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# Nadine Rolland

Nadine Rolland (born May 8, 1975) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became an official member of the Canadian squad at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, following a controversy on the swimming federation's decision to forbid her from the team.
Roland competed in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She finished third in a FINA A-cut of 25.94 from the Canadian Olympic Trials in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but offered another chance to earn a spot for the team, after Marianne Limpert decided to pull herself out of the event. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat eight, including U.S. legend Dara Torres and Australia's overwhelming favorite Susie O'Neill. Diving in with a 0.75-second deficit, Rolland scorched the field to hold off O'Neill's teammate Sarah Ryan for a seventh seed by a slim margin in a time of 26.04. Rolland missed the semifinals by a small fraction of a second, as she placed twenty-second overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.
# Bill Halloway

William Joseph Halloway (born 1912) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Halloway played for the Eastern Suburbs in 1935, the season that the club won their fifth premiership. Halloway played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs the following season.
# Sid Goodwin

Sid Goodwin (1914–1980) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played on the wing for the Balmain and Newtown clubs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership and also represented New South Wales and Australia. Goodwin played 11 seasons for the Balmain club between 1933–1942 then moved to the Newtown club for 3 seasons between 1943–1945. He was selected to play for New South Wales in 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1944.

## Balmain

In 1935, Goodwin took Balmain's club record for most tries in a match with 5 against University on 4 April. Also in 1935, he was also selected to represent Australia in all three Tests against New Zealand. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as kangaroo No. 199. In 1936 he played in his first Grand Final, scoring a try in Balmain's loss to Easts.
In 1939 Goodwin was the premiership's top try-scorer and also captained the Balmain side that won the 1939 Grand Final. By the time he left Balmain he'd set the club's records for most tries in a season and most career tries. Goodwin was inducted into the Balmain Tigers Hall of Fame on 20 March 2007.

## Newtown

After moving to Newtown in 1943, Goodwin enjoyed further premiership success in NSWRFL season 1943, scoring a double in that year's Grand Final. He was again the League's top try-scorer in 1943 and 1944. In 1944 he again played for Newtown in the Grand Final, but failed to win against his old club, Balmain.

## Post-playing

Goodwin lived for most of his life in Marrickville, New South Wales, but moved to Windang, New South Wales in his retirement. He died there on 24 March 1980, age 65. He was cremated at Wollongong Crematorium on 26 March 1980.

## Sources

* ↑ Sid Goodwin stats at rugbyleagueproject.com
* ↑ ARL Annual Report 2005. p. 53
# Sherraine Schalm

Sherraine Schalm, formerly Sherraine Schalm-MacKay (born June 21, 1975), is a former top-ranked Canadian Olympic épée fencer. She is a World Cup medal winner, elementary school teacher and author. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa. At the 2005 World Fencing Championships she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. The next season, in 2005–06, she won the overall World Cup title.
Born in Brooks, Alberta, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the Olympic Games and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games. She has competed at four Summer Olympics. In 2000 she finished 19th in the individual event. In 2004 she finished 18th in the individual event, and fourth in the team event.
Schalm published a memoir, Running With Swords (under the name Sherraine MacKay), in 2005.
In the 2008 Olympic Games, Schalm was widely expected to challenge for a medal, but lost in the second round. She was seeded 9th.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 32 but lost to South Korean fencer Shin A-lam.
She retired in 2013.

## Books

* Sherraine MacKay (2005). Running with Swords: The Adventures and Misadventures of an Irrepressible Canadian Fencing Champion. Don Mills, Ont: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. ISBN 1-55041-982-X.
Sherraine has also won two individual world championship medals at the senior level. The four-time Olympian from Brooks, Alta., captured Canada's first world championship fencing medal – a bronze in individual épée in 2005. She topped that in 2009, claiming a silver.
# Sonja Gaudet

Sonja Gaudet (born July 22, 1966, in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian wheelchair curler. She was on the team that won gold in wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the 2010 Winter Paralympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She was also the Canadian Flag bearer for the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She currently resides in Vernon, British Columbia.
Gaudet was awarded the Order of Sport in 2020, marking her induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. She was the first wheelchair curler inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 2024, she was inducted into the World Curling Hall of Fame.

