces 1981 British Speedway League 1981 Cradley Heath Heathens Ipswich Witches Swindon Robins 1982 British Speedway League 1982 Belle Vue Aces Cradley Heath Heathens Ipswich Witches 1983 British Speedway League 1983 Cradley Heath Heathens Ipswich Witches Coventry Bees 1984 British Speedway League 1984 Ipswich Witches Belle Vue Aces Cradley Heath Heathens 1985 British Speedway ... more details
The BritishUniversities cricket team is a cricket team whose players are drawn from university sides primarily in Great Britain as the name suggests, but not exclusively those of Oxford University Cricket Club Oxford and Cambridge University Cricket Club Cambridge . The team played under the title of Combined Universities until 1995. Combined Universities first matches in major cricket came in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup . In their first game, on 3 May, they beat Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire by 66 runs thanks largely to an outstanding all round performance by Imran Khan , who top scored for the team with 35 then returned figures of bowling analysis 8.3 6 4 4 with the ball. From 1975 to 1992 inclusive, the team played only in this competition. Perhaps their most successful year was 1989, in which a team led by future English cricket team England captain Mike Atherton and containing two other future Test cricket Test batsmen Nasser Hussain and Steve James cricketer Steve James beat Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey and Worcestershire in the group stages, then fell short by just 3 runs against Somerset County Cricket Club Somerset in the quarter finals. June 1993 saw the team make its first class cricket first class debut, against the Australian cricket team Australians at The University Parks The Parks . The tourists won by 166 runs, but Russell Cake made a career best 108 for the students. Combined Universities also played first class games against the New Zealand cricket team New Zealanders and the West Indian cricket team West Indians in the following two seasons, both of which were drawn, as well as continuing in the Benson & Hedges Cup. From the 1995 season onwards the team was renamed BritishUniversities , partly to reflect the fact that players were now increasingly coming from outside Oxbridge the team played under its new title for a few ... any of these games. See also Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team References http www.cricketarchive.com ... more details
The British Committee for Universities of Palestine BRICUP is an organisation of academics based in the United Kingdom set up in response to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel . BRICUP has two aims to support Palestinian universities, staff and students, and to oppose the continued illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands with its concomitant breaches of international conventions of human rights, its refusal to accept UN resolutions or rulings of the International Court, and its persistent suppression of Palestinian academic freedom. BRICUP s organising committee comprises Professors Hilary Rose sociologist Hilary Rose , Jonathan Rosenhead , Steven Rose and David Seddon . See also Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Academic boycotts of Israel External links http www.bricup.org.uk BRICUP Website http www.aurdip.fr AURDIP.html AURDIP the French parallel group, Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine Category Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Arab Israeli conflict Category Organisations based in England Category Political organisations in the United Kingdom Category Zionism in the United Kingdom Category Non governmental organizations involved in the Israeli Palestinian conflict ... more details
to the BritishUniversities Karting Championship BUKC . Most importantly they realised that the best thing for the championship was not for it to passed on to different universities each year, but to keep ... Alex Brundle and British GT class champion James Gornall. Universities Taking Part The championship ... organising the BUKC and to implement other ideas such as the British Schools Karting Championship ... teams from 38 universities, contesting across North and South regional qualifications then into a 7 ... taking a further title in 2009. The series is most popular among universities in the south ... of Bath References Reflist http www.karting1.co.uk bukc.htm The British University Karting Championship ... Kingdom Karting Championship, Universities Category Student sport in the United Kingdom Category ... more details
The Australian Universities Rugby League is the body responsible for the development and growth of Rugby League throughout the tertiary level of education within Australia. It selects the Australian team to compete in University World Cups. It s members are the New South Wales Tertiary Students Rugby League and the Universities Rugby League Queensland who run the state competitions in their respective states. New South Wales Tertiary Students Rugby League The TSRL runs a nine team competition between New South Wales and Canberra Universities. class wikitable University Nickname Australian Defence Force Academy Knights Australian National University Grizzlies University of Canberra Cows University of Western Sydney Nepean campus Cumberland Beavers University of Western Sydney Macarthur campus Panthers Newcastle University Seahorses University of Western Sydney Nirimba campus Polecats Railcorp Apprentices n a University of Technology Sydney Tigers Universities Rugby League Queensland The URLQ runs a six team competition featuring the following universities. class wikitable University Nickname Griffith University Brisbane campus Dragons Griffith University Gold Coast campus Panthers Griffith University Logan campus Steamrollers Queensland University of Technology Trouts University of Queensland Gatton campus Bulls University of Queensland St Lucia campus Hounds University of Southern Queensland Ironbarks Rugby League in Queensland Rugby League in Australia links Category Queensland Rugby League Category Rugby league governing bodies in Australia ... more details
Image LERU logo.png right The League of European Research Universities LERU is a consortium of Europe s most prominent and renowned research universities. History and Overview Founded in 2002 , as a partnership among twelve of Europe s top multi faculty research universities, in 2010 it expanded its membership to twenty one universities. It is headquartered in Leuven , Belgium . http www.leru.org index.php public about leru office Secretary General Prof. dr. Kurt Deketelaere is the current Secretary General. Membership The 21 member universities as of 2011 are BEL Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Catholic University of Leuven ref label coimbra 1 a FIN University of Helsinki ref label europaeum 2 a ref label Utrecht 4 a FRA University of Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie ref label 2006 3 a University ... note label 2006 3 e note label 2006 3 f These universities joined the League as new members on January 17, 2006. note label Utrecht 4 a note label Utrecht 4 b note label Utrecht 4 c These universities ... label 2009 5 b These universities join the League as new members on January 1, 2010. Networks of European universitiesLeague of European Research Universities Category University associations and consortia Category University research collaboratives ar ca LERU de League of European Research Universities es Liga de Universidades de Investigaci n Europeas fr Ligue europ enne des universit s de recherche ko it League of European Research Universities nl ... of Oxford ref label coimbra 1 g ref label europaeum 2 c See also IDEA League a strategic alliance of five of Europe s leading technical research universities International Research Universities ... label coimbra 1 e note label coimbra 1 f note label coimbra 1 g These universities also belong to the Coimbra Group , a larger alliance of European universities. note label europaeum 2 a note label europaeum 2 b note label europaeum 2 c These universities also belong to Europaeum , another European ... more details
The League of World Universities is an international organization consisting of rector s and University president president s from urban area urban universities across six continents. The league and its 47 representatives gather every two years to discuss global issues in education . ref cite web title League of World Universities meets for forum publisher Minnesota Daily date October 2, 2002 url http www.mndaily.com articles 2002 10 02 33504 accessdate 2007 10 11 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref L. Jay Oliva formed the organization in 1991 just after he was inaugurated president of New York University . ref cite web title Higher Education Leaders From Around the World Meet at NYU to Discuss Financial Challenges and Fundraising publisher NYU Office of Public Affairs date February 12, 1999 url http www.nyu.edu public.affairs releases detail 473 accessdate 2007 10 11 ref References Reflist edu org stub Category International organizations ... more details
The League of Islamic Universities or Union of Islamic Universities is an association of Islamic universities. It is based in Cairo. ref cite web url http archive.arabnews.com ?page 4§ion 0&article 83702&d 13&m 6&y 2006 work Arab News title Philippines First Islamic University Celebrates 50th Anniversary ... 2002News News IslDetail.asp?cIndex 502 date 02 01 2002 title League of Islamic Universities issues Ismailia ... en news 384178 title League of Islamic universities to hold international conference in Morocco publisher Bahrain News Agency date 2005 03 13 accessdate 2011 09 17 ref The League, working with the Sana ... countries universities. Mr. Mohamed Ben Bachir, Secretary General of the League of Islamic Universities, expressed his support for the establishment of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic ... presented a report on the Merger Project between the FUIW and the League of Islamic Universities . This report ... of the Universities of the Islamic World and the League of Islamic Universities. After discussing the report, the meeting appealed to the League of Islamic Universities to enhance joint Islamic action ... Ben Abdel Mohsen At Turki , who is also General Secretary of the Muslim World League . ref ... Mohsen At Turki publisher Congress of World Religions accessdate 2011 09 17 ref Principals The League ... of schools from government control. The proceedings of a 1998 conference organized by the League ... Press year 2007 ISBN 0 8047 5776 3 ref In January 2002 the executive council of the league of Islamic universities issued the Ismailia Declaration . This states that Islam has always urged Muslims to conduct ... Activities In March 2005 the League announced a conference to be held in Morocco in September on Islam and the West Constant Relations and New Challenges . The League s Secretary General Jaffar Abdulsalam ... FOUNDING CONFERENCE 0F THE FEDERATION OF THE UNIVERSITIES 0F THE ISLAMIC WORLD date NOV. 30 DEC. 1ST.1987 publisher FUIW accessdate 2011 09 17 ref The fourth General Conference of the Federation of the Universities ... more details
