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Bermuda’s Olympians could have done better . . . much better.
But before the letter writers put pen to paper, they might want to talk to the athletes themselves.
They every right to be proud and should be commended for 100 percent effort.
However, mo...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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Adrian Robson
In the eyes of those who follow the progress of golf pro Michael Sims, he might be the most frustrating of any local sportsman as he trips from one tour to another.
One year it looks like he’s destined for the US PGA Tour, the biggest tour of all, th...
DATE: Jul 20, 2012
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Adrian Robson
With the London Olympic just weeks away, it’s difficult to ignore two performances last weekend that could change Games history as it applies to Bermuda.
Long jumper Tyrone Smith won a high profile meet in Germany and triathlete Flora Duffy claimed a...
DATE: Jul 13, 2012
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Adrian Robson
It now appears that only two track and field athletes will represent Bermuda when the London Olympics get underway later this month; long jumpers Tyrone Smith, who has qualified, and Aranxta King, who has been given a wild card.
But, given how some o...
DATE: Jul 06, 2012
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Adrian Robson
Several years after the Bermuda Hogges were formed as Bermuda's first semi-professional football team, it seems the jury is still out as to whether or not that was a positive move.
After all, crowds at home games have been disappointing and results h...
DATE: Jun 15, 2012
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Adrian Robson
Last time I checked, cricket was a game in which teams of 11 play each other.
Maybe that’s no longer the case.
Certainly that wasn’t the case in some of last weekend’s matches.
Two teams took to the field with nine players and two teams couldn’t even...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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Adrian Robson
The trouble with last Thursday’s May 24 Half-Marathon Derby we’ll call it that as nobody seems to know what to call it these days was that there were too many runners.
And there was one runner who shouldn’t have been there at all (we’ll get to that l...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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Adrian Robson
If Government wanted to donate $20,000 with the intention of improving the standard of football coaching in Bermuda, some might say there would be no better person to receive it than Andrew Bascome.
After all, everywhere he’s gone he’s enjoyed succes...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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Adrian Robson
Bermuda has long produced athletes punching above their weight but the performances of Flora Duffy and Tyler Butterfield at a World Cup triathlon in Mexico last Sunday almost belies belief.
In a women’s elite race that attracted triathletes from 19 c...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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Adrian Robson
It came as no surprise when Bermuda Football Association announced this week three redundancies due to financial constraints.
What did come as a surprise is that one of them was Academy Director Devarr Boyles.
Few would question the accomplishments o...
DATE: May 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson