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Manders Named As Flag Bearer For Island Games
[Written by Stephen Wright] Tennis player Gavin Manders will be Bermuda’s flag bearer at the NatWest International Island Games XIX opening ceremony in Guernsey, the Channel Islands, on July 8. Manders is the most successful local athlete at the biennial event with 12 medals [Team: gold 2005, silver 2007, bronze 2013, 2017 and 2019; Singles: silver... Read more of this article
Symons Wins Bermuda’s First Gold Medal
[Written by Stephen Wright] Alshauntae Symons has won Bermuda’s first gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin after winning the women’s singles bowling event today [June 23]. Symons scored 110, 94 and 109 for a total score of 313 pins. Bermuda has won four medals so far at the Games, with Solay Thomas claiming bronze in the women’s... Read more of this article
Beach Volleyball Team Advance In El Salvador
[Written by Stephen Wright] The Bermuda women’s beach volleyball team have advanced to the round of 32 at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bermudian pair Lisa LeBlanc and Meghan Calhoun were awarded a 2-0 win over Surinam, who did not show up for today’s game [June 22]. Bermuda defeated the Dominican... Read more of this article
Solay Thomas Wins Bronze At Special Olympics
[Written by Stephen Wright] Solay Thomas has won Bermuda’s third medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin after claiming bronze in the women’s shot put with a personal best throw today [June 22]. A team of 19 athletes are representing Bermuda at the Special Olympics, which started on Saturday [June 17], in athletics, bowling, equestrian,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Beach Volleyball Team Lose Opener
[Written by Stephen Wright] The Bermuda women’s beach volleyball team lost their opening match of the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, yesterday [June 21]. Bermudian pair Lisa LeBlanc and Meghan Calhoun were defeated 2-0 by the Dominican Republic. LeBlanc, the team’s captain, and Calhoun return to action today against... Read more of this article
Dove & Butterfly To Celebrate Third Anniversary
[Written by Stephen Wright] Entrepreneur Shi-Vaughn Lee will celebrate the third anniversary of her online skincare business, Dove & Butterfly, by hosting a “Sniff and Shop” event on Friday and Saturday [June 23 and 24]. Created during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dove & Butterfly offers products made in Bermuda by Bermudians, including... Read more of this article
Flora Of Bermuda Finishes Sixth At Royal Ascot
[Written by Stephen Wright] Racehorse Flora Of Bermuda finished sixth in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot in Berkshire, England, yesterday [June 21]. A field of 26 juvenile fillies went to post for the five-furlong opening race on day two of the prestigious five-day event. Flora Of Bermuda, a two-year-old filly ridden by James Doyle, wearing the... Read more of this article
Adrian Roach Raring To Go For CAC Games
[Written by Stephen Wright] Adrian Roach believes he is better prepared than the recent Bermudian boxers to have competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games. The 21-year-old is representing the island at the multi-sport event in San Salvador, El Salvador, where he will fight in the 156lb super-welterweight division. At the previous Games in... Read more of this article
Gas-O-Rama Raises $20,000 For Local Charities
[Written by Stephen Wright] More than $20,000 raised by the Hamilton Lions Club’s annual Gas-o-Rama has been split between three local charities. This year’s beneficiaries, the Bermuda Golf Association’s junior programme, Vision Bermuda and Tomorrow’s Voices, have each received $6,850 raised from the Gas-o-Rama at Rubis Terceira’s North Shore... Read more of this article
Kris Trott Wins Bronze At Special Olympics
[Written by Stephen Wright] Kris Trott has won Bermuda’s second medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin after claiming bronze in the men’s 200 metres Level B today. A team of 19 athletes are representing Bermuda at the Special Olympics, which started on Saturday [June 17], in athletics, bowling, equestrian, swimming and tennis. It is... Read more of this article
Russ Ford Returns Home, Fundraising Continues
[Written by Stephen Wright] More than $9,000 has been raised to help Russ Ford, a former nurse who helped increase HIV/Aids awareness in Bermuda in the 1980s, through bucket collections throughout the island. Mr Ford, the founder of Agape House, recently returned to the island after receiving care at a specialist hospital unit in Arizona after being... Read more of this article
Laura Repose Wins Medal At Special Olympics
[Written by Stephen Wright] Laura Repose has won Bermuda’s first medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin after claiming bronze in the women’s 800 metres. A team of 19 athletes are representing Bermuda at the Special Olympics, which started on Saturday [June 17], in athletics, bowling, equestrian, swimming and tennis. It is the first... Read more of this article
