Photos: 2013 Police Gymkhana Another Success
The 2013 Police Week kicked off on Saturday [Oct 5] with the Police Gymkhana at the Police Field in Prospect. Scores of children made their way to the event to take part in cycle races and enjoy the refreshment stalls, displays and fun castles set up on the field.
After a 22 year hiatus, the Bermuda Police Service resurrected the Gymkhana in 2010 and by all results it was another successful day. Joining the children were mascots representing different schools and organisations around the island.
The “Boss’s Race” was a crowd pleaser with this year’s participants including Governor George Fergusson, Premier Craig Cannonier, Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva, Fire Chief Officer Lloyd Burchall, Bermuda Regiment Commanding Officer Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown and Junior Minister of Public Safety & Legal Affairs Senator Jeff Baron.
Bermuda Police Service Sergeant Clifford Roberts said, “The day started off slowly but picked up, the Gymkhana main purpose is to bridge the gap between the police and the Community.”
The popular family day, is now in it’s fourth year after being off the calendar for a number of years and it continues to draw more and more people in the community to the event.
Roberts went on to say, “The day has been great, all the kids and their parents are having fun and that’s the main thing, hopefully this event gets bigger and better.”
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