Adams wrote ," As I now find that I cannot be appointed to the directorship without entering into what would at any rate have the aspect of a contest for the office, I beg to be allowed to withdraw my name and to no longer be considered a candidate ..."

A party may challenge any aspect of the probate administration, such as a direct challenge to the validity of the will, known as a will contest, a challenge to the status of the person serving as personal representative, a challenge as to the identity of the heirs, and a challenge to whether the personal representative is properly administering the estate.

For example, during the annual ARRL's Field Day contest, making a QSO ( ham-to-ham contact ) using " QRP battery power " is worth five times as many points as a contact made by conventional means.

* First ever ARRL Field Day contest held in July

Every year since 1933, the game has been held in Jacksonville, except for 1994 and 1995, when the contest was held at the respective schools ' campus stadiums due to the reconstruction of what is now EverBank Field for the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars expansion team.

The Twin Galaxies ' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records-Arcade Volume, lists history's largest video game contest as the " 1984 March of Dimes International Konami / Centuri Track & Field Challenge ".

The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters ( NZART ) holds an HF National Field Day contest each February, and a VHF Field Day each December.

The contest portion of Field Day has two purposes.

Such a station will also be capable of making more contacts during the contest portion of Field Day.

The contest is based on the long-used format of " guess the number of jelly beans in the container ," with Chicago's Soldier Field and 26 other football stadiums being the containers.

After the contest, the Wolverines left behind their water jug at Northrop Field, which gave rise to the Little Brown Jug, one of the oldest and most famous college football trophies.

Horseshoe pitching contest at the annual Field day ( agriculture ) | field day of the Farm Security Administration | FSA farmworkers community, Yuma, Arizona

In a game known as the Fog Bowl, the Bears defeated the Eagles 20-12, in a contest in which a heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the second quarter and cut visibility to about 15-20 yards for the rest of the game.

The company held a contest to name the new ballpark, with " Mind Field " being selected.

While at Yale, Pelikan won a contest sponsored by Field & Stream magazine for Ed Zern's column " Exit Laughing " to translate the motto of the Madison Avenue Rod, Gun, Bloody Mary & Labrador Retriever Benevolent Association (" Keep your powder, your trout flies and your martinis dry ") into Latin.

Textile Field was purchased by the City of Manchester in 1927 and, in a name-the-field contest conducted by the Manchester Union-Leader, renamed Municipal Athletic Field ( usually shortened to " Athletic Field " in local media ).

Their documentary, produced for the National History Day contest, presented important new evidence and compelling reasons for reopening the case.

This Labor Day weekend celebration features musical acts, a Jamboree Queen contest, and other activities.

Other annual events include the Spook Parade, a children's costume contest held the day before Halloween, and Santa Claus Day, held the Saturday before Christmas.

Memorial Day in Pentwater is considered the beginning of the summer season, and there is a popular annual fishing contest.

" Mercer also hosts an annual " Loon Day " festival, which features a large arts and crafts fair, live music and a loon calling contest.

Moreover, the date that was eventually set for the 1980 contest by the European Broadcasting Union coincided with Israel's Day of Remembrance for their casualties of war, so Israel decided not to participate at all.

Their documentary, produced for the National History Day contest presented important new evidence and compelling reasons for reopening the case.

Mysterio was defeated by Mark Henry and The Great Khali in separate non-title matches before wrestling Kane to a " no contest "; Mysterio retained his title against JBL at Judgement Day.

The winner of this contest would wear the wreath as his crown, and would be recognized as the May Day King for the rest of the holiday.

The new party also had a new leader, Stockwell Day who won the leadership contest for the party after competing with Manning for the position.

And every year, as for over a century, thousands of fans attend the annual Thanksgiving Day football contest between Winchester High School and its long-time traditional rival, Woburn.

In The Valor of Ignorance and The Day of the Saxon, Lea viewed American and British struggles for global competition and survival as part of a larger Anglo-Saxon social Darwinist contest between the “ survival of the fittest ” races.

In 1993 the rivals would engage in another contest named ' Judgement Day ' watched by a reported 1 billion people and fought an exciting contest – albeit less brutal than their first – to a draw.

Traditionally, a ski jumping contest is held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on New Year's Day, as a part of the Four Hills Tournament ( Vierschanzen-Tournee ).

In an open letter, first published by Leicestershire based campaigner Simon Perry, Dr. Brooks cited Tredinnick's involvement in the " cash-for-questions " and " expenses " scandals and tabling of Early Day Motion ( EDM ) 908 which criticised the Science and Technology Committee's Report " Evidence Check on Homeopathy ", as the motivation behind choosing to contest the Bosworth seat.

In 2000, Brandt supported Stockwell Day for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance on the second ballot of the newly formed party's leadership contest.

