January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Robinson and Haddrell win gold in golf tourney
She took first place in the women's 50m butterfly. Aitken's been close to the top spot on the podium on several occasions, but there was no doubt as she swam a 29.47, easily besting Heather Roffey of the Cayman Islands in 30.07. Bermuda's Lara Loescher was eighth in the final at 31.55.
Aitken is the clear star of the Bermuda team at the Rhodes games with eight medals - one gold, four silvers and three bronze.
Bermuda slipped to ninth in the medals hunt with seven gold, nine silver and 13 bronze.
Stevie Dickinson won the silver in the Laser Radial sailing class, but it's a case of what might have been for the veteran skipper. On the first day of sailing Dickinson struggled a bit with a seventh, fifth and fourth, but he got a handle on the conditions on Wednesday with a second and two firsts and finished up yesterday with three more firsts. He finished four points behind Kaarel Kruusmagi of Saarema, who won the first four races. Bermuda teenager Campbell Duffy was 14th out of 24.
William Haddrell earned two golds with a first in the men's individual golf and teaming with George Burch, Nicholas Mansell and Blair Marshall for first in the team event. The men totaled 889 strokes to beat the Isle of Man by eight shots. Haddrell shot a final round 69 for a total of 287to beat Isle of Wight's Mark Bell by four strokes. Mansell won the bronze with a 298.
Laura Robinson recovered from a disastrous third round to successfully defend her women's golf title. She shot a 78 yesterday to end on 311 strokes, even with Olivia Jordan-Higgins from Jersey, but won on retrogade. Bermuda's Yana Ballantyne was eighth (335), Katyana Rabain 20th (369) and Katrin Burnie 21st (372).
Combined, the ladies won the bronze in the team event, finishing 17 strokes behind Jersey for the gold.
Bermuda's women's football team won bronze after holding the Isle of Man scoreless during regulation and then celebrating victory after winning the shootout 4-3.
The men's basketball team has a chance to defend its gold medal on Friday after defeating hosts Rhode 88 to 80 in the semi-finals. Chris Crumpler led the way with 29 points while pro Sullivan Phillips added 18.
The men will play Menorca in the final. On Monday a tired Bermudian squad lost 77 to 69 as Crumpler scored 19 and Phillips 16.
The women's b-ball team will be playing Guernsey in the bronze medal game after falling 69 to 47 to Prince Edward Island in a semi-final match-up yesterday. Jenaya Wade-Fray had 18 points for our women. Bermuda edged Guernsey 51 to 47 in pool play with Wade-Fray again leading the way in scoring with 20 points and Lindsay Garrett adding 10.
Today Bermuda will be hoping to pick up gold in the 4x100m relay. Bermuda is one of the favourites coach Tony Bean having a choice of Xavier James, Machel Charles, Oren Smith, Daniel Tucker and Allen Bean to chose from. They'll be running in lane five next to Aland and Guernsey.
James has two bronze medals from the 100 and 200 metres.
Bermuda also has a shot at the medal in the women's 4x400m relay with Jennifer Allen, Melissa Clarke, Jarita Dill and Shianne Smith. Clarke already has a bronze from the 100m while Smith won silver in the 400m earlier in the week. Yesterday they went 2-3 in the 200 with Clarke winning silver and Smith the bronze.
Andy Bray and Jensom Bascome are guaranteed a medal, they just have to decide on the colour. The pair is in the men's double final against P. Jha and Eduardo Torres from the Cayman Islands. Bray could have two golds draped around his neck before the day is over as he is also playing Torres in the men's single final.
Bermuda's other best bet for a medal might be Kim McMullen in triathlon. The women's volleyball team will be playing in the bronze medal game against Menorca after losing 3-0 to Faroe yesterday.[[In-content Ad]]
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