At 80, Joan Hollis easily recalls a time when she was one of the world’s top bowlers.
In the 1980s she beat everyone she played in tournaments in the United States and Europe.
Back home in Bermuda she received a hero’s welcome. People lined the stree...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
Bermuda will kick off the third season of the international SailGP global sailing league with a regatta next May in the Great Sound, the organisers announced yesterday.
And in conjunction with the Bermuda Tourism Authority, Bermuda will also host a ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sailing | AUTHOR: Sport Staff
Flora Duffy blazed her way to an emphatic victory to clinch an unprecedented sixth Xterra World Championship title in Kapalua, Maui, yesterday.
The Bermudian triathlete led every leg on the way to successfully defending her crown and adding yet anoth...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021 | CATEGORY: Running-Triathlon | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Flora Duffy will be looking to cap what has been a truly phenomenal and historic year in glory at the Xterra World Championship in Kapalua, Maui, tomorrow.
The defending champion is gunning for a record sixth title at the event and is going in with p...
DATE: Dec 04, 2021 | CATEGORY: Running-Triathlon | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Steven Lambert Jr has been appointed head golf professional at Port Royal, a position that has been vacant for many years, while Jayson Jackson is the head course superintendent.
The key senior appointments were confirmed by the Bermuda Government C...
DATE: Dec 03, 2021 | CATEGORY: Golf | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
Legislation likely to give police wider powers in line with England and Wales when dealing with marches and static protests is “being considered”, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Antoine Daniels, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, said the potential...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Professional golfer Kim Swan never met Lee Elder, even when he visited Bermuda in 2007, but he appreciates the struggles he faced and barriers he knocked down as the first Black player at the Masters in 1975.
Certainly Swan was inspired by Elder’s a...
DATE: Dec 01, 2021 | CATEGORY: Golf | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
There are obvious benefits to being a host to the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. The bragging rights from hosting a PGA Tour event, the uplift for tourism, and significant economic impact in a time when it is much needed.
However, every year, Ber...
Devon Bean, the national track and field coach, said the qualifying standards for next year’s Carifta Games will provide a good test for Bermuda young athletes, some who will be attempting to qualify for the first time.
In a recent meeting local clu...
DATE: Nov 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Track & Field | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
An application has been submitted for approval of a new charity aimed specifically for cancer-stricken golfers.
The charity has been formed by Brian Morris, the Ocean View Golf Course head professional, to help golfers battling cancer to fulfil their...
DATE: Nov 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Golf | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
