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Wallpaper Wednesday: Bermuda Day Gombeys

The latest design in Bernews’ weekly Wallpaper Wednesday series features a Bermuda Day theme incorporating the island’s iconic Gombeys. For extensive coverage of Bermuda Day over the years – including over 6,000 photos and videos, history, unique graphics, and much more – visit our website BDADay.com, the island’s most comprehensive... Read more of this article

Video: Bermuda Day Half Marathon Race Route

YouTube channel GO&Race has released a video route map for the upcoming Bermuda Day Half Marathon Derby Race event, which is set to be held on Friday, May 26. According to the road traffic advisory issued, the route will be “Marathon Derby: Mullet Bay Road, Kindley Field Road, The Causeway, Blue Hole Hill, North Shore Road, Hamilton Parish, Middle... Read more of this article

Hawley Earns Carey Olsen Athletics Scholarship

Carey Olsen Bermuda announced that triathlete Erica Hawley is the first recipient of the inaugural Carey Olsen Athletics Scholarship. A spokesperson said, “The firm will sponsor and support the Bermudian triathlete throughout 2023 as she endeavours to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. “Erica has competed professionally for five... Read more of this article

Dame Flora Duffy Provides Update On Injury

[Written by Stephen Wright] Dame Flora Duffy said she hopes to return to action for the Paris Test Event in August after revealing she is recovering from a long-term knee injury. The four-time world champion triathlete took to social media yesterday [May 15] to reveal she needed injections to help her battle through the end of last season after a scan... Read more of this article

Bermuda One Of “Most Beautiful Places In World”

Veranda has featured Bermuda in an article titled “The 8 Most Beautiful Places in the World to Travel This August.” The Veranda website said, “Even though summer officially ends in late September, Labor Day Weekend signals that evenings grilling alfresco and beach weekends are soon coming to an end for most people in the Northern Hemisphere. “However,... Read more of this article

Liberty Mutual Proud To Sponsor Relay For Life

Liberty Mutual Bermuda said they were “privileged to have been the presenting sponsor of Relay for Life of Bermuda, the 10th anniversary, this past weekend on May 12 and May 13.” A spokesperson said, “Teams walked around the track at North Field for 24 hours to raise much-needed funds to eliminate cancer. Relay events are held across the... Read more of this article

Occupants Freed From Overturned Vehicle

Police and other emergency service personnel attended to the scene of an overturned car last night [May 14], with the vehicle’s occupants reported to be trapped inside. A spokesperson said, “Around 10:15pm on Sunday 14th May 2023, police and other emergency service personnel were dispatched to a report of a single vehicle collision, on Harrington... Read more of this article

Video: Bermuda Inspired Cupcakes Virtual Gallery

Hibiscus flowers, frangipani flowers, treefrogs, turtles, motor scooters, humpback whales, fish, and more are some of the items included in this Bermuda-inspired cupcake virtual art photo gallery for Mother’s Day, the latest installment of Bernews’ series of ‘Virtual Shows’. This marks the 14th in a series of ‘Virtual Art Shows’ by... Read more of this article

Outerbridge & Franklin Pierce Finish Second

Ryan Outerbridge and his Franklin Pierce track and field team finished in second place out of nine competing teams at the 2023 NE10 Outdoor Championships at Southern New Hampshire. Junior Outerbridge finished as the runner-up in the men’s 3,000-meter Steeplechase clocking a time of 9:43.05. The men’s 4×800-meter relay team of Ryan Walker,... Read more of this article

Video: West Ham Fan TV Interviews Clyde Best

West Ham Fan TV recently interviewed Bermudian football legend Clyde Best to talk about his football career and more. The hour-long interviewed comes after Best – one of the first Black players to play football for a top English team – visited the current West Ham team in England, with the team saying that they had the “honour of welcoming”... Read more of this article

Elijah Daley Wins Bronze Medal In Canada

Elijah Daley concluded competing in the MAC Spring Long Course Invitational 2023 in Canada, winning a bronze medal – his third medal at the event. Daley earned the medal while competing in the 50m butterfly, clocking a time of 26.39 to finish third in the final. He also clocked a personal best time of 31.36 in the 50m breaststroke final, finishing... Read more of this article

Lightbourne: “It Was An Honour And A Privilege”

[Written by Stephen Wright] Kyle Lightbourne said he was proud of his achievements as Bermuda coach and would have stayed on had he been offered a new contract. The Bermuda Football Association opted to part ways with Lightbourne and his assistant Ray Jones on Wednesday following the team’s Concacaf Nations League campaign, where they finished third... Read more of this article