primarysources date October 2009 The Tables was an underground DIY pop group formed in Oslo , Norway, in 1987, by Bartleby vocals, Pseudonym real name Tore S rensen , Robert Birdeye bass, drums, real name Steinar Buholm , and Reg Trademark guitar, real name St le Caspersen , from the ashes of a band called The Bottle Collectors. This trio recorded their first 7 EP called Diary EP , released on the new founded Voices of Wonder label in 1988 now Voices Music & Entertainment Voices Music and Entertainment . For their first Gramophone record vinyl album , Shady Whims & Obstacles , released on their own Schtooopid Records in 1990, they recruited Sandy Shore on Farfisa Farfisa organ real name Kjersti Gravklev , and Mono on drums real name Benedikte Sterner . The Tables broke up soon after the release, but the original trio reformed in 1996 97 to record their second album called Holiday at Wobbledef Grunch , released on Perfect Pop Records, a small label that was run by the group members and others from the indie pop scene in Oslo. However, history repeated itself, the band once again broke up, but reformed in 2000, resulting in their third and final album, Nevermynd the Hillocks Treble Without A Cause , again on Perfect Pop Records 2002 . The band had a host of different members during their last stage, most of them contributing to their last album. Between their 1st and 2nd album they also ... Vold . All the of The Tables and Monsters of Doom output has been released on CD by Oslo based Perfect Pop Records. The music on all The Tables three albums was a mixture of English 60 s popsike inspired ... surrealistic lyrics and catchy melodies, The Tables achieved a sort of semi legendary status in the Norwegian ... Pop, 1997 Kj re alle sammen cdep 7 Voices of Wonder, 1997 The Tables Play Idle Race 7 Kippers Records ... Perfect Pop, 2003 External links http no.wikipedia.org wiki The Tables DEFAULTSORT Tables, The Category Norwegian musical groups no The Tables ... more details
Infobox Organization name BritishUniversities Ice Hockey Association image Buiha.png size 150px caption abbreviation BUIHA formation 2003 status Not profit organisation purpose UK university ice hockey location University of Nottingham Sports Centre region served UK membership UK university ice hockey clubs leader title Chairman leader name A Miller main organ BUIHA Executive Committee parent organization affiliations BritishUniversities and Colleges Sport budget website http www.buiha.org.uk BUIHA The BritishUniversities Ice Hockey Association was founded in spring term 2003 by a group of enthusiastic hockey players from the universities of Oxford University Ice Hockey Club Oxford , Universities Of London Dragons London , Nottingham Mavericks Nottingham and Newcastle Wildcats Newcastle . History of the BUIHA Although still a young organisation, the BritishUniversities Ice Hockey Association, or BUIHA, was formed in response to the growing number of universities with ice hockey programmes in an effort to provide students with competitive ice hockey whilst at university, no matter what their level of play. The notion to form the BUIHA first arose in Easter 2003. The idea was to simply form a divisional competition for the existing university teams. Development over the summer of 2003 led to a committee being put in place, a schedule being set and a number of teams signed up to take ... for Newcastle in 2002 and London in 2003. For 2004, to recognise the contribution of Alexis to British ... competition was envisioned as a league type competition available to university clubs in the UK ... 1 Cambridge University Blues University of London Union Purples Nottingham Universities Mavericks ... Wildcats Nottingham Universities Mavericks B Oxford University Vikings University of Warwick ... N A Guildford Ice Rink Universities Of London Dragons 2002 2003 LondonDragons Lee Valley Ice Centre ... British University Ice Hockey Association official web site British ice hockey Category University ice ... more details
