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Just days before he sets off on the greatest adventure of his life, Bermuda's solo around-the-world sailor Alan Paris and his his 40ft vessel BTC Velocity have endured an unscheduled test against Mother Nature - in the form of tropical storm Gustav w...
DATE: Sep 13, 2002
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North Village are seeking to pick up where they left off last season - at the summit of local soccer.
First challenge for the reigning Premier Division and FA Cup champions is tomorrow's Charity Cup Final match against an explosive Devonshire Cougars...
DATE: Sep 13, 2002
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Confusion over rescheduling has again returned to haunt Willow Cuts.
It was only last season that Cuts' chances of survival in the Premier Division suffered a crushing blow when they had several matches postponed and never rescheduled.
This time they...
DATE: Sep 11, 2002
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Last season's soccer MVP, Kentoine Jennings, has been accused of reneging on a deal with Southampton Rangers.
Sources claim the star player recently signed an agreement to coach and play at the South Shore club and was actually paid in advance. But n...
DATE: Sep 10, 2002
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Western Stars players and fans were last night celebrating after their team's emphatic eight-wicket mauling of Bailey's Bay in the final of 2002 Champion of Champions Cup at Lord's yesterday.
Inspired yet again by the bowling heroics of spinner Arnol...
DATE: Sep 09, 2002
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Power boaters will take to the waters of Hamilton Harbour tomorrow confident they will avoid a repeat of the tragedy that befell this year's Around the Island race.
New Zealander Stuart Smith was killed during last month's annual race when the boat h...
DATE: Sep 07, 2002
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Reigning Western Counties champions Somerset Bridge are at it again. But this time on a bigger stage, the 2002 Champion of Champions cup competition to be exact.
Just two-weeks after pulling off a stunning 120-run triumph over Southampton, the giant-...
DATE: Sep 07, 2002
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Young soccer players who went to England for trials with Premiership clubs recently were under no illusions as to the magnitude of their task.
So says Paul Scope, one of the prime movers behind the trip for 11 of Bermuda's promising players in July.
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DATE: Sep 06, 2002
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Major changes are being drawn up to boost the Island's youth soccer programmes.
Bermuda Football Association Youth Development director Kenny Thompson revealed yesterday that plans were in the pipelines to incorporate an Under-17 division in addition...
DATE: Sep 06, 2002
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John Baker, the English Football Association's chief instructor of referees, is in Bermuda in a bid to improve the standard of officiating.
Baker (62), who lives in Leicester, England, has a wealth of experience in refereeing, having been associated ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2002
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