## Results

Paralympic Games :
| Finish | Event | Year | Place |
| Gold | Wheelchair Curling | 2006 | Italy Torino |
| Gold | Wheelchair Curling | 2010 | Canada Vancouver |
| Gold | Wheelchair Curling | 2014 | Russia Sochi |
| World Wheelchair Curling Championships ||||
| Finish | Event | Year | Place |
| 4. | Wheelchair Curling | 2007 | Sweden Sollefteå |
| 4. | Wheelchair Curling | 2008 | Switzerland Sursee |
| Gold | Wheelchair Curling | 2011 | Czech Republic Prague |
# Aiden Cairns

Aiden Joseph Cairns (1917-1992) was a professional rugby league footballer in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.

## Playing career

A three-quarter, Cairns, played in 17 matches for the Eastern Suburbs in 1938 and 23 for the North Sydney club in 1941,1942 and 1944. In the 1938 season, Cairns was a try scorer in the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by Canterbury in that year's premiership final.

## Death

He died on 15 January 1992 in Brisbane, Queensland and was cremated at Mt. Thompson Memorial Gardens.
# Frank Sponberg

Francis Anthony Sponberg (18 May 1913 − 17 June 2000) was a professional rugby league footballer who played for Western Suburbs, Canterbury-Bankstown and for the New South Wales Rugby League team. He is the younger brother of Bill Sponberg - who also played for Canterbury.

## Club career

Of Swedish descent, Sponberg had a very successful club career, ultimately winning three grand finals with two different clubs.
A Canterbury junior, Sponberg made his debut for Western Suburbs in Round 6 of the 1932 season. He played for Wests for three seasons between 1932 and 1934. Sponberg played in the final against South Sydney after a semi-final win against Balmain. However, as minor premiers, Souths were allowed right of challenge, and so a rematch of the grand final was played a week later. Western Suburbs lost the grand final 12-19 and Souths took their 11th title. He scored his debut try in round 11 of the 1932 season in a win against Sydney University.
Sponberg played lock in the 1934 Grand Final, with his team defeating Eastern Suburbs 15-12.
He joined the newly admitted Canterbury-Bankstown club for their debut season in 1935. He played a total of 8 seasons with Canterbury between 1935 and 1944, including the 1938 Grand Final and the 1942 Grand Final. He spent the 1940 season as captain-coach of Wollongong, before returning to Canterbury in 1941. In round 4 of 1941, Sponberg scored two tries against South Sydney. In Canterbury's season rematch with Souths, Sponberg also scored two tries to help his team win 16-13.
In 1944, Sponberg played his final career game in round 8 against Newtown. He scored a try in that game.

## Representative career

Sponberg represented New South Wales on 7 occasions between 1933 and 1935. He scored a try in New South Wales' 24-0 Game 1 win against Queensland in the 1933 Interstate series. He missed 1936 selection due to broken ribs. Sponberg also represented New South Wales City, making 4 appearances with thffe representative team. In his debut with the team, he scored 2 tries against New South Wales Country, with his team winning 47-6.
Sponberg died at his home on the Central Coast of New South Wales following a short illness on 17 June 2000, aged 87.

## Accolades

During 1936, Sponberg was quoted in the press as "the next best lock to Wally Prigg in Australia."
In 1985, Sponberg was selected in the Bulldogs' 'Greatest Team Ever'.
In 2004, Sponberg was named in the Canterbury 70th year Berries to Bulldogs Team Of Champions as lock forward.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Bulldogs Ring of Champions (Hall of Fame).
# Alan Keato

Alan Louis Keato (7 September 1920 – 16 December 1943) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the New South Wales Rugby League for Western Suburbs. He died during the Second World War.

## Early life and rugby career

Keato was born on 7 September 1920 in Kogarah to William and Annie Keato. He played 5 matches for Western Suburbs in 1943, the same club for which his brother Bill had played.

## Military career

Keato enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force on 10 February 1943. Rising to become a lance-bombardier, he died of accidental injuries at Lae during the New Guinea campaign on 16 December 1943. He was buried at Lae War Cemetery.

## Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | Division | League | League | League | League | Other | Other | Other | Other | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Tries | Goals | Points | Apps | Tries | Goals | Points | Apps | Tries | Goals | Points |
| Western Suburbs | 1943 | New South Wales Rugby League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
# Terry Beers

Terence Charles 'Terry' Beers (1925–2015) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Beers was graded at St. George in 1945 and played great football to be promoted from Third Grade to First Grade in his debut year. Over the next couple of seasons he remained at the club, regularly playing lower grades until 1948 when he retired.
Beers died on 19 March 2015 at Kogarah, New South Wales. He was later cremated at Woronora Crematorium, Sutherland.
# Mick Mullane Sr.

Maurice James Mullane (1924–2008) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s.

