Example sentences of "championship [noun] for the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The South West need only to draw their game with the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road to lift the Championship title for the first time .
2 Worcestershire were next to discover that the demon remains intact , 7 for 29 bringing Sussex consecutive Championship victories for the first time since August 1990 .
3 And it was a double celebration for the Ards club , as they also won the Provincial Towns Senior Championship League for the first time this season .
4 With Gilleece crashing out of third place on the last stage , Greer leapfrogged to the top of the championship table for the first time and now heads to round six in Cavan next Sunday with a 14-point advantage over the Belfast dentist .
5 McBride , a versatile player , is just one of a number of particularly young Derry players who will sample the championship atmosphere for the first time .
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