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Archery

Athletic clubs

Badminton

In the 2003 Island Games, Bermuda was represented in badminton by Harold Minors, Stephen Wellman, Rick Dorush and Ian Wilkie.

Ball Hockey

There is a Bermuda Ball Hockey Association (BBHA). The game is similar to ice hockey in play and rules but on a hard surface instead of ice and with a hockey ball instead of a puck. The teams are mostly Canadians. In 2005 they won the Caribbean Championships for two years in a row, against Barbados, Turks and Caicos and Grand Cayman. They were 9th in the last Worlds in 2003.

Baseball

Once, baseball was a game played locally only by members of the US Armed Forces stationed in Bermuda and their children. Bermudians and other residents are heavily into the game. Currently, there are two organizations, 44 teams and more than 600 players. The two organizations are the Bermuda Youth Sports Program (BYSP) http://www.bysp.bm and the Youth Athletic Association (YAO). The YAO controls the only two baseball diamonds in Bermuda, both at the former US Naval Bases. It also inherited all the baseball equipment left behind by the departed US Armed Forces. Officials credit the popularity of baseball in Bermuda to the fact that American television is predominant in Bermuda, American sports have a wider global appeal, and also minor league baseball is family oriented, easy to learn and easy to play. The games seldom last more than 90 minutes.

Basketball

Visiting teams are always welcome. The Bermuda Basketball Association (BBA) advertises for interested men and women to sign up for the BBA Winter Basketball League. The league year features both a Premier Division and Adult Recreation Division for anyone 18 years and older. Venues for games are the gymnasium at Saltus Grammar School and the Bermuda Athletics Association (BAA) Gym, both in Pembroke Parish. Interested parties can call the BBA at (441) 291-3760. Indian Summer Basketball Club had a successful 2001-2002 first season.

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Cricket

Cricket is also a major local sport for youth. The Bermuda Cricket Board, http://www.bermudacricketboard.com Phone 292- 8958, fax 292-8959, or P. O. Box HM 992, Hamilton HM DX, registered charity #350 is the official local organization representing and regulating cricket locally. Cricket teams in either the regular or Commercial League include Centurions (from May 2003); Cleveland County; Devonshire Recreation Club; Devonshire Stars; Flatt's Victoria; Forties; Jamaican Association; Leg Trappers; North Village; PHC; Police Recreation Club; St. David's; St. George's Cricket Club; Somerset Bridge; Somerset Cricket Club; Warwick Workman's; Watford; West Indian Association; Willow Cuts; and Young Men's Social Club.

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Field Hockey

Often referred to, wrongly, in the USA as a "ladies game." This is the third most popular seasonal sport in Bermuda, with a Field Hockey Carnival and a number of teams playing each other competitively in two leagues. Once - but no longer - there was a Bermuda Men's National Team. In the Men's League, they include BCS Panthers, Chameleons, Police Polecats, Rebels, Upstarts and Wasps. In the Women's League, they include Bluebirds, Canaries, Cardinals, Orioles, Ravens, Swallows and Swifts. They also compete in the Central American & Caribbean Games. There is a governing Bermuda Hockey Federation (2003 president is Justin Freisenbruch). Field Hockey is played at three schools. For decades, American men and women field hockey clubs have either hosted Bermuda based teams, or been hosted by the latter in annual events. The only known sport where left-handed items are not made.

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Gymnastics

The Bermuda Gymnastics Association is for boys and girls of all ages. Its address is 1st Floor, Gibbons Building, 10 Queen Street, Hamilton. P. O. Box FL 203, Flatts, FL BX. Telephone 295-0589 or e-mail It is Bermuda registered charity # 296. The national coach is Tina Williams form Liverpool, U.K. Bermuda's medal-winning gymnasts in the 2003 Island Games were Kalena Astwood, Maya Beckles, Maria Derby, Casey Lopes, Morney Piper and Britanny Repose.