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Tonka Simpson and Seth Chetty have been declared FB class winners for this year’s Around the Island Race.
Bermuda Powerboat Association (BPBA) announced the duo as the winners following a nearly two hour long executive committee meeting at an undiscl...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Bermuda’s grassroots netballers possess natural ability but lack some of the fundamentals of the sport.
That’s the assessment of Bermuda Netball Association (BNA) senior executive Stacy Grant, who hopes some of the flaws will be ironed out during thi...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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Brian (Bulla) Anderson will be the man pulling all the strings at PHC this season, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
PHC sports director Mark Wade has confirmed that the former Zebras’ midfielder has been appointed as head coach of the Premier Division s...
DATE: Aug 18, 2011
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Football
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Glenn Blakeney’s record-breaking exploits with the cricket bat during last Saturday’s Eastern Counties at Sea Breeze Oval were nothing short of sublime.
That’s the opinion of former Bailey’s Bay all-rounder Noel Gibbons, the man whose record Blakeney...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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Tonka Simpson’s Round the Island Race divisional title is still hanging in the balance.
The 25-year old powerboat racer clinched FB Class honours in Sunday’s annual thrash and finished third overall for the second straight year.
However, post-race ce...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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When 15-year old Somerset colt Joshua Gilbert strolls onto the Wellington Oval pitch on Thursday he will become the youngest player to play in Cup Match.
The Berkeley Institute student is a day younger than the classic's previous youngest player, Tre...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Charlie Marshall, the most prolific run getter in the 107-year history of Cup Match, has decided to throw in the towel after this year's classic at Wellington Oval.
The 48-year-old left -handed batsman told The Royal Gazette: "I can't go on forever, ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Martin Siese and crew chalked up their second clean sweep of the season in Granaway Deep over the weekend.
The veteran fitted dinghy skipper simply had things all his own way, posting three straight bullets to catapult Challenger II back to the top o...
DATE: Jul 28, 2009
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Cup Match champions St. George's pulled off a major coup over the weekend by securing the services of in-form batsman Landro Minors who will debut in this week's classic in the East End as a 25-year-old colt.
The St. David's Islander played in an aba...
DATE: Jul 27, 2009
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The moment of truth has arrived for St.George's Cup Match hopeful Justin Pitcher who must convince the East Enders he is fit enough to represent them in next week's classic during today's final trial match at Wellington Oval.
The St.David's all-round...
DATE: Jul 25, 2009
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