Ring repairs initially caused a one-and-a-half-hour wait and later it rained on the night's parade of gladiators, holding up events for more than 20 minutes.

Once underway, however, exciting action was the order of the night for the approximately 400 fans on hand as eight of 10 matches were contested with locals as well as a few servicemen from the United States Naval Air Station.

Bermudian Tim O'Leary got the night rolling, earning a unanimous points decision over the Navy's Steve Rish with the former dominating most of the proceedings.

Still it was the next bout that brought the crowd alive as Andre Cannonier lit up the ring for his challenge match against Edward Waldron.

The end was swift as Cannonier completely overwhelmed Waldron, needing just 42 seconds to achieve a knock-out victory.

A closer affair witnessed Vincent Roberts taking a split decision against Matt Kossart.

Other bouts had Stiles Furbert winning his challenge of Thornton Robinson, Robert Stewart outlasting Mike Whalan, Bob Burchel managing a split decision win over Vernal Hosten, Brandon Robinson beating Phillip Bailey, Sr., and Fred Gibbons ending as a knock-out winner when his opponent Timmy Saints retired following the second round.

GOLF GLF Port Royal's number two and number three teams have taken over the lead of both the A and B Leagues of the BGA Amstel League.

Port Royal II now hold a three-point lead over their number one team and last year's winners after four rounds of A League action.

Newly-promoted BJGA are currently tied for third place with Ocean View I, both on 24 points.

The BGA destroyed whatever slim hopes they may have had of leading the table when they were only able to field a team of three and their fourth score was an automatic 100-stroke penalty.

On Saturday, the A League will play at Port Royal while the B League will have a rest day.

Belmont were overtaken in the B League by Port Royal III who now have 32 points to Belmont's 31. The BGA Ladies have moved into third place on 251 points.

Individually, Chalmers Talbot led the A League field on Saturday with a 68, followed closely by Barry DeCouto's 69. Randy Richardson and Kavon Trott of Ocean View I both scored 70s to help their clubs to a maximum 10 points on Saturday.

Chris Phillip's (Belmont) 73 took first spot in the B League, followed closely by Andy Wrigley of Port Royal on 74.

A disappointing aspect of Saturday's League play were the no-shows by three B League players and five A League players.

The final round of action takes place on July 9 when the A League competition is held at Mid Ocean and the B League at Castle Harbour. To round off the summer programme, Amstel and Gosling Brothers will hold their one-day tournament at the Port Royal course on Saturday, July 23.

CRICKET CRI Somerset Cricket Club will hold Cup Match training every Tuesday and Wednesday leading up to Cup Match. The date for trial matches are July 2, 9, 16 and 23.

There will be training sessions for St. David's junior county players on Wednesday's and Friday's at 6 p.m. at the club in preparation for the Junior Counties.