10 results returned for search: "bermuda championship AND " category "Opinion Writer" author Adrian Robson
A footballer’s career can often be shaped by his club manager. Their decisions will determine whether it becomes a case of pain or gain.
With so many Bermudian players in the news these days — enough overseas to fill the entire national team — it’s i...
DATE: Dec 06, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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Adrian Robson
There’s good reason Ireland’s Padraig Harrington enjoys his visits to Bermuda.
He loves the Island and the people, maybe almost as much as his own Emerald Isle, and then there’s the fact that he returns home an awful lot richer than when he arrived.
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DATE: Oct 11, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Women’s football continues to struggle to earn recognition, let alone respect.
It’s a sport totally overshadowed by the men’s game.
The fairer sex can’t shoot, head, tackle or pass as well their male counterparts.
Their game is, quite simply, overwhe...
DATE: Sep 27, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
A new league season is about to begin but there’s a sense that the spotlight will be on individual footballers rather than teams.
It’s a team game and it’s the eleven players on the field who will determine who lifts the various trophies.
Following ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
THE overlap between the end of the cricket season and the start of the football season is presenting the same problems as it has for a number of years.
Once Cup Match is over, cricketers tend to lose interest, particularly those whose teams have litt...
DATE: Sep 06, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Whichever way you to want to slice it, the national cricket team's performance at last week's World Cricket League Division 3 championship was hugely disappointing.
Perhaps not to Bermuda Cricket Board, who tend to defend their own administration and...
DATE: May 10, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Opposition leader Marc Bean may know plenty about politics but clearly knows little about football.
As Bermuda wallowed rightly so in the success of Nahki Wells and his Bradford City team-mates this week, Bean left himself open to ridicule by proclai...
DATE: Jan 25, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Nahki Wells might be making all the right moves as he continues to wow the fans at Bradford City in English League Two.
He netted a hat-trick earlier this month, is almost a permanent fixture in the team and was in contention for the club’s Player of...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Bermuda’s always been able to produce good boxers, trouble is we’ve never produced enough boxing rings.
The fight game might be one of the most popular sports on the Island or at least could be if facilities were provided.
Yet it’s something that Gov...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Could it be more than coincidence that the two clubs who lead football's Premier Division at the end of the first half of the season North Village and PHC are coached by two players who have more professional experience in the last 20 years than any ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2010
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson