Day 2 at the 2009 World Police and Fire Games is behind us. We have 8 more to go! Soccer got going big time today, with 35 games played. Hockey also started and both Burnaby 8 Rinks and the Bill Copeland Arena were very busy. Rugby starts tomorrow!
We’ve had lots of fun chatting with folks from all over the world. Kim Plumley, my beautiful assistant for today, and I agree that the firefighters from Trinidad and Tobago were our favorite for the day. Carolyn had a young officer from Ireland tell her she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen last night, so that made her day! Tomorrow we’ll be taking a camera and seeing how many photos we can get.
The SportzGemz are starting to get noticed. It often takes a bit for people to “get” the concept. The heat is helping us! We all expect to sweat buckets when we’re working hard on the field, the court or at the rink, but not so much when we’re walking down the street. Hotels rooms, after the shoes are removed at night and with all that smelly sports equipment are not the nicest places to be. People are looking for a solution and we have it for them.
We’re also having tons of fun playing Toss the Rocks! Toss a Diva Diamondz in a square and you can win a pair of Diva Diamondz, a pair of Gentlemen Gems or a print by Bill Reid, courtesy of Metopolis at Metrotown, our neighbour. People are stopping to play. It’s fun. We’ve also been handing out Freezies to the “hot” athletes and they seem to appreciate that.
More later.
