Kung Hei Fat Choy! - Hong Kong Football Club

HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB JANUARY 2017

Kung Hei Fat Choy!

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GENERAL COMMITTEEPresident : Dermot AgnewVice President : Fook Aun Chew Vice President : Nick HunsworthVice President : Bobby LawsonVice President : Iain ValentineChairman : John ShanahanHon. Secretary : Mike WoodHon. Treasurer : Alan MorganConstitutional Affairs : Jeff LaneDevelopment : Peter CrabtreeDiscipline : James NiehorsterMembership : MauriceO’BrienHockeyOfficer : CharlesPoultonLawnBowlsOfficer : MikeWorthRugbyOfficer : IanPetersenSoccerOfficer : NeilJensenSquashOfficer : MalcolmKerr

MANAGEMENTGeneral Manager : Mark PawleyDirector of Operations : Tony SealyDirector of Food and Beverage : Dominique ArtigolleDirector of Finance : Ricky ChanAsst. Financial Controller : May ChangExecutive Chef : Patrick LauFacilities Manager : Evan TaoMembershipServicesManager : KerryOgleHuman Resources Manager : Angela ChanExecutive Housekeeper : Tracy Tseung

CLUB MAGAZINEMonthlyjournaloftheHongKongFootballClub.ArrangedbyKarenChan-Mulvenna.Forinformationand requests for placement of advertisements in “Club” please call 2830 9503. The opinions expressed in the articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflecttheopinionsoftheHongKongFootballCluborthe General Committee. The Club reserves the right to edit and clarify all content. The copyright of all materials isheldbytheHongKongFootballClub.

Hong Kong Football Club 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Tel 2830 9500 Fax 2882 5040 Website: www.hkfc.com.hk Contents

The Thoughts of the Chairman ......................... 2

General Committee 2016-17 ............................ 3

From the Desk of Mark Pawley ........................ 4

Food and Beverage promotions ...................... 10

Fitness Centre ............................................... 18

Soccer .......................................................... 19

Junior Soccer ................................................ 22

Squash ......................................................... 24

Rugby ........................................................... 28

Mini Rugby .................................................... 31

Hockey ......................................................... 35

Lawn Bowls ................................................... 42

Netball .......................................................... 44

Tennis ........................................................... 46

Badminton .................................................... 49

Golf .............................................................. 50

Bowling Interest Group .................................. 53

Swimming and Triathlon ................................. 54

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2 Jan 2017

The Thoughts of the Chairman

John J Shanahan, Chairman

Reminder Notice to Members: Increase in Monthly Subscription in 2017

At the Annual General Meeting held on the 3rd November 2016 an increase in monthly subscription was approved which will come into effect on 1st January 2017.

1. Monthly Subscription for Full Members, Corporate Members (including Corporate Nominees) and Associate Members (Sports Preferred Associates, Lady Associates, Family Member Associates and Consular Associates) will be increased from HK$1,500 to HK$1,525.

2. Monthly Subscription for Sports Debenture Associates and Junior Associates (between the age of 21-28) will be increased from HK$600 to HK$610.

Please note that the new monthly subscription rate will be reflected in the December 2016 statement.

Christmas was as busy as usual and I would like to thank all the Staff at the Club for working so hard over the holiday period, and, indeed, throughout the entire year,

by ensuring that we had the usual high standards of service that we have all come to expect. The Christmas Fete held in the Infield was very well attended and helped by being a sunny and hot day, with lots of smiling faces and happy children. The Welsh Male Voice Choir was held on the Main Pitch on the evening of the 12th December, as always, was very well attended with some 600 plus people enjoying the carols and songs, and also, I hope, the mulled wine and mince pies that were available afterwards!

We now rapidly approach the Lunar New Year holiday on 28th to 31st January 2017. I would like to remind all Members that the Club will be closed from 5:00pm on Friday 27th January, closed all day on Saturday 28th January and will reopen at 9:00am on Sunday 29th January. Therefore all the Club facilities, including the Car Park, will be closed on that Saturday. On page 10 of the magazine you can view the operating hours

for F&B Outlets and Sports Facilities during the Lunar New Year holiday period. We will also be holding the Annual Staff Party on Sunday 12th February 2017. The Club will close, on the basis as above, from 5:00pm on 12th February and reopen at 9:00am on Monday 13th February. So please note these dates for your diary.

