Sports Minister Extends Condolences to the Cherry Family
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Sports Minister Owen Darrell extended condolences to the family of former Bermuda Equestrian Federation President and one of the original members of the Sports Awards Committee Michael Cherry passed over the weekend.
Cherry spent over 40 years serving on the Sports Awards committee, he held the position of President of the Bermuda Equestrian Federation for 20 years during which time he travelled all over the World including to the Olympic Games in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) the World Equestrian Championships in Stockholm (1990) and The Hague (1994), the Pan American Games in Argentina (1995) and Canada (1999), and to events as far afield as Morroco, Kuala Lumpur, Qatar, Germany, London, San Francisco and elsewhere,
Cherry was also elected as Chairman of the FEI America's Group, the first time a non-American had ever been elected to the position.
