Example sentences of "championship for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCOTLAND took the Amateur Home International Championship for the first time with an 11-7 victory over the Republic of Ireland at Prestatyn yesterday . |
| 2 | During this run they won the South American Championship for the first time in 40 years and qualified for the World Cup . |
| 3 | Soccer : Ferguson set to leave Robson out of cup final Colin Gibson on Manchester United 's priority to win the League championship for the first time in 25 years |
| 4 | Despite the evidence of the Queensland and New South Wales games , the selectors stayed loyal to the established team from the Five Nations Championship for the First Test . |
| 5 | Mansell managed to negotiate himself out of the best car in Formula One , despite winning the world championship for the first time . |
| 6 | But a draw against Midlands on Saturday would hand them the Divisional Championship for the first time . |
| 7 | A late developer on the world championship trail , Cardus made his debut in 1983 , won his first GP in 1989 and led a world championship for the first time last season . |
| 8 | In 1981 , however , sports car drivers had a World Championship for the first time , when the championship was again renamed the World Endurance Championship and from 1982 the championship was for the new Group C cars . |
| 9 | Vardon won the British Open Championship for the first time in 1896 at Muirfield , beating Taylor in a play-off . |
| 10 | KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 . |
| 11 | Success for Bonallack was not to be long delayed , for in 1961 he won the championship for the first of what was to be five times , the fifth being at Royal Co Down in 1970 , the last occasion on which it was held in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | Meanwhile at Kirkistown young Portadown driver Peter Duke won the NI Formula Ford championship for the first time . |
| 13 | WELSH international golfer Mathew Ellis , from Wrexham , shot a five-under-par second round of 67 to win the Denbighshire County Championship for the first time at Llangollen . |
| 14 | Champions SQUASH : Simon Cairns won the York squash championship for the first time beating No 2 seed Paul Adams 9–5 , 9–3 , 9–5 , in the final at Dunnington . |
| 15 | Pallister has been a key figure in United 's bid to win the First Division championship for the first time in 25 years . |
| 16 | GORDON Edwards ( Bromborough ) , who never seems to lose his form with the passing of years , won the English Open Seniors Championship for the second time his first success was in 1988 . |
| 17 | Middlesbrough are already well placed to win the Northern League division one championship for the second successive year and promotion to the premier league will be assured if they win their remaining games . |
| 18 | He won the US Championship for the last time in 1971 , and continued to play well into his seventies , finishing equal first at the Reykjavik open in 1984 . |
| 19 | Teesside , who have won the Inter-Union strokeplay championship for the last four years , will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run when they entertain Harrogate Union at Middlesbrough golf club in a fortnight 's time . |
| 20 | Railways ( 334 for 8 ; Shashi Gupta 121 not out ) have won India 's national women 's championship for the sixth successive season , defeating Karnataka ( 161 ) on first innings in the final at New Delhi . |
| 21 | DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run forever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night . |
| 22 | DARREN HALL , seemingly able to run for ever , won the Oracle English National Championship for the fourth time in five years at Crawley last night . |
| 23 | In 1902 he was also runner-up , but in 1903 he won the championship for the fourth time . |
| 24 | MOSSLEY bowling club won this season 's East Antrim Indoor League championship for the tenth time with a nineteen shot victory over Ballycarry OP in their final game . |
| 25 | Mansell won five times and was second in the Championship for the third time in his career . |