South King Fire and Rescue firefighters have reason to be tired this week. They just finished competing in the 2009 World Police and Fire Games, held in Vancouver, B.C.
The event, which started in 1985, has grown over the years and this year, for the second time, had more than 10,000 athletes participating.
Police officers, firefighters, customs and corrections officers from around the world came out to participate in the sporting event, which ran from July 31 through Aug. 9.
Participants could compete in almost 60 sporting events.
The local boys did quite well in the event, bringing home several medals and high finishes.
The men’s softball team took home the bronze medal in the B Division.
The softball team consisted of Daren DeBoer, Joel Barrett, James Cromwell, Ed DeGagne, Jacob Jones, Tyler Luke, Patrick Mertlich, Brian Moore, Joe Perusee and Sven Schievink.
Steve Bonzer took home 9th in the singles golf category, Paul Mernaugh, Brian Moore and Craig Hanna (from Tacoma) took 5th in the Men’s Open Division Team Triathalon, Jacob Jones took 13th in the downhill Mountain Bike race, Travis McKenney took 12th in the Downhill Mountain Bike Race and bronze in the dual slalom mountain bike, Ed Rickert took 9th in the cycling sprint, 10th in the cycling criterium and silver in the cross country mountain bike race. The man of the hour was Mernaugh, who took silver in the stair climb in full firefighter gear, bronze in the cycling sprint, bronze in the cycling criterium, gold in the cycling time trial, bronze in the cross country mountain bike and gold in the cycling road race.
“Based on the competition I saw, South King should be very proud of these results,” Rickert said in an e-mail announcing the results. “The Games are a magnificent experience.”
The sports
Angling
Archery
Badminton
Basketball (3 on 3)
Basketball (5 on 5)
Bench Press
Biathlon
Body Building
Bowling
Boxing
Cross Country Run – 5 KM
Cross Country Run – 10 KM
Curling
Cycling – Mountain Biking
Cycling – Street Bike Time Trial Info
Cycling – Street Hill Climb Start Times
Cycling – Street Bike
Decathlon
Dragon Boat Race Grid
Field Lacrosse
Flag Football
Gaelic Football
Golf
Grouse Grind Mountain Race
Handball
Ice Hockey
Judo
Karate
Lawn Bowls
Muster
Open water swim
Orienteering
Paintball
Police Service Dogs
Push Pull Lifting
Road Race – Half Marathon
Rowing – Indoor
Rugby – 7’s
Sailing
Skeet
Soccer
Softball – Slow Pitch
Squash
Sporting Clays
Swim
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Toughest Competitor Alive
Track & Field
Trap – USA
Triathlon
Tug-Of-War
Ultimate Firefighter
Volleyball – Indoor
Waterskiing/ Wakeboarding
Wrestling
Wrist Wrestling
