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Bermuda’s Carifta Games team swelled during the Bermuda National Athletics Association’s fourth track meet of the season at the National Stadium at the weekend.
Lynsey Palmer, Sakari Famous, Elisha Darrell and Tyler Smith all achieved the qualifying ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2016
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Judy Simons, the Bermuda Olympic Association president, believes the Olympic Games in Rio will be a success despite health concerns stemming from the outbreak of the Zika virus and contaminated water in Rio.
“There are several issues within Rio itsel...
DATE: Feb 05, 2016
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Franck Cammas, the Groupama Team France skipper, has made considerable progress from a serious foot injury and could be back on the water sailing before the end of next month.
The distinguished offshore sailor and multihull specialist has been in reh...
DATE: Jan 21, 2016
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Artemis Racing remain on schedule to launch their two-boat test platform in the Great Sound by early spring.
The Swedish challenger’s first wing-sail foiling AC45S prototype catamaran is due to arrive back on Island from San Francisco by the end of t...
DATE: Dec 01, 2015
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Emirates Team New Zealand will make the long journey back home with their overall lead of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series intact.
The Kiwis got off to a poor start in yesterday’s first race and then suffered another setback when they wer...
DATE: Oct 19, 2015
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Colin Thompson
The modified foiling AC45F catamarans that will take centre stage at next week’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series have arrived on the Island.
The one-design multihull racing yachts arrived on a container ship on Monday, having skirted around ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2015
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Reggae stars Maxi Priest and Shaggy will headline the America’s Cup Jam to take place during next month’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda, according to an official flyer which has appeared on social media.
According to the flyer, the...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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Colin Thompson
Mackenzie Cooper could follow in the wake of St Mary’s College team-mates Jake LaDow and John Wallace.
LaDow and Wallace competed with USA 45 in the inaugural Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in 2013, and if all goes according to plan, Cooper may also ge...
DATE: May 01, 2015
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Oracle Team USA’s new Bermuda base at the Royal Naval Dockyard was intended to be the main focus at yesterday’s traditional roof wetting ceremony.
But most of the discussion and attention centred around the team’s impressive wing-sail foiling AC45 ca...
DATE: Apr 25, 2015
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Colin Thompson
Henry Talbot’s ascent to the top of the Bermuda Power Boat Association pecking order has been nothing shy of meteoric.
The 30-year-old business manager began racing powerboats in 2011 but it soon became apparent that he had much more to offer.
In 201...
DATE: Apr 17, 2015
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Colin Thompson