World Ball Hockey: Bermuda Win Gold Medal
The Bermuda Ball Hockey team continued their winning streak, and defeated Italy today [June 9] to claim the gold medal in the B-pool at the 2013 World Ball Hockey Championships being held in Newfoundland, Canada.
Throughout the tournament the Bermuda team has put on very strong performances, defeating the Cayman Islands, Great Britain, Israel, Italy and Hong Kong, and playing to a draw with Armenia.
Ball hockey first started in Bermuda in the 1980′s by a group of die-hard Canadian hockey fans. They started out by playing casual games, and in the late 1990s the Bermuda Ball Hockey Association was officially formed.
In 1999, Bermuda sent its first ever International Team to the USA to play in a tournament in Massacuschetts, and according to the official website Bermuda has participated in the 2001,2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 World Championships.
The official team roster lists the team as: Christopher Merritt, Chris Coleman, Adam Chevis, David Gazzard, Monte Palsat, Scott Campbell, Christopher Lemieux, Chad Critchley, Rich Campbell, Charlie Silva, Shaun Trowsdale, Cameron Poland, Cory Caouette, Matthew Benson, Ronnie Dzurus, Wayne Newhook, Glen Madore, Jon Talbot, Tom Worthington-White, Jean-Michael Tremblay, Tom Miller, and Shannon Gosse.
Bermuda beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out in today’s final, and the full match scorecard can be found here.
Awesome!!!
Hang on bie, we are world champions? Fantastic. What’s the sport? Its Ball Hockey, its like ice hockey, except with a ball. And not on ice. Oh, ok, nothing to see here then.
or field hockey without grass
Congratulations! You did Bermuda proud.
Wow, is this really a sport?
Good job boys.I thinks these bies are all Canuks!
This is not a “Bermuda team”!
As already pointed out above, this is a bunch of Canadians.
Strange how the xenophobia dissolves when the expats are winning medals in Bermuda’s name…
World Champions is relative – They have done Canada proud .. now move on!!!!
And what have done lately to represent douche bag!
And what have you won for this country?
Well done guys. We are proud of you all.
They live here work here avoid customes duties like the rest of us…I’m proad of em’
Maybe teach them to play cricket?