The BritishUniversities Film & Video Council BUFVC is a representative body promoting the production, study and use of moving image , sound and related media for learning and research. It is a Limited Company of Charity status serving post compulsory education interests in the UK. Image BUFVC initials colour.jpg thumb right BUFVC logo History Founded in 1948 as the BritishUniversities Film Council , the BUFC was established by a group of academic staff from various subject disciplines across the arts, humanities and science s. In the 1960s the BUFC was allocated core funding from government as a grant in aid body of the British Film Institute BFI . In 1982 the Council left the BFI with the remit to engage with UK higher education , changed its title to BritishUniversities Film & Video Council and obtained recurrent core grant direct from the Department for Education and Science. In the early 1990s, with the re organisation of UK higher education funding, the BUFVC s PES line was moved to the Higher Education Funding Council for England HEFCE and was paid over via The Open University . On 12 February 2007 the BUFVC became a related body of HEFCE receiving core grant under Section .... This resource is delivered in open access see http bufvc.ac.uk gateway The BritishUniversities Newsreel Database BUND carries information on more than 180,000 cinema newsreel stories released into British ... access only to staff and students in sub licensed universities and colleges in the UK see http ... service for universities and colleges in the UK which also have current ERA licences. It offers staff ... can be used to access some 40,000 British Pathe newsreel items online. The BUND also carries information on content delivered as Cinemagazine s longer form single subject items included in British cinema ... has also published several books related to this area including Yesterday s News The British ... Turner, newsreel cameraman 2001, ISBN 0901299723 and Projecting Britain The Guide to British Cinemagazines ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove November 2008 notability November 2008 no footnotes November 2010 wikify January 2012 The British Gridiron Football League was an American football league based in the United Kingdom, containing 10 teams split into two divisions. Established in 1987, the league lasted just two season before merging with the Capital League in 1989 to become the British National Gridiron League BNGL . The British Gridiron Football League s only champions were the Mersey Centurions, who defeated Leicester Huntsmen 20 16 in the Final. BGFL Standings class wikitable border 1 West Division Won Lost Tied PF PA Mersey Centurions 6 0 0 290 48 1.000 Hartlepool Steelers 4 2 0 100 137 0.667 Preston Pirates 2 4 0 110 95 0.333 Oldham Phoenix 0 6 0 12 232 0.000 class wikitable border 1 East Division Won Lost Tied PF PA Leicester Huntsmen 9 1 0 310 113 0.900 East Kent Cougars 7 3 0 242 113 0.700 Boston Blitz 5 5 0 139 158 0.500 Rotherham Redskins 4 6 0 150 132 0.400 Burton Braves 3 7 0 147 323 0.300 Doncaster Jaguars 2 8 0 125 276 0.200 Semi Finals Hartlepool Steelers 12 28 Leicester Huntsmen Mersey Centurions 28 13 East Kent Cougars Final Mersey Centurions 20 16 Leicester Huntsmen References http www.britballnow.co.uk History Tables 1987TABLES.xls League tables on BritballNow British American Football Category Defunct American football leagues Category American football in England ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 The BritishLeague of Rights is an offshoot of the Australian League of Rights founded in 1971. It is anti semitic and white supremacist ref name Pinter Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley editors entry in Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations Pinter 2000 p177 ref political group. The BritishLeague opposed the entry of the UK into the European Economic Community . In the early 1970s it came under the direction of Don Martin, a former member of the Australian Young Liberals Australia Young Liberals , ref Spoonley, Paul The Politics of Nostalgia racism and the extreme right in New Zealand The Dunmore Press 1987 p197 ref who has run it ever since. Under Martin s direction the BritishLeague increased its membership. Conservative Monday Club member Lady Jane Birdwood was General Secretary. By 1974, the BritishLeague of Rights became the British chapter of the World Anti Communist League , ref name Pinter replacing Geoffrey Stewart Smith s Foreign Affairs Circle , which claimed to have left due to the Anti Communist League s alleged anti semitism. In 1975 the BritishLeague established an association with the Britons Publishing Company . The BritishLeague of Rights hosted the fourth Crown Commonwealth League of Rights disambiguation Crown Commonwealth League of Rights conference in 1985. ref Spoonley, Paul The Politics of Nostalgia racism and the extreme right in New Zealand The Dunmore Press 1987 p102 ref Don Martin elected to resign from the chairmanship of the Policy Unit of the Federation of Small Businesses in 2001 as a result of a campaign by Gerry Gable s Searchlight magazine Searchlight magazine. References reflist See also Australian League of Rights Canadian League of Rights New Zealand League of Rights DEFAULTSORT BritishLeague Of Rights Category Organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Far ... established in 1971 Category Antisemitism in the United Kingdom de BritishLeague of Rights ... more details
