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Some have been saying it for years _ if there's a way to minimise tourism's spiralling decline, it's through sport.
And with the Island facing potentially its bleakest winter in recent memory, now could be the perfect time for those who run the indus...
DATE: Oct 26, 2001
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Bermuda boxer Teresa Perozzi's hopes of becoming the Women's Pan-American champion were dashed over the weekend without a punch being thrown.
A combination of events sparked by last Thursday's tropical storm meant that 27-year-old Perozzi didn't arri...
DATE: Oct 17, 2001
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Thursday night's raging storm has reduced the Bermuda Open golf championships to a 36-hole tournament after Port Royal was yesterday declared unplayable.
It's believed to be the first time in the history of the $50,000 event that both the first and s...
DATE: Oct 13, 2001
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Bermuda's most prestigious sailing regatta, the Colorcraft Gold Cup due to start this weekend, has been added to a growing casualty list of world sporting events affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US.
The regatta will go ahead as p...
DATE: Oct 13, 2001
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Raging wind and torrential rain forced abandonment of yesterday's first round of the Bermuda Open golf championships, reducing the tournament from a 72- to a 54-hole event.
Players will start afresh this morning, even those who completed their round ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2001
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A road race once considered one of the Island's most popular appears on the brink of extinction.
Tomorrow's Corporate Road Relay, which during the 1980s and `90s attracted up to 80 four-person teams, will go ahead - but most likely with less than a d...
DATE: Oct 06, 2001
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A brave run by Kavin Smith fell agonisingly short as new champions were crowned in yesterday's annual Bank of Bermuda Team Triathlon.
Teenager Mark Morrison desperately hung onto the lead that had been carved out by swimmer Stephen Kenny and cyclist ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2001
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Top professional golfer Dwayne Pearman's concerns over flying following last week's terrorist attacks in the US have left Bermuda without a team for the upcoming Nations Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - the official qualifier for the World Cup.
Pearma...
DATE: Sep 22, 2001
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Golfing sensation Michael Sims pulled off another stunning victory yesterday, firing a final round 66 to become the first-ever amateur to win the New England Open Championship in the event's 28-year history.
A day after carding a course record 64 in ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2001
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Triple jumper Brian Wellman missed out on a medal but posted one of his best performances of recent years when he finished in sixth place at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, last night.
It was a far cry from the silver medal he ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2001
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