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Nicholas Narraway Alexander Miller Liam Flannery

Kaden Hopkins Conor White Caitlin Conyers

Kaden Hopkins, Conor White, Nicholas Narraway, Alexander Miller, Liam Flannery, and Caitlin Conyers will be the Bermuda contingent competing in the UCI Road World Championships in Belgium. They will compete against the world’s best road cyclists in the 100th anniversary running of the event in the region.

Breaking News: A Heartbroken Caitlin Conyers, the lone female participant, revealed on social media received a positive Covid-19 result prior to departing last week and will not travel with the team to Belgium.

MARJORIE “MIDGE” OLIVER

Bermuda road running community has lost a longtime participant in local events with the passing of Marjorie ‘Midge’ Oliver. Madge was born and raised in Aberdeen, Scotland and came to Bermuda in 1972, worked as a nurse at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for forty-three years before retiring in 2015. In her time away from work, she enjoyed playing tennis, but was well-known for participating in running events and at one time, served as President of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Club. In 1978 she married Bob Oliver, who is also from Aberdeen and together they enjoyed running. She first ran in the May 24th Derby in 1976, when the woman’s division was introduced and she did not miss a year until after 2016 or 2017. ‘Midge’ retired from the hospital at age 65 and her husband noticed signs of memory loss and over the next 6 to 7years as she slowly deteriorated from the illness brought on from Alzheimer’s’. Marjorie “Midge” Oliver passed on September 8, 2021, at the age of 71, leaving husband Bob, daughter Amanda and the Bermuda running fraternity with fond memories.

NATASHA TROTT

Natasha is the first female referee from Bermuda to officiate in a Concacaf tournament. She was the referee assistant (Linesman) in the Women’s Under 17 World Cup qualifying match between Curaçao and Belize at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.