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Contents!Page!...... !2! Bermuda!–!The!Island!...... !4! History!...... !4! Geography!...... !4! Climate!...... !5! Parishes!and!municipalities!...... !6! Politics!...... !7! Economy!...... !7! Demographics!...... !8! Sports!Venues!...... !10! Sports!Location!Plan!–!Hamilton!&!Adjacent!Areas!...... !10! Sports!Location!Plan!–!Island!Wide!...... !11! Athletics!...... !12! National!Sports!centre!...... !12! Athletics!Provisional!Programme!...... !14! Badminton!...... !17! Bermuda!High!School!for!Girls!...... !17! Basketball!...... !18! Cedarbridge!Academy!...... !18! Bermuda!College!...... !18! Cycling!...... !19! Cycling!Proposed!Schedule!and!Information!...... !19! Road!Race!...... !19! Mountain!Bike!Criterium!...... !19! Time!Trial!...... !20! Mountain!Bike!Cross!Country!...... !20!

Road!criterium!...... !20! ! Golf!...... !21! Port!Royal!Golf!Club!...... !21!

Sailing!...... !23! Contents!Page Spanish!point!Boat!Club!...... !23! Chapter:!

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Bermuda'–'The'Island'

History' Bermuda,!officially!the!!or!Somers!Isles,!is!a!British!overseas!!in!the!North!Atlantic! Ocean.!Located!off!the!east!coast!of!the!United!States,!its!nearest!landmass!is!Cape!Hatteras,!North! Carolina,!about!1,030!640!Miles!to!the!west_northwest.!It!is!about!853!Miles!south!of!Halifax,!Nova! Scotia!and!1,100!Miles!northeast!of!Milesa,!,!USA.!Its!capital!city!is!Hamilton.!

Bermuda!was!discovered!in!1505!by!Spanish!sea!captain!Juan!de!Bermúdez,!after!whom!the!islands! are!named.!Apparently!uninhabited,!he!claimed!them!for!the!Spanish!Empire.!Although!he!paid!two! visits!to!the!archipelago,!Bermúdez!was!persuaded!never!to!set!foot!on!any!of!the!islands!by!the! dangerous!reef!surrounding!them.!Subsequent!Spanish!or!other!visitors!are!believed!to!have! released!the!feral!pigs!that!were!abundant!on!the!island!when!settlement!began.!In!1609,!the! Virginia!Company,!which!had!established!Virginia!and!Jamestown!on!the!American!continent!two! years!earlier,!established!a!settlement!on!behalf!of!the!English!colonial!empire.!Initially,!it!was! administered!as!an!extension!of!Virginia!by!the!Company!until!1614,!before!its!successor,!the! Somers!Isles!Company,!took!over!until!1684.!!

Bermuda!then!became!a!British!colony!following!the!1707!unification!of!the!Kingdom!of!! with!the!Kingdom!of!!to!create!the!unified!Kingdom!of!Great!Britain.!After!Newfoundland! became!part!of!Canada!in!1949,!Bermuda!became!the!oldest!(and,!since!the!return!of!Hong!Kong!to! China!in!1997,!the!most!populous)!remaining!British!overseas!territory.!Its!first!capital,!St!George's,! was!established!in!1612!and!is!the!oldest!continuously_inhabited!English!town!in!the!.!!

Bermuda!has!an!affluent!economy.!Off_shore!finance!and!tourism!are!its!two!largest!sectors.!In! 2005,!Bermuda!claimed!to!have!the!world's!highest!GDP!per!capita,!but,!as!Bermuda!is!classified!as!a! UK!territory!rather!than!as!an!independent!country,!these!statistics!are!difficult!to!verify.!It!has!a! subtropical!climate.!Bermuda!makes!up!the!eastern_!and!northern_most!point!of!the!so_called! Bermuda!Triangle,!a!region!of!sea!in!which,!according!to!urban!legend,!a!number!of!aircraft!and! surface!vessels!have!disappeared!under!supposedly!unexplained!or!mysterious!circumstances.!The! island!is!prone!to!severe!weather,!including!powerful!hurricanes.!These!have,!at!times,!led!to! widespread!power!outages.! !

