Archive for June 19th, 2010

Sailing: Youth Olympic Trials Start

Sailing: Youth Olympic Trials Start

The selection trials to determine the Youth Olympic sailor who will represent Bermuda at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games starts this Saturday. The trials will be sailed over 4 race days in the Great Sound over the next couple of weeks and has been organized by the Byte Class of Bermuda under the auspices of the Bermuda Sailing Association. A minimum... Read more of this article

2010 Commemorative Cahow Coin Issued

2010 Commemorative Cahow Coin Issued

The Bermuda Monetary Authority [BMA] released its newest commemorative coin; the Bermuda Petrel (Cahow) Coin 2010. The currency team at the BMA consulted with Dr. David Wingate, who is a wellknown local conservationist and ornithologist, on the image of the bird to be portrayed on the coin. The Bermuda Petrel, better known as the Cahow, is indigenous... Read more of this article

Sluggo Returns To National Cricket Squad

Sluggo Returns To National Cricket Squad

The Bermuda Cricket Board has announced their training Squad for ICC I-Shield versus United Arab Emirates to be played from July – 5th- 8th. The list of names is notable in the fact that it features 2007 World Cup star Dwayne “Sluggo” Leverock, who had previously announced his retirement from international cricket. The full list of... Read more of this article

Photos: Car Crashed Over Bank in Pembroke

Photos: Car Crashed Over Bank in Pembroke

This morning [June 19] there is a car completely over a bank on St John’s Road on at the bottom of Berkeley Hill. What is interesting to note is that although the car is backwards all the damage to the car is on the front, which caused bystanders to speculate that the the car must have ‘flipped around’ after impact. At this point we... Read more of this article