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Police vs Fire: 6th Annual Battle of the Badges Charity Lacrosse Game

Police vs Fire: 6th Annual Battle of the Badges Charity Lacrosse Game

Saturday April 18th, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa

Funds raised goes to Wounded Warriors Canada

Your “Special Priced” ticket gets you into the Police vs Fire Charity Game at 1:00 PM and the Oshawa FireWolves vs Buffalo Bandits Game at 7:00 PM. The venue opens at 12:00 PM for the Charity game and at 6:00 PM for the FireWolves game. The cost per ticket is only $36 all in, with $5 from each ticket sold going to Wounded Warriors Canada.

To purchase your tickets, please refer to the Police vs Fire poster attached with QR Code. You can also visit the Oshawa FireWolves Ticket Sales website at https://oshawafirewolves.com/tickets/single-game-tickets/ to purchase your tickets.

Click on “BUY TICKETS”, then click on the game on “Saturday April 18th – FireWolves vs Bandits”, then click on “Enter Promo Code”, then enter promo code “WARRIORS”. Choose the Section, Row, Seats you want…it’s that easy ! Anyone can purchase tickets !

If you already have tickets for the FireWolves game, or you just want to attend the Charity Game only, you can give a $5 cash donation at the door for entry into the Charity Game.

Two “food & beverage establishments” (Bond St Event Centre and Riley’s Pub), within a 1 minute walk of the Tribute Centre, will be open after the Charity Game for food and drinks before the doors open for the FireWolves game at 6:00 PM.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact PC David Sawyer #8361 at 437-238-8127 or email david.sawyer@tps.ca

We thank you in advance for your continued support of this worthwhile event !

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation – Toronto Fire vs Toronto Police : Orange Shirt Day Lacrosse Game

Matthew Miller, Toronto Fire Services firefighter, and manager/player of the Toronto Fire Lacrosse Club, reached out to the Toronto Police Tinmen Lacrosse Club regarding an inaugural Fire vs Police field lacrosse game to be held on September 30^th at the Harbourfront Centre on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Miller is of the Oneida Nation Bear Clan from Six Nations.

“Lacrosse, also known as the Medicine Game or Creator’s Game, is a traditional game amongst my people which we play to settle differences and as a medicine game traditionally. Lacrosse would be a good game to play for Truth and Reconciliation”, stated Miller.

One of the goals of the event was to stimulate conversation with the Indigenous community, Indigenous Support Agencies and the community to learn more about residential schools and honor their survivors.

First Nations vendors also attended the event to promote their businesses and sell Indigenous cultural items such as jewelry, clothing and hand carved wood and stone sculptures.

Matthew Miller and Toronto Fire Services are hoping to make the game an annual event with the continued support of the Toronto Police Amateur Athletic Association, TPAAA Lacrosse Chair and co-organizer PC David Sawyer, and the members of the Toronto Police Tinmen Lacrosse Club.

The organizers are planning to make the event bigger next year, which will be held at a much larger venue in Toronto.

The Toronto Police Tinmen Lacrosse Club(s) have 6 teams which offer various levels of skill from beginner to pro in both field lacrosse and box lacrosse.

Co-Ed Box Lax League – Toronto Lightning Lacrosse League (TLL) in Scarborough

Co-Ed Box – Local Charity Tournaments/Games

Co-Ed Box – Competitive (Tournaments all over North America)

Co-Ed Field Lacrosse – Local Charity Tournaments/Games

Co-Ed Field Lacrosse – Competitive (Tournaments all over North America)

Co-Ed Field Lacrosse – Competitive (World Police & Fire Games)

Toronto Lighting Lacrosse League (TLL) Scarborough

The Toronto Police Tinmen Co-Ed box team competes in the Toronto Lightning Lacrosse League (TLL). The games are played on Sunday evenings between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM out of Stephan Leacock Sports Complex located at 2500 Birchmount Road in Scarborough (turf floor). Visit the Toronto Lightning Lacrosse website for further details regarding the league rules. This is a stick checking only league. You will require a helmet with full cage, lacrosse gloves and a box lacrosse stick. All skill levels from beginner to pro.

World Police & Fire Games (Co-Ed Competitive Field Lacrosse Team) Worldwide

The 2025 World Police & Fire Games are being held in Birmingham Alabama from Sunday June 29th to Thursday July 3rd. The Tinmen will be competing in Field Lacrosse. This team is only for the best of the best who compete at a very high level. The World Police & Fire Games (WPFG) are every two years. The 2027 WPFG are in Perth Australia. The Toronto Police Tinmen Lacrosse Club was responsible for having lacrosse added to the WPFG in it’s inaugural year in 2009 in Vancouver Canada ! We have since competed in the WPFG in New York City New York, Fairfax Virginia and Winnipeg Manitoba. Here’s a link to the 2009 WPFG Opening ceremonies in Vancouver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5zvBNYEss

Co-Ed Field/Box Lacrosse Charity Teams (Local Tournaments/Games)

The Tinmen Field/Box Lacrosse Charity Team is made up of players of all skill levels. This team plays in local charity tournaments/games involving high schools, universities, colleges and other local tournaments/games involving the lacrosse community.

Field/Box Lacrosse Competitive Tournament Teams (North America)

The Tinmen Field/Box Tournament teams are made up of players of all skill levels. We play in tournaments all over North America. New York City New York (NYPD/FDNY Brotherhood Lax Tournament) and San Diego California (Jam by the Sea Lax Tournament) just to name a couple.

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