Cup Match 2025: ‘Time Tells our Truth’
The Cup Match Classic on July 31 and August 1 will honour the public holiday’s roots in the emancipation of enslaved people, under the Department of Culture’s theme — “Time Tells our Truth: A Legacy of Freedom”.
Day one is Emancipation Day, while the second day honours Mary Prince, an enslaved Bermudian and National Hero who was sent to Britain.
Her autobiography, The History of Mary Prince, played a pivotal role in the of the abolitionist movement.
Owen Darrell, the Minister of Tourism, Transport, Culture and Sport, told the House of Assembly: “The passage of time does not erase truth — it reveals it.
“In telling that truth, we honour our ancestors, educate our children and shape a better future for generations yet to come.”
Mr Darrell thanked the host this year, St George’s Cricket Club, under the leadership of its president, Mishael Paynter.
He added that the ministry would fund an engineering company to professionally assess scaffolding at the event.
The 27th annual Mini Cup Match, with athletes aged 8 to 14, will be held at the Sea Breeze Oval at Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club, with defending champions Somerset facing St George’s at 10.30am on July 24.
Final Cup Match trials will be held at each club on July 26, and Colts Cup Match will follow on July 27, at 11am at St George’s Cricket Club.
Mr Darrell said Cheryl Packwood, daughter of the late historian Cyril Packwood and a cultural advocate legal scholar, will deliver this year’s lecture for Cup Match.
Ms Packwood’s talk is entitled “Unravelling the Narrative: A Critical Legal Study of the Institutionalisation of Slavery in Bermuda” and will explore how the legal system was used to sustain enslavement on the island.
• To read the minister’s statement in full, see Related Media
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