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walkover

Horse racing
a. the running or walking over the course by the only contestant entered in a race at the time of starting
b. a race won in this way
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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Two horses ran in the opening members' race' the next two events were walk-overs' the fourth race was void because no-one wanted to run' and two four-horse contests completed a wretched card.
Mainland, without a win all season, went down 57-22 to Lex and there were walk-overs for Borough Ladies and Colwyn Sports after Colwyn Comets and Scruples were unable to raise teams.
Walk-overs - Class A 70kg: B White (Birkenhead), Class B 52kg: J Crossley (Vauxhalls), Class C 86k: C Glover (Long lane), Class C 91kg: D Hodge (Bridgefoot).
There were walk-overs for Leicester against Worcester and Northampton against Walsall.
What the game with the Royal XV has told us is there aren't going to be any walk-overs in South Africa and we have to be on our mettle when we go into battle.
There are walk-overs for Joe Costello (Chelmsley Wood), Ashley Shingler (Priory Park), Raza Hanza (Aston), David Tulley (Hall Green) and James Melvin (Hall Green)..
Chapel End (2pts) 83 Windmill B (9pts) 143 (Joan Probert 21-13, Marie Huntley 21-13, Linda Marshall 21-19), Carole Beale, Sheila Smith and Kate Curry (all walk-overs).
Appoint a water monitor within your organisation to undertake periodic site walk-overs to identify water minimisation opportunities.
Some matches provide quality table tennis, others are Titanic battles, some are relative walk-overs, while others provide great drama.
East Cleveland ABC duo Ben Wardle and Ross Beedle were another pairing to benefit from walk-overs at Hartlepool.
We have dropped points by giving away walk-overs, but we are trying our best despite the numerous challenges,' said Ariko.
Our next two home games are no walk-overs, but if we can avoid injuries and keep this momentum going you never know!
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