Roger Blades
We are deeply saddened hear of the passing of our good friend and former colleague, Roger Blades, in Barbados this morning (16th February 2022) after battling a serious illness.
Roger joined the Bermuda Police in March 1990, and served mainly in Eastern Division (St. George’s), in Eastern CID and also in Central CID. He resigned in May 1998 and returned to his home in Barbados.
Roger was an outstanding allround cricketer who played for the Police Cricket Team and also played in Cup Match for Somerset and in the Bermuda National Cricket Team representing Bermuda in the Red Stripe Bowl 50 Over competition in the Caribbean in 1997-1998, in the ICC Carlsberg Trophy 50 Overs competition in Malaysia in 1997. He played in the Police Team in the International Police Cricket Festival, 1996, in Worcester, UK, and in 1998 in his native Barbados where he was named Player of the Series. Roger was a key player for our Police Team during the decade of the 1990's during the domination of the Police Team in local cricket.
On behalf of the Bermuda Ex-Police Officers Association we offer our sincere condolences to Roger’s family, and will publish more information about funeral arrangements as soon as we receive them.
This is especially tragic news to our Police Cricket team fraternity and to all cricket lovers in Bermuda as it comes shortly after the passing of another of our great Barbadian cricketers, Tyrone Smith. They will both be fondly remembered and sorely missed.
24th February 2022
EDITORS NOTE
There is a very nice write up about the sad passing of Roger Blades in the Barbados Nation News. CLICK HERE TO view it. In addition to quoting our own article the Nation News also reports:-
Ex-St Catherine’s all-rounder dies at 58
FORMER LONG-STANDING St Catherine’s Club all-rounder Roger Blades, who represented Bermuda in seven List A matches has died at the age of 58 after a brief illness.
Blades, a past student of Combermere and employee at Republic Bank (former Barbados National Bank), passed away last week at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
A hard-hitting right-handed batsman and nippy fast-medium swing bowler, Blades played for St Catherine’s in the 1980s and early 1990s before joining the Bermuda Police Force.
He represented Bermuda in the 1997-1998 Red Stripe Bowl and the International Cricket Council (ICC)
6th March 2022
We have just received the attached notice, kindly supplied by Richard Austin, advising that the Funeral Service for our former colleague, Roger Blades, will be held at the Chapel of Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens, Coral Ridge, Christ Church, in Barbados, at 2pm on Thursday 10th March 2022. The service will be live streamed on https://restinpeace.live/RogerBlades