Geography' The!Island

Bermuda!is!a!group!of!low_lying!islands!located!in!the!Atlantic!Ocean,!near!the!western!edge!of!the! ! – Sargasso!Sea,!roughly!670!Miles!east_southeast!of!Cape!Hatteras!on!the!Outer!Banks!of!North! Carolina!and!roughly!690!Miles!southeast!of!Martha's!Vineyard.!The!island!lies!due!east!of!Fripp! Island,!South!Carolina.!It!has!64!Miles!of!coastline.!Although!usually!referred!to!in!the!singular,!the! Bermuda! territory!consists!of!181!islands,!with!a!total!area!of!20.6!sq!Miles.!The!largest!island!is!Main%Island,! sometimes!itself!called!Bermuda.!Compiling!a!list!of!the!islands!is!often!complicated,!as!many!have! Chapter:!

! 4! ! ! more!than!one!name!(as!does!the!entire!archipelago,!which!has!also!been!known!historically!as!La% Garza,!Virgineola,!and!the!Isle%of%Devils.!Somers!Isles!is!often!rendered!"Somers!Islands",!or!mistaken! for!"Summer!Isles").!Despite!its!small!land!mass,!there!has!been!a!tendency!for!place!names!to!be! repeated;!there!are,!for!example,!two!islands!named!Long%Island,!three!bays!named!Long%Bay!(on! Somerset,!Main,!and!Cooper's!Islands),!two!Horseshoe!Bays!(one!in!Warwick,!on!the!Main!Island,!the! other!at!Morgan's!Point,!formerly!Tucker's!Island),!there!are!two!roads!through!cuttings!called! Khyber%Pass!(one!in!Warwick,!the!other!in!St.!George's!Parish),!and!St%George's%Town!is!located!on!St% George's%Island!within!St%George's%Parish!(each!known!as!St%George's).!

Climate' Bermuda!has!a!humid!subtropical!climate!on!the!border!of!tropical!climate.!It!is!warmed!by!the! nearby!Gulf!Stream,!due!to!the!westerlies,!which!carry!warm,!humid!air!eastwards!over!Bermuda,! helping!to!keep!winter!temperatures!above!freezing.!The!climate!is!humid!and,!as!a!result,!the! summertime!heat!index!can!be!high,!even!though!mid_August!temperatures!rarely!exceed!30°C! (86°F).!Winters!are!mild!and!windy,!with!average!daytime!temperatures!in!January!and!February! around!20°C!(68°F),!although!cold!fronts!bring!Arctic!air!masses!that!can!result!in!rapid!temperature! drops.!Atlantic!winter!storms,!often!associated!with!these!cold!fronts,!can!produce!powerful,!gusting! winds!and!heavy!rain.!Factoring!in!the!wind!chill,!the!felt!air!temperature!in!winter!can!fall!below! freezing,!even!though!the!actual!temperature!rarely!drops!below!10°C!(50°F).!The!lowest! temperature!recorded!between!1949!and!1999!was!6.7°C!(44°F),!in!February!1950.!!

Bermuda!is!very!susceptible!to!hurricanes.!Its!position!along!the!Gulf!Stream!means!that!it!is!often! directly!in!the!path!of!hurricanes!recurving!in!the!westerlies,!although!they!have!usually!begun!to! weaken!as!they!approach!the!island.!It!is!often!affected!by!these!hurricanes,!although!the!island's! small!size!means!that!direct!landfalls!are!rare.!The!last!hurricane!to!cause!significant!damage!to! Bermuda!was!category!3!Hurricane!Fabian!on!5!September!2003.!

The!only!source!of!fresh!water!in!Bermuda!is!rainfall,!which!is!collected!on!roofs!and!catchments!(or! drawn!from!underground!lenses)!and!stored!in!tanks.!Each!dwelling!usually!has!at!least!one!of!these! tanks!forming!part!of!its!foundation.!

Average!annual!temperature!of!the!sea!is!23°C!(73°F),!from!20°C!(68°F)!in!January!to!28°C!(82°F)!in! August.!!

