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The list of swimmers qualifying for the upcoming Carifta Swimming Championships increased as athletes quickly adjusted to competing at a new location.
For the first time in more than 30 years, the venue was changed from the Saltus pool, which is und...
DATE: Feb 06, 2013
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Swimming
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Some seven months after failing in her bid to qualify for another Olympic Games, Kiera Aitken has quit swimming.
The 29-year-old who has been based in Barcelona, Spain, for the last several years, confirmed yesterday after competing in the Fairmont t...
DATE: Jan 07, 2013
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Swimming
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National swimming coaches Richard Goodwin and Ben Smith have heaped praise on the Island’s young swimmers who took part in the annual Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) Christmas Camp.
More than 50 swimmers from the age of eight to 19 took p...
DATE: Jan 02, 2013
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Swimming
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The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) announced its top ten performers for 2012 swimming season along with three honourable mentions yesterday.
“BASA had another very successful swimming season, both locally and overseas,” said national coa...
DATE: Dec 20, 2012
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Swimming
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Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Sports Centre, Sean Tucker, has defended the Board’s planning of the facility in the wake of latest criticism of the project by One Bermuda Alliance Devonshire North Central candidate, Anthony Francis...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Swimming
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The monthly cost of running the Aquatics Centre could be about $98,000, stakeholders taking a tour of the facility were told on Wednesday night.
Bernie Asbell, the Canadian consultant hired by Government as interim National Sports Centre CEO, said t...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
National Sports Centre Board of Trustees chairman, Sean Tucker, last night refuted claims by One Bermuda Alliance that the Aquatics Centre is behind schedule and over budget.
Tucker was responding to suggestions last week by OBA candidate for the ar...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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Several local swimmers were at their best at the recent Winter Age Group Championships at the Saltus pool.
National swimming coach Ben Smith, who also coaches Sharks, said he was encouraged by the performances of the Island’s young swimmers.
“We woul...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Swimming
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The One Bermuda Alliance has taken issue with the Government’s claim that the new Aquatics Centre would be “completed on time and on budget” by next spring.
Anthony Francis, the OBA’s Devonshire North Central candidate in the upcoming election, said...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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Swimming
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Bermuda’s first 50-metre swimming pool is near completion and should be ready to host events by next spring, Youth, Families and Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney confirmed yesterday.
The Aquatics Centre, built on the centre concourse at the National S...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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