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European Challenge Cup - definition of European Challenge Cup in Encyclopedia (301 words) |
 | The European Challenge Cup in rugby union, known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003, is the sister competition to the Heineken Cup. |
| Spain and Portugal do not enter the Heineken Cup and their strongest teams go straight into the European Challenge Cup. |
| The fourteen winners plus 2 lucky losers go onto round two (now known as the Parker Pen Challenge Cup), the twelve other teams go on to play in a separate tournament, the European Shield (Parker Pen Shield; note, this was also an early name for the European Challenge Cup) with four additional teams. |
| The Chesapeake Challenge Cup (724 words) |
| The Cup is the result of a brainstorming session between Jerry Keker of the National Institutes of Health Chess Club in Bethesda and myself. |
| Although the Chesapeake Challenge Cup trophy was bought and paid for by NIH and FMCA, and is currently held by FMCA, it belongs to all the players of the Chesapeake region. |
| No club may challenge for the Cup twice in a row, and a club which has just lost the Cup may not be the next challenger to get it back, unless they are the only challengers that can be found. |
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