World Cup, but there was still plenty of highs, lows, good news and bad news during 1993.

The year began with Gary Darrell quitting as national soccer coach, Joe Brown being fired from his BFA post and Meshach Wade and Kentoine Jennings being transfer-listed, and later released, by English third division club Hereford United.

In December, Bermuda's team brought home three medals from the CAC Games in Puerto Rico while the hammer also came down on Danny Seymour, who was fired as coach of Vasco, and on Ricky Hill who was dropped from Bermuda's ICC team for playing soccer.

In between, Peter Bromby defended his World IOD title, Brian Wellman was named Athlete of the Year, St. George's won the league title in cricket after an unbeaten 15-match run and Bailey's Bay recaptured the Eastern Counties title.

Join us on a recap of the year's highs and lows, month by month: JANUARY Somerset Trojans began the year by clinching the Dudley Eve for the first time with 3-1 aggregate win over PHC in the two-leg final.

Gary Darrell quits as national coach after Bermuda's most successful World Cup campaign. Joe Brown is fired from his $41,000 a year post as administrative assistant of the Bermuda Football Association. Clevie Wade is fired as coach of Hotels. Robert Calderon quits as coach of Dandy Town after demotion, later takes over from Wade at Hotels until the end of the season.

Meshach Wade and Kentoine Jennings transfer-listed by English club Hereford United. Kyle Lightbourne celebrated offer of a one-year contract at Scarborough by scoring his first goal for the club in a 3-2 win over Crewe.

Runner Jennifer Fisher is featured on the cover of launch issue of RG Magazine . Michael Bartoszak of Poland wins the Bank of Bermuda Elite Mile but fails, like so many others, to do a sub four-minute mile which was worth $10,000.

Five local records were also broken that night by Michael Donawa (secondary boys), Suella Matthews (primary girls), Spencer Butterfield (primary boys), Karen Adams (adult women) and Tyler Hall (adult men).

Marcos Barreto of Mexico and Ann Marie Letko of the United States are the men's and women's winners of the International 10-K in 30:01 and 34:07 respectively while Robert Yara wins second ADT Marathon in 2:31:42. Kim Goff wins women's race in 2:54:55.

Dwayne Pearman wins Ashworth BPGA Championships by two strokes over Kim Swan.

FEBRUARY Australian Brett Martin wins his third Bermuda Open squash title, beating Canada's Gary Waite in the final.

Charlie Marshall is chosen to lead Bermuda on their tour of Barbados in place of the injured Wendell Smith, but withdraws himself after suffering what was first feared to be a heart attack but later diagnosed by doctors in Baltimore as muscle spasms.

Bermuda Football Association begin their search for a Director of Coaching.

Association president Charlie Marshall admits to payments totalling some $5,000 to two senior officials, Mark Trott and Gerard Bean as compensation for time spent away from work during World Cup campaign. Shawn Goater has arthroscopic surgery on left knee, and is out for a month.

Perry Maybury regains captaincy at Somerset for 1993 cricket season. Winston Reid is in charge of coaching.

Brian Wellman is ranked fifth in the world by Track and Field News magazine -- the highest every ranking by a Bermudian in the sport.

Well-known sports figure and Hamilton businessman Reid Johansen dies.

MARCH Ricky Hill breaks his hand during Derbyshire's opening tour match of Bermuda.

Nationals withdraw from cricket league because of shortage of players. Dale Fox, Gary Brangman are in the centre of "chucking'' dispute during Bermuda tour of Barbados which ended in three wins, two losses for Bermuda. Randy Butler is banned indefinitely by the BCBC over public comments he made about the Board's knowledge about bowlers who "chuck''.

Meshach Wade and Kentoine Jennings are released by English club Hereford United. Hamilton Parish and St. David's are relegated from the BFA First Division while Vasco and Southampton are promoted. Somerset wins the league for first time in six years.

Peter Bromby and Lee White finish 11th in Bacardi Cup regatta in Florida.

Government fulfils $80,000 pledge to BFA for World Cup. BFA confirm near $200,000 profit from World Cup campaign.

Joel Hirsch wins third Bermuda Amateur Match Play title at Mid Ocean.

APRIL No soccer MVP award for second straight year as Ex-Artillerymen's Association "wash their hands'' of the award. Yul Wade of Devonshire Colts receives two-year ban from BFA over incident in Friendship match with PHC. North Village win Friendship Trophy while Boulevard win FA Cup for second time in three seasons.

Cal Simons voted soccer referee of the year. Ellington Weldon of Devonshire Colts finishes top scorer in First Division with 15 goals as Marlon Lindsay of Wolves leads the Second Division with 18 goals.

Kyle Lightbourne is released by Scarborough and Shawn Goater is sidelined again with knee injury. A total of 40 applicants apply for Joe Brown's administrative assistant's post at BFA.

Bermuda returns from Carifta Games in Martinique with six medals.