Month! & Jan& Feb& Mar& Apr& May& Jun& Jul& Aug& Sep& Oct& Nov& Dec& Year&

20! 19! 20! 21! 24! 27! 29! 29! 28! 26! 23! 21! 24! Average!high!°C!(°F)! (68)! (66)! (68)! (70)! (75)! (81)! (84)! (84)! (82)! (79)! (73)! (70)! (75)! !

18! 17! 18! 19! 22! 24! 26! 27! 26! 23! 21! 18! 22! Daily!mean!°C!(°F)! (64)! (63)! (64)! (66)! (72)! (75)! (79)! (81)! (79)! (73)! (70)! (64)! (72)! The!Island ! 16! 15! 15! 16! 19! 22! 24! 24! 23! 21! 18! 16! 19! – Average!low!°C!(°F)! (61)! (59)! (59)! (61)! (66)! (72)! (75)! (75)! (73)! (70)! (64)! (61)! (66)!

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Precipitation!128.5! 115.3! 110.0! 87.90! 82.80! 130.3! 114.6! 130.8! 129.3! 161.3! 104.6! 114.3!1,409.7! mm!(inches)! (5.059)!(4.539)!(4.331)!(3.4606)!(3.2598)!(5.13)!(4.512)!(5.15)!(5.091)!(6.35)!(4.118)!(4.5)! (55.5)!

Avg.! precipitation! 17! 15! 15! 12! 10! 12! 13! 14! 15! 16! 13! 17! 171! days!(≥!0.01! inch)!

Mean! monthly! 155! 145! 155! 240! 248! 270! 279! 279! 240! 186! 180! 124! 2,501! sunshine! hours!

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Bermuda!is!divided!into!nine!parishes!and!two!municipalities.!

Bermuda's!nine!parishes:!

• Devonshire! • Hamilton! • Paget! • Pembroke! • St!George's!

• Sandys! ! • Smith's! • Southampton! The!Island !

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Bermuda's!two!incorporated!municipalities:!

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Bermuda's!two!informal!villages:!

Flatts!Village!

Somerset!Village!

Despite!their!names,!Jones!Village!(in!Warwick),!Cashew!City!(St.!George's),!Claytown!(Hamilton),! middle!Town!(Pembroke)!and!Tucker's!Town!(St.!George's)!are!merely!neighbourhoods;!Dandy!Town! and!North!Village!are!sports!clubs!and!Harbour!View!Village!is!a!small!public!housing!development.!

Politics' Bermuda!now!exists!as!an!overseas!territory!of!Britain,!but!it!is!the!oldest!British!colony.!In!1620,!a! Royal!Assent!granted!Bermuda!limited!self_governance,!thus!making!the!Parliament!of!Bermuda!the! fifth!oldest!in!the!world,!behind!only!the!Parliament!of!the!United!Kingdom,!the!!of!the!Isle! of!Man,!the!Althing!of!Iceland!and!Sejm!of!Poland.!

The!Constitution!of!Bermuda!came!into!force!on!1!June!1967!and!was!amended!in!1989!and!2003.! The!head!of!government!is!the!premier.!A!cabinet!is!nominated!by!the!premier!and!appointed! officially!by!the!governor.!The!legislative!branch!consists!of!a!bicameral!parliament!modelled!on!the! Westminster!system.!!

The!United!States!maintains!the!largest!diplomatic!mission!in!Bermuda,!comprising!both!the!United! States!Consulate!and!the!U.S.!Customs!and!Border!Protection!Services!at!the!L.F.!Wade!International! Airport.!Given!that!the!United!States!is!by!far!Bermuda's!largest!trading!partner!(providing!over!71%! of!total!imports,!85%!of!tourist!visitors,!and!an!estimated!$163!billion!of!U.S.!capital!in!the!Bermuda! insurance/re_insurance!industry!alone,!and!the!fact!that!an!estimated!5%!of!Bermuda!residents!are! U.S.!citizens,!which!represents!14%!of!all!foreign_born!persons),!American!diplomatic!presence!is! seen!as!an!important!element!in!the!Bermuda!political!landscape.!