## Playing career

'Mick' Mullane started his career at Newtown just after he returned from war service. He played four years of first grade with the Bluebags and represented N.S.W. in 1950. He moved to the St. George club in 1951, but suffered a season ending leg injury in a trial game. The turned out for the Saints the following year before retiring at the conclusion of the 1953 season.
'Mick' Mullane was the father of Mick Mullane Jr. and Greg Mullane, both first grade rugby league players in the 1970s.

## Death

Maurice James 'Mick' Mullane died in Sydney on 13 April 2008, 40 days short of his 84th birthday.
# Norm Nilson

Norman Donald Nilson (1927–2017) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s.

## Playing career

Norm "Nipper' Nilson was the Souths' reserve grade captain was called into the front row for Souths NSWRFL grand final 12–11 win over Newtown in 1955.

## Post playing

'Nipper' Nilson later served a period as Souths' club president.

## Death

Nilson died on 18 August 2017 at his home at Port Macquarie, New South Wales age 90.
# Jack Wall (rugby league)

Jack Wall was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Western Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.

## Playing career

Wall made his first grade debut for Western Suburbs in 1949, the year after the club had won their third premiership. Wests finished just behind minor premiers South Sydney and qualified for the finals. Wests premiership defence ended in the semi-final as they were defeated by Balmain 20-13 at the Sydney Cricket Ground with Wall playing on the wing.
In the next season, Western Suburbs reached the 1950 NSWRL grand final against Souths after disposing of Balmain in the preliminary final 28-10 with Wall scoring a try. In the grand final, Wall played on the wing as Wests went into half time trailing Souths 15-11. Souths held on in the second half to win the match and the premiership 21-15 at the Sydney Sports Ground. Wall finished 1950 as the club's joint top try scorer. Wall departed the club the following season in 1951 after the club reached the finals but were defeated by Manly-Warringah in the semi-final. The following year in 1952, Western Suburbs would go on to win their fourth and final premiership.
# William Sneddon

Bill Sneddon (1926-2018) also known as "Wally Sneddon" was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Balmain and South Sydney in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.

## Background

Sneddon played rugby league for Grafton in the NSW Country competition before being spotted by Balmain scouts and was signed by the club.

## Playing career

Sneddon made his first grade debut for Balmain in 1948. Balmain would go on to reach the 1948 NSWRL grand final against Western Suburbs. Sneddon played at five-eighth as Balmain took a 5-3 lead into half time. In the second half, Western Suburbs scored a try through Kevin Hansen to make the score 8-5. Balmain were unable to score any further points and lost the grand final in front of 30,000 fans at the Sydney Sports Ground. The following year, Balmain reached the preliminary final against St George but lost the match to the eventual premiers 18-7. This was Sneddon's last game for Balmain and he departed to join South Sydney.
Sneddon only made 2 appearances for South Sydney and missed out on playing in the club's grand final victory over Western Suburbs. Sneddon did not return to the Souths team in 1951 after he suffered a serious knee injury and had to retire prematurely. Sneddon later went on to become a referee.
# James Hall (rugby league)

James Hall (1922–2011), also known as Jim Hall, was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played for North Sydney and Manly-Warringah in the NSWRL competition. Hall was a foundation player for Manly-Warringah, featuring in the club's first season and first game.

## Playing career

Hall began his first grade career with North Sydney in 1942. He played with Norths up until the end of 1945 but he did not play in the club's 1943 grand final defeat against Newtown.
In 1946, it was announced that two new clubs were to be admitted into the NSWRL competition for the 1947 season which were Parramatta and Manly-Warringah. Due to the residency rules at the time, Hall fell under the Manly district zone and was required to play for them.
Hall played in Manly's first ever game on April 12, 1947, against Western Suburbs at Brookvale Oval. Manly lost the game 15–13 even though Manly scored more tries than Wests. Hall managed to make only two further appearances for Manly before retiring at the end of the season.
# Umar ibn al-Khattab Mosque

The Mosque of Umar ibn al-Khattab (Arabic: مسجد عمر بن الخطاب) is a Sunni Islam mosque, located within the historic city of Dumat al-Jandal in the Al Jawf Province of Saudi Arabia. The mosque is named after the Rashidun caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, who is believed to have constructed the mosque, although this claim has been contested. The mosque's minaret is the first of its kind to be built in North Arabia as well.
Adjacent to the mosque is the historic Marid Castle which dates from around the 1st century CE.

## History

The mosque was built during the reign of the Umayyad Caliphate. Islamic tradition reports that Umar ibn al-Khattab built the mosque to pray at, while on his journey to Jerusalem, hence the mosque's name. However, the structure of the mosque does not resemble architecture contemporary to the time period of the Rashidun Caliphate, so the attribution of its construction to Umar is considered by some historians to be unreliable.
In 1793, the Saud family renovated the mosque, as well as rebuilt the prayer hall so that it faced the qibla in a more accurate direction. The mosque itself is still a popular tourist destination in the modern age.

## Architecture

The spiral, pyramidal-base minaret of the mosque is considered the oldest minaret in North Arabia. The mosque, including the prayer hall and minaret, are made out of brick.

## Gallery

* Inside the mosque's prayer hall
* A columned arcade within the mosque
* The courtyard of the mosque
# Ian Johnston (rugby league)

Ian Johnston (1927−2013) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1960s. He played for Parramatta Eels and Western Suburbs Magpies as a centre. Johnston was the first ever Parramatta player to represent Australia.

## Playing career

Johnston was born and raised in Newcastle, New South Wales and played his junior rugby league before joining the newly admitted Parramatta side in 1948. In 1949, Johnston became the first Parramatta player to represent Australia when he was selected to tour New Zealand and featured in one match. Johnston was also selected to play for New South Wales in the same year and played in three matches scoring two tries. Johnston later became the first Parramatta player to reach 100 points in the NSWRL competition but his time at Parramatta was not very successful and was part of the sides that claimed the 1952 and 1954 wooden spoons. He left the club briefly in 1953 after a dispute with club management and went as player coach for one season in Young. This was a successful season and Young won the Clayton Cup. After leaving Parramatta, Johnston moved to Maitland and played a season in the local Newcastle competition before returning to Sydney and signed with Western Suburbs. Johnston spent two seasons at Wests before retiring as a player.

## Coaching career

Johnston coached the Parramatta reserve grade side from 1961 to 1967 and then eventually became first grade coach at the club and spent two seasons in the role with the club hovering around lower to mid table under his tenure.
Sporting positions :
| Preceded byBrian Hambly 1967 | Coach Parramatta 1968−1969 | Succeeded byRon Lynch 1970 |

## Later life

Johnston later served the club in a number of administrative roles and was a member of the board of directors at Parramatta. Johnston was inducted into the Parramatta hall of fame in 2009 and along with Ron Hilditch is the only Parramatta player to have played first grade for the club, coached the first grade team and served as a director. He died on 1 February 2013 after a long illness.
# George Jardine (rugby league)

George Jardine (8 November 1926 - 29 May 2015) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. Jardine played in the New South Wales premiership competition and won a premiership with St. George in 1949.

## Career

A Wollongong, New South Wales junior, Jardine played five seasons for St. George between 1947-1950 and 1952. He became a premiership winner when he played at lock-forward in 1949 Grand Final win over South Sydney. After playing 70 grade games for St George, George Jardine returned to the Illawarra league in 1953 joining the Northern Suburbs Wollongong club. He also had a long association with the Helensburgh Tigers rugby league football club.
# Chick Donnelley

Clayton Cecil 'Chick' Donnelley (1923–1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Originally a La Perouse junior, Donnelley was graded at St George Dragons in the mid 1940s. A big raw-boned lock-forward, he played two years of first grade with St George between 1946-1947. He featured in the 1946 Grand Final team that was defeated by Balmain Tigers 13-12 as the replacement lock forward for the injured Walter Mussing.
Donnelley died on 30 November 1998.
# Noel Hill (rugby league)

Noel Edward Hill (1927-1965) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s in the New South Wales premiership competition.

## Career

A south coast junior, Hill was a halfback for St. George for three seasons between 1948-1950. He won a premiership with St George, playing halfback in the 1949 Grand Final victory over South Sydney.
In 1951, Hill returned to Thirroul, and was selected for NSW Country in 1952 and 1953, captaining that representative side in 1952.

## Death

Hill died of a cerebral hemorrhage in South Melbourne on 24 September 1965. A son and a daughter survived him. He was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton on 28 September 1965.
# Pat McMahon (rugby league)

Patrick McMahon (21 June 1927 – 25 November 2013), also known by the nickname of "Cocky", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australia national and Queensland state representative winger, he played his club football around the state of Queensland.
McMahon was first selected to represent Queensland in 1946. The following year he joined Toowoomba's Souths club and while there he was selected in 1948 to make his international début for the Australian national team, becoming Kangaroo No. 241.
During his career McMahon also played for Mt. Isa, Toowoomba's All Whites club, and Babinda.
McMahon also had a stint as captain coach of the Mitchell club in 1956.
In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, McMahon was named on the bench of the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.