The Police Sports Association will this year be hosting the 62nd Annual Police Sports Week. This week of sporting and social events will commence on October 2nd 2012 and ends on October 14th 2012.
During this week delegates from the Netherlands, Suriname, Curacao, Aruba and the BES Islands, consisting of mainly police officers, will compete in several sporting events such as softball, volleyball, basketball, indoor soccer, shooting, billiards and dominoes. This year the Coast Guard department will also be joining us in the sporting events.
This year special attention has been paid to the social events. As customary, there will be a Police Song Festival, in which the officers will compete for the coveted best singer award. There will also be a dance competition and a culture night. During this night the various ethnic groups on the island will have an opportunity to display their countries culture through music, dance, food and drinks.
Police Day will be also celebrated on October 10th2012. There will be a church service in the morning hours followed by a parade by the various uniformed troupes from Sint Maarten and abroad.
In an effort to raise funds for these upcoming events, the PSA will be hosting a Pre-Song Festival. On this night we will determine who will represent Sint Maarten in the Main Police Song Festival. Competing are: Naomi Alexander, Moceda Egen, Samantha Theodore, George York, Eric Wiel, Rumini Rogers and Kalvin Mason. This is scheduled for September 15th 2012 at 8pm. Venue for this event will be the Rock House in Port de Plaisance. MC for the evening will be Fox. There will be a dance following the song festival with the 911 Band and DJ EZ Ric. Tickets for this event is US10,–.
The PSA have also organized a raffle. Prizes for the raffle are as follows: 1st prize: a cruise for 2 valued at $2.000,–. 2nd prize: a cruise for 2 valued at $1.500,–. 3rd prize: 2 airline tickets to any Insel Air destination. 4th prize: a 50" LG flat screen tv. Price per ticket is $10,–.
Tickets for the Pre-Song Festival and raffle are now on sale and can be purchased at the Philipsburg Police Station or any of the contestants.
The PSA hereby takes this opportunity to thank all persons who have thus far been instrumental in the organizing of these events. And hereby urge the Community at large to come out and support our Law Enforcement Officers.