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Only in Bermuda could you have a two-day holiday for a cricket match. Cup Match is so quintessentially Bermudian that the holiday is not alone among the anomalies to be found. Predominantly amateur cricketers who understandably do not possess the fit...

The island’s parks and beaches opened yesterday for camping for the Cup Match holiday and weekend. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said campers and picnickers were welcome to set up and that camping would be allowed unti...

West End-based revellers will be able to get a free ferry to St George’s for Cup Match. The Bermuda Road Safety Council will provide the service at 7.30am from Dockyard on both days of the cricket match. The return ferry will depart St George’s at 9p...

It’s that time of the year again where the colours of blue and blue and red and blue can be found in every corner of Bermuda. Cup Match marks one of the most important dates in our history, Emancipation Day, and we should never forget that. We should...

Cup Match is my favourite Bermuda tradition. It is a celebration of our culture and one of the best occasions to experience our traditional cuisine, our creative fashion sense, true Bermudian hospitality and of course, two days of exciting cricket. M...

More than 160 seniors yesterday celebrated the third annual Tee’l Pre Cup Match and Emancipation Day tea. The event, organised by Terry Smith and held at Somerset Cricket Club, attracted the biggest attendance of seniors in its three-year history, in...

Last week, I received, this somewhat ominous WhatsApp message. “Dear MP Famous, your aunt Helen Mateen has asked me to invite you to speak at her pre-Cup Match party this Thursday (July 18) evening at her home in Dr Cann Memorial Seniors residences. ...

The Bermuda Police Service and the Royal Bermuda Regiment will work together this Cup Match to protect Bermuda’s waters, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security. Mr Caines told the House of Assembly parish constables would operat...

The island’s Cup Match holiday has been used by the Bermuda Tourism Authority to attract visitors to St George’s. A BTA spokeswoman said the organisation, in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Transport and with the sponsorship of Norwegian...

Trash collection dates for the Cup Match holiday were announced yesterday. The public works ministry said garbage normally collected on August 1 and 2 would be collected on August 3. Recycling waste usually collected on August 1 will be collected a d...

More than 20 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers will team up with police to keep the annual Cup Match holiday safe. The soldiers, all Special Constables, will work on land at hosts St George’s Cricket Club and at sea over the four-day holiday weekend wh...

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller The 2019 Cup Match holiday is soon approaching. This holiday is a time to exhale and breathe a sigh of relief because there is a two-day holiday just before the wee...