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Rick Wright Wins First Game At Greenville

Rick Wright Wins First Game At Greenville

[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermudian Rick Wright won his first match in charge of Greenville Triumph after his side’s recent 3-1 home victory over Spokane Velocity in the USL League One. Goals from Zion Scarlett, Evan Lee and Leo Casto ensured Greenville made a winning start to their campaign. “You guys saw such a great performance from a team... Read more of this article

OpenMat Bermuda Eyeing Medals In Florida

OpenMat Bermuda Eyeing Medals In Florida

[Written by Stephen Wright] OpenMat Bermuda will send 14 athletes to compete at the Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Kissimmee, Florida, next week. Representing the Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym are Siraj Grant, Ryan Hopkins, Jahmali Bridgewater, Olivia Buchanan, Ramazan Ramazanov, Elijah Richardson, Noah Vieira, Reina Maypa, Sydney Mason, James Adams,... Read more of this article

Local Wushu Athletes To Compete In Phoenix

Local Wushu Athletes To Compete In Phoenix

[Written by Stephen Wright] Nine athletes from the Bermuda Sanshou Association will hope to be in the medal hunt at the Phoenix Wushu Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona, this weekend. Krista Dyer, Kallan Todd, Quennel Robinson, Enzi Johnston, Muryah Swan, Geraldine Sidders, Tristan Robinson, and Jonathan Trott will compete in sanda [Chinese kickboxing]. Kaelin... Read more of this article

Horsfield Heads Home To Defend Title

Horsfield Heads Home To Defend Title

[Written by Stephen Wright] Robin Horsfield is aiming for a fifth successive title in the Winners Edge Mountain Bike Cross Country National Championships in Southlands, Warwick, next Sunday [March 24]. Horsfield will return home for the annual race, which he has dominated in recent years, his sequence of wins only interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic... Read more of this article

Loren Hotel Runners Compete In Austin

Loren Hotel Runners Compete In Austin

[Written by Stephen Wright] A group of runners representing the Loren Hotel at Pink Beach in Smiths competed in the recent Austin Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K after linking up with their sister hotel at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The party included organiser Natalie Price and fellow Loren employees Joeserry Hacinas, Rudy Leo Chang and Sky Monkman,... Read more of this article

Boxers Compete In Development Tournament

Boxers Compete In Development Tournament

[Written by Stephen Wright] Some of the island’s promising boxers competed in the inaugural Bermuda Boxing Federation [BBF] Development League tournament at Whitney Institute on Saturday [March 9]. The event featured sanctioned fights, masters, corporate and charity bouts, and open sparring for elite and youth competitors. In the men’s junior contests,... Read more of this article

Remember When: Wellman Wins Indoor Gold

Remember When: Wellman Wins Indoor Gold

It has been exactly 29 years since Brian Wellman became the world indoor champion in the triple jump. He claimed the gold medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, Spain, in 1995 with a leap of 17.72 metres, which still stands as a Bermudian record. Yoelvis Quesada, of Cuba, came second [17.62], and Serge Hélan, of France, placed third... Read more of this article

Mia Fishel Has Successful Knee Surgery

Mia Fishel Has Successful Knee Surgery

[Written by Stephen Wright] Mia Fishel has thanked the United States women’s national team and Chelsea Women’s medical teams following her “successful” knee injury yesterday [March 11]. Fishel, whose father is Bermudian, suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury last month while training with the US team on the eve of the Concacaf W... Read more of this article

Rower Dara Alizadeh Pushes For Olympics

Rower Dara Alizadeh Pushes For Olympics

[Written by Stephen Wright] Dara Alizadeh will step up his qualifying bid for the Olympic Games in Paris this summer at the World Rowing Americas Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, which starts on Thursday [March 14]. Alizadeh, who finished a respectable eighteenth in the men’s single sculls at the rescheduled Tokyo... Read more of this article

Vanessa James Misses Dancing On Ice Final

Vanessa James Misses Dancing On Ice Final

[Written by Stephen Wright] Vanessa James missed the opportunity to compete in the Dancing on Ice final on British television after her partner, Greg Rutherford, suffered an injury. James and Rutherford were set to face Adele Roberts, a reality TV star, and her pro partner Mark Hanretty; Miles Nazaire, another reality TV personality, and his pro partner... Read more of this article

Cal Simons Hails Success Of Skyport Magic Mile

Cal Simons Hails Success Of Skyport Magic Mile

[Written by Stephen Wright] Cal Simons, the Bermuda Pacers Track Club head coach, believes the Skyport Magic Mile is going from strength to strength after another successful event at the Flora Duffy Stadium. The annual race for runners aged 4 to 15 attracted more than 800 entries on March 2, with Simons adding that organisers Pacers could not have been... Read more of this article

Scott Barnes Makes Positive Start To Pro Tour

Scott Barnes Makes Positive Start To Pro Tour

[Written by Stephen Wright] Karting driver Scott Barnes had mixed fortunes in the Skusa Pro Tour WinterNationals in Orlando, Florida, at the weekend. The Bermudian, competing in the Shifter Masters, made a scintillating start to the series, qualifying in pole position for the opening round on Saturday before winning the pre-final and finals race. In... Read more of this article

Nathan Trott Open To Staying In Denmark

Nathan Trott Open To Staying In Denmark

[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermudian goalkeeper Nathan Trott said he is open to staying with Vejle BK permanently after admitting he is “enjoying life” on loan at the Danish Superliga side. Trott, whose contract at West Ham United expires this summer, has made 20 appearances for Vejle this season, conceding 22 goals and keeping five clean... Read more of this article

Giorgio Zanol Hails Lindo’s Race Success

Giorgio Zanol Hails Lindo’s Race Success

[Written by Stephen Wright] Giorgio Zanol, the Lindo’s Group of Companies president, said he was thrilled with the bumper turnout in the Lindo’s to Lindo’s 10K Run and 4-Mile Competitive Walk last weekend. The annual event, which started at Lindo’s Family Foods in Warwick and finished at Lindo’s Market in Devonshire, raises funds for the Bermuda... Read more of this article

Boxing Development League At Whitney

Boxing Development League At Whitney

[Written by Stephen Wright] The Bermuda Boxing Federation [BBF] will hold the first in a series of Development League tournaments at Whitney Institute tomorrow [March 9]. The event, which runs from noon to 4 pm, will feature sanctioned fights, masters, celebrity, corporate and charity bouts, and open sparring for elite and youth competitors. Nathan... Read more of this article

Nikki Bascome To Fight Rashad Kilpatrick

Nikki Bascome To Fight Rashad Kilpatrick

[Written by Stephen Wright] Boxer Nikki Bascome will face American Rashad Kilpatrick in the co-main event at The Shed in Dockyard on March 30. Kilpatrick, who has lost two of his nine professional contests, defeated Juan de la Cruz Rodriguez [11-22-1], of El Salvador, by unanimous decision in Baltimore in September last year in his previous bout. For... Read more of this article