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Photos: Football Team Training For Gold Cup
[Written by Don Burgess] Coach Kyle Lightbourne is pleased with the early training sessions as the team prepares to make its Gold Cup debut against Haiti on June 16 in Costa Rica. “They’ve gone well, and the players have put in a lot of work,” Lightbourne told Bernews. He added the intensity of the training sessions has been high as... Read more of this article
Leverock Wins Sligo Rovers Player Of Month
Bermudian footballer Dante Leverock – who will be part of Bermuda’s team for the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup – was recently presented with the Sligo Rovers Player Of Month award for March,. Sligo Rovers, a team that plays in the Irish Premier Division, tweeted the photo below today, saying: “The Wehrly Bros Jewellers player of... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: 18th Annual Alpha Beautillion
The 18th annual Alpha Beautillion, sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, Epsilon Theta Lambda Chapter, Bermuda, was held on Sunday evening [June 2] at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts. Family and friends cheered on the participants, with Dimitrius Richardson winning the event. This year’s beaus included... Read more of this article
Madison Quig Awarded Clements Scholarship
The Chubb Charitable Foundation – Bermuda announced this year’s Robert Clements Scholarship recipient, with Madison Sidney Virgil Quig, a recent graduate of Bermuda High School [BHS], being selected as the 2019 Robert Clements Scholar in the award’s twenty-fourth anniversary year. She is entering her freshman year this fall at Stanford... Read more of this article
May 2019: Top 10 Bernews “Photo Of Day”
Providing our readers with a look at Bermuda’s natural beauty each morning, Bernews features a “Photo of the Day” in our email newsletters, on social media, and in our app every day. Always popular, May’s top photos attracted tens of thousands of reactions across our various social media networks, and judging by the number of reader’s “likes”,... Read more of this article
Video: Sunday June 2nd ‘Good News’ Spotlight
The Beyond Rugby annual awards dinner being held, a goal by Zeiko Lewis being nominated for USL Goal of the Week, Constable Wynford Austin receiving a leadership award in Maryland, the Green family donating $10,000 to the Salvation Army, and a new American Airlines flight to Bermuda from New York set to begin in the winter were all some of the positive... Read more of this article
Photos: Round Table Derby Community Fun Day
Somerset Bridge Recreation Club [SBRC] hosted their “Round Table Derby Community Fun Day” today [June 1] at White Hill Field in Sandys. This evening’s event included dance and majorette performances, food, drinks, fun castle, games, entertainment, Gombeys and more. A number of Summerhaven Residential Home clients also made their way to the... Read more of this article
Music Video: Heather Nova Releases ‘Just Kids’
Bermudian singer-songwriter Heather Nova has released an official music video for her song “Just Kids”. The video’s description says, “My new single is released today! It’s called Just Kids and it’s full of life and love and good energy. Hope you enjoy the video. Vincent and I had a lot of fun making it! This is the second single from my... Read more of this article
Scaur Charity Donates To Special Olympians
The Scaur community recently donated $1,040 to the Special Olympics, thanks to the proceeds of their Scaur Charity Soup Tasting Party. A spokesperson said, “The Scaur Charity Soup Tasting Party has been going on since the month of January in 2002 and this year preparations started in the middle of March for the 13th of April event. The three themes... Read more of this article
Jessica Lewis Wins Gold In 200M In Switzerland
Bermuda’s Jessica Lewis competed in the Daniela Jutzeler Memorial 2019 International IPC Track Meet in Switzerland, winning a gold medal on the event’s opening day. Lewis raced to victory in the T53 Women’s 200 meter race, clocking a time of 31.96. Kelsey Lefevour of the United States was second with a time of 32.04, while Yen Hoang,... Read more of this article
SBRC Round Table Derby Fun Day On June 1st
Somerset Bridge Recreation Club [SBRC] will host a “Round Table Derby Community Fun Day” on Saturday [June 1] from 4.00pm to 9.00pm at White Hill Field. The event will include food, drinks, fun castle, games, entertainment and more. Related Stories Hamilton Princess Shares Christmas Cheer ‘The Guild’ Wins Call Of Duty Tournament PrivCom... Read more of this article
Alpha Beautillion Profile: Sediq Simons
In the fifth, and final, in a series of profiles of the young men competing in this year’s Alpha Beautillion, we spotlight Sediq Simons from the Bermuda Institute. Sediq Simons is a student at Bermuda Institute in the graduating class of 2019. He is the son of Shawn and Selena Simons. Sediq is extremely fond of music. Sediq was first introduced to... Read more of this article
