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Glenn Blakeney, who died last December aged 45, will be one of four former Cup Match players to be honoured at the Heritage Productions fifteenth annual Emancipation Cup Match awards at Ocean View Golf Club tonight at 7pm. Blakeney will be honoured a...

The Bermuda Friendly Societies Association will host its annual Good Sportsmanship Award for Cup Match on August 15 at the Manchester Unity Hall on the corner of Victoria and Union Streets in Hamilton. The award was created by the Lodges in August ...

During the 1960s, Seventies and Eighties, Bermuda was blessed to have witnessed some truly spectacular cricketers of Caribbean descent grace our cricket grounds. Those privileged enough to have observed the artistry, quality and skills of persons suc...

Police and government representatives have discussed Cup Match safety with the management at this year’s venue for the two-day cricket match. Venue logistics, safety and public transportation were among the topics covered with St George’s Cricket Clu...

Somers Day was observed for nearly two decades before Parliament created the two-day Cup Match holiday in 1947. The first known public commemoration of Sir George Somers’s 1609 landing of the Sea Venture occurred in 1929. On July 28, 1931, Somers Day...

Did Cup Match originate with the emancipation of slaves on August 1, 1834? If so, why was the first Cup Match played on June 12, 1902 — a date that recently passed without mention? How did “Somers Day” come to be the second day of Cup Match? New res...

The heroes of Somerset Cricket Club’s victorious 1979 Cup Match squad will be honoured at a special social gathering commemorating the 40th anniversary of their famous achievement. Somerset beat St George’s by 141 runs in Somerset to end 20 years wit...

Dear Sir, The Letter to the Editor about the St George’s Cup Match team last Friday, submitted by Kenny Foggo, probably will get little recognition from the St George’s players. Take this from me, Somerset players, executive, coaches, selectors and f...

Dear Sir, Allow me a little space in your publication for my opinion and horrid disgrace at the lack of quality players showing up for Cup Match training in St George’s. You all know who I am, and my passion for Cup Match and St George’s alike. Over ...

The oldest surviving former Cup Match player, Leroy “Tubby” Richardson, has died. Mr Richardson, a one-time St George’s player and resident, who passed away on Monday, was 97. He made his debut in the Classic in 1941, at the age of 20. He later capta...

Dion Stovell is the latest recipient of an award incentive presented annually to Somerset Cricket Club’s most valuable player during Cup Match. The Southampton Rangers and Bermuda all-rounder received the P&M Cup and the $1,000 monetary award offered...

Dear Sir, I am writing to you once again within such a short time, but I feel compelled to write something with heartfelt emotions regarding the sad news of the death of C.V. “Jim” Woolridge — a giant of a man who was loved and respected by so many a...