I am sorry to have to report that Mr. Philip Woolf, after five years service on the General Committee, has resigned his position. Philip was Chairman of the Sports and Recreation Sub-committee and his sterling work on that Sub-committee will be missed. We are now looking at how we can fill that vacancy as we go forward into 2017.

On a last note, the General Committee and myself wish all Members and their families a happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the Rooster!

Kung Hei Fat Choy!

John J Shanahan Chairman


THE CLUB GENERAL COMMITTEE 2016-2017

The following portfolio functions have been summarised to show terms of reference previously approved by the General Committee (GC).

POLICY WORKING GROUP – John Shanahan Function: to formulate policies for the approval of GC, to ensure the effective and proper implementation of the Club’s published Mission Statement.

FINANCE – Alan Morgan Function: to take into account financial considerations emanating from proposals and policies considered by the GC, and to advise and, if appropriate, give recommendations to GC for approval.

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS – Jeff Lane Function: to consider ongoing review of Articles and Club Bye-laws either by initiative or upon instruction from GC, and to make appropriate recommendations.

DEVELOPMENT – Peter Crabtree Function: to raise and consider appropriate ongoing and new development initiatives in the short, medium, and long-term for Club facilities with a

view to recommending selected proposals to GC for consideration and implementation.

DISCIPLINE – James Niehorster Function: to process complaints and breaches of the Bye-laws in accordance with standard procedures to be advised (and to ensure Club Staff are briefed on these matters) and to apply appropriate sanctions to those Members found in breach. Finally, to provide information to assist GC in evaluating Membership acceptance/adherence to current Bye-laws etc.

MEMBERSHIP – Maurice O’Brien Function: to be responsible for admission of new Members and also to monitor existing policies and to advise on issues involving membership, including procedural matters (including Sections) and enforcement of these policies.

Maurice O’Brien Membership

Nick Hunsworth Vice President

Charles PoultonHockey

Mike WorthLawn Bowls

Ian PetersenRugby

Neil JensenSoccer

Malcolm KerrSquash

Fook Aun ChewVice President

Bobby Lawson Vice President

Iain Valentine Vice President

Peter Crabtree Development

James Niehorster Discipline

Dermot Agnew President

John Shanahan Chairman

PORTFOLIO DETAILS OF STANDING SUB-COMMITTEES

Alan MorganHonorary Treasurer

Mike Wood Honorary Secretary

Jeff Lane Constitutional Affairs

4 Jan 2017

From the Desk of Mark Pawley

Mark Pawley,General Manager

A happy 2017 to you all. As ever, with the New Year we tend to find Members “adjusting” their diets, and increasing their exercise regime, all in order to try and get rid of those

extra pounds gained over the festive season. This is all well and good but please do look at the promotions and events on the following pages,which in part, I have outlined below.

In the Restaurant, don’t forget to book for our wonderful Sunday Brunch Buffet, followed this month with our Sunday Dinner Buffet with Sustainable Seafood Corner. And we have our popular Journey of Asian Delights Lunch Buffet on Saturday 7th January.

The Chairman’s Bar continues with its ‘Lunchscape’ promotion which features our famous Prime Rib of Beef, and we introduce our Beer, Whisky and Wine Collection, where we will be featuring a selection of locally brewed beers, some two dozen whiskies from all over the world along with some fourteen Craft Whiskies and over ten highly rated wines. We also now provide Afternoon Tea in the Chairman’s Bar on Saturdays and Sundays, available from 3pm to 6pm.

In the Coffee Shop, the Raclette Dinner promotion continues by popular demand as complemented in January by our All You Can Eat Family Buffet with Korean Hot Pot Corner available Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. And, for the health conscious (in the

healthy month of January!) we introduce a Healthy Menu option(s). I am told everything on the menu is “good for you”.

In the Sportsman’s Bar we have a selection of Winter Warming Casseroles to choose from and we continue with Curry Temptations Buffet available on Fridays from 6pm to 10pm and on Saturdays and Sundays for Lunch from 12 noon to 2.30pm and for Dinner from 6pm to 10pm.

