Bermuda Olympic Association Shortlists Five Contenders in Team Bermuda Logo Contest
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Hamilton, Bermuda—4 February 2020: The Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) has shortlisted five logo designs from among 82 submitted in its Team Bermuda logo competition. The five designs selected will be put to a public vote, with the design collecting the most votes to be selected as the new Team Bermuda mark.
The Team Bermuda logo is to be used as a commercial logo to complement the official National Olympic Committee emblem. It will be used on BOA sponsorship materials, and on athletes’ non-competition and non-ceremonial kit at major international sports festivals.
On 14 January 2020, the BOA invited submissions from Bermudian graphic designers, both professionals and students, based locally and overseas. A total of 82 designs were received from 39 designers by the 29 January deadline.
Bermuda Olympic Association Names Branwen Smith-King Secretary General
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Hamilton, Bermuda—7 February 2020: The Bermuda Olympic Association (BOA) has named Branwen Smith-King its new Secretary General, effective 10 February 2020. In recognition of the increased demands on the BOA’s administrative team in managing relationships with global sports organisations and their associated committees, Mrs. Smith-King will work full-time as Secretary General. Stanley Douglas, who served as the previous Secretary General on a part-time basis for three years, has been named Second Vice President.
Mrs. Smith-King was previously the Executive Director of the Bermuda Sloop Foundation since 2017, an organisation she joined after a 35-year career in Athletics, including at Tufts University where she served as Head Women’s Track & Field/Cross‐Country Coach and Assistant Director of Athletics. She has also held several NCAA Committee sport leadership positions during her career which helped establish programmatic and policy protocols for its membership.
