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Cup Match wouldn’t be the same without a driving beat behind it. Whether at the cricket field, on the beach or out on the water, there’s sure to be some sort of tune blasting nearby. The Royal Gazette took to the streets to quiz people about their Cu...

Barrington Levy is Too Experienced to be taken for a ride, makes Money Move and grows Black Roses in his garden for a hobby. Ok, so I am getting a bit ahead of myself here. However, there is no denying that the Jamaican reggae singer who is among the...

The big event is just around the corner. We want to make it known from the outset that we thoroughly enjoy just about everything relating to the Cup Match Classic, most especially the way Somerset Cricket Club brilliantly won last year leaving some S...

Two weeks today, the camp of Somerset or St George’s will approach the second day of Cup Match feeling pretty good about their chances of winning the 2015 classic. Last year, it was those of an East End persuasion who were cock-a-hoop, but, thanks (o...

Visitors have been promised a warm welcome at Cup Match this year amid accusations that they face being snubbed by tourism bosses. The Bermuda Tourism Authority yesterday came under fire from the Progressive Labour Party after it was revealed the pop...

The Department of Parks has announced a series of camping and parking regulations for the Cup Match holiday. • Campers may erect tents and tarps on July 28 to secure their spot but camping is only allowed from July 29 to August 2. • No tents or ropes...

Elvin James, the Somerset all-rounder, will be among the past Cup Match players honoured at this year’s 11th Annual Emancipation Celebration Awards Luncheon. James, younger brother of Lloyd James, the St George’s batsman, played five years for Somers...

The Chewstick Foundation said its annual Emancipation Celebration Concert event BeachFest has been cancelled this year due to “circumstances beyond our control” but the performing arts charity has a surprise up its sleeve. This year, instead of host...

One of the world’s leading DJ-producers will headline the Cup Match Summer Splash 2015 to be spread over two separate nights. Major Lazer will perform in Bermuda for the first time at the Cup Match Eve concert to take place on July 29 at a venue yet ...

If you’re one of the many people on the Island already counting down until summer arrives, here’s one more reason to get excited... Beenie Man. The Grammy-award winning Jamaican reggae artist will headline the ninth annual Soca Vs Reggae Cup Match af...

There seem to be no end to the celebrations marking this year’s Cup Match. The 2014 game was the 113th Classic commemorating the enforcement on August 1, 1834 of the Emancipation Act, that ended 400 years of slavery of black people in Bermuda. Year b...

By Ira Philip Because of the widespread ‘gone but not forgotten good spirit’ generated by the 2014 Somerset-St George’s Cup Match we are finding it more and more difficult to close our files on this year’s celebration. As a result, for this feature y...