Sentences with phrase «first week of events»

He also admits it is time for the Australian swim team to raise its game in the pool, which will hopefully start on the Gold Coast, where the sport dominates the first week of events.

Not exact matches

This week is packed with major sporting events, starting with the first official games of Major League Baseball's 2016 season on Sunday and Monday.
In the weeks leading up to an event, it says, the number of attacks increases, peaking during the first week of the tournament or games.
So, with the market's resilience in mind, Cramer turned to the stocks and events he'll be watching in the first week of October:
DESIGN and architecture tour Open House Perth returns for a second season in the first week of November after a successful inaugural event last year.
After last week's Iowa caucuses, Tuesday's New Hampshire primary will have a hard act to follow after the excitement and controversy that came out of the first voting event of the 2016 presidential election cycle.
Aside from the stock market, which will look to rebound following another turbulent week of trading, much of this week's excitement will be reserved for the latest Apple «special event», which is scheduled for Wednesday and could offer first looks at some new smartphones, tablets and maybe even a new Apple TV box.
His public remarks at a coding event aimed at girls, first reported by The Verge, come after a week of controversy sparked by an internal memo written by a Google employee criticising the Californian tech company's diversity policy and arguing biology may be behind the gender divide in tech.
More than $ 1 billion of goods were transacted in the first 20 minutes, and American retailers such as Old Navy and Costco opened stores through Alibaba just weeks before the event in order to cash in.
But the main event of Maher's first show back came in the form of a sit - down with Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury, the book that managed to make Trump's White House even more chaotic during the first few weeks of 2018.
As an example, First Round Capital's office is new to town as we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW).
With four of the top 10 Olympic advertising spenders in the automotive category — and BMW leading the way at $ 28.7 million according to iSpot.tv — the brand that has experienced the biggest uplift in key consumer metrics in the first week is the TV network broadcasting the event itself, NBC - TV.
In fact, the format was so compelling, and the opportunity to meet dozens of prospective investors in one jam - packed day was so hard to pass up, that several founders who had never before skied went out in the weeks before the event and took their first lessons so they could come out and participate.
With the exception of a few strong weeks to start the first quarter, a number of events negatively impacted global markets throughout the remainder of the reporting period.
This was the first of a few weeks of volunteer recognition events on the installation.
Luckily for me, I honestly wasn't aware of the drop in the market simply because my mind was to say the least preoccupied with other life events, so when I opened up my brokerage account for the first time in weeks I was pretty surprised.
I've always felt the strongest connection to Jesus» first disciples when I read about their various responses to the events of Passion Week — the confidence following Jesus» triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the fear after his arrest, the doubt and despair in the shadow of the cross, the surprising joy of meeting the resurrected Lord.
The first, The Reformation Project's Regional Training Conference, happens next week in Washington, D.C. Led by friend - of - the - blog and author of God and the Gay Christian Matthew Vines, the purpose of this event is twofold: 1) to provide training and resources on how to talk about the Bible and LGBT issues with non-LGBT-affirming Christians, and 2) to connect LGBT - affirming Christians with like - minded people for support and dialog.
This week, Tanduay Asian Rum started 2014 with its first sponsored event of the New Year, Yelp's Elite Kick - Off Party, at Oak Haven Table and Bar in New Haven, CT on Monday, January 27.
The first hour of the event was a taping for next week's episode of NXT's weekly show, while the last two - plus hours were streamed live on the WWE Network.
His buddy Jordan Spieth said it was a potential «floodgates» situation for Thomas, and here we are again a week later, on a new Hawaiian island, with JT dominating the first full field event of the year.
This weekend marks the return of the one and only Johnny Miller, who took a pass on NBC's first two events of the year — the WGC in Mexico City and last week in Tampa.
The 124th Run for the Roses has more than a few intriguing entries vying to win the first leg of the Triple Crown: One is Favorite Trick (above, far left), who last year became only the second 2 - year - old (Secretariat was the first, in 1973) to be named Horse of the Year — not to be confused with Event of the Year, who had to drop out of the race last week with a right - knee fracture.
On other frontiers last week the brightest and most talked - of event was William Hartack's victory in his first hurdle race at Monmouth Park.
