The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) was well represented by a contingent of twenty two officers at the 2015 World Police and Fire Games, held in Fairfax, Virginia USA from the 26th June until 5th July. The BPS team returned home Monday afternoon (July 6th).

During the week-long event it was estimated that 12,000 professional, public safety athletes from 70 countries competed as individuals and teams in over 60 sports to qualify for more than 1,600 medals.

BPS officers competed in three different sports – Bowling (12 officers), Golf (six officers) and Athletics (four officers) winning a total of five medals – one gold, three silver and one bronze.

Athletics

Gold Medal: Men’s High Jump (30-34 age group) Constable Junior Warner (1.8 metres).

Bronze Medal: Men’s 1,500 metres (30-34 age group) Constable Stephen Allen (4 minutes 18.50 seconds).

Silver Medal: Men’s 5,000 metres (Cross Country, 30-34 age group) Constable Stephen Allen (16 minutes 46 seconds).

Constable Allen also placed 6th overall and 4th in his age group for the Half Marathon with a time of 1 hour 15 minutes 35.28 seconds.

Bowling

The BPS bowling teams competed admirably, with at least one just missing the podium in their division (Unisex Team B 18+ age group), finishing fourth.

Golf

Silver Medal: Inspector Tracy Burgess (Women’s Individual 18-50 age group).

Silver Medal: Constables Shannon Trott & Adam Mattatall (Unisex Teams Scratch 18-50 age group).

For a full list of results, please visit the 2015 World Police & Fire Games website: http://fairfax2015-results.fusesport.com/

Held biennially, the World Police & Fire Games will next be hosted in Montreal, Canada (2017) and Chengdu, China (2019).