Their documentary, produced for the National History Day contest, presented important new evidence and compelling reasons for reopening the case.

In 1978, a contest was also apparently held on Memorial Day at Nathan's, described as an " annual " occurrence in an article on p. A-9 of the May 30, 1978 issue of the < i > Pittsburgh Press </ i >.

Also in the United Kingdom, the largest annual music contest in a battle of the bands format is Live and Unsigned, which has been operating since 2007.

On July 25, 1888, McGurrin, who was reportedly the only person using touch typing at the time, won a decisive victory over Louis Traub ( operating Caligraph with eight-finger method ) in a typing contest held in Cincinnati.

The only requirement of the contest is that the teams utilize the hardware provided to them ( an eBoxII from ICOPTech ), as well as build a customized image of the Windows CE operating system.

Whatever the length of the contest, the top operators are frequently those that can best maintain focus on the tasks of contest operating throughout the event.

His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel, and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel, as told in 1 Kings 18, form the keynote to a period which culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure.

Though a contest was planned for 2000 the interest in the N64 was already fading and so did the event.

Beginning in 1999 as an event at the Bean Blossom Blues Fest, the contest has 3 divisions: Youth ( ages 1-15 ), Adult ( 16 and above ), and Group ( 2 or more players of any age ).

Epic Games ' popular Make Something Unreal contest included machinima that impressed event organizer Jeff Morris because of " the quality of entries that really push the technology, that accomplish things that Epic never envisioned ".

In an episode that spoofed the contest between the Champion and Earth's strongest superheroes from the Champion's first appearance in Marvel Two-in-One Annual # 7, the villain Rasslor ( voiced by professional wrestler " Macho Man " Randy Savage ) challenges and easily defeats Earth's superheroes ( consisting of Valhallen, Major Glory, Sam-R-I, Phan Tone, Krunk, White Tiger, Capital G, and Living Bullet ) in single combat until Monkey was the sole remaining challenger, having been dismissed as being unworthy of Rasslor repeatedly throughout the event.

While it is not required to attend the week-long festivities and seminars, it is thought by some that those in the running for the Gold Award may advance their cause by displaying professionalism and hard work at that time ; judges for the contest, however, refute this, as the judging is done blindly in advance of the week-long pre-awards event and most judges don't arrive on site until the last day of the workshop.

This open contest is the largest championship barbecue competition in the world, with the 2007 event attracting 496 teams.

* No contest ( boxing ), a decision at a sporting event ( especially boxing )

The contest was covered much like a sporting event with regular updates on the score over a series of days.

At the same time, in early November of each year and to commemorate Bob Hoffman ’ s birthday, a prestige lifting contest was always held as part of “ Bob Hoffman ’ s Birthday Party .” In 1971, it was decided to make this event the “ World Weightlifting Championships .” There was no such thing as ‘ teams ’ and thus was predominantly a whole bunch of American lifters, plus four from Great Britain and one from the West Indies.

However, other morals can often be taken from the story itself ; for instance, that " arrogance or overconfidence in one's abilities may lead to failure or the loss of an event, race, or contest ".

By the second year, the event added a men's great legs contest and a bikini contest that attracted contestants from all over California.

The event quickly became known outside of Texas and, beginning in 1926, the world's first international contest was added, known as the " International Pageant of Pulchritude.

The contest is a weekend event.

On the night of the Miss Universe 2002 contest, she passed on her crown, once again in Puerto Rico ( this time the event was held in the city of San Juan ), to Oxana Fedorova of Russia.

In the inaugural 2007 contest, there were over 8, 500 people in attendance and the event received almost 30 million media impressions.

A major community event is the Silver Salmon Derby, a fishing contest that takes place every fall.

Every year on the last weekend of June, Malvern hosts the Brickfest, an event that fills the city with music, food and activities that include a brick toss, brick car derby, and a best dressed brick contest.

A contest was held to choose a name for the event and " Oildorado " was chosen, having been submitted by W. A.

Each year Crump holds a two day festival called Crump Days, which includes a Polka Jamboree / wrestling event, a horseshoe contest, a small parade, and fireworks.

The week-long event includes softball tournaments, high school class reunions, homecoming church services, town picnic and concert at Eddy Park, a Sunday Lake run contest, Main Street parade, children's races, and fireworks display over Sunday Lake.

Besides the beer garden, the event will have craft & vendors, a barbecue cook-off, a wet t-shirt contest, games, and music from Amsterdam and local band BlackFoot Drifter.

This event was called " Fiesta " and included a beauty contest, a parade, and a stage show.

This annual summer event hosts many attractions including canoe races, a tractor parade, the Garrettsville Idol contest, and a car or cash raffle.