Looking slightly ahead, for all American Football addicts don’t forget the Super Bowl 2017 on Monday 6th February where we start early at 6am with a Breakfast Buffet and all the Mary mixes. You will need to book for this (details on page 16).

And, on the car parking front, as you are aware, we have lost a number of car park spaces as a result of the ongoing installation of a new Transformer Room. I have therefore included below part of the preamble to the Car Parking Bye-laws which outlines under what circumstances you are allowed to park at the Club. Please bear this in mind when parking at the Club in the future.

Best wishes from the Management and Staff of the Club for the Year of the Rooster.

Mark Pawley, General Manager

Bye-laws 3.9 — Car Parking

The number of car parking spaces within our Club Car Park (“Car Park”) is limited (although arrangements exist for the additional use of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (“HKJC”) car park - except on race days).

Therefore, the Car Park, and in particular at weekends, should not be used as a convenient place to park when e.g. attending a nearby office (unless a Business Parking Label is obtained), or merely shopping or entertaining outside the Club, but should be used only when other Club facilities are being utilised at the same time.

The intention of most of these Car Parking Bye-laws is to regulate our Car Park in a manner which ensures fairness in the general availability of car parking spaces to all Members and encourages its use as an adjunct to the enjoyment of other Club facilities.


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Investor may participate in the Fund by subscribing its shares. The Fund currently has 3 classes of shares available for investment. Each of the 3 classes is differentiated by the investment period (1, 2 and 3 years respectively) and the expected return. The main economic features of the Fund are briefly summarized as follows:

Expected return ranges from 7% to 10% per annum (depending on the class) fixed at subscription Monthly income distribution (subject otherwise to applicable law) No subscription fee during the promotion period Automatic reinvestment upon expiry of the investment period

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The Fund is available for subscription by PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS ONLY (as defined under the SFO of HK) and is managed by Capital Focus Asset Management Limited, a SFC licensed corporation for Type 9 regulated activity (asset management) including the management of Collective Investment Scheme.

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8 Jan 2017

For Sale CORPORATE SUBSCRIBERSHIPS

The HKFC is currently offering 50 Corporate Subscriberships for sale, at a price of HK$3.3m each, to help fund the future renovation of the HKFC.On purchase of a Corporate Subscribership a company becomes a Corporate Member and is entitled to nominate an individual and their immediate family to enjoy the benefits of membership of the HKFC.More information can be obtained by contacting Kerry Ogle, Membership Services Manager on 2830 9502 or by email to [email protected]. For information on HKFC facilities please view the website at www.hkfc.com.hkInterested parties should submit a written application to: The Membership Services Manager Hong Kong Football Club, 3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

10 Jan 2017

Fri 27th Jan

Sat 28th Jan

Sun 29th - Tue 31st Jan

RESTAURANT Noon to 3pm closed

(Sun) 11am to 3pm, 6.30pm to 10pm

(Mon - Tue) Noon to 3pm

6.30pm to 10pm

COFFEE SHOP

7.30am to 5pm closed

(Sun) 9am to 11pm (Mon - Tue)

8am to 11pm

CHAIRMAN’S BAR

Noon to 5pm closed

(Sun) 11am to 12 midnight (Mon - Tue)

Noon to 12midnight

CAPTAIN’S BAR 9am to 5pm closed (Sun - Mon) closed

(Tue) 9am to 10pm

SPORTSMAN’S BAR closed closed

(Sun) 11am to 12 midnight (Mon-Tue)

Noon to 12 midnight

FAMILY LOUNGE

11am to 5pm closed 9am to 9.30pm

KIOSK 12.30pm to 5pm closed 10.30am to 7pm

The Club will re-open on Sunday 29th January from 9am

* Last orders in the F&B outlets on Friday 27th January will be accepted 45 minutes prior to closing.

