The Great Western Lacrosse League , also known as the GWLL , was an NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse athletic conference that existed from 1994 to 2009. The conference was created when the NCAA instituted automatic qualifiers to the NCAA championship tournament ; in so doing, it eliminated the "western region" bid.
19-784: Great Western can refer to: Locations [ edit ] Great Western, Victoria , a town in Victoria, Australia Great Western Divide , a long ridge in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA Great Western Mountain , a mountain in central Sri Lanka Great Western Tiers , a collection of small mountain bluffs in Tasmania, Australia Great Western Woodlands , biodiverse area in South West Australia Railways [ edit ] Great Western Railway ,
38-527: A UK railway company nationalised in 1948 and that has since lent its name to: Great Western Main Line , a principal passenger and freight rail route Great Western Railway (train operating company) , traded as Great Western Trains until 1998, then First Great Western until 2015 Great Western Holdings , a company formed in 1994 to bid (successfully) for the Great Western franchise Great Western
57-617: A conference to have six members in order to be eligible for an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. As a result, Fairfield was added as a sixth member. Fairfield later left the conference to join the ECAC and was replaced by Quinnipiac. Later, Butler left the GWLL when its athletic department dropped several sports programs including men's lacrosse in January 2007. Bellarmine was added to
76-778: A men's a cappella chorus singing primarily in the Barbershop style Great Western Loop , long-distance hiking trail in the western US Great Western Trail , multiple-use route between Canada and Mexico Great Western Trail (board game) , based on the Great Western Cattle Trail Great Western Turnpike , former series of toll routes in New York state, US Great Western Valkyrie , an album by Rival Sons See also [ edit ] Great Western Road (disambiguation) Great West (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
95-622: A population of 425. The first European settlers in the Great Western area were sheep graziers in the 1840s and closer settlement began with the discovery of gold during the Victorian gold rush , the Post Office opening on 1 June 1858. . The first vineyards in the Great Western area were established by two Frenchmen who met at the gold diggings at Daylesford . Following their example, Joseph Best and his brother Henry established vineyards in 1865. Following Joseph's death in 1888,
114-517: A previous ship of the same name USS Great Western , ammunition ship of Union Navy during US Civil War Other [ edit ] Sarah A. Bowman (c. 1813-1866), American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam The Great Western , an album by James Dean Bradfield Great Western Building , colonial-era residence, court and hotel in Mumbai, India Great Western Cattle Trail , cattle driving trail, US The Great Western Chorus of Bristol ,
133-472: A result of Notre Dame 's 2008 decision to leave the conference for the newly established Big East lacrosse conference in 2010; the remaining GWLL schools, including the Air Force Academy , University of Denver , The Ohio State University , Quinnipiac University , and Bellarmine University , joined the ECAC , as a five-team GWLL would no longer have been eligible to receive an automatic bid to
152-578: A sugar company headquartered in Denver, Colorado Ships [ edit ] SS Great Western , the first purpose-built trans-Atlantic steamship, 1838 PS Great Western (1864) , owned for a time by the Great Western Railway, later named PS Lovedale TSS Great Western (1901) , built for GWR, renamed 'GWR No. 20' in 1933 TSS Great Western (1933) , built for the GWR to replace
171-577: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Great Western, Victoria Great Western is a town in the east of the Wimmera region of Victoria , Australia . The town is located on the Western Highway , in the Shire of Northern Grampians local government area , 225 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne . The town has
190-637: Is the wine and food village of the Grampians . Wineries are still producing quality sparkling wines including Seppelt Salinger at the Seppelt winery, now owned by Treasury Wine Estates . The Ahchow Family have been custodians of the Seppelt Great Western estate since 2016. The Seppelt cellars include over 3 kilometres of labyrinthine tunnels ("drives") originally constructed by out of work gold miners. The underground cellars were used to allow
209-797: The Great Western Hospital, Swindon Great Western Hotel (disambiguation) , several hotels Great Western Lacrosse League , former sports conference in US Great Western Steam Laundry , former laundry in Glasgow, UK Great Western Mine , a coal mine in South Wales, UK Great Western Mine (Lake County, California) , a mercury mine in California, USA Great Western Schoolhouse , historic place and museum in Ohio, US Great Western Sugar Company ,
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#1732766123225228-432: The NCAA championship tournament under the rule requiring conferences to have at least six members to qualify for the bid. The GWLL was established in 1994. The original members were Air Force , Butler , Denver , Michigan State , Notre Dame , and Ohio State . Just prior to the 1997 season, Michigan State left the conference after the school dropped varsity lacrosse, leaving the league with five clubs. The NCAA requires
247-1865: The Wabash Railroad, US Great Western Railroad (Ohio) , US Great Western Railway of Colorado , US Great Western railway station , near the Great Western Mountain, Sri Lanka Businesses and organisations [ edit ] Great Western Air Ambulance Charity , helicopter ambulance trust in South West England Great Western Ambulance Service , a former NHS emergency services trust in South West England Great Western Arms Company , former firearms manufacturer in California, US Great Western Bank (disambiguation) Great Western Brewing Company , located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Great Western Business and Normal College , former college in Kansas, US Great Western Cities , partnership between Bristol, Cardiff and Newport, UK Great Western Combination , former football league in South Central England The Great Western Cotton Factory , former cotton mill in Bristol, UK Great Western Garment Co. , former clothing company in Alberta, Canada Great Western Hospital , in Swindon, England Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs
266-537: The conference in 2007 after the school began competing in Division I men's lacrosse in 2005. In 2008, the GWLL held its first championship tournament. Previously, the GWLL champion was determined by regular-season results. Notre Dame won the championship with a 9-2 victory over Ohio State, earning an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship . In addition to Notre Dame's automatic bid, Ohio State and Denver also received "at-large" bids to
285-441: The property was purchased by Hans Irvine. Irvine imported staff from France and dedicated himself to establishing a sparkling wine of comparable quality of French champagne . In 1918, Irvine sold the winery to his friend and Australian wine pioneer, Benno Seppelt . For decades Seppelt's "Great Western" and Penfolds' "Minchinbury" were strong contenders for Australia's premier Champagne-style sparkling wine. Today, Great Western
304-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Great Western . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Western&oldid=1174279194 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
323-570: The sparkling wine to rest and develop. Sparkling Shiraz was first made at the now Seppelt site in Great Western. The other major vineyard in the area is the Concongella vineyard, operated by Best's Wines, producing a wide variety of wine types. Table shiraz , including some from pre- phylloxera root stocks, is also produced by wineries in the area. The development of a water recycling program transferring waste water from nearby Ararat to wineries at Great Western has allowed recent expansion of
342-638: The wine industry in the area. The horse racing club , the Wimmera Racing Club, holds the Great Western Cup meeting on Australia Day (26 January), and a rodeo is also held annually. The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mininera & District Football League . For more information on Great Western, please visit here , Great Western Lacrosse League The GWLL ceased operations in 2010, as
361-561: Was the name of several locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway, from different classes: Iron Duke class Rover class 3031 Achilles or Dean Single class 4073 Castle class Great Western Railway (Ontario) , originally of Canada West Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan) , a short line railway in Canada Chicago Great Western Railway , US Great Western Railroad (Illinois) (1853-1865), predecessor of
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