Category: Sports
Results: Fat Tire Massive Mountain Bike Race
The 2018/2019 Bermuda Bicycle Association’s Fat Tire Massive Mountain Bike Race Season continued with action taking place at Southlands Park. Adam Kirk won the Male Open race clocking a 7 lap time of 1:06:31.267, Jeff Currie from New Brunswick, Canada was second in 1:08:03.587, and Han Hirschi finished third with a time of 1:08:04.850. Manning Smith... Read more of this article
Sailing: RBYC One Design Racing Results
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club One-Design racing season got underway this past Saturday [Feb 9] out on the Great Sound. “Perfect winter condition with winds clocking from the NNW [305 degrees] at 12-14 knots under partly cloudy skies”, a spokesperson said. “Six of the island’s 8 J105s lined up for three races in the Winter Series... Read more of this article
Leah Smith Published In NYU Stern Magazine
An essay by Bermudian student and football player Leah Smith titled ‘Concluding Concussions’ has been published in NYU Stern Student Voices after being selected as one of the top 10 essays from her Stern freshman entry class. The essay, which centers around solutions for head trauma in football, was published in ‘The Call for Corporate... Read more of this article
Tiffany Slaton Competes In Vegas Archery
Archer Tiffany Slaton recently competed in the Vegas Shoot archery tournament. Slaton competed in the Championship Recurve Female Division against some of the top female archers in the world. She set herself a goal to make it into the 800 out of 900 bracket and accomplished just that, scoring 804, with rounds of 267, 260 and 277, finishing 37th out... Read more of this article
Football: First & Premier Division Results
Robin Hood, Boulevard Blazers, PHC Zebras, Somerset Trojans, Dandy Town Hornets, Vasco, Southampton Rangers, Ireland Rangers, and Somerset Eagles all claimed victories in this weekend’s Premier Division and First Division football action. Premier: Robin Hood 7 – Paget Lions 0 Robin Hood put the pressure back on the PHC Zebras at the top of the... Read more of this article
Rivers Sets New Bermuda Pole Vault Record
Grant Rivers — who competes for North Carolina State University — set a set a new Bermuda Pole Vault record while competing at a meet this weekend in South Carolina. Competing in the final day of the 2019 Clemson Tiger Paw hosted at the Clemson University Indoor Complex, Rivers finished 21st with a top leap of 4.26m, which set a new Bermuda... Read more of this article
Bermuda Harness Pony Racing Results
The Bermuda Bred Record was broken at the National Equestrian Center on Vesey Street as the Harness Pony Racing Season continued this past weekend. Kiwon Waldron in the bike of Reel Patrol and Dylan DeSilva in the bike of Simsfield Hardtimes finished with the same time of 1:03 flat competing in the 1:03&4 & Faster Time Bar Class, with Waldron... Read more of this article
Jah-Nhai Perinchief Places 3rd In Triple Jump
Jah-Nhai Perinchief is literally leaping his way to success in Texas, as following his record setting high jump at a meet earlier this month, the Bermudian athlete recorded a huge heap in the triple jump to finish third in the Texas Tech Shootout. He competes for Texas Tech, and the school’s report said, “Jah-Nhai Perinchief, who had not... Read more of this article
Netball: North Village, Storm, Fire & Reds Win
The Digicel Under 12 Division saw a double header with 54 goals scored, while the Digicel Under 16 Division saw a triple header with 124 goals scored in total. U/12 In the opener, the North Village Lady Rams Red edged the Phoenix Sparks 16 – 15. Xaana Green led the North Village Lady Rams Red to victory with 12 goals, while Jazaya Brimmer Butterfield... Read more of this article
Washington Wins 100 Fly In Time Trial Meet
Jesse Washington and his Southern Methodist University [SMU] Men’s Swimming and Diving teammates competed in the 2019 SMU Pre Conference Time Trial Meet, with Washington recording a first and second place finish. Washington, a multiple time Carifta medalist, won the Men’s 100 Yard Butterfly touching the wall in a time of 50.19. The Bermudian... Read more of this article
Players Invited For Youth Chess Championships
Once again Bermuda’s youth will battle it out across the board, as the Bermuda Chess Association hosts ‘The Bermuda Youth Chess Championship 2019′, during the weekend of February 23 and 24 at Elbow Beach Resort. “It will be a fun event and anyone interested is encouraged to enter. It’s an exciting tournament to attend for... Read more of this article
Fans Show Support After Wells Penalty Is Saved
Bermuda’s Nahki Wells has received an outpouring of support from football fans after taking to Twitter to apologise after his penalty was saved in QPR’s recent match against Birmingham. In describing the penalty, QPR’s website said, “Nahki Wells stepped up to take it, after Luke Freeman was tripped in the box, but former R’s... Read more of this article