CHINESE NEW YEAR OPENING HOURS

Fri 27th Jan

Sat 28th Jan

Sun 29th Jan

BOWLING ALLEY 8am to 4pm closed 10am to 9pm

FITNESS CENTRE 6.30am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

GOLF SIMULATORS 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

INDOOR GREEN 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

OUTDOOR GREEN 2pm to 4pm closed 2pm to 7pm

INFIELD AREAS 8am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

SNOOKER ROOM 11am to 4pm closed 11am to 9pm

CLUB SHOP 10am to 4pm closed 10.30am to

7.30pm

SPORTS HALL 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

SQUASH CENTRE 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

SPORTS THEATRE 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

SWIMMING POOL 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

TENNIS COMPLEX 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

CHILDREN’S PLAYROOMS 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm

LIBRARY 10am to 4pm closed 10.30am to

7.30pm CHANGING ROOMS close at 5pm closed close at 10pm

for Sports Facilitiesfor F&B Outlets

FOOD AND BEVERAGE

12 Jan 2017

SUNDAY BRUNCH in the Restaurant and Chairman’s Barevery Sunday from 11am to 2.30pm throughout the month of January The popular Sunday Brunch has been revamped and is bigger and better than ever!

The Brunch will now feature an extended buffet spread, with more varieties and options to choose from. Live cooking stations are still here, as well as old favourites such as the cascading chocolate fountain, delectable sushi and fresh oysters corner.

Please contact the Restaurant at 2830 9562 for a reservation or email: [email protected]

Dress Code: Club Casual No Collarless T-shirts, no Flip Flops or sandals with socks, no short Casual Shorts (Knee length – no beach wear). Ladies are required to dress to a comparable standard.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE

Lunch at the Club

THE RESTAURANT

Monday to Friday from Noon to 2.30pm

Set Lunch with Starter Buffet 2 Courses: $175 3 Courses: $195

includes Coffee or Tea

THE COFFEE SHOP

Monday to Thursday from Noon to 2.30pm

Light Lunch Buffet $138 (Adult); $75 (Child)

Friday to Sunday from Noon to 2.30pm

International Lunch Buffet $165 (Adult); $80 (Child)

THE CHAIRMAN’S BAR

Monday to Friday from Noon to 2.30pm “Carvery” Set Lunch

2 Courses: $125 3 Courses: $148

‘LUNCHSCAPE’in the Chairman’s BarMonday to Friday from Noon to 2.30pmMake the Chairman’s Bar your midday getaway for a delicious lunch.The “Carvery Set Lunch” features our famous Prime Rib during the weekday. Starter as well as dessert will be served.It’s great value with unmatched ambience.

BEER, GREAT WHISKY AND WINE COLLECTIONin the Chairman’s Barthroughout the month of JanuaryFeaturing a selection of locally brewed beers, 24 whiskies from around the world (single malt and blended), 14 unique craft whiskies from USA, Taiwan, India, Iceland, Japan, Scotland and England and 11 highly rated wines carefully selected from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy and Australia. Opening hours: Mon - Sat: Noon - Midnight Sunday: 11am - Midnight

SUNDAY DINNER BUFFET WITH SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD CORNERIn the Restaurant every Sunday for dinner from 6.30pm to 9.30pm throughout the month of January

The Restaurant will be offering a special selection of dishes featuring jet-fresh sustainable seafood this month, prepared with traditional cooking techniques from various Asian countries.

Seafood will include Atlantic cold-water scallops, salmon, mussels, calamari, cod fish, abalone and garoupa. (These items are served on a rotation basis.)

The initiative is in line with the Club’s commitment to sustainability, as well as to set a standard for culinary social responsibility.

BIGGER AND

BETTER! CHOOSESUSTAINABLE

SEAFOOD


IRRESISTIBLE OYSTER EXPERIENCEin the Chairman’s Barevery day from 4.30pm to 10.30pmAvailable daily at only $15 each (minimum order of a half dozen)Oysters are a good source of iron, which helps the body to transport oxygen to individual cells to give us more energy. They are also high in potassium and calcium, come and try them for yourselves!

FOOD AND BEVERAGE

14 Jan 2017

Experience Alpine flavours this month with a Raclette Dinner. Raclette is a type of melted cheese served on a platter with boiled potatoes, cold cuts and pickles. It also comes with a side of green salad to complete the meal. It is a must-try in the Coffee Shop this month.

SEMI DINNER BUFFET In the Coffee Shop Monday to Thursday from 6.30pm to 9.30pm throughout the month of January

Treat yourself to a selection from our appetizers buffet, made-to-order main courses and tempting desserts.

Please call the Coffee Shop at 2830 9569 for more details.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

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Healthy OptionIn the Coffