IT is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Peter Willcocks, who was a lifelong lover of the game of Bridge and was a major player on the local scene in the `1960s and ‘70s. Peter passed away on July 11, one week after his 81st birthda...
Bermuda's well-travelled national Optimist dinghy team are heading overseas again ? this time to the most prestigious of all junior regattas, the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Following their success at the IODA North American Champ...
WITH the chess scene rather slow at this time of year, both in Bermuda and the world at large, this seems like a good time to reflect on the the current state of the game. As indicated in last week’s column, I shall start with an analysis of the rece...
I PREDICTED last week that the final round of the 2006 Bermuda Closed Championship could prove exciting — and that is how it turned out with Nick Faulks pipping Zuzana Kovacova by half a point. The results of the three games were as follows:
Zuzana K...
BY the time you read this column the 2006 Bermuda Closed Championship will have been brought to its conclusion, with the tenth and final round being played this week. I am happy to report that all missed games have now taken place, and a tense finish...
The race for the Premier Division Limited Overs championship has now been narrowed down to a two-horse sprint involving current leaders Southampton Rangers and third placed Bailey?s Bay.
And the championship could be decided in just over three weeks ...
DATE: Jun 29, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Dear Sir,
This is a response to Adrian Robson's June 10, 2005 Friday Forum.
To The Royal Gazette's enormous credit, they have recently given the Bermuda Track and Field Association some fair press with editorials highlighting their athletes performan...
The strength of Western Counties champions Warwick lies in their bowling.
And it is for this reason Warwick coach Allan Douglas has no doubts the script will go according to plan when his young guns rest their crown on the line against challengers So...
DATE: Jun 25, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Prospects of a Caribbean sweep of the singles titles at this year?s Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF World Ranking Junior Tournament crashed spectacularly yesterday when the 18 & Under Girls? top seed was ousted after being just two games from a semi-f...
WHEN Bermuda's tennis team for the Island Games begin their campaign on Sunday to win gold medals in Gibraltar, one thing they will have to get used to is playing on Astroturf courts.
The games will be split between hard courts, which Bermuda's playe...