Economy' Since!switching!from!the!Bermudian!pound!in!1970,!Bermuda's!currency!has!been!the!Bermudian! dollar,!which!is!pegged!to!the!US!dollar.!US!notes!and!coins!are!used!interchangeably!with! Bermudian!notes!and!coins!within!the!islands!for!most!practical!purposes;!however,!banks!levy!a! small!exchange!rate!for!the!purchase!of!US!dollars!with!Bermudian!dollars.!Bermudian!notes!carry! the!image!of!HM!Queen!Elizabeth!II.!The!Bermuda!Monetary!Authority!is!the!issuing!authority!for!all! banknotes!and!coins,!as!well!as!being!responsible!for!the!regulation!of!financial!institutions.!There!is! a!permanent!exhibition!of!Bermuda!notes!and!coins!at!the!Royal!Naval!Dockyard!Museum.!

According!to!the!Bermuda!Government's!Economic!Statistics!Division,!Bermuda's!GDP!was!$5.85! ! billion!in!2007,!or!$91,477!per_capita,!giving!Bermuda!the!highest!GDP!per!capita!in!the!world.!!

The!affordability!of!housing!has!become!a!prominent!issue!over!the!past!few!years.!The!CIA!World! The!Island !

Fact!book!lists!the!average!cost!of!a!house!in!June!2003!as!$976,000,!while!real!estate!agencies!have! – claimed!that!this!figure!had!risen!to!between!$1.6!million!and!$1.845!million!by!2007,!though!such! high!figures!have!been!disputed.!! Bermuda! Bermuda!is!an!offshore!financial!centre,!which!results!from!its!low!direct!taxation!on!personal!or! corporate!income.!The!local!tax!system!is!based!upon!import!duties,!payroll!taxes!and!consumption! Chapter:!

! 7! ! ! taxes.!The!legal!system!is!derived!from!that!of!the!United!Kingdom,!with!recourse!to!English!courts! of!final!appeal.!However,!foreign!private!individuals!cannot!easily!open!bank!accounts!or!subscribe! to!mobile!phone!or!internet!service.!!

As!the!offshore!domicile!of!many!foreign!companies,!Bermuda!has!a!highly!developed!international! business!economy;!it!is!a!financial!exporter!of!financial!services,!primarily!insurance,!reinsurance,! investment!funds!and!special!purpose!vehicles!(SPV).!Finance!and!international!business!now! constitute!the!largest!sector!of!Bermuda's!economy.!However,!in!September!2009,!it!was!reported! that!a!growing!number!of!companies!were!moving!from!Bermuda!to!!as!part!of!a!search!for! "a!more!stable!environment".!

Large!numbers!of!leading!international!insurance!companies!are!based!in!Bermuda,!making!the! territory!one!of!the!world's!largest!reinsurance!centres.!Those!internationally!owned!and!operated! businesses!that!are!physically!based!in!Bermuda—of!which!there!are!around!four!hundred—are! represented!by!the!Association!of!Bermuda!International!Companies!(ABIC).!In!total,!over!15,000! exempted!or!international!companies!are!currently!registered!with!the!Registrar!of!Companies!in! Bermuda.!

Thanks!to!its!favourable!tax!regime!and!a!highly!reactive!regulatory!framework!Bermuda!is!the! domicile!of!choice!for!the!implementation!of!insurance_related!innovative!solutions!also!known!as! Alternative!Risk!Transfer!(ART).!ART!includes!captive!insurances,!Finite!Risk!insurance!and!insurance! securitisation!such!as!Cat!bonds.!

The!Bermuda!Stock!Exchange!(BSX),!established!in!1971,!is!now!the!world's!largest!fully!electronic! offshore!securities!market,!with!a!current!market!capitalisation!(excluding!mutual!funds)!in!excess!of! US$330!billion.!There!are!four!hundred!securities!listed!on!the!stock!exchange,!of!which!almost! three!hundred!are!offshore!funds!and!alternative!investment!structures!attracted!by!Bermuda's! regulatory!environment.!The!Exchange!specialises!in!listing!and!trading!of!capital!market! instruments!such!as!equities,!debt!issues,!funds!(including!hedge!fund!structures)!and!depository! receipt!programmes.!

