Devonshire Colts capture Dudley Eve Trophy, defeating Vasco 7-3 on aggregate in the two-legged final. Colts won the first leg 6-0 -- the biggest margin of victory in the Cup's history -- and lost the second 3-1.

***** West Ham assistant manager Frank Lampard expresses shock at BFA's decision not to renew contract of Technical Director Clyde Best.

***** Bermuda national soccer team loses 2-0 to Canada in soccer friendly at National Stadium.

***** Colin Smith resigns as president of Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association amid protests of constitutional wrongdoings. Immediate past president David Lambert is smack in the middle of the furore, tabbed to the position he gave up less than a year ago. Lambert eventually resumes role as president.

***** Karl Paranya of the United States successfully defends his Front Street Mile title, overhauling Kenya's Sammy N'geno over the last quarter-mile in lashing rain.

Other International Race Weekend titles are won by Morocco's El Alfouni Boubker and Lyudmila Kortchaguina of Russian in the Bermuda International Marathon, while N'geno comes back to take the Bermuda 10K.

FEBRUARY Bermuda's Under-15 national squad advanced to the second qualifying round of the Caribbean Championships, defeating Cayman Islands 7-3 on aggregate following a 2-2 draw away, and a 5-0 home win.

***** Bermuda's chances of qualifying for the 2003 Cricket World Cup receive a boost when Kenya and Bangladesh are granted direct access to the World Cup finals, leaving the door open for three qualifiers from the ICC Trophy, featuring Associate Members, to gain access.

***** Bermuda's World Cup and Olympic squads are shut out of the victory column during their tour of Florida.

MARCH Panthers defeat North Village 17-14 to take First Division Knock-Out title.

***** Bermuda's national soccer team defeat British Virgin Islands 5-1 in a World Cup first round qualifier, with Shaun Goater netting a hat-trick, while Kyle Lightbourne and Paul Cann score the others. Bermuda plays most of the away match with 10 men after defender Kentoine Jennings is ejected for foul language.

***** Swimmer Stephen Fahy shatters the Princeton University Swim Meet record in the 200 metres IM, while competing for Yale University.

***** Robert Vallis captures his second Bermuda Amateur Match Play Championship, outlasting Tim Carr.

Sixteen-year-old Laura Robinson becomes one of the youngest ever winners of a senior tournament when she takes the female version of the match play event, beating Shirly Wildi four-and-three.

***** Bermuda completes its World Cup demolition of British Virgin Islands with a 9-0 thrashing in the return leg at National Stadium, for a 14-1 aggregate win.

***** Tommy Sherratt successfully defends Fast Forward Freight Club Squash Championship, beating Ryan Bell.

***** North Village complete sweep of youth league soccer titles, taking Under-19 A Cup final, Under-13 B Cup final and the Under-15 KO Cup final.

***** Bermuda's Davis Cup team clinches promotion to American Zone Group III, after placing second to host Honduras in a seven-nation round robin.

APRIL PHC complete rags to riches rise, beating Wolves 3-1 and securing the Premier League championship a season after taking the First Division title.

St. David's, Southampton and Boulevard are confirmed for the drop, while Devonshire Cougars earn promotion with a last game win over Ireland Rangers.

***** Devonshire Colts defeat PHC 3-1 to take Friendship Trophy, while St. George's Colts seize the First Division Shield with a 3-1 triumph over Social Club.

***** Despite finishing dead last in the league, Police shock Teachers 19-12 and walk away with Nichol Shield, adding to the Duckett Memorial Trophy and Sevens tourney.

***** Bermuda battle 10-man Antigua to a 0-0 draw in the Caribbean during a World Cup qualifier, where the local side is absent the likes of professionals Shaun Goater, Kyle Lightbourne and David Bascome.

***** Bermuda crash out of World Cup to Antigua following a 1-1 home draw, amid controversy over the absence of Goater and Lightbourne, both of whom elected to stay in England and play for their clubs.

Meanwhile, technical director Clyde Best performs his final duties as BFA technical director, while head coach Robert Calderon resigns.

***** Female sailor Sara Lane Wright is awarded a wild-card entry to the Summer Olympics in the Europe Dinghy class.

***** PHC Zebras win the Women's FA Cup, upsetting heavy favourites Rude Girls 4-1, while North Village win the men's version 2-1 over Devonshire Colts, and the young Red Devils take the Crystal Palace Youth Cup 7-2 over Boulevard.

***** Top-seeded Australian Andrew Ilie wins the XL Capital Bermuda open with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Michal Tabara of the Czech Republic.

