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Festival of Sport

The Centre for Olympic Studies (COS) jointly managed by The University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China (USFHK), Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Federation since its inception in March 2007 was relocated from HKBU to Room 1018 of Olympic House on 10 November 2015. COS will continue to serve its role as a Resources Centre for the sports community, students and the general public at large. The opening hours could be referred to the website:http://hkcos.hkolympic.org.

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OLYMPIC VOICE of Hong Kong

Jan 2016

Issue 02

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NSAs Express

The 19th Asian Archery Championships 2015 was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-8 November 2015. A total of 28 countries and 245 athletes participated in the Championships. A continental qualifying tournament for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was also held concurrently. Info at www.asianarchery.com

Along with the cheerful jubilation from the spectators, the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2015 marked a successful completion. A full house of over 5,000 spectators enjoyed a world class tournament completed by the top ranking players. As the guests of honor pressed the buttons to lighten the colorful symbolic shuttlecock, a tense and exciting final day commenced at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Asia well known Beatbox Artist RX Wong Ho Pong was invited to perform for the ceremony. He rapped out the names of various famous

players such as Lin Dan of China, Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, and Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong which stirred the spectators’ spirit to an exciting mode.

TOTO WBSC Hong Kong International Baseball Open 2015 held on 4-7 December 2015 was a great success. Hong Kong Red Team (21U) finished 1st runner up after the champion team, Hong Kong Blue Team (Senior). This tournament received encouraging attention and coverage from local newspapers during the tournament period. All the overseas participating teams expressed their regards and compliments to the Tournament with a strong interest of participating in next year’s tournament.

I t is the four th year for Hong Kong Ba seball Association, with the subvention from the Ar ts and Sport Development Fund of the Home Affairs Bureau and the Leisure and Cultur al Ser vices Depar tment of the HKSAR Government, to host this tournament for a total of 6 teams from Nor th America, Russia, Singapore, Taiw a n a nd U SA , w i t h t wo local teams from H o ng Ko ng co m p e t i ng for the championship t i t l e t h i s y e a r. I n fo a t http://www.hkbaseball.org/

The five thrilling final matches further pushed the atmosphere to a climax and drew exhilarating response from the spectators. Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia won the trophy of Men’s Singles while Carolina Marin from Spain won Women’s Singles. Info at www.hkopenbadminton.org

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The 35th FEI World Dressage Challenge 2015 Hong Kong was held on Saturday, 7 November 2015 in Sheung Shui by the Hong Kong Equestrian Federation. It is a popular international dressage competition around the world and gives the less experienced local dressage riders the opportunity to compete internationally without having to leave their country. Hong Kong is placed third out of five countries including Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Philippine, China and New Zealand. There were altogether 163 entries and it attracted the largest number of 45 entries among the five countries. Info at www.fei.org

The 2015 AFC Annual Awards Ceremony was held in New Delhi on Sunday, 29 November 2015. The Hong Kong Football Association was named as the "Developing" Member Association of the Year 2015. The President of HKFA, Mr. Timothy Fok, GBS, JP attended the ceremony and received trophy on the Association’s behalf. Asian Football Confederation President and FIFA Presidential Candidate Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa opened the Awards Dinner and hailed the past twelve months of Asian football, declaring that the year has witnessed a "remarkable season" and that there is a bright future ahead for the game across the continent. The HKFA is proud to be at the forefront of this development. Info at www.hkfa.com

「香港賽馬會杯」2015年第二屆海峽兩岸暨港澳地區健身氣功交流比賽大會於10月12日至16日在福建省廈門市舉行，共有15支代表隊派出 115人參賽。本屆賽事由香港賽馬會贊助，國家體育總局健身氣功管理中心、中國健身氣功協會及福建省體育局主辦。比賽項目為中國健身氣功協會推廣的健身氣功普及功法，設有27個集體和144個個人項目。經過兩天激烈競爭後，港隊在集體及個人項目共獲得18金22銀7銅的優異成績。此外，明年同類型的比賽將有機會在香港舉行，待贊助商及主辦單位落實後，再正式對外公佈。詳情可瀏覽：www.hqgahk.com

The annual International Bowls Classic was held at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, Kowloon Cricket Club and Club de Recreio on 7-15 November 2015. This year, bowlers from Australia, Brunei, China, England, Ireland, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Scotland, Wales and Hong Kong had participated in the tournament. Hong Kong bowler Jordi Lo and Dorothy Yu made history by winning both Singles titles in the tournament. This is the first time Hong Kong prevailed in the women’s singles event. In Pairs event, Hong Kong girl bowler Vivian Yip and Amy Choi also made history by winning the first ever Women’s Pairs title at this prestigious event. The Men’s Pair title was won by the Australian team. Info at www.hklba.org