The!BSX!is!a!full!member!of!the!World!!of!Exchanges!and!is!located!in!an!OECD!member! nation.!It!also!has!Approved!Stock!Exchange!status!under!Australia's!Foreign!Investment!Fund!(FIF)! taxation!rules!and!Designated!Investment!Exchange!status!by!the!UK's!Financial!Services!Authority.!

Demographics' A!July!2009!estimate!put!Bermuda's!population!at!67,837.!The!ethnic!makeup!of!Bermuda!is!54.8%! Black,!34.1%!White,!and!6.4%!multiracial.!A!significant!segment!of!the!White!population!is!of!

Portuguese!ancestry!(10%),!the!result!of!immigration!from!Portuguese!islands!(especially!the!Azores)! ! during!the!past!160!years.!!

Some!islanders,!especially!in!St!David's,!trace!their!ancestry!to!Native!Americans,!and!many!more! The!Island ! may!be!ignorant!of!such!ancestry.!Hundreds!were!shipped!to!Bermuda,!possibly!from!as!far!as! – .!The!best!known!examples!were!the!Algonquian!peoples!who!were!exiled!from!the!New! England!colonies!and!sold!into!slavery!in!the!17th!century,!notably!in!the!aftermaths!of!the!Pequot! Bermuda! War,!and!King!Philip's!War,!but!some!are!have!believed!to!come!from!as!far!away!as!Mexico.! Chapter:!

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Several!thousand!expatriate!workers,!principally!from!the!UK,!Canada,!the!West!Indies,!South!Africa! and!the!U.S.,!also!reside!in!Bermuda,!primarily!engaged!in!specialized!professions!such!as! accounting,!finance,!and!insurance.!Others!are!employed!in!various!trades,!such!as!hotels,! restaurants,!construction,!and!landscaping!services.!Of!the!total!workforce!of!38,947!persons!in! 2005,!government!employment!figures!stated!that!11,223!(29!percent)!were!non_Bermudians!

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We!did!not!get!to!meet!the!triathlon!representative!while!in!Bermuda,!however!via!a!local!contact! we!shall!gain!information!as!and!when!required.!

The!Clearwater!area!is!a!very!picturesque!and!quiet!area!of!Bermuda!and!so!closing!the!roads!for!the! event!should!be!relatively!easy.!

The!provisional!programme!will!be!disclosed!shortly,!however!it!is!envisaged!that!the!competitions! will!be!held!on!the!first!Sunday!14th!July.!

Distance:! ! ! Olympic!

Status:!!! ! ! Non_drafting!

Swim:!! ! ! ! 1,500m!–!(2!laps!of!750m)!

Bike:!! ! ! ! 40k!(laps!to!be!determined)!

Run:! ! ! ! 10km!–!(2!laps!of!a!5km!loop)!

Timing!and!Results!! ! Bermuda!Timing!Systems! !

Swim!Marshalls!! ! Local!volunteers!as!well!as!the!Bermuda!Life!Guard!Service!(we!have! ! ! a!lot!of!qualified!life!guards)!

Bike!Marshalls! ! ! Local!Volunteers!_!Will!include!police!assistance!thus!will!need!to! ! ! ! ! confirm!if!provided!free!of!charge!

Run!Marshalls! ! ! Local!volunteers!

Draft!Officials!! ! ! Local!Volunteers!

Race!Judge!! ! ! Local!Volunteers!(qualified)! !

We!would!like!to!hold!a!children’s!event!on!the!day!to!demonstrate!our!commitment!to!junior! development!however,!timing!will!be!somewhat!critical!as!we!would!look!for!an!early!morning!start! Triathlon to!avoid!as!best!we!can!the!full!heat!of!the!day! Chapter:!

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Accommodation' !

