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A cardboard boat building challenge is to see students compete against each other in a “sink or swim” race gala. The National Aquatics Centre event involves students aged 9 to 12 building a craft from just cardboard and duct tape. Teams of up to five...

Workers installing a solar project at the National Sports Centre got a brief dousing this morning when their drill struck a high-pressure water pipe. The job is part of an ongoing renewable energy launch at the Devonshire facility. The drilling is to...

An ongoing project for lighting to go green at the National Sports Centre will come with a significant cost savings on its electricity bills. James Pace, facilities manager at the Devonshire centre, said the installation of LED lighting should be com...

Work is set to start this month on a solar project at the National Sports Centre, it was announced today. It is the last part of a three-phase project and is expected to make a 20 per cent saving on the centre’s utility costs. A spokesman for the NS...

A reduction in the National Sports Centre’s operating costs should be a priority so more cash can be funnelled towards helping young people, an Opposition MP has said. Susan Jackson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said it was “challenging” to watch gov...

The National Sports Centre is to get a bit greener with new energy-efficient lights expected to slash its electricity bills. Craig Tyrrell, the operations manager at the Devonshire stadium, said the switch to LED bulbs was part of a drive towards cut...

The Relay For Life has been moved from Friday and Saturday May 20 and 21 to the weekend before, May 13 and 14

A government backbencher has been appointed chairman of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation. Jache Adams, the MP for Pembroke West, was formerly the chairman of the board of trustees of the National Sports Centre. Mr Adams was embroiled in ...

A government backbencher has been replaced as the chairman of the National Sports Centre’s board of trustees after a row over a contract for solar power. Owen Darrell, a government senator, has taken over from Jache Adams, the Progressive Labour Part...

A funeral service was yesterday held for Olympic athlete and veteran broadcaster Mike Sharpe at the National Stadium in Devonshire. Mr Sharpe’s coffin – draped in the Olympic flag – was carried on a lap of honour around the track by fellow athletes a...

A car parking area at the National Sports Centre will be used to generate power. A planning department file said the planned “carport” solar array would be installed over a car parking area at the stadium. There would be 1,498 solar panels, each capa...

The installation of a solar panels at the National Sports Centre is moving ahead, despite controversy over how the contract was awarded. Ernest Peets, the minister for youth, culture and sport, recently visited the centre to inspect a new heat pump f...