Helen Gourlay Cawley (born 23 December 1946) is a retired female tennis player from Australia.

She was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Cawley reached the singles final of two Grand Slam tournaments, losing the 1971 French Open and the December 1977 Australian Open to countrywoman Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Despite both players marrying men with the same surname, they are not in any way related to each other.^[1]

Cawley's greatest success was in women's doubles. She was a four-time winner of the Australian Open (1972, 1976, 1977 (January), 1977 (December)). She won Wimbledon in 1977 and was the runner-up there in 1974. And she was twice the runner-up at the French Open (1971 and 1977).

Grand Slam singles finals[link]

Runner-ups (2)[link]

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1971	French Open	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 7–5
1977	Australian Open (December)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 6–0

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline[link]

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

See also[link]

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

References[link]

External links[link]

• Helen Gourlay at the Women's Tennis Association

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Douglas MacLeod Gourlay (born December 1, 1929 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.

Gourlay was educated at the University of Manitoba (receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1952), the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado. He served as with the Federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration from 1952 to 1956, and later worked as an agrologist.^{[citation needed]}

Gourlay served as a councillor for the Town of Swan River in mid-northern Manitoba between 1972 and 1975, and was its Mayor from 1975 to 1977. He was also a member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists during this period.^{[citation needed]}

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1977, narrowly defeating New Democratic Party candidate Leonard Harapiak in Swan River.^[1] He was not initially called to serve in Lyon's cabinet, but was named Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister of Northern Affairs,^[2][3] with responsibility for the Communities Economic Development Fund on November 15, 1979.^{[citation needed]}

The Tories were defeated in the 1981 provincial election, although Gourlay again defeated Harapiak by a narrow margin. He narrowly lost to Harapiak by 65 votes in their third encounter, in the provincial election of 1986. He has not sought a return to politics since this time.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

Cliff McNish (Sunderland, 24 August 1962) is a fantasy author for young adults. His books are notable for their use of bizarre, intense imagery. He visits many schools as well to talk about how he became a writer.

The Doomspell Trilogy[link]

The Doomspell Trilogy is a fantasy trilogy. The books are:

• The Doomspell
• The Scent of Magic
• The Wizard's Promise

The books are mainly about two young and gifted siblings, Rachel and Eric. Rachel is extraordinarily gifted in the use of magic, whereas Eric is unique in his ability of destroying spells and cancelling out magic.

The Silver Sequence[link]

The Silver Sequence is a fantasy trilogy. The books are:

• Silver Child
• Silver City
• Silver World

In these books, a group of 6 soon-to-be-special children are drawn to a town called Coldharbour, where they find out that the Earth is soon to be attacked by a huge, vicious alien known simply as the Roar. The children are changed at they prepare to defend their world. These are the children:

THOMAS receives the power to change others.

MILO becomes an enormous winged boy to shield the town.

HELEN becomes a mind-reader.

EMILY and FREDA are twins who can run at amazing speed and survive underwater.

WALTER becomes extremely tall and strong

Breathe[link]

[Breathe: A Ghost Story] is a stand-alone novel about a group of ghost children: Ann, Oliver, Gwyneth and Charlie. They should be on the "other side," however, the Ghost Mother trapped their souls in the ancient house. The only way for the Ghost Mother to stay in the living world is to keep feeding off the ghost children, sucking out their spirit-energy. Once the children are all out of energy, they are claimed by the "Nightmare Passage." Jack has just moved into the big old house that the ghosts live in with his mum. He suffers badly with asthma. The Ghost Mother wants to make him love her and tries to replace his own mother. The ghost children discover that they can talk to Jack and find that he is their only chance of being saved from the Nightmare Passage. Jack will have to use his gift to help the ghosts children. The question is, will Jack be able to fend off the Ghost Mother long enough to let them be free?

Angel[link]

This book is about two girls who are inextricably linked by destiny, not choice.

Freya, a teenager who since the age of eight has been obsessed with angels after seeing one in her bedroom. But as soon as she gets her life back to normal, almost perfect, she cannot stop seeing them everywhere. But she is about to learn that she is a half angel and it will change her life.

Stephanie is friendless, strange, a misfit who has always been interested, almost obsessive, about angels. This obsession has alienated her, but she finds hope in Freya, who she is somehow drawn to. However, things take a turn for the worse and she has to question if what she believes in is actually true, and whether it is all worth it.

Immortal[link]

To be released 2008.

The Secret Room[link]

The Secret Room: A Mystery

External links[link]

• Cliff Mcnish's Homepage