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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

Island Games: Tues. [Day #3] Updates/Summary

[Updating] Bermuda finished the third day of competition today [July 16] in the 2013 NatWest Island Games with some 34 medals, and two new Island Games records. Bermuda’s 13 medal wins on Tuesday July 16th: Athletics: Tamika Williams won bronze in the 1500m Athletics: Shianne Smith won bronze in the 100m hurdles Athletics: Dage Minors won a... 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

Houston Wins Gold, Breaks 24-Yr-Old Record

[Updated with video] Bermuda sprinter Tre Houston claimed the gold medal in the 100m dash in record setting style this evening [July 15], crossing the line in 10.34. This breaks the old Island Games record of 10.58, which had actually been set by Houston himself during this morning’s preliminaries. Houston’s 10.58 time this morning broke... Read more of this article

Island Games Schedule Day #3: Tue. 16th July

The 2013 Natwest Island Games will continue tomorrow [July 16], with athletes from over 20 islands competing across various venues in Bermuda. You can view all our coverage thus far of the Games here, and the schedule for Tuesday below. Athletics Venue: National Sports Centre Athletics 09:00 – 100m Hurdles Women – Heat 1 09:00 – 100m... 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

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