amateur championship

collocation in English

meaningsofamateurandchampionship

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amateur
adjective
uk
/ˈæm.ə.tər/us
/ˈæm.ə.tʃɚ/
taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as ...
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championship
noun
uk
/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/us
/ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/
a high-level competition to decide who is the best, especially in ...
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(Definition ofamateurandchampionshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since the club won between 1989 and 2011 six times theamateurchampionshipof its hometown.
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After the 1998 season, the championship was held as anamateurchampionship.
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Theamateurchampionshipwas therefore played out by the league runners-up from then on.
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That year, for the first time, theamateurchampionshipwas won in a faster time than the professional.
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The original purpose was to sponsor an undisputed nationalamateurchampionship, which was first held in 1895.
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In each of these seasons the team took part in the nationamateurchampionshipwinning the title in 1999.
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She won both the state high school girls' championship in 1934 and the stateamateurchampionshipin 1937.
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Second place results in 1966 and 1970 earned the team a place in the opening rounds of the nationalamateurchampionship.
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He said his victory was tainted by the long list of riders who had won theamateurchampionshipand done nothing afterwards.
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They also took part in the opening rounds of the nationalamateurchampionshipin 1955, 1965, 1974, and 1976, without any success.
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In 1991, it once more came second in this league and went all the way to the final of theamateurchampionship.
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Also, league winners who were reserve teams of professional clubs were ineligible for promotion to the professional level and had to play in theamateurchampionshipinstead.
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