Metro police win shooting trophy at national games

EKURHULENI’S metro police officers showed they can shoot when they took the floating trophy for the best team overall at the national inter-metro games 2014 last week.

The team took gold medals in both individual best female and best male categories, a silver medal in the female team category and a gold medal in the male team category.

In netball, the EMPD team took the silver medal and so did the EMPD darts team.

Overall, DMPD were first, TMPD second and JMPD third.

This 10th annual event was hosted by Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD).

The games commenced on September 21 with the opening ceremony at Charl Baard Stadium in Brakpan and culminated in the awards evening ceremony at Esselen Park on September 25.

The EMPD hosted Durban Metro Police Department (DMPD), Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) and Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), engaging one another in nine sporting codes, namely soccer, netball, volleyball, cycling, running, golf, darts, pool and shooting.

Esselen Park was the venue for soccer, netball and pool. Kingsway Club in Brakpan was used for darts while John Barrable Hall in Benoni was the venue for indoor volleyball.

Shooting took place at Rooikraal Shooting Range in Heidelberg and Ebotse Gold, State Mine, Kempton Park, Royal Oak golf courses hosted golfers. Cyclists did their riding in around the Boksburg Stadium.