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Dwayne (Sluggo) Leverock is relishing his new role as a Somerset Cup Match selector.
The wily left-arm spinner jumped at the chance to serve on the Cup Match champions’ selection committee when he was offered the role earlier this year and hasn’t loo...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
St George’s Cup Match star Glenn Blakeney has broken his silence over an illness that has ruled him out of this year’s classic.
The elegant left-handed batsman had a kidney removed earlier this year after the organ had become infected with cancer.
Bl...
DATE: Jul 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Tragedy marred Paul DeCouto’s racing experience at last weekend’s American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA)/ Championship Cup Series (CCS) event at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
The local expert motorcycle racer was competing in the same combined e...
DATE: Jul 26, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Motorsport
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Cup Match champions Somerset will not sit on their bats and play for a draw to retain the cup this year, newly installed club selection committee chairman Michael Corday has suggested.
“I think we will do everything in our power to try and win the cu...
DATE: Jul 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Fast bowler Stefan Kelly won’t play in Cup Match this year, forcing challengers St George’s to look elsewhere for another strike bowler.
“Stefan is unavailable,” St George’s chairman of selectors Charlie Marshall confirmed. “He wrote to the club stat...
DATE: Jul 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Nahki Wells netted in Bradford City’s 4-1 away preseason win against Bohemians in Dublin, Ireland at the weekend.
The Bantams’ Bermudian striker extended his pre-season scoring streak to three in as many matches with a well driven effort to put the f...
DATE: Jul 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Football
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bailey’s Bay 323-7
PHC 129 all out
Tre Manders blasted the season’s highest individual score to guide Bailey’s Bay to an emphatic 194-run victory over PHC in a lopsided Logic 50-over affair at Sea Breeze Oval.
Manders hammered 170 runs during his 128...
DATE: Jul 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Some of the finest cricketers who left their mark on Cup Match were honoured during Heritage Production’s 9th Annual Emancipation Awards Luncheon at Somerset Cricket Club today.
This year saw former Somerset players John Tucker, Clyde (Tango) Burgess...
DATE: Jul 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Teenage sailor Kalin Hillier has overhauled compatriot Brett Wright to claim pole position in the NatWest Island Games Laser Radial fleet.
The youngest member of Bermuda’s team was at his absolute best during the third day of racing in the Great Soun...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
There was a sense of deja vu at the National Aquatics Centre as Bermuda’s women’s relay team clinched a second gold medal at the NatWest Island Games in record time.
Bermuda’s team of Ashley Yearwood, Madelyn Moore, Lisa Blackburn and Rebecca Heylige...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson