As Islandstats.com reported Ten members of the Sporting Fraternity were Inducted into the Bermuda Sports Hall of Fame, each day this week we have highlighted the acceptance speeches from the Inductees and or those who spoke for them.
Today we bring you Gerry Swan and C.V. Jim Woolridge.
Gerry Swan - Athletics / Coaching
Swan coached at 6 Olympic Games, Five World Championships and Five Commonwealth Games. Swan is the only Bermudian to pass the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Area Technical Officials Course. Swan was a Technical Advisor for the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships.
C.V. Jim Woolridge - Cricket Commentator
Woolridge was awarded the 2013 ICC Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence. Woolridge was the recipient of a Sports Citation in 2004 and he was voted The Bermudian’s Sports Journalist of the Year in 1996.