MAY Shaun Goater is named Manchester City Supporters Player of the Year after helping the Maine Road club earn promotion to the Premiership.

***** The Bermuda women's national team defeats Bahamas 6-0 -- 9-0 on aggregate -- to advance to the round robin phase of the Women's Caribbean Championships.

***** Defending Premier Division champions Southampton crash to an opening round, four-wicket defeat against Police to start the cricket season.

***** Ashley Couper breaks the national 1500 metres record, clocking 4:28.21 at the America East Conference Meet while competing for University of Vermont.

***** Bermuda produces its best-ever effort at the Federation Cup tennis tournament for women, with victories over Panama and Jamaica at the tournament hosted in El Salvador.

***** Kavin Smith seizes his sixth Marathon Derby title, breaking his own record with a time of 1:09:36, while Anna Eatherley captures her third in 1:24:48.

***** Kris Hedges wins the Sinclair Packwood Memorial Heritage Day Cycle Race.

***** Local cyclists suffer blow with news that they will not be afforded a slot on the Bermuda Olympic team.

***** JUNE Southampton opening batsman Keith Wainwright scores 225 not out, out of a Rangers total of 475 for three, before the defending Premier champs bowl Social Club out for 75.

***** Paula Lewin finishes second at the Santa Maria Cup in Maryland, after compiling a 16-6 record.

***** Clay Smith, Del Hollis, Lionel Cann, Sammy Robinson and Glenn Blakeney announce their unavailability for Cup Match 2000, due to their tour of England with St. David's.

***** Stevie Dickinson wins a record 12th Long Distance Comet Race, as he and crew Damien Payne prevail in a tactical battle.

***** (continued) June 21 is proclaimed by Premier Jennifer Smith as Shaun Goater Day, with the soccer star feted with a motorcade and lavish brunch at Hamilton Princess.

***** Sagamore captures line honours in the Newport-Bermuda Yacht Race.

***** Robbie Spurling shoots a superb third-round 69 to take the Bermuda Amateur Strokeplay Championship.

***** Bermuda are drawn in a group containing Hong Kong, Ireland, Denmark, United States and Papua New Guinea for the 2001 ICC Trophy.

***** Western Stars retain the Central Counties crown, with a narrow, two-wicket defeat of Police.

***** Bermuda's Under-15 squad advance to the Caribbean Under-15 Championship finals after a crushing 7-0 victory over US Virgin Islands, completing an 11-0 aggregate win.

***** Swimmer Stephen Fahy breaks Bermuda 400 IM record at a college meet at Rutgers University, clocking 4:43.

JULY Bermuda World Cup players Tokia Astwood, Raymond Beach, Stephen Astwood and Tommy Carter travel to England for soccer trials. Astwood is later offered a contract with Preston, but is denied a work permit.

***** Jonathan Herring captures National Sprint Triathlon championship at Clearwater Beach.

***** St. George's win Colts Cup Match with an eight-wicket triumph at Wellington Oval.

***** The Mid Ocean News announces former West Indies star opening batsman Gordon Greenidge as the new Bermuda national cricket coach, however the BCBC president El James immediately trashes the report as erroneous.

***** Neville Tyrrell survives close battle for BFA presidency, beating Mark Trott by a slender 13-12 margin, with the deciding ballot having to be cast by presiding officer Eugene Blakeney.

The vote is soon contested by several affiliates, with the contention being that the election process violated the constitution.

***** Shaun Goater suffers a knee injury during practice match in Ireland that requires surgery, putting the striker on the shelf for the beginning of the season.

***** St. George's and Somerset each name a pair of colts for the Cup Match Classic, with the east enders going with O.J. Pitcher and Cleon Scotland, while the men up west take newcomers Leon Place and Francis Richardson.

***** Top batsman Albert Steede announces his withdrawal from the Bermuda national cricket squad to travel to Canada, refusing to play under captain Charlie Marshall.

AUGUST Kiundae Zuill places second at the Coca Cola Bowling Championships in Las Vegas, earning a $1500 scholarship.

Chris Maycock and Rickai Binns place second in the doubles event of the Lee Evans Memorial Bowling tournament in Florida.

***** Somerset win Cup Match, defeating St. George's by six-wickets, with Wendell White named MVP, for a sparkling knock of 93, that rescued Somerset's first innings.

***** Bermuda's cricketers suffer a seven-wicket defeat in the deciding match of the Americas Cup by host nation Canada. The loss was Bermuda's only bad result in the event also featuring Argentina, Cayman Islands and United States.

