Category: Sports
Beach Volleyballers Finish 4th In St Lucia
Bermuda beach volleyball players Brandon Sousa and Ryan Davies placed 4th in the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] Senior Beach Volleyball Tournament in St Lucia. They advanced through to the semi-finals where they took on St Lucia Team One’s Sheldon Descartes and Joseph Clercent, with St Lucia winning, so the Bermuda team moved to... Read more of this article
Smith Finishes 4th In South Africa Triathlon
Tyler Smith made a strong showing at the 2023 Africa Triathlon Cup Maselspoort in South Africa, placing 4th in the elite men’s field. The Bermudian triathlete finished in a time of 56:05, clocking 9:17 during the swim, 28:55 on the bike, before closing out with a time of 16:33 on the run. Ayan Beisenbayev from Kazakhstan won in a time of 55:28,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Teams Conclude Volleyball Festival
Six Bermuda Volleyball Association’s Junior National teams concluded competing in the Nike Boston Volleyball Festival. The boy’s under 16 team moved to the gold bracket division on the final day, but they would fall 2 – 0 to the Smash Boys, 25-20, 27-25. The under 14 boys went down 2 – 0 to LIVBC in the silver bracket 25-12, 25-17. Bermuda’s... Read more of this article
ICC Online Training & Education Programme
The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] announced that the International Cricket Council [ICC] launched the ICC’s online training and education programme in the third quarter of 2023. A spokesperson said, “The BCB is currently in the process of aligning our prerequisite coaching requirements prior to the start of the 2024 cricket season. The first steps... Read more of this article
Simons & Raynor Reflect On Skyport Magic Mile
[Written by Stephen Wright] Cal Simons beams with pride when he reflects on the growth of the Skyport Magic Mile since the iconic junior race was launched in 1995 by the Bermuda Pacers Track Club. “It rained like crazy the first year!” said Simons, the race director. “We had about 350 kids running. I didn’t foresee it going for this long!” Now... Read more of this article
Landro Minors Memorial Tournament Results
The team of Delyone Borden, Mark Crawford, George O’Brien Jr, and David Patterson won the Landro Minors Memorial Golf Tournament at the Ocean View Golf Course. They finished at 6-under, the team of Billy Joe Pitcher, Cornell Bean Sr., Cornell Bean Jr., and Arthur LaSalle finished second at 2-under and Brent Minors, Aaron James, David James, and Gary... Read more of this article
Newstead Plans To Add New Pickleball Courts
The Newstead Belmont Hills Golf Resort & Spa in Warwick plans to add eight new pickleball courts, with their planning application noting that “pickleball courts are consistent with tourism zoning and will become a recognized tourist attraction for the Newstead Hotel.” The letter for the application said, “Pickleball is rapidly... Read more of this article
Bermuda Cricket Team Defeat Argentina
The Bermuda cricket team continued their impressive form in the T20 World Cup Sub Regional Americas Qualifiers in Argentina, winning their second match this weekend, this time defeating Argentina by 110 runs. Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat. They score 220/2 in their allotted 20 overs, with Tre Manders the top scorer with 74, his runs came... Read more of this article
Harness Pony Champions Of Champions Results
The Bermuda Harness Pony Racing Season is drawing to a close with the first day of the Champions of Champions racing. The time of 1:02&3 was achieved by two ponies, and Special Gold & Kiwon Waldron, as well as War Machine & Philip Correia clocked the time. A time of 1:02&4 was clocked by Rockeyed Optimist & Maurice Raynor. 1:05&4... Read more of this article
Beach Volleyballers Start Competing In St Lucia
Brandon Sousa and Ryan Davies started competing in the 2023 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] Men’s Beach Volleyball Championships in St. Lucia, recording one win and one loss. In their opening match, Sousa and Davies defeated their opponents St. Lucia Two 2 -0, and they then played St. Kitts and Nevis where they lost 2 – 0. Related... Read more of this article
Netball: BNA Youth & Senior League Results
The Bermuda Netball Association held a host of matches this weekend, with youth and senior teams in action. Under 14 Division Rangers defeated the Phoenix Embers 13 – 6, Best Attacker A’meerah Richardson-Swan scored 8 goals to lead the Rangers, Honor Caesar added 3 goals, and E’Rynn Paynter scored twice, while Ja’Miyah Johnston was the Best... Read more of this article
Football: St George’s Colts, Zebras & YMSC Win
Footballers in both the Premier and First Division were in action this weekend with St George’s Colts, PHC Zebras, and Young Men Social Club all earning wins. Premier Division St. George’s Colts 2 – Somerset Trojans 1 The St. George’s Colt recorded a 2 – 1 win over the Somerset Trojans at the Wellington Oval. Blaiz Hall gave the St.... Read more of this article