2015 ITTF PTT Asia Regional Championships was held in Amman, Jordan on 22-29 October 2015. Hong Kong Team comprising 2 coaches and 4 athletes (1 male and 3 females) participated in this competition. Athletes had strived for their best and gained valuable opportunities to polish their skills and enriched their competition experiences. Wong Ka Man and Ng Mui Wui grasped gold and silver medals in Women’s Singles Event respectively. Info at www.hksapid.org.hk

2015 ITTF PTT亞洲乒乓球錦標賽於2015年10 月22至29日假約旦安曼舉行，共有16個亞洲國家及地區、超過170名殘疾運動員參加。協會共派出五名殘疾運動員參加是次亞錦賽，其中李銘業在男子TT7級單打取得一面銅牌，其後他夥拍隊友唐志勇再於男子TT6-7及團體賽奪銅。在男子TT9級團體賽，由林嘉偉和王志賢組成的港隊於4強擊敗伊朗後，決賽力戰下僅負於中國獲得一面銀牌。詳情可瀏覽： http://stats.ipttc.org/en/tournaments/348

World Freestyle Skating Championships 2015 was held in Torino, Italy on 26-30 October 2015. The Hong Kong, China Delegation comprised of 3 officials and 6 athletes participated in 3 events (Classic Slalom, Speed Slalom and Battle). Hong Kong Athletes had achieved promising results. Chan Man Fung Anson was ranked 4th place in the Junior Men Speed Slalom, while Ma Pak Hong was ranked 7th place in the Senior Men Speed Slalom. Info at www.rollersports.org.hk

The 37th Hong Kong Rowing Championships was held on 24 and 25 October 2015 with strong support from local and overseas rowers, sponsors and honourable guests. It was a great event and attracted over 700 rowers participating in the two days of events. Info at www.rowing.org.hk

In November 2015, the Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) successfully hosted the first Olympic Qualifier for Rugby Sevens in Asia, which directly qualified one men’s team for the 31 st Olympic Games next year in Rio. The Hong Kong tournament was an outstanding success for the HKRU. Over 16,000 spectators attended, a record for an Asia Rugby (the regional body governing Rugby) Sevens event. And more than 240 media were accredited.

The success of the Asia Rugby Sevens Qualifier reinforced Hong Kong’s preeminent position as hosts of some of the world’s leading sevens events. Despite not winning, Hong Kong’s men’s and women’s sevens teams played well enough to secure spots in a final international repechage tournament in 2016. Those tournaments will determine the last remaining teams for the men’s and women’s Rugby competition in Rio. Info at www.hkrugby.com

Athletes fought for the tickets to Rio.

每年一度由南華體育會主辦，康樂及文化事務署資助的柔道邀請錦標大賽，向來招徠各方柔道好手雲集南華體育會切磋。第47屆南華柔道邀請錦標大賽順利於2015年10月11日圓滿舉行，賽事共有360名老、中、青選手參加，當中以年青選手最為踴躍。比賽中以無限量級賽事最為觸目刺激，女子組決賽由代表南華體育會的鍾穎欣及廖芷慧同門對決，最後由鍾穎欣勝出。另外，男子組決賽由代表南華體育會的李念祖對陣朗青胡智衡，李念祖最終助南華稱霸。詳情可瀏覽：www.scaa.org.hk

由香港學界體育聯會主辦、民政事務局（藝術及體育發展基金）及康樂及文化事務署資助的「2015-2016年度港、澳、閩、粵學界埠際乒乓球比賽」，已於2015年11月13日及14日假坑口體育館順利完成。來自澳門、福建、廣東及東道主香港共32名中學運動員進行男、女子團體賽及單打賽事。香港獲得女子組團體冠軍、男子組團體亞軍。另外，運動員王浩軒獲得男子單打冠，李嘉宜及黃芊柔分別獲得女子單打亞軍及季軍。詳情可瀏覽：www.hkssf-ext.org.hk

Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Squash Open 2015 has finally come to a successful end. Four finalists showcased two exciting squash matches in front of the crowd. More than 700 audiences witnessed the triumph of Nicol David and Mohamed Elshorbagy. The Women's Final came before the Men's. The true battle between Nicol David and Laura Massaro was fierce as expected, they started the match intensively as they changed the lead several times, however, Nicol managed to take the chance to win the first set 15-13. After that, Nicol dominated in the second and third sets to end the game 11-5 and 11-3. Nicol David extended her winning strike in Hong Kong to retain her 10th consecutive Champion Title. For the Men’s Final, Mohamed Elshorbagy appeared in his second Hong Kong Open final in a row and stopped the winning run of Cameron Pilley at a straight 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 to defense his Champion title. Info at www.hksquashopen.com