***** Sean White and Michael Mello steer their D-class boat to line honours during the Around the Island Powerboat Race.

***** Western Stars clinch the Premier title, with a resounding victory over Flatts.

***** Warwick win the Western Counties Cup, defeating PHC, only to surrender the title to Somerset Bridge in stunning fashion, losing by two wickets.

SEPTEMBER St. David's retain the Eastern Counties Cup, an inauspicious draw against Flatts enough to secure the trophy for another year.

***** A blackout at BAA Field served to soil soccer's opening game of the season, with a spectator reported to have turned out the lights late during the Charity Cup match between North Village and PHC. Village, leading 3-0 at the time, were awarded the trophy.

***** Bermuda's quartet of Mike Sims, Robert Spurling, Nick Mansell and Dave Purcell struggle to 49th out of 59 teams at the World Amateur Golf Championships.

***** Southampton capture the Western Counties crown with a six-wicket defeat of Somerset Bridge in the final.

***** Peter Younghusband wins the men's title at the Bank of Bermuda Triathlon 2000, while Karen Smith takes top female honours.

***** Bermuda's participation at the Sydney Olympics begins on a sour note, as equestrienne MJ Tumbridge's mount, Bermuda Gold, has to be put down after a fall. Triple jumper Brian Wellman bombs out in the qualifying stage, and Sara Lane Wright finishes near the bottom of the Europe Dinghy fleet.

***** Western Stars win TBI Champion of Champions, beating Southampton Rangers by 22 runs.

***** Top local rugby player Derek (Bobby) Hurdle, quits English professional club Worcester RFC, saying he was never going to get a fair shot at earning a spot on the squad.

***** Boxing invades the soccer pitch, as Somerset Trojans' Paul Maybury delivers a knock-out blow to the jaw Vernon Tankard of North Village, after the latter threw a karate kick during a Martonmere Cup match at BAA Field.

***** Sailors Peter Bromby and Lee White just miss out on a medal in the Star Class at Sydney, placing fourth, Bermuda's best-ever sailing placing at the Games.

***** Former England batsman Roland Butcher is announced as the new national cricket coach.

OCTOBER Eight members of the Bermuda Body Building Federation squad are banned for using illegal stimulants. Bans are later overturned by the International Federation of Body Builders on appeal.

***** Lindsay Sousa takes top honours at the Bermuda Horse and Pony Association's three-day competition, winning the Overall Junior Championship and Overall Show competition.

***** American Tim Conley wins the Bermuda Open Golf tournament at Port Royal Golf Course.

***** Kiwi Russell Coutts seizes his sixth Gold Cup sailing triumph in Hamilton Harbour, beating countryman Chris Dickson 3-0 in the final.

***** Jay Donawa takes the national cross country title, out-kicking Kavin Smith.

***** Bermuda records its first ever Red Stripe Bowl victory, beating Cayman Islands, but suffering huge losses to Leeward Islands, Windwards and Guyana.

NOVEMBER Dexter Smith announces his resignation as Mid Ocean News sports editor, to take up a new life in England.

***** Wolves win first-ever major trophy, taking the Martonmere Cup 1-0 over Devonshire Colts.

***** Bermuda crash out of the World Rugby Classic after a 36-5 hammering at the hands of 1999 champs Argentina.

***** Grade II referee Perry Scott is attacked by Kacy Simons of North Village Rams during a Commercial League match.

***** Bermuda Referees Association commence boycott of local soccer matches, partially due to the antics of Simons.

***** Simons is handed down a 10-year ban by the BFA, on top of a five-year suspension by home club North Village.

***** Long-serving Bermuda Olympic Association president Austin Woods retires, and is replaced by John Hoskins.

DECEMBER Shaun Goater scores his first Premier League goal against Everton during a 5-0 drubbing of the Merseyside club.

***** Soccer referees return to the field of play, after gaining assurances of increased security from BFA affiliates.

***** The long-running Belmont Invitational golf tournament is officially scrapped.

***** North Village become the first team to earn a berth in the Dudley Eve Trophy final.

Clyde Best: Bermuda's most successful soccer player who was controversially dismissed as technical director.

Demolition job: John Barry Nusum (number 16) sweeps the ball past the British Virgin Islands goalkeeper to score during Bermuda's 9-0 World Cup win at the National Stadium, but all turned sour for the Island team in the next qualifying round when they went out to Antigua on away goals.

So close to glory: Bermuda's Peter Bromby (right) and Lee White who just missed out on a medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney when they finished fourth in the Star class -- the Island's best-ever placing in an Olympic regatta.

Painful memory: Equestrienne MJ Tumbridge (left) embraces friend Amanda Rolfe after her horse Bermuda's Gold broke a leg during the Olympic three-day event and had to be put down.