www.islandstats.com will continue to broadcast the LIVE SHOW “A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE”.
This show airs every Tuesday Evening beginning at 7:30 pm, with Earl Basden, and Dennis Brown.
In tonight’s show, we will be talking Softball, reliving the memories of the Big Blue Machine team in the 70's.
The big Blue machine team captured the Gold Medal at the 1978 CAC Games.
Bermuda sent its first National team to the Caribbean Amateur Softball Tournament in 1972 and they placed third.
Chosen as the hosts of the next event, Bermuda won that Championship game 4-2.
In 1974, Winston J.R. Jones took over as head coach with a five-year plan to take the women to the top. His philosophy was that "no one player was bigger than the team". He also changed players positions to where he thought their strengths lay and had the team train nine hours per week.
It all paid off, when in 1975 and 1976 Bermuda won back-to-back CAST Championships. Unfortunately, the team fell to third place in 1977 which was probably the reason their trip to the 1978 CAC Games was not funded.
The same day they were headed to Colombia, they were told they couldn't go. Joe Brown, a former League President, came down to Bernard Park to find the women crying and with a half hour he arranged the purchase of 16 airline tickets through sponsors.
Once they arrived, the women were focused and ready to "Win this for Bermuda". In eight games, the team outscored the total opposition 56-6, to become the first Bermudian team to win a Gold Medal at any of the four major sporting events.
The 1978 Big Blue Machine consisted of Olivette Armstrong, Angela Bean, Charlene Cann, Beverly Clarke, Suzy Clarke, June Durrant, lva Forbes, Sheila Gardner, Rose Hart, Ellen-Kate Horton, Lauren Perinchief, Debbie Saltus, Rosalind Simmons, Joanne Smith, Donna Trott, LuVern Ward, Roseann Williams, Veronica Zuill, and manager Winston J.R. Jones.
Members of the team will join the conversation Live at 7:30 pm.
Friday, April 02, 2021
Softball Season 2021 Canceled
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Softball Bermuda has announced the cancellation of its 2021 season. Monday’s announcement by the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Sport to move all sport back to Stage 1 of the Return to Play Guidance (the "RPG") is a crucial reason for this decision.
The Executive of Softball Bermuda has been deliberating for more than six months on a safe and effective way to return to play, so this decision is not taken lightly.
It is estimated that it will be several months before Bermuda reaches Stage 4 of the RPG. Even then, the restrictions would have limited play to two games a night with multiple constraints, including but not limited to, restricting the number of people inside the Michael Preece Softball Diamond to a maximum of 25, and testing of all participants every 28 days.
This will be the second year that no league softball will be played. Softball Bermuda is planning on returning to playing games in 2022. We are projecting a February 2022 start assuming that it will be safe to do so.
We look forward to your continued support and shall keep you abreast of any future developments.
Thursday, May 09, 2019
Bermuda Commercial Softball League Round Up
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It was yet another triple header held at the Michael Preece Softball Diamond as the Bermuda Commercial Softball League season resumed and a total of 71 runs crossing the plate.
In the opener FIU-Scared Hitless defeated the Beach Bums 17 -0, Platano Power would win the second game when they defeated the Chubb Kings 15 – 13 and in the final game of the night the Ragamuffins went down 16 - 10 to Team Smokey.
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Bermuda Commercial Softball League Round Up
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A total of 65 runs crossed the plate in the latest round of the 2019 Bermuda Softball Association League season action as play continued at the Michael Preece Softball Diamond with a triple header.
In the opener the Blue Wahoos defeated the X-Bats 10 – 6, while Sea Venture shut out the Docksiders 15 – 0 in the second game and then Hakuna Matata Charters went down 21 - 13 to the Paraquet Flyers.
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Bermuda Softball League Round Up
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The 2019 Bermuda Softball Association League season continued at the Michael Preece Softball Diamond with a triple header.
A total of 77 runs crossed the plate on the night.
The opening game of the night produced 28 runs as PwC defeated KPMG 16 – 12. Game two saw 19 runs cross the plate with the Outback Skylights going down 17 - 2 to the Hardknockz and the final game of the night resulted in 30 runs as the PHC Zebras went down 24 - 6 to the Angels.