Work begins on converting the three main courts at the Tennis Stadium to all-weather despite the protests of a concerned group.

Charlie Marshall given all-clear to resume cricket career with Bailey's Bay.

MAY Bermuda's Glenn Astwood captures the first major prize in the International Race Week when he won the Tornado Class. Stevie Dickinson places second in the Snipes while Rudy Bailey takes the Comet title.

Charlie Marshall returns to the Bermuda national team for the Pakistan tour, scoring 61 and 49 as the visitors won both matches by comfortable margins with teenager Zahid Fazal hitting 66 and 190 to lead their batting.

Western Stars win the Camel Cup for the first time, beating Bailey's Bay by 164 runs in the final. Ferdinand Thorne resigns as captain of Police, Dennis Archer takes over.

Brett Forgesson and Paul Edness are involved in fight after the finish of the Colonial Insurance End to End relay. Kavin Smith wins his first May 24 race, beating the record in the process with a time of 1:11:27. Anna Eatherley also got her first win when she led home the women in 1:21:58.

Triple jumper Brian Wellman is named Government's Athlete of the Year.

David Sabir is confirmed as the fifth BFA administrative assistant, beating out other applicants for the post vacated by Joe Brown.

JUNE Andrew Bascome returns to North Village as technical advisor.

Troy Douglas places third in the 400 metres at the Harry Jerome Track Classic.

Nick-Cole DeSilva receives an 18-month ban from the BTFA on the eve of the 1993 Heritage Classic for his attack on official Stan Douglas in the 1992 meet. The ban ends on January 4, 1994.

Mary Jane Tumbridge places fourth in the International Three-Star event in France. Pipe Dream takes line honours in the Daytona TransAtlantic Race.

Glenn Smith is not happy with being "jerked around'' by the BCBC and threatens to withdraw his services after being left out of three teams to face the West Indies Board Select.

Lynn Kynoch and Neil de Ste Croix win the titles in the Bank of Butterfield Duathlon. Kynoch knocks almost four minutes off the record of 1:37:15 set by Julia Hawley.

PHC defender Derek (Nails) Douglas announces his retirement due to knee injury.

Western Stars add the Central Counties title to their Camel Cup success.

Former Bermuda captain Colin Blades calls for Arnold Manders to be reinstated as Bermuda captain on the eve of the opening match against the West Indies Board Select. The West Indians win all six of their matches in Bermuda as wicketkeeper-batsman Ridley Jacobs blasts 152 not out against the under 25s.

Comet king Stevie Dickinson defends his long distance title with his ninth victory and is now two wins short of Alton Millett's record 11 triumphs. The race was the slowest race ever, taking 4:41:32 to complete.

Kirk Cooper's sloop Alphida captures line honours for the second straight time and broke a four-year old record for elapsed time in the Marion-Bermuda race.

First-time skipper Buddy Rego captures class A honours. Ron Noonan's Wildflower wins overall on corrected time.

Duncan Zelkin wins the Bermuda Amateur Stroke Play Championships by beating Tim Carr in sudden death play-off at Port Royal. Kim Marshall retains the women's title in the 54-hole tournament.

JULY Western Stars pick up another title, this time the Benson and Hedges after beating St. David's in a controversial final at Devonshire Rec. Cup Match finishes in another draw as St. George's retain the cup. Fielding Swan of St.

George's, the oldest surviving former Cup Match player, dies at the age of 97.

Injury forces Wendell Smith to miss his first Cup Match since his debut in 1976.

Bermuda finish fifth at the International Youth Tournament in Denmark.

Hotels miss deadline to register for 1993-94 season. Extension is granted but the club later folds. Jack Castle quits as coach of PHC, money rumoured to be the chief reason.

Charlie Marshall is returned as president of the BFA at its annual general meeting. Bermuda international Dwayne (Streaker) Adams decides against going on trials to English club Walsall and stays in college at Highpoint University instead.

Peter Bromby finishes second at the Nations Cup qualifiers in Savannah, Georgia.

Brian Wellman officially becomes the winner of a bronze medal after Nicolai Raev is banned for four years after testing positive for amphetamines at the World Indoor Championships in March.

Bermuda decides against sending its swimming team to Cuba for the Caribbean and Central American National Championships because of health concerns in that country.

AUGUST St. George's wicket-keeper Dean Minors is named Cup Match MVP for innings of 83. Somerset Bridge dethrone Southampton in Western Counties second round in one of the most exciting matches of the season. Bridge finish the season as champions after a draw with Willow Cuts in the final. Bailey's Bay return the Eastern Counties Cup to Sea Breeze Oval for the first time since 1987 after beating St. David's in the final.

Jennifer Fisher, Terrylynn Paynter win silver medals at Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships in Cali, Colombia.

Kyle Lightbourne is offered contract with English Third Division team Walsall.

