Government this year splashed out more than $1 million on adding fresh glitter to Bermuda's sporting reputation.
Some $750,000 was funnelled into televising events and plugging them by hiring public relations experts.
And about $350,000 went into hel...
attired, the figure of Gladwin (Roots) Phillips doesn't exactly strike fear in the heart.
But these outer features belie a high-powered fighting machine possessing inner strength and an unquenchable thirst for competition. Just ask the Brazilian who ...
DATE: Oct 21, 1994 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Bean
In what the vast majority of golfers agreed were the worst conditions they had ever played in, 30-year-old Texan Stuart Hendley fired a miraculous one-over-par 72 yesterday to come from six shots back to lift the Bermuda Open title.
With the wind gus...
able to cast aside the bridesmaid tag as he at last captured the Omega Gold Cup championship after being runner-up on two occasions.
As it turned out Davis actually won the title on Saturday, and with it the right hold aloft the King Edward VII Gold ...
DATE: Oct 17, 1994 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Bean
million dollars, might be the biggest name ever to play in the Bermuda Open, and as such should be a hot favourite when this year's golf tournament begins at Port Royal tomorrow.
But glancing at the field of 120 it would appear unlikely he'll get eve...
entered the fray on day three of the Omega Gold Cup regatta yesterday, winning the Bermuda Commercial Bank Challenge.
And the skipper ranked number two in the world was hoping that this was not a bad omen, noting how customarily the winner of the cha...
DATE: Oct 12, 1994 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Bean
was lesser-known John Cutler who stole the show yesterday during the second day of racing at the Omega Gold Cup.
Cutler, recognised above all for his planning genius as a tactician for fellow New Zealander Dickson during their glory years of the late...
DATE: Oct 11, 1994 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Bean
Trott tied with Phillip Hackett, who also won eight and lost one, but was deemed the winner after beating Hackett in their match 24-22, 21-19. Trott's only loss came against female participant Monique Ternier who finished third overall with a 7-2 rec...
Dickson at this year's Omega Gold Cup already has Bermuda and the yachting world excited.
After a two-year hiatus where the New Zealand native "retired'' from competitive match racing to pursue other endeavours, the man largely responsible for bringi...
the Omega Gold Cup yesterday and saw two skippers lap up this luxury and enjoy perfect outings in the first round of qualifying.
Great Britain's Stuart Childerley and John Cutler of New Zealand emerged as the unbeaten duo, with Childerley scoring a 3...
DATE: Oct 10, 1994 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Patrick Bean