Southampton'Princess'Hotel' The!preferred!hotel!for!team!!is!the!Southampton!Princess,!it!is!very!nice!resort!style!hotel! with!593!rooms!of!which!200!have!been!offered!providing!rooms!for!450!competitors!and!has!the! possibility!of!another!as!yet!unknown!island!staying!in!the!same!hotel,!it!has!a!private!golf!course,! tennis!courts!and!beach!within!its!grounds.!

Prices!have!been!offered!at!bed!only,!bed!and!breakfast,!and!we’re!investigating!Bed,!Breakfast!and! evening!meal!option.!

Rooms!offered!are!double!room,!twin!room,!triple!via!use!of!a!roll!away!bed!see!picture!below!or! Quadruple!via!couples!sharing!the!twin!queen!size!beds.!That!said,!only!60!or!so!single!beds!are! available!so!pro!rata!we!may!only!be!allowed!30!or!so!for!our!team!unless!the!other!island!does!not! take!up!the!option!of!staying!in!the!hotel!at!which!point!we!will!be!offered!the!full!60!or!so!triples.!

Rooms!are!all!of!a!good!size!and!will!be!more!than!sufficient!for!our!athletes,!food!shall!be!provided! in!very!large!conference!style!rooms!and!will!consist!of!Buffet!style,!we!are!currently!working!with! the!hotels!catering!section!to!create!meals!similar!to!Aland!which!we!believe!was!perfect!for!our! competitors.!

All!competitors!shall!be!pre_booked!into!their!rooms!and!bell!boys!shall!deliver!baggage!to!the! rooms!as!luggage!shall!also!be!pre_tagged!so!arrival!should!be!relatively!straight!forward.!All! courtesy!drinks!shall!be!removed!from!the!mini_bars!to!enable!our!competitors!to!store!their!own! drinks!in!them.! ! Accommodation

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! Transport' Buses!will!be!ready!to!role!at!8:30!every!morning!to!travel!either!to!the!main!transportation!hub!and! games!village!at!the!National!Stadium!and!then!onwards!to!sports!venues,!or!direct!travel!for!sports! outside!of!Hamilton.!

There!is!also!a!courtesy!ferry!for!Princess!hotels!which!runs!every!90mins!which!athletes!could!also! use!and!then!walk!to!the!venues,!however!this!will!be!on!a!first!come!first!served!basis.!

Laundry'

Bermuda!have!been!investigating!a!single!source!for!laundry!services!however!we!will!be!looking!at! ! an!average!of!approximately!$1.95!per!pound.!When!we!met!with!the!Manageress!of!the!hotel!she! offered!the!possibility!of!their!laundry!service,!she!will!furnish!us!with!costs!in!due!course.!

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Travel' !

Whilst!we!are!still!investigating!all!possible!avenues!to!transport!our!team!to!Bermuda,!the!option! which!looks!like!the!best!option!is!to!joint!hire!a!charter!aircraft!along!with!the!other!British!Islands.!

Although!presently!Heathrow!is!being!talked!about!as!the!departure!airport,!Gatwick!is!probably! going!to!be!a!more!realistic!location.!

Obviously!there!are!limited!flights!to!Gatwick!from!Guernsey,!so!we!may!look!to!use!Condor!again!as! per!travel!to!the!Isle!of!Wight!and!then!Coach!up!to!the!airport!from!there.!

A!Jumbo!747!will!then!transport!ourselves,!,!,!Jersey,!IOW,!IOM,!Ynys!Mon,!Shetlands! and!Western!Isles!via!a!7hr!direct!flight!to!Bermuda.!

Shooters!will!be!sent!direct!to!Gatwick!!and!onwards!to!Bermuda!via!standard!commercial!airlines! due!to!their!weapon!transportation!requirements.!

The!problem!with!using!scheduled!flights!is!that!BA!will!only!release!60!seats!per!day!for!block! booking.!

Virgin!Atlantic!are!making!an!offer!which!upfront!appears!cheaper,!however!this!would!go!via!New! York!or!Boston!and!then!a!American!Airlines!flight!down!to!Bermuda!from!there!which!we!feel!would! be!problematic!and!probably!of!a!comparable!cost.! ! Chapter:!

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