A job well done...

Last night Liverpool hosted a gala dinner which signalled the end of the 10-day World Firefighter Games.
Merseyside fared particularly well in the Games, picking up a number of medals for a variety of events and the England team, which had the biggest team of any of the competing nations, overall secured over 400 medals. (A full set of results and a medal table is available online on the Echo website - www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
As well as the official goodbye, last night was the also the official handover to the event's next hosts -
South Korea.
Merseyside's chief fire officer symbolically handed over the flag of the World Firefighter Games to Cllr Ki-il Kwon, representing Daegu in South Korea, which is hosting the Games in 2010.
Athletes, dignitaries, volunteers and event organisers joined together for the event which was a fitting end to a spectacular Games and highlighted all that is great and good about Liverpool - the people, the architecture, the culture, the nightlife and, of course, the competitiveness.
A job well done.