Archive for July, 2024

Photos & Video: Market At St Anthony’s

A Cup Match Market event was held at St. Anthony’s Church Hall on Saturday, July 27, offering a wide variety of goods from local vendors. For extensive coverage of Cup Match spanning over a decade, visit our website BernewsCupMatch.com, the island’s most comprehensive... Read more of this article

Che And Cole Durham Have Close Fights

[Written by Stephen Wright] Twin brothers Che and Cole Durham stepped between the ropes for amateur boxing matches in Santa Cruz, Aruba, yesterday [July 27]. Cole, fighting at 80kg, faced Aruban Arvin Solognier in the co-main event at the Manuelitos Sports Bar, with the contest ending in a controversial draw. Meanwhile, Che, fighting at 72kg, lost by... Read more of this article

Khano Smith’s Rhode Island On Hot Streak

Khano Smith’s Rhode Island FC defeated North Carolina 2-1 at home in the USL Championship yesterday [July 27]. Goals from Mark Doyle in the 74th minute and Zachary Herivaux in the 84th minute stretched Rhode Island’s unbeaten run to seven games, including three straight wins. Mikey Maldonado opened the scoring for North Carolina in the 30th minute. Smith,... Read more of this article

Adam Hall And Biloxi Beat Blue Wahoos

Baseball player Adam Hall hit a single run in the Biloxi Shuckers’ 8-4 win away to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Blue Wahoos Stadium yesterday [July 27]. Hall extended his side’s lead to 8-4 in the ninth inning with a RBI. The 25-year-old was promoted to the Shuckers from the Rookie-level ACL Brewers last month. The Shuckers, a Minor League Baseball... Read more of this article

City Garbage Collection During Cup Match

The City of Hamilton has informed businesses and residents of the garbage collection schedule during the upcoming Cup Match holiday. A spokesperson said, “The City of Hamilton wishes to advise City businesses and residents that garbage collections will be scheduled on the following dates: Wednesday, July 31st – Normal garbage collection will... Read more of this article

Jack Harvey Wins 100m Heat In Olympics

[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermuda swimmer Jack Harvey says he is “happy to be an Olympian” after winning his heat in the men’s 100 metres backstroke at the Aquatics Centre at the Paris Games today [July 28]. Harvey, competing in a group of six, led from start to finish, posting a time of 55.78sec to leave him in 39th place overall. “It was... Read more of this article

Tweet About Bermuda Olympic Team Goes Viral

[Written by Don Burgess] If you ask any non-resident what they know about Bermuda, they will normally say either the Triangle or our shorts. Practically every Olympic Opening Ceremony recognizes our island for wearing Bermuda shorts, but for Paris, the focus was on the Triangle. Buzzfeed News, in an article entitled ‘The 38 funniest jokes about the... Read more of this article

Turini Works On ‘Lady In The Lake’ TV Series

Bermudian fashion expert and costume designer Shiona Turini has worked on ‘Lady in the Lake,’ a drama-thriller miniseries that recently premiered on Apple TV+. The Wrap reports, “‘Our brilliant costume designer, Shiona Turini, was just coming off her Beyoncé ‘Renaissance’ tour. She helped us create these costumes and the coloring... Read more of this article

DaRock Elite Players Learning In Scotland

Promising young footballers from the DaRock Elite Academy are continuing to develop their skills on and off the pitch in Scotland. Danté Leverock, the Bermuda defender and founder of the DaRock Elite Academy, said the players had been working on their mental strength and attended a workshop on confidence and self-belief. They have also been training... Read more of this article

UK Parliament: Q&A On ‘Transparency’ In OTs

“We will be working closely with the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to increase transparency, including through publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership,” Minister of State Stephen Doughty said. During a recent session in the UK Parliament, Liberal Democrat Daisy Cooper asked, “To ask the Secretary... Read more of this article

Somerset And St George’s Name Teams

Somerset Cricket Club and St George’s Cricket Club have announced their teams for the annual Cup Match Classic. Somerset: Terryn Fray [captain], Alje Richardson [vice-captain], Tre Manders, Dion Stovell, Malachi Jones, Steven Bremar, Derrick Brangman, Dominic Sabir [colt], Jermal Proctor [colt], Macquille Walker, Kamau Leverock. Reserves: Alex Dore,... Read more of this article

Video: Sunday July 28th “Good News” Spotlight

News that the Olympic Opening Ceremony took place, Jamar Dill has achieved his ILM Level 3 certificate, Appleby Bermuda has awarded $95,000 in scholarships and bursaries to Max Blakeney, Tange Bean, Tiffany Cooper, Malcolm Hendrickson, and Za’Khari Turner, Aircare team members, Aaron Chase, Corey Davies and Jason DeMello, earned ILM certificates... Read more of this article