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Sammy Wilson, once regarded as one of the Island's top all-round sportsmen, has died at the age of 79.
Awarded an MBE for his community services, Wilson (pictured above) was heavily involved in tennis, table tennis and boxing. He was a founder of Pem...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) yesterday expressed serious concern over the threat of banned harness racing ponies being humanely destroyed by their owners as a means of cutting the costs of maintaining them in tough economic...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Banned Driving Horse and Pony Club (DHPC) committee member Colin Mello yesterday dismissed the harness racing doping scandal as a "storm in a tea cup".
And he also denied allegations he had a hidden agenda to see drug testing rules relaxed in order t...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Dandy Town v Devonshire Cougars
Tomorrow's match of the day will pit the Island's most in-form team, Dandy Town, against a slumping Cougars side who haven't looked themselves as of late.
What was to develop into a five-match series, Cougars won the f...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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It was incorrectly stated in yesterday's Friday Forum in The Royal Gazette that Peter Lever was the race director of last Friday night's KPMG Invitational Mile when, in fact, Mike Charles directed the event.
International Race Weekend's event committ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2009
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Two Bermuda showjumpers leave for Ecuador on Monday to represent the Island at an international competition where they will take on more than 100 riders from around the world.
JayLynn Hines and Christy Corbett were selected to represent the Island af...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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One of the leading figures influential in the introduction of drug testing in harness racing is among those serving a one-year ban for failing a random drugs test, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Colin Mello, who sits on the Driving Horse and Pony Club...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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A Bermuda Football Association (BFA) Appeals Committee has upheld a one-year probation recently imposed on PHC president Chris Furbert.
The former BFA executive and Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) leader is alleged to have made "inappropriate remarks"...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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HARNESS RACING in Bermuda largely operates under the radar – organised by less than a dozen enthusiasts who don't command a huge amount of publicity, although the sport can attract big crowds.
But the news this week, revealed exclusively by this news...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Bermuda Pacers Track Club will hold their first meet of the year this weekend at the National Sports Centre.
The event will give athletes an opportunity to attempt to reach qualifying times for this year's Carifta Games.
Competition will begin tomorr...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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