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Dear Sir, Cup Match is over while Labour Day beckons, yet each are similar in emphasising the unyielding labour and effort of our predecessors in moving this country from one of limited, confined and restricted movement and opportunity for blacks to ...

A community group has pledged to organise an annual Cup Match quiz to foster appreciation for Bermuda’s shared heritage. A quiz was held as part of the Bermuda Adventure event set up by Imagine Bermuda and other groups in the run-up to the two-day cr...

Siobhan Fubler won a 40-inch smart TV after taking part in a Cup Match competition organised by The Royal Gazette. Our social-media team quizzed Cup Match-goers on their knowledge of the annual two-day classic at Somerset Cricket Club last week. The ...

A St George’s cricket player pushed the Minister of National Security in a scuffle at Cup Match, a witness has said. However, Wayne Caines said yesterday: “There was no fight, no altercation, no incident.” He was speaking after a man at the match tol...

The cancellation of the annual Non-Mariners Race did nothing to dampen the party spirit in the West End this afternoon. Hundreds of boats rafted up in Mangrove Bay as revellers took to the water on inflatables to enjoy the sunshine and swizzle on th...

The following is a letter from an inmate at Westgate Correctional Facility. The letter, owing to the vagaries of the Bermuda postal system, did not arrive until the day before Cup Match despite being date-stamped June 11 at Westgate. Although the fes...

Ecstatic Somerset Cricket Club fans celebrated an historic Cup Match victory for their team yesterday. Jubilant crowds stormed the field after Somerset beat St George’s by an innings and 34 runs — the first time West Enders have recorded an innings v...

For Debbie Symons, being a Cup Match vendor tomorrow will be about a lot more than selling food. Emotions are always strong for Ms Symons whenever the midsummer classic comes around, as the occasion is ripe with memories of her late father, Bill Bail...

Thousands of cricket lovers and partygoers descended on the West End today for the start of Cup Match. Somerset Cricket Club was decked out in a sea of red and blue — and blue and blue — as the island came together to celebrate Emancipation Day. Lif...

“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.” — Harriet Tubman Bermuda is getting ready to celebrate the 116th annual Cup Match classic and Emancipation Day. We will dress in red and blue. We wil...

This time of year, it is all about the colours. Even, it seems, when it comes to sprinkles. Allison Smith could not believe the reactions she got when she started selling the decorative sugar strands in Cup Match colours three weeks ago. “I’ve had s...