The 5th edition of this signature event - New World Harbour Race (Race) was successfully held on Sunday, 18 October 2015, from Lei Yue Mun Sam Ka Tsuen Public Pier to Quarry Bay Park Public Pier, which attracted a record number of 2,330 swimmers from different countries and regions to participate, and thousands of spectators gathered along the harbour front to watch this iconic annual event. The international category once again attracted overseas elite swimmers from over 10 countries who will certainly compete at next year’s Rio Olympics. Allan Do Carmo and Ana Marcela Cunha, both from Brazil, were the Men’s and Women’s champion with a time of 13:46.2 and 14:04.8 respectively. In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Race, school category and charity category were also introduced this year that spread the “Sport for All” culture to our young generation and extra fund generated by the charity group will go a long way to help the underprivileged. Info at www.hkharbourrace.com

第22屆亞洲乒乓球錦標賽已於2015年9月26日至10月3日假泰國芭堤雅舉行，香港共派出13名運動員角逐7個項目。是次賽事吸引接近40個亞洲國家及地區參加，香港隊共奪得三面銅牌，包括由帖雅娜/李皓晴/杜凱琹琹/李清韻/蘇慧音組成的女子團體、女子雙打的帖雅娜/姜華珺，及男子單打的黃鎮廷。經過今次的亞錦賽，黃鎮廷於11月最新公佈的世界排名更躍升至第11位的個人新高。詳情可瀏覽：www.hktta.org.hk

The Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2015 ended on a high note when Jelena Jankovic battled back from the brink of defeat in the finals to win her milestone 15th WTA title by defeating Angelique Kerber 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1. The players’ field for this year was significantly strengthened with 7-time Grand Slam Champion Venus Williams, 2011 US Open Champion Samantha Stosur, 2010 French Open Champion Francesca Schiavone and former world no. 1 Jelena Jankovic etc. The event was well attended with close to 34,000 visitors throughout the week. This year’s event had a much heavier emphasis on community engagement with "People's Monday" where public was granted free access to watch all the matches. The public could also watch matches on show courts 1 and 2 from Monday to Friday for free. Info at www.hktennisopen.hk

Wu Siu Hong carved a milestone in the history of Bowling, by becoming the first Hong Kong bowler to win the Men's title of the 51 st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup which was held in Sam’s Town, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on 13 – 20 November 2015, after defeating top-seed, Francois Louw of South Africa, 233-219 and 223-180. Hong was 2nd in position after the round robin of 8 games. He beat 3rd position Muhammad Jaris Goh from Singapore in a straight two sets of 3. He then went on to challenge Francois again beating him in a straight two sets to clinch the prestigious and much converted QubicaAMF Cup. Info at www.hktbc.org.hk

A total of over 1,300 athletes took part in the 2-day Hong Kong Life ASTC Sprint Triathlon Asian Cup event, held on 31 October and 1 November 2015 with over 70 of them racing in the Elite categories, chasing valuable ITU Points for qualifying the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The event included Elite races, as well as Age Group race plus the Para Relay, which allowed people from different sectors to take part in the sport of Triathlon. Ron Darmon from Isreal and Mari Rabie from South Africa claimed the Male and Female Elite title. Info at www.triathlon.com.hk

Champion of Men's, Women's and Team Events – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The 52nd USFHK Annual Aquatic Meet 2015 was held in Hong Kong Sports Institute on 25 October 2015. This annual event is a major sports function organized by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China and subsidized by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. There were more than 200 athletes from 11 member institutions participating in 32 events in this aquatic gala. The Annual Aquatic Meet was ended by a Prize Presentation and Closing Ceremony, with 23 new Meet Records having been made. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University got the champion in the Men’s, Women’s and Team Events. City University of Hong Kong ranked the second, while the Chinese University of Hong Kong came in 3rd place in the Men’s, Women’s and Team Events. Info at www.usfhk.org

Hong Kong’s biggest solo and two-man paddling competition, the Dragon Run, completed its eighth season on 21 November 2015, drawing a field of 179 racers from Norway to South Africa. The rugged 24-kilometer surfski competition was dominated by Hank McGregor and Sean Rice, both of South Africa, in first and second place. South African Nicole Russell, Australia-based Camille De Carmejane, and Hong Kong-based Briton Claudia Tarr were the top placers in the women’s surfski category. The 24km solo outrigger competition was won by Hawaii-based American Jake Hamstra and Hong Kong-based former Greek Olympian Katerina Vichou. The competition featured an expanded course for stand-up paddle boarders (SUP) with a field of 19 racers on an 8km course and 11 competitors in the short, 2km course. A short 8km surfski and outrigger course drew 36 racers. Info at www.victoriarecreationclub.com.hk

