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She may have qualified for the Olympics and been selected to race for Bermuda in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, but like any student Cecilia Wollmann still has exams to take.
This week the Saltus Grammar School student will sit down with her class...
DATE: May 04, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
A research paper by two Bermuda College staff members on public attitudes to the 35th America’s Cup looks set for international recognition.
Institutional researcher Cordell Riley and senior lecturer Shawn De Shields interviewed 650 island residents ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2016
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He may not be well-known in the island’s sporting circles just yet, but Suresh Black has been tipped to become the “special one” of Bermudian athletics.
Having spent the past 1½ years at school in Barbados, it is understandable that the 14-year-old s...
DATE: Feb 09, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Three out of four residents believe the America’s Cup will be beneficial to the Island, according to a survey conducted by Bermuda College.
But more than half of respondents also felt the $77 million allocated to the event could have been better spen...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
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Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill says he has barely experienced any resistance from the community with regards to Bermuda hosting the America’s Cup and those few he has talked to with doubts soon warmed up to the idea.
The Australian yachtsman said he a...
DATE: Oct 14, 2015
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Event
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Small businesses are being urged to thrive on the unprecedented opportunities afforded by the America’s Cup.
While big budgets may be required to become major official sponsors of the sailing spectacle, business leaders are encouraging groups such as...
DATE: Oct 13, 2015
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Event
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Everyone has heard about the America’s Cup village in Dockyard and the festivities on Front Street ahead of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda, but St George’s is where celebrations will begin.
Bermuda’s maritime heritage will be o...
DATE: Oct 09, 2015
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Event
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A team of world-class big wave surfers has been in Bermuda taking a highly technical life-saving and freediving course that could become part of Team Oracle’s safety training ahead of the America’s Cup.
Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill took the eight-da...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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Event
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Staff from PwC pitched in with the America’s Cup and the Bermuda Sea Cadet Association to help spruce up the TS Admiral Somers Building in St George’s.
The waterfront building at Convict Bay will be used for the Endeavour Programme — a five-day initi...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015
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Tom Herbert-Evans has been appointed as the America’s Cup Event Authority’s Community Sailing Manager.
The avid sailor resigned as the director of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s sailing academy last month to take on his new job overseeing the America...
DATE: Jun 09, 2015
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