Archive for December 26th, 2010
BASA’s Top Ten Swims of the Year
Ben Smith, Aquatics Manager, National Swim Coach announced the BASA’s Top Ten Swims of 2009/2010: Kiera.Aitken won multiple medals at the CISC Championships in Cuba this year. Kiera brought home four gold medals in the following events: 100 Backstroke, 50 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke. She continued her streak winning a silver... Read more of this article
Boxing Day Harness Pony Races
Harness Pony Racing got underway today [Dec 26] at the National Equestrian Center on Vesey Street, with stake races the order of the day. In the first 2 Year Old Stake race Nick DeCosta & Mercedes Spence won, and in the other 2 Year Old Stake race Mr DeCosta & Iron Mike finishing first. In the 3 Year Old 1st Stake Race EJ Carreiro & Colonel’s... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s U/20 Team for Tomorrow’s Match
The Bermuda Football Association has annnounced the U/20 Bermuda team who will play tomorrow [Dec 27] against the Long Island Rough Riders of the United Soccer League. The American team is visiting the island our shores to play three matches; one against defending league champions Dandy Town Hornets and two against our U20 World Cup qualifying team.... Read more of this article
Boxing Day New York Flight Cancelled
Holiday travel plans continue to be impacted by a winter storm on the US East Coast, with this evening’s [Dec 26] American Airlines flight between New York and Bermuda cancelled. Yesterday’s Bermuda-Atlanta flight was also cancelled for weather related reasons. CNN reports that “Governors on Sunday declared a state of emergency in... Read more of this article
Morgan’s Bermuda Voyage Commemorated
The epic voyage of Dodge Morgan, whose first solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe by an American sailor began and ended in Bermuda, is being commemorated by the “New York Times Magazine” today (Dec. 26). Businessman and adventurer Mr. Morgan, who died in September at the age of 78, departed Bermuda aboard his 60-foot yacht “American... Read more of this article
Lionfish: “Eating ‘Em To Beat ‘Em”
Florida is taking a page out of Bermuda’s cook book and adopting an ”Eat ‘em To Beat ‘Em” approach to solving the lionfish problem — with an environmental group issuing a collection of recipes for preparing the invasive Pacific species. Bermuda Lionfish Project coordinator Chris Flook has been encouraging Bermuda... Read more of this article
A.M. Best Affirms PMG Assurance Ratings
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “A” of PMG Assurance Ltd. (Bermuda). The outlook for both ratings is stable. The ratings reflect “PMG’s excellent capitalization, historically strong operating performance and strategic position as the captive insurance company for Sony... Read more of this article
Bermuda Hulks Floating “Abominations”
A UK historian this month (Dec. 1) published new research on British convicts transported to Bermuda in the 19th century for penal servitude at Dockyard — hundreds of whom died aboard the notorious prison hulks they were housed in. From 1824 to 1863, Britain shipped as many as 10,000 convicts to Bermuda to work on the Dockyard’s fortifications.... Read more of this article
Onion Drop Inspires Maryland Town
The people in Easton, Maryland used to mark New Year’s Eve by watching the televised crystal balls drop over New York City — until two vacationing residents witnessed Bermuda’s Onion Drop ceremony. Today they watch a big, fake crab slide down a pair of poles in the middle of their 300-year-old Chesapeake Bay town. “Kids pet it... Read more of this article