Infobox individual sports league logo pixels caption sport motorcycle speedway Speedway founded 1968 fame motto competitors Varied country United Kingdom champion folded 1994 website The BritishLeague ... Kingdom until the restructuring of British speedway in 1995. It was renamed the New National League in 1975 and the National League between 1976 and 1990. History After the formation of the speedway BritishLeagueBritishLeague in 1965, riders wanting to break into teams found it more difficult ... named the BritishLeague Division Two in 1991 and system of promotion and relegation was introduced between the BritishLeague and the BritishLeague Division Two. The league existed up until 1994 ... wikitable style font size 90 Season Champions Second 1968 British Speedway League Division Two 1968 Belle Vue Colts Nelson Admirals 1969 British Speedway League Division Two 1969 Belle Vue Colts Reading Racers 1970 British Speedway League Division Two 1970 Canterbury Crusaders speedway Canterbury Crusaders Eastbourne Eagles 1971 British Speedway League Division Two 1971 Eastbourne Eagles Bradford Dukes 1972 British Speedway League Division Two 1972 Crewe Kings Boston Barracudas 1973 British Speedway League Division Two 1973 Boston Barracudas Workington Comets 1974 British Speedway League Division ... reverted to BritishLeague Division Two 1991 British Speedway League Division Two 1991 Arena Essex Hammers Glasgow Tigers speedway Glasgow Tigers 1992 British Speedway League Division Two 1992 Peterborough Panthers Berwick Bandits 1993 British Speedway League Division Two 1993 Glasgow Tigers speedway Glasgow Tigers Long Eaton Invaders 1994 British Speedway League Division Two 1994 Glasgow Tigers speedway Glasgow Tigers Long Eaton Invaders References Reflist Speedway BritishLeague Division Two ... when ten teams formed the league. The ten teams were Belle Vue Colts , Berwick Bandits , Canterbury ... Racers and the Weymouth Wildcats Weymouth Eagles . The league was renamed the New National League to avoid ... more details
notability Companies date November 2011 primary sources date November 2011 See Monarchist League for similar organisations Monarchism The British Monarchist League BML is a pro monarchy organisation which operates in the United Kingdom . ref www.monarchist.org.uk ref It was founded by James Edgecombe on the 27 April 2010. Its stated intention is to defend, protect, and preserve constitutional monarchy in Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth . The British Monarchist League is composed of the Founder and Head Chairman James Edgecombe, and Vice Chairman Ian Roberts, and the chair heads of each National Branch of the BML. It was created to counter the actions of the pressure group campaigning for a British republican constitution, Republic political organisation Republic . Mission The British Monarchist League website states The formation of this league is an educated reaction to the concerns of the rising power of the European Union along with the Republican agenda and its affects on the United Kingdom, its constitution, and its monarchy. The aim of the British Monarchist League is to promote the case for constitutional monarchy which is important to our stabillity and peace as a nation, and to provide information and assistance to those who request it. See also Monarchism British monarchy References Reflist External links http www.monarchist.org.uk British Monarchist League http internationale.monarchiste.com ?l gb&membres International Monarchist Conference Commonwealth monarchism Category Monarchist organizations Category Organizations established in 2010 Category Political pressure groups of the United Kingdom Category 2010 establishments in the United Kingdom ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 The British Empire League was formed in London in 1894 in order to support the ideology of British imperialism and to promote loyalty to and the unity of the British Empire . It was particularly active in the British dominion s of Australia and Canada in the early part of the twentieth century. The League focused on the celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria 24 May as a patriotic holiday. In Australia, this was not only an observance of the holiday in schools, but was also a wider opportunity to demonstrate loyalty to Britain. Empire Day was officially adopted by the Reid government in 1905 and observed for more than fifty years. ref http primeministers.naa.gov.au glossary ref In Australia, the League sponsored a monthly publication United Australia which featured on its cover Britannia and the motto One people one destiny . References references Category British Empire Category Organizations established in 1895 Category Monarchist organizations UK org stub ... more details
Wikisource The Tables Turned The Tables Turned is a poem written by William Wordsworth in 1798 and published in his Lyrical Ballads . William Wordsworth DEFAULTSORT Tables Turned Category Poetry by William Wordsworth Category 1798 poems Category British poetry UK poem stub ... more details
use dmy dates date March 2012 A British Football League is a proposed association football league in the United Kingdom that would involve the merger of clubs from the present Scottish football league system Scottish , Welsh football league system Welsh , and Northern Irish football league system Northern Irish football league systems into the larger English football league system . It is considered ... ref Alternative proposals The formation of a Britishleague is merely a single proposal, and several .... British Cup A British Cup , that is a domestic cup competition involving teams from all league systems ... reported that the Scottish Premier League s strategic plan included unification with the Scottish Football League , which would enable the SPL to explore the possibility of cross border matches potentially British Cup matches via the Scottish League Cup . ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi scotland 13116378.stm title Scottish Premier League to propose BritishLeague Cup first Chris ... was Roger Mitchell SPL Roger Mitchell , the chief executive of the Scottish Premier League ... Dons chief backs British Cup accessdate 16 February 2007 last first authorlink coauthors date 12 June ... he would prefer this to be done in conjunction with the amalgamation of the four British football ... Football League Cup League Cup and the Scottish League Cup , it has been suggested that they be merged ...?aid 2859 title League Cup What s the future of the competition? accessdate 18 February 2007 last Illingworth ... League Cups involve a merger between the later stages of the competitions, ref cite web url http www.soccernet.com england news 2002 0206 20020206supercup.html title English and Scots offered League ... url http thescotsman.scotsman.com sport.cfm?id 1380832003 title Scottish clubs back plans for British ... League Supporters of the Old Firm clubs, Celtic F.C. Celtic and Rangers F.C. Rangers , have frequently argued that they should be admitted into the Premier League , ref http news.bbc.co.uk ... more details
The British Workers League also the British Workers National League ref http books.google.co.uk books?id WsyzgWy3BisC&lpg PR9&ots eMI2fLv Z0&lr&pg PA122 v snippet&q British 20Workers 20National 20League&f false ref was a patriotism patriotic Labour movement labour group which was anti Socialism socialist and pro First World War war . The league s origins lay in the 1915 split by the right wing of the British Socialist Party , primarily over issues raised by the World War I First World War . The dissenting group supported the eternal idea of nationality and aimed to promote socialist measures in the war effort . This group, including H. G. Wells and Robert Blatchford , formed the Socialist National Defence Committee . ref John Callaghan, Socialism in Britain 1990 , p74. ref In 1916, the committee worked with Alexander M. Thompson to form the British Workers League. Now avowedly anti socialist , it described itself as a patriotism patriotic labour economics labour group and focused on support for the war. Rev. A. W. Gough, Prebendary of St. Paul s Cathedral , was Chairman of the British Workers League for London and the Home Counties . Edward Robertshaw Hartley was also a member. The Labour ... 1918 general election . Video http www.britishpathe.com record.php?id 76979 British Workers League & March video newsreel film http www.britishpathe.com record.php?id 77692 British Workers League celebrate France s Day in Hyde Park References reflist Category British Socialist Party UK party stub ... presidents. ref http paperspast.natlib.govt.nz cgi bin paperspast?a d&d EP19180116.2.64 The British Workers League , Letter to the Editor, Evening Post , January 16, 1918 ref During the war period the British Workers League sometimes threatened to break up pacifist meetings. ref http www.history.ac.uk reviews review 592 The Radical Right in Britain Social Imperialism to the BNP ref In 1918 the British Workers League re constituted itself as the National Democratic and Labour Party with the support ... more details
unreferenced date December 2011 The British rugby league system is based on four separate structures the professional leagues administered by the Rugby Football League , the reserve leagues, the amateur leagues administered by British Amateur Rugby League Association and the Rugby League Conference . There is no system .... Crusaders Rugby League , which had recently exited Administration British football administration , withdrew their application for a licence, resulting in the end of Welsh presence in Super League for the immediate future. Their place in Super League was taken up by Widnes Vikings . Crusaders folded.after the 2011 season. Below Super League, there are two competitions collectively known as the Championships the Championship rugby league Co operative Championship and Championship 1 Co operative ... up from sides drawn from the Rugby League Conference and British Amateur Rugby League Association winter ... teams of the British based Super League clubs. Having a reserve team is a compulsory part ... www.abrighterleague.com British Amateur Rugby League Association administer different amateur competitions ... League Barrow & District League . British Rugby League links Category Rugby league in the United Kingdom ... moved between them in the past. Professional structure Tier 1 Super League Tier 2 Championship rugby league Co operative Championship Championship 1 Co operative Championship 1 The league pyramid of rugby league in the United Kingdom is topped and very much dominated by Super League , with the 13 top teams from England. The Super League play offs top eight teams enter the play offs and the winner is determined by a Grand Final. Automatic promotion and relegation from Super League ended in 2007. Fourteen teams were awarded 2009 11 Super League licences which gave them the right to play in Super League for the next three years. The next round of franchising took place in 2011 for the 2012 14 Super League licences 2012 14 time frame . Only teams currently in Super League, or those who appeared ... more details
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