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An eyesore at the West End has been transformed into a centre for a classic Bermudian pursuit that has returned as a sport: pilot gigging. This Saturday, the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club will hold a regatta for spectators out of its new premises on Boaz Is...

Pupils from Mount St Agnes Academy have taken to the sea for their PE lessons. A total of 26 youngsters in Grades 10, 11 and 12 have teamed up this term with the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club for rowing sessions off Spanish Point Boat Club. Samuel Dubois, a...

Jessica Rego always hated the beach but had no such qualms about the ocean. It’s a good thing too. The Bermudian is now preparing to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, from the Canary Islands to Antigua, with British friends Caroline Wilson and Su...

The Spanish Point Boat Club will host a rowing regatta today against the Lyme Regis Pilot Gig Club from Dorset, England. Lyme Regis will compete against four mixed local crews representing Argus, BF&M, Chubb and Mariners Rugby Football Club in two r...

Daniel Perez has been named in the United States rowing squad for this month’s World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The Bermudian will compete in the men’s double sculls event at the annual weeklong regatta, which will feature th...

The island’s first gig regatta has been hailed a great success, surpassing the expectations of the scores of international rowers that took part in it as well as the organisers. Crews from Britain, the Netherlands and the United States took to the wa...

Rowing crews from Britain, the Netherlands and the United States took to the water yesterday to race against local pilot gig teams. More than 80 international rowers are participating in the Bermuda Invitational Gig Regatta — the first event of its ...

Rowers from the United States, Britain and the Netherlands are to descend on the island for an international gig racing festival this month. The Bermuda Invitational Gig Regatta is the latest feather in the cap for the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club, which h...

Bermuda’s Olympic rower Shelley Pearson, who studies at the Saïd Business School at Oxford University, believes her own sporting exploits could inspire others who want to pursue a business career. A sporting background can be advantageous for prospec...

Shelley Pearson never truly feels alone in the single sculls thanks to a pair of socks she wore in each of her races at the Olympic Games. A gift from her best friend and former team-mate, Mary MaGinnis, the unremarkable-looking white socks have a sy...

Shelley Pearson has qualified for the rowing C final after finishing second in yesterday’s consolation semi-final at the Lagao Rodrigo de Freitas at the Olympic Games. Pearson finished the 2,000 metres women’s singles sculls race in a time of 8min 5....

Shelley Pearson has qualified for the C/D rowing final after finishing second in today’s semi-final at the Lagao Rodrigo de Freitas at the Olympic Games. Pearson finished the 2,000 metres women’s singles sculls race in a time of 8min 5.78sec and will...