「第十三屆世界武術錦標賽」於2015年11月11日至19日在印尼雅加達圓滿舉行。此賽事是由國際武術聯合會舉辦的世界武術錦標賽，是世界最高水平、最高級別的國際武術賽事，每兩年一屆，輪流由各會員國主辦。香港代表團陣容鼎盛，由「總領隊」亞洲武術聯合會主席、香港武術聯會會長霍震寰先生SBS, JP，「套路領隊」世界武術冠軍杜宇航先生及「散打領隊」搏擊運動金牌得主夏德建先生率領14位精英運動員參賽，經過5天的激戰，成功獲取5金4 銀2銅，在獎牌榜上位列第4，成績令人欣喜。賽事期間，國際武術聯合會召開第十三屆代表大會，並且進行換屆改選，香港武術聯會霍震寰會長成功當選國際武術聯合會副主席。詳情可瀏覽：www.13thwwc2015.com

SPORTS

DATE

EVENT NAME

PLACE

WEBSITE

Hong Kong ITF 2-10 January 2016 Hong Kong, China Women’s Circuit 2016

www.tennishk.org/en/tournaments/juniortournaments/hk-itf-junior-tournament

Samsung 2015 Hong Kong Plaza Hollywood, 9 January 2016 Sports Stars Awards Public Voting Hong Kong, China SF&OC Announcement Press Conference


2015-2016 UCI 15-17 January 2016 Track Cycling World Cup Cycling Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

www.cycling.org.hk

The 2nd Hong Kong 15-18 January 2016 City Cup International Boxing Boxing Tournament

Hong Kong, China

www.hkboxing.org.hk

Standard Chartered Hong Kong 17 January 2016 Marathon 2016 Athletics

Hong Kong, China

www.hkmarathon.com

18th Hong Kong SAR, 22-24 January 2016 China Youth Roller Skating Invitation Roller Sports Championships

Hong Kong, China

www.rollersports.org.hk

Tennis

Pathum Thani, 2016 INAS 30-31 January 2016 Sports for Swimming Championships–Asia Thailand Intellectually Disabled

www.inas.org/event/1stinas-asia-open-swimmingcompetition

LONGINES Masters of AsiaWorld-Expo, 19-21 February 2016 Hong Kong, China Hong Kong 2016

www.mastersgrandslam.com/en/ longines_masters_hong_kong

Asia Insurance Phoenix Cup 2016 19-22 February 2016 WBSC Hong Kong International Baseball Women's Baseball Tournament

Hong Kong, China

www.hkphoenixcup.com

Samsung 59th Festival of Sport Opening Programme

Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza, Hong Kong, China


SF&OC Samsung 59th Festival of Sport 28 February 2016 Opening Ceremony

Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza, Hong Kong, China


Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.perfectwttc2016.com.my

The 14th Hong Kong Wushu 3-6 March 2016 International Championships - Chinese Wushu Duan System Wushu Hong Kong Assessment

Hong Kong, China

www.hkwushuu.com.hk

Hong Kong Age Group Swimming 11-13 March 2016 Swimming Championships 2016

Shing Mun Valley Swimming Pool, Hong Kong, China

www.hkasa.org.hk

Borneo, Malaysia

www.hkrugby.com

Beijing, China

http://www.bisfed.com/calendar/bisfed-2016world-individual-championships/

Equestrian

27 February - 1 March 2016

Table Tennis

Rugby

28 February- 6 March 2016

18-20 March 2016

2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships

Asia Rugby Cross-Continental Sevens

2016 BISFed Individual World 19-26 March 2016 Championships (Boccia) Sports for Physically Disabled

Hong Kong Convention Samsung 2015 Hong Kong 21 March 2016 and Exhibition Centre, Sports Stars Awards Presentation SF&OC Ceremony cum SF&OC Spring Dinner 2016 Hong Kong, China Olympic House, Hong Kong, China

www.hkolympic.org

Cathay Pacific/ HSBC 8-10 April 2016 Hong Kong Sevens 2016 Rugby

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong, China

www.hkrugby.com

2016 Asian Olympic Table Tennis 13-17 April 2016 Qualification Tournament

Hong Kong, China

www.hktta.org.hk

22 March 2016 65th Annual General Meeting


SF&OC

Table Tennis

www.hktta.org.hk

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