FIFA listed referee Esten Curtis accepts offer to officiate in Women's Championship Tournament.

Bermuda fail to win a game at the Caribbean Netball Championships in Montserrat.

Kim Marshall fails to qualify for match play phase of US Women's Amateur Championships in San Diego.

Andrew DeCosta takes line honours in Round the Island Power Boat Race.

Brian Wellman finishes eighth in World Amateur Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Michelle Ingham wins bronze medal at prestigious Young Riders Championships in Illinois.

Bermuda names squad of 30 to prepare for ICC Trophy.

SEPTEMBER Peter Bromby places fourth in the Nations Cup final in Holland. Bromby and Blythe Walker qualify for the Omega Gold Cup after placing first and second respectively in the Bank of Bermuda Cup.

St. George's clinch third league championship in five seasons, finishing the season with a perfect 15-win record. They also added the knockout title to their fine season, beating Devonshire Rec. in the final.

PHC midfielder Frank Ming is sidelined by achilles tendon injury.

Umpire George Trott withdraws services in protest of BCBC's failure to deal promptly with disciplinary matters.

BFA confirm over 300 transfers for the new season.

Somerset's Challenger is confirmed as the top boat for the 1993 Fitted Dinghy season.

Former top referee McNeil Smith dies after long illness.

Dwayne Pearman wins second Johnnie Walker Black Label Classic.

Cricketer Clarence Parfitt helps two teams win championship titles in Scotland in the same season.

St. David's official Russell Richardson is interested in reviving Shell youth cricket.

OCTOBER Peter Bromby defends his IOD World Championship in Bermuda.

Neil de Ste Croix wins the individual triathlon.

Jeff Lewis takes the Bermuda Open golf title at Port Royal.

Russell Coutts repeats as Omega Gold Cup champion; Bromby and Walker get past the round-robin but were eliminated in the first round.

Somerset open defence of their soccer league title with a 1-0 home loss to Dandy Town.

Heated debate welcomed the submission of Bermuda's initial ICC squad.

Ed Bailey lashes out at ICC players involved in soccer.

Desmond Minors scores four times as Commercial Division team Robin Hood blast Second Division side Hamilton Parish 5-1 in the elimination round of the FA Cup.

German Burkhard Ziese gets BFA Director of Coaching position.

David Bascome signs new one-year deal with Harrisburg Heat.

NOVEMBER Kim Swan finishes 40th in the Jamaican Open after surviving the cut.

Allan Douglas and Lionel Cann are dropped from the Bermuda ICC team as Dean Minors and Terry Burgess come in. Cann launches attack on Board. Squad players sign contract commiting them to cricket only.

Boulevard win Martonmere Cup with 3-2 win over Devonshire Colts.

David Bascome and his Harrisburg Heat team-mates escape serious injury when their team bus is ca ght on fire in Columbus, Ohio.

Shawn Goater goes on loan to Notts County. Kyle Lightbourne scores equaliser to keep Walsall in the FA Cup with a 1-1 draw against Wrexham.

Ricky Mallory wins Heineken Bermuda Open.

First Bermuda Bowl is staged at the National Stadium with Georgetown beating Washington and Lee 17-14.

Barbarians beat New Zealand 10-5 to pull off a major upset in the World Rugby Classic. England thrash the United States 35-10 in the plate final. Bermuda returns from CAC Games in Puerto Rico with three medals, a silver and a bronze won by swimmer Chris Flook and a silver by sailor Stevie Dickinson.

DECEMBER BFA coaching director Burkhard Ziese meets the local media for the first time, saying he is anxious to get started on the job.

Bermuda capture the Caribbean Rugby Championship in Trinidad after beating Martinique 30-7.

Tim Conley holds off a challenge from local Kim Swan to win the Belmont Invitational golf tournament by one stroke. Joe Carr won the senior title.

Danny Seymour is fired as coach of First Division club Vasco.

Opening batsman Ricky Hill is dropped from Bermuda's ICC squad for defying a written agreement not to play soccer. He helped Village reach the final of the Dudley Eve.

Bermudians Donald Evans and Billy Way bow out of the XL Tennis Classic in the first round. The inaugural tournament was won by top seed Mikael Pernfors of Sweden.

Defending champions Somerset fail to qualify for the Dudley Eve competition which finishes this weekend with North Village and Dandy Town in the final.

Overbrook win the Bermuda Goodwill Golf Tournament after overcoming a three-stroke deficit on the last day.

I DO DECLARE -- Top umpire Randy Butler got banned by the Bermuda Cricket Board of Control over an intense dispute over "chucking.'' SHOWING HIS METTLE -- Bermuda swimmer Chris Flook won a silver and bronze medal at the CAC Games in Ponce, Puerto Rico in November.

RICKY MALLORY -- Winning the Heineken Bermuda Open gave tennis player lots to cheer about. Mallory also participated in the XL Tennis Classic.