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! ! ! ! ! ! ! NATWEST!ISLAND!GAMES! BERMUDA!2013! Preview!Visit! ! July!2012! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! Contents'Page' ! 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:! ! 2! ! Shooting!...............................................................................................................................................!24! Clay!&!Skeet!.....................................................................................................................................!24! The!Finger,!St!David’s!..................................................................................................................!24! Pistol!&!Rifle!....................................................................................................................................!25! Warwick!Camp!.............................................................................................................................!25! Squash!.................................................................................................................................................!27! Bermuda!Squash!Racquets!Association!...........................................................................................!27! Swimming!............................................................................................................................................!28! National!Sports!Centre!....................................................................................................................!28! Tennis!..................................................................................................................................................!29! William!Joell!Tennis!Stadium!...........................................................................................................!29! Triathlon!..............................................................................................................................................!30! Clearwater,!St!David’s!Island!...........................................................................................................!30! Volleyball!.............................................................................................................................................!32! Indoor!Volleyball!..............................................................................................................................!32! Berkeley!Institute!.........................................................................................................................!32! Mount!Saint!Agnes!Academy!.......................................................................................................!32! Beach!Volleyball!...............................................................................................................................!33! Horseshoe!Bay!.............................................................................................................................!33! Windsurfing!.........................................................................................................................................!35! Spanish!point!Boat!Club!...................................................................................................................!35! Accommodation!..................................................................................................................................!36! Southampton!Princess!Hotel!...........................................................................................................!36! Transport!.........................................................................................................................................!39! Laundry!............................................................................................................................................!39! Travel!...................................................................................................................................................!40! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Bermuda'–'The'Island' History' Bermuda,!officially!the!Bermudas!or!Somers!Isles,!is!a!British!overseas!territory!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,!Florida,!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!