Bermuda’s Olympic Team Officially Announced
The Bermuda Olympic Association [BOA] today officially announced the names of the athletes that will represent Bermuda at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The BOA said the team competing for Bermuda will be:
- Roy-Allan Burch in Swimming
- Jesse Kirkland in Sailing
- Alexander “Zander” Kirkland in Sailing
- Jillian Terceria in Equestrian
- Flora Duffy in Triathlon
- Tyler Butterfield in Triathlon
- Arantxa King in Athletics
- Tyrone Smith in Athletics
- Aaron Evans in Athletics, pending results of track meet this weekend
- Harold “Tre” Houston in Athletics, pending results of track meet this weekend
The athletes will be accompanied by Chef de Mission, Stanley Douglas. BOA President, Judy Simons, and BOA Secretary General, Philip Guishard will also attend the Games, joining executive delegates from 204 other National Olympic Committees.
Mrs. Simons said, “The BOA congratulates Bermuda’s team on their significant achievements in qualifying for the 2012 Games. They have already done us proud and we wish them the very best in competition. We are pleased to have helped play a part in their journeys to success.”
Why doesn’t the Olympic Association take any boxers????? Isn’t that the only sport we actually have a medal in???
Not good enough!
Derek’s too busy otherwise he would love to go.
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yeah bie…..I’m hoping there may be some bronze in the works, sailing stands a good chance and maybe the esquestian…..Track n Field and swimmers and just happy to be there, basking in the after-glow of preliminary heats
Heck I’ll take the trip if I could qualify but my sport is no longer on the menu LOL
What are the qualifying requirements for Olympic selection in boxing?
Remember Clarence Hill almost going to the gold medal fight? Then he came back and seemed relegated to play football with the byes at Somerset Primary on Saturdays or Sundays. Man, so were the good old days. Bermuda was a real nice place to experience.
Hey guys… As much as Clarence made some mistakes… He still represented his country with heart and did better than anyone imagined….
Good luck to all!!!!
I am sure they will take anyone who puts in the work and makes qualifys as per olympic regulations. The can’t advertise people have to apply themselves and show initiative and train to met the standards.
Perhaps we could enter a shooting team in 4 years time!
I know they have a shooting and skiing event in the Winter Olympics. Do they have a shooting and bike riding event for the Summer Olympics?
Yep, the two man, dark visor event, although it is poorly policed. Like the sprints, Jamaica always takes gold, but we aren’t far behind.
Who knows we may just come up with a little something in London .. We have world class athletes and I believe in them .
We won’t mate, we are pinprick nation.
JESSICA LEWIS IS A PART OF OUR TEAM AS WELL IN THE PARA-OLYMPICS.
Yes JESSICA LEWIS (wheelchair track racing) and SANDY MITCHELL ( equestrian ).
Because they are challenged they have to work ten times as hard for their achievements as an able-bodied athlete. Thus THEY are the real heros !
Shame on Bermuda for treating them (and others) like second rate citizens(and athletes).
Just to clarify….as we try and cover all our athletes as best we can and don’t want it to appear we ignore the Paralympics…the two teams technically come under separate bodies — the Bermuda Olympic Association [BOA] and the Bermuda Paralympic Association [BPARAS] — who issue statements independent of each other about their respective teams.
This was from the BOA, and one official statement from the BPARAS was posted previously [here] and we expect they will release a statement with the official 2012 Paralympic team in the coming days.
We haven’t yet been able to get any official confirmation that Mr Mitchell is competing in equestrian again, but as Ms Lewis is qualified & confirmed we have definitely covered that, especially since she will be the first Bermudian track athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics. Videos/results/interviews with Ms Lewis can be found in a ‘Jessica Lewis’ sub-section [here]
We never get it all, but do always try to cover all sports and athletes as best we can. One of our readers who lives in London has specifically bought tickets to the events Ms Lewis is in, and she is hoping to be able to grab some photos and share with us, so we hope that works out…
Thanks for the clarification. No offence was meant to BerNews (you do a superb job.) Perhaps Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) and Bermuda Paralympic Association (BPARAS) should consider co-ordinating their press releases – especially for such huge world events.
people are being so critical and simple minded. these are OUR athletes that we need to support them no matter what, not put them down, we dont have a lot of athletes going because for some reason we are considered a part of the Caribbean, this is why only ONE equestrian was allowed to go instead of two.
GO TEAM BERMUDA.
What about Snooker?.. its a dying sport! Well gentleman’s game – excellent, and should be more encouraged as well.