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Photos/Video: Bermuda Defeat Falkland Islands
The Bermuda men’s football team went up against the Falkland Islands in the 2013 NatWest Island Games on Monday [July 15], with Bermuda claiming an 8-0 victory. Antwan Russell scored the first goal of the match in a 6th minute penalty. Damon Ming then scored in the 12th minute, Domico Coddington scored in the 31st minute, and Zeiko Lewis found... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Bermuda Women Defeat Hitra 6-1
The football portion of the 2013 NatWest Island Games continued on Monday [July 15], with the Bermuda women’s team claiming a 6-1 victory over Hitra. Tschana Wade scored a penalty in the 18th minute, Aaliyah Nolan scored a goal in the 28th, Cheyra Bell in the 39th, Jessica Furtado in the 55th, Tschana Wade scored again in the 68th and Rayni Maybury... Read more of this article
Photos/Results: Bermuda Win 2 Squash Medals
The squash portion of the 2013 NatWest Island Games is underway, with Bermuda’s players claiming two bronze medals. Both Micah Frankin and Laura Robinson [pictured below] won bronze medals in the individual squash event. A husband and wife from the island of Jersey won the gold medals yesterday, becoming what is reported to be the first couple to... Read more of this article
Photos/Video: Swimmers Win Three Medals
[Updated with video] The swimming portion of the 2013 NatWest Island Games kicked off on Monday [July 15], with Bermuda’s swimmers claiming three medals, including one gold. Veteran swimmer Lisa Blackburn picked up two medals, winning the bronze in the 400m individual medley and another bronze in the 50m breaststroke. Video of Lisa Blackburn’s... Read more of this article
Photos/Results: Bermuda Win 7 Athletics Medals
The athletics portion of the 2013 NatWest Island Games kicked off on Monday [July 15], with Bermuda’s athletes claiming seven medals and one Island Games record. Jah-Nhai Perinchief won gold in the high jump and Chas Smith won the bronze to start things off in the morning session. Bermuda’s sprinters also performed well, with Natasha Trott... Read more of this article
Photos: Island Games Beach Volleyball Action
Women’s and men’s beach volleyball continued on Monday [July 15] at the National Sports Centre north field, where sand has been trucked in to “recreate” a beach for the 2013 NatWest Island Games. The point standings as of the end of Monday in the Women’s Beach Volleyball Group Stage Pool A show Menorca leading with six... Read more of this article
Photos: Women’s Football BDA vs Greenland
Local football fans made their way to the National Sports Centre on Sunday [July 14] to watch the Bermuda mens and womens football teams take on Greenland. The Bermuda women’s team played the first match of the night, where they romped to a 5-1 victory. Bermuda got goals from Cheyra Bell, Tschana Wade, Akelya Furburt, Aaliya Nolan and Jessica... Read more of this article
Photos: Bermuda Win Two High Jump Medals
[Updated with photos] Bermuda’s high jumpers were in in top form this morning [July 15] picking up two medals in the Island Games competition being held at the National Stadium. Bermuda’s Jah-Nhai Perinchief won the gold medal, while Chas Smith claimed the bronze. Perinchief struck a new personal best of 2.01m on his way to winning the... Read more of this article
Photo Set #2: NatWest Island Games Triathlon
The 2013 NatWest Island Games triathlon event took place on Sunday [July 14] at Clearwater in St. David’s. The event consisted of male and female individual and team divisions, with competitors doing a 1,500m swim, 40k bike and 10k run. The men’s triathlon saw Bobby Oag of Orkney win the gold, Gudmundur Joensen of the Faroe Islands winning silver... Read more of this article
Slideshow: Bermuda Shooters Win Silver Medal
Bermuda’s Carl Reid and Ross Roberts combined to claim the island’s 7th medal of these Games, winning a silver in the 50m Prone Smallbore Rifle team event on Sunday [July 14]. Gotland took the gold and Menorca claimed the bronze. Shooting events being contested in these Games include ISSF 10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Rifle, ISSF 50m Free Pistol,... Read more of this article
Photos: Island Games Sailboarding Kicks Off
[Updated with video] Athletes from six different islands took to the waters off the Spanish Point Boat Club on Sunday [July 14] as the NatWest Island Games sailboarding contest got underway. The visiting islands competing in sailboarding are Alderney, Menorca, Jersey, Guernsey and the Cayman Islands, while Alex Jones and Scott Mello are in action for... Read more of this article
Slideshow: Island Games Sailing Gets Underway
The sailing portion of the 2013 NatWest Island Games kicked off on Sunday [July 14] at the Spanish Point Boat Club, with sailors from over 10 islands taking to the waters. Islands competing in sailing include Cayman Islands, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Menorca, Isle of Man, Åland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Ynys Môn, and the sailors... Read more of this article
Photos: Men’s Football Bermuda vs Greenland
Crowds of people lined the pitch at the north field of the National Sports Centre on Sunday [July 14] to watch the Bermuda mens and womens football teams take on Greenland. The Bermuda women’s team romped to a 5-1 victory in the first game of the night, and the men’s team followed suit with a 3-0 victory in the second game. The Bermuda... Read more of this article
Photos/Results: Bermuda Gymnasts Win Silver
The Bermuda women’s gymnastics team — Gabby Vincent, Tabytha Hofheins, Sydney Mason, Zantae Dill, Danielle Wall and Sadia Wilson — won silver in the 2013 Island Games team event this afternoon [July 14], with Isle of Man taking the gold and Faroe Islands winning the bronze. The Isle of Man finished with 101.500 points, Bermuda with 98.650... Read more of this article
Photos: Island Games Male & Female Triathlon
The 2013 NatWest Island Games triathlon event took place this morning [July 14] at Clearwater in St. David’s, with Bermuda claiming two of the 12 medals. The event consisted of male and female individual and team divisions, with competitors doing a 1,500m swim, 40k bike and 10k run. Bermuda’s Laurie Orchard claimed a bronze in the women’s... Read more of this article
Photo Set #3: Island Games Opening Ceremony
Marking the first time the NatWest Island Games has been held outside of Europe, over 1,000 athletes from 22 different islands around the world made their way to Bermuda for this year’s Island Games, which officially got underway last night [July 13] with the Opening Ceremony. You can view the 1st set of photos here, the 2nd set here & the... Read more of this article