During the week of the match in Valderrama, 26 - year - old Gabriel Hjertstedt became the first Swede to win a PGA Tour event, the B.C. Open in Endicott, N.Y.. Also, Ireland's Padraig Harrington (age 26) teamed with Paul McGinley (31) to win the World Cup in Kiawah Island, S.C., in November.
Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott are two big - name qualifiers who will skip this week's first PGA Tour event of the new year, but 2014 winners Bubba Watson, Billy Horschel, and Patrick Reed are among the 34 contestants who will compete at Kapalua starting Friday.
Even ESPN's networks, which carried two of the five games on the schedule, relentlessly promoted next Thursday's Indiana — Ohio State Megacast as the official start of the season, but for those who passed on the day's other sporting events to get their first glimpse of the gridiron regardless of how modestly it may have been billed, there were a few moments worthy of carrying over into the real Week 1.
The par - 3 contest is one of the highlights of Masters week, and a certain four - time winner playing the event for the first time in 11 years should only add to the circus on Wednesday afternoon.
The par - 3 contest is one of the highlights of Masters week, and a certain four - time green jacket winner playing the event for the first time in 11 years should only add to the circus on Wednesday afternoon.
Should Woods choose not to play next week, it will mark the third time in the last five years that he will miss the playoffs and the second straight year he will have failed to qualify for the first of four postseason events.
I enjoyed watching the finish to the Olympics and I wished I was there,» Spieth said ahead of this week's Barclays, the first of four FedEx Cup series events.
This week Woods, who hasn't won a tournament since Sept. 2009, will play in The Barclays, the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, but he sits in 112th place in the points standings entering the event.
In their first big tournament in the fall portion of the season, they finished a strong second to Texas at the Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque despite the absence of junior Jesse Hibler, who played in a Nike tour event that week.
This is the first full - field event of the year, with last week's stop on Maui limited only to the winners of 2013 events on Tour (30 players total).
The first two weeks of the year in Hawaii don't necessarily mean you're going to crush it all season, but Thomas is the kind of talent who can pile up wins in a PGA Tour career and do so at the biggest events in the game.
Should Ko win in South Korea this week, she would wrest the crown away from Park, who surpassed her 18 - year - old rival in June when she prevailed in the first of two major events this season.
The Travelers Championship and John Deere Classic will move to the first two weeks of August, with the latter event taking place during the Olympics.
Palmer, whose role at his own PGA Tour event this week at Bay Hill will be dramatically reduced from what it has been, will be at the first major of the year at Augusta and expects to attend the Champions Dinner.
Daughter of Tour de France stage winner Magnus Backstedt, Elynor's triumph was Team GB's first medal of the week and the women's event saw teammates Ella Barnwell and Amelia Sharpe finishing ninth and 16th respectively on the 10 km course.
I also got to go to my favourite event of the year this week, when the First Team players and I got to go and spread the festive cheer, to all the children, at Alder Hey Hospital.
The first half of the year is set aside for the main event, the Copa Libertadores, with the second string competition, the Copa Sudamericana, kicking off this week and ending in early December.
Around 5500 runners are expected to be involved in 30 one - mile races on the roads around St James's Park in central London at the Westminster event which comes just over two weeks after the 60th anniversary of Roger Bannister's first event sub-four-minute mile at Oxford's Iffley Road track.
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.
This month Selvedge is launching its first Advent Festival — a week of textile - inspired events and festive workshops for Christmas shoppers and makers who are looking for inspiration for an artisan holiday.
The internet is a great source of information but nothing beats first hand experience so you should try and attend any fashion related events (fashion week being a perfect example) whenever possible.
Anyway, let's kick off the first full week of April with a roundup of fun event ideas via the Weekly Blueprint.
In the event of asphyxia, the newborn almost never dies in the first week of life so does not contribute to death rates in the first week.
The public phase of Boy 5A kicked off last week at the Armory event and he will remain on public view until the first week of January 2015 when Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices «adopts» him and thus culminating the Five Acres permanency campaign, tied to National Adoption Awareness Month.
If you're pregnant, make sure you also read my posts on things they definitely DO N'T tell you in NCT classes (but totally should) and pregnancy diary week - by - week and 25 inevitable events in the first six months of baby
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