Mr Williams pipped Julie Nesbit, who chairs the Constables' Central Committee, for the job.
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The Ukrainian pipped Farah to win the gold in last year's championship in Brussels.
The New Zealand trio includes Alison Shanks who pipped Houvenaghel for gold in Wednesday's individual final.
Alonso comfortably pipped old adversary Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari by almost a second.
Belatedly he was rewarded (having been pipped for four Oscars) with an honorary Academy Award in 2008.
Wales then pipped Argentina 10-7 and overcame Portugal 17-5 to secure a showdown with Sevens aces Fiji.
Michael Rimmer took 800m silver but was disappointed at being pipped on the line by Poland's Marcin Lewandowski.
The bronze medal went to Milan Kotur of Croatia, who pipped Greene for the 2005 European Juniors title.
Idowu, who won silver at last year's Olympics, edged out Portugal's Nelson Evora, who pipped Idowu in Beijing.
At the Sydney Games, Dutch ace van den Hoogenband pipped Thorpe to both the 100 and 200 freestyle crowns.
The smallest margin of victory was back in 1982 when Condor of Bermuda pipped Apollo by just seven seconds.
If they had been a bit more clinical, they could have pipped them.
Shanghai students comfortably pipped the South Koreans, Singaporeans and Hong Kong Chinese, with only eccentric Finns bucking the Western-slacker trend.
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However, they were both pipped by Lena Dunham, creator and star of sitcom Girls, which also won best comedy TV series.
Northern Ireland poet Seamus Heaney has pipped children's hero Harry Potter to win his second Whitbread Book of the Year award.
William just pipped brother Michael by four hundredths of a second in the 250 event, with Barry Davidson completing the podium.
He was pipped on that one, but died with around 100 patents to his name, most of them improvements to imaging things.
The Gunners rounded off their Premier League campaign with a 4-0 win over Fulham on Sunday and pipped rivals Tottenham to third place.
The signing is a huge coup for east Belfast club Glentoran who pipped Linfield to the Premiership crown by a point last May.
Hamilton won the 2008 title in dramatic fashion as he pipped Ferrari's Felipe Massa at the final race of the season in Brazil.
Cheshire pipped Shropshire to the Minor Counties Championship in the final game of 2007 - a situation the county are keen to reverse.
After trailing in the 60m heats, a late burst pipped Donna Fraser in the 200m final - an event she is simply using for speed-work.
But Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was the UK's third biggest film in 2010, having been pipped to the post by Toy Story 3 and Avatar.
He led the Masters going into the final round but was pipped to the title by Phil Mickelson, who is two under at St Andrews.
He will be hungry for success after being pipped by half a wheel by Iain Duffus in the main North West 200 race in May.
Mr Haz himself said two years ago, when Mr Wahid pipped Miss Megawati to the presidency, that a woman was not fit to lead Indonesia.
Preston thrashed Cardiff 6-0 at Deepdale three weeks ago and ultimately pipped the Welsh side for a top-six place on goal difference, by just one goal.
More disappointment followed at March's World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, where she again was pipped to gold, this time in the pentathlon, by Ukrainian Nataliya Dobrynska.
His side finished 11 points and three places above Bolton after 46 games - but face being pipped to the play-off final over just 180 minutes.
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