Sunday November 15th: “Good News” Spotlight
News that Gwendolyn Doars celebrated her 100th birthday, Team Bermuda won the Super Stock title at the Key West Offshore World Championships, and Nicholas Christopher made his debut as Bobby Darin in Broadway’s Just In Time were among the positive news stories from the past week.
In additional good news, Warwick United Majorettes and Drum Corps represented Bermuda at the National Veterans Day Parade and Field Show in Washington, DC, while Nicola Muirhead was selected among 20 winners of the Rotlicht Festival’s international photography open call, with her work set to be exhibited in Vienna.
Other good news stories included WISTA Bermuda celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Port Royal Golf Course and The St. Regis Bermuda Resort receiving World Golf Awards in the Bermuda categories.
In sports, T’syi Showers scored the winning penalty as Thomas College secured the NAC football title, Adrian Roach claimed a first-round stoppage victory in Texas to improve his professional record to 4-0, and Aaliyah Nolan scored a hat-trick in Barnsley’s 4-2 win over Kidderminster Harriers.
More sporting achievements included Don Treanor winning gold in épée and bronze in foil at the Fall Hawkeye Open, Darina Betschart finishing runner-up after a playoff at the Winter Garden Junior Open, and La Zai Outerbridge earning All-Liberty League Third Team honours.
In swimming, Elijah Daley won two events for the University of Toronto, Thomas Cechini won the 200-yard freestyle for Loyola University Maryland, and Wheddon and Hupman won their respective 200-yard freestyle events at the Ensworth Invitational.
In an effort to highlight some of the positive news happening in our community, we supplement our standard morning and evening email newsletters with a special Sunday “Good News” email newsletter edition, and also produce a highlight article which strictly focuses on the positive news about Bermuda and Bermudians from the past week. You can sign up to have the free newsletter delivered via email by clicking here, and/or access the links below.
In addition, for those who like positive news, please feel free to visit our sister site ForeverBermuda.com, which seeks to showcase uplifting Bermuda news and visitor related services, or visit BermudaCovers.com, which offers an array of free Facebook and social media cover images, graphic designs and videos to assist you in showing off your Bermudian pride on social media!
Links to some of the ‘good news’ from the past week are below:
