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Fresh from the news that a former player-coach in Clay Smith is returning to the East End, St George’s can begin the search for a new Cup Match captain in earnest after Lionel Cann announced his retirement from top-flight cricket yesterday. Cann, who...

Clay Smith is going back to help brother Wendell with the coaching at St George’s Cricket Club this season. “That’s very, very positive because the last time we coached together was 2011 when Lionel Cann scored the winning runs [in Cup Match] off Mal...

Scaffolding, a regular feature at Cup Match in modern times, is almost certain to be missing this year as St George’s Cricket Club prepare to host a smaller crowd at Wellington Oval in exactly eight weeks’ time. The scaffolding would have normally l...

St George’s Cricket Club has been granted conditional approval from the Ministry of National Security to proceed with planning to host Cup Match. The club was granted permission to go ahead with plans via an e-mail sent by the ministry on behalf of M...

The fate of Cup Match hangs in the balance. St George’s Cricket Club are scheduled to host the annual two-day classic at Wellington Oval on July 29 and 30. However, preparations have remained in limbo as St George’s and Somerset await guidance and ap...

The committee members of the Former Cup Match Players and Officials Association are calling on all former players and officials to provide their details to the association. These details will be used to help construct and maintain a database of form...

Tre Manders came out on top in a sibling rivalry with elder brother Taurean Manders for division honours at the MTM Championships last week at the Fairmont Southampton Tennis Club. The Somerset Cup Match and Bermuda batsman prevailed 2-4, 4-2, 7-5 ov...

The US Consul General yesterday presented the Premier with a special portrait of one of Bermuda’s early Cup Match heroes. Lee Rizzuto, who arrived in Bermuda just before the Cup Match holiday this year, said he quickly learnt of its importance to Be...

A pair of contracts worth more than $70,000 each given to an American firm to organise a string of Cup Match parties were not made public - because civil servants were on holiday. The contracts, for $74,100 and $70,400, were awarded to Mosaic Sales S...

The spirit of Cup Match was alive yesterday afternoon as a celebratory motorcade made its way from St George’s to Hamilton. Music was blasting, flags were waving and colours were worn with pride along the route, bringing that familiar festive atmosph...

It’s Cup Match time Bermuda! 2020 will be remembered as the year of change. We have been through shelter-in-place, alphabet shopping and curfews. As a community we determined early to learn from the mistakes made elsewhere and shield our most vulnera...

Happy Cup Match, Bermuda! This is such a special and exciting time of year for us. It’s a time of camaraderie and friendly rivalries between Somerset and St George’s fans who are fierce about their teams. It’s a time when the richness of our culture...