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16-935: The Pioneers were one of the four founding teams of the IFL in 2005. They previously played in Ramat HaSharon and Modi'in but moved to Tel Aviv in 2010. The Pioneers won the Hans Foler Becker Trophy with their victory in Israel Bowl II . The Pioneers next made the Israel Bowl when they lost to the Tel Aviv Sabres in Israel Bowl V . The Pioneers then won Israel Bowl VII against the Jerusalem Lions . From 2015–2017,

32-582: Is twinned with: City council (Israel) A city council ( Hebrew : עִירִיָּה , Iriya ) is the official designation of a city within Israel's system of local government . City status may be granted by the Interior Minister to a municipality, usually a local council and whose character is urban , defined as having areas zoned for distinct land use like residential , commercial , and industrial areas . City mayors and members of

48-451: Is also south of route 5. The Cinema City Glilot commercial complex is similarly disconnected from the city and is located on the intersection of highway 5 and 2. The majority of the population lives around the two main streets: "Sokolov" and "Usishkin". in the west. The east in the "Morasha" neighborhood, has no major commercial area, important locations or even a high school. Morasha has long been neglected because of political reasons, though

64-682: Is an affluent city located on Israel 's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering the cities of Tel Aviv to the south, Hod-HaSharon to the east, and Herzliya and kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District , within the Gush Dan metropolitan area. In 2022 Ramamt HaSharon had a population of 48,181m and its citizens are nearly entirely Jewish . Ramat HaSharon, originally Ir Shalom ( Hebrew : עִיר שָׁלוֹם , lit. City of Peace ),

80-427: The 1980s as a very safe place, containing many gardens and wide boulevards, and attracting many upper middle class suburban families. While qualifying for city status by number of residents (with more than 30 thousand residents) from the 1980s, Ramat HaSharon's mayors preferred to maintain the local council designation and acted to maintain the character of the settlement by limiting development. Although, Ramat HaSharon

96-548: The 2011–2012 season, Clal Insurance and Football Israel join the Pioneers as primary sponsors. This article related to sport in Israel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Tel Aviv -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon ( Hebrew : רמת השרון , lit.   'The Sharon Highplain', רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן ‎ )

112-535: The Negev Israel Open, but the event was cancelled because of the military conflict in the region. Along with tennis facilities, which include 24 illuminated courts, and stands which seat up to 4,500 spectators, the central management of the organization, which manages 13 other tennis centers around the country, is located in the town. It also is home to Canada Stadium , where most Davis Cup and other significant Israeli tennis matches have been played since

128-745: The Pioneers made three consecutive Israel Bowl appearances, but lost all of them; twice to the Judean Rebels ( Israel Bowl XIII , Israel Bowl IX ) and once to the Jerusalem Lions ( Israel Bowl X ). The Pioneers most recently won the Israel bowl XVI against the Ramat HaSharon Hammers , 42-36. From their inception, the Pioneers' leading sponsor has been the Dancing Camel Pub & Brewery in Tel Aviv. Since

144-708: The city. The Geology Museum is located in a Bauhaus style building built in 1945. Ramat HaSharon is home to the Israel Tennis Center , founded in 1975, which hosts and organizes international, national and regional tennis tournaments. The courts are also widely used during the Maccabiah Games . The ATP World Tour , which had been in Israel from 1987 to 1996, was scheduled to return to the Israel Tennis Center in September 2014 with

160-536: The mid-1970s. Herbalife Ramat HaSharon is the city's women basketball team, one of the leading teams in the Israeli league and a former European champion. The city's football team, Hapoel Ramat HaSharon , plays in Ligat Ha'al , the premiere league of Israeli football . Alumim, one of the city's junior high schools, has won many trophies in sports, especially for achievements in track and field . Ramat HaSharon

176-492: The other side depicted the hill of Golgotha in Jerusalem . A Greek or Aramaic inscription was engraved on the surface of the coins, probably with the name of the coin owner. According to Yoel Arbel, stone mortars and millstones were used to grind barley and wheat and very likely also to crush herbs and healing plants. The main portion of the city is located north of Highway 5 , east of Highway 20 and Glil Yam , to

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192-674: The population hopes they will get more support after a small increase in later years Until the 1960s, it was primarily a farming community, known for its strawberry fields and citrus groves. Ramat HaSharon is also home to Israel Military Industries , the manufacturer of weapons and small arms for the Israel Defense Forces and the world market. Ramat Hasharon has seven elementary schools, two middle schools (Alumim, and Kelman), and two high schools (Rothberg, and Alon). Midrasha LoOmanut, an art teachers training college, and Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music are located in

208-554: The west of the Israel Military Industries factory and Highway 4 , and to the south of Herzliya . The city's administrative boundaries extend in an L-shaped fashion to the south of highway 5 and bordering with Tel Aviv reaching until Highway 2 in the west. The Neve-Gan neighborhood is disconnected from the rest of the city and is located to the south of the main city, and is adjacent to Kiryat Shaul Cemetery Tel Aviv's Tel Baruch . The Israel Tennis Centers

224-462: Was a moshava established in 1923 by olim from Poland. It was built on 2,000 dunams (2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi)) of land purchased for 5 Egyptian pounds per dunam. In the 1931 census , the village-esque town had a population of 312. In 1932, this Jewish community was renamed Kfar Ramat HaSharon ( lit. The Highplain Village of the Sharon [region]). By 1950, the population

240-434: Was later granted city status in 2002. In August 2021, Israeli archaeologists led by Yoav Arbel excavated a Byzantine and Early Islamic settlement at Khirbat el-‘Ora , prior to the establishment of a new neighborhood. The excavation revealed a wine press paved with a mosaic along with a coin minted by Emperor Heraclius . According to coin expert Robert Kool, one side of the gold depicted the emperor and his two sons, while

256-407: Was up to 900. Rapid population growth in the 1960s and 1970s led to construction of many new roadways, schools and parks. Several distinct neighborhoods evolved in the 1970s, including Morasha on the southern edge, one with many military and air force personnel in the eastern edge, and many successful professionals moved into the developing city. Ramat HaSharon became a highly desirable place to live in

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