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The big game may not be taking place this summer, but one Cup Match tradition remains alive and well. The Sargasso Sea delivery service has stepped up to ensure that people can still buy tag day ribbons to raise cash for Family Centre. Supporters can...

Camping over the Cup Match weekend will be allowed to go ahead after a change in Covid-19 regulations this week. The relaxation meant that people can stay overnight in tents, as long as they do not leave the campsite between midnight and 5am, except ...

A combination of history, culture and sport will shape a series of online and broadcast events to celebrate the Cup Match holiday — including the first Mary Prince Day. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, said yesterday that C...

Businesses already hurt by the economic impact of Covid-19 are braced for another hit caused by the cancellation of Cup Match and associated events. Some of those in the West End, where Somerset Cricket Club was scheduled to host this year’s game on ...

There is nothing more Bermudian than Cup Match and the game’s cancellation will leave a huge hole in the calendar of cultural events. The Cup Match holiday traditionally brings with it a variety of other entertainment, including Cup Match Summer Spla...

Cup Match organisers bowed to the inevitable yesterday in cancelling the Annual Classic for the first time in its 118-year history. Since the most popular sporting event in Bermuda was founded, it has carried on regardless despite the imposing presen...

The Eastern Counties Cup became the first of the island’s big two midsummer cricket spectacles to fall victim to the coronavirus yesterday when it cancelled its three-match series for this year. With pressure mounting on the Cup Match clubs to make a...

There is no known vaccine for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, and it is not expected that there will be one universally accepted before the end of 2020. Bermuda by then will have long emerged from the phased reopening of our economy, emphasised by t...

A move to rename the second day of Cup Match in honour of abolitionist Mary Prince has been approved by the House of Assembly. The Public Holidays Amendment Act will change Somers Day to Mary Prince Day. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Communi...

Opposition to the renaming of Somers Day to honour a Bermudian hero of the abolition of slavery movement in Britain was “mind boggling”, a government minister has said. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the...

The recent tabling of a motion to change the Somers Day holiday to Mary Prince Day will stir emotions. There are a number of issues surrounding the date, historical relevance and context that collide and need to be guided. Indeed, the Cup Match holi...

Essence magazine has turned its spotlight on Bermuda, courtesy of Bermudian stylist and fashion editor Shiona Turini. The iconic magazine published a piece on an ideal 72 hours on the island over the Cup Match holiday. Ms Turini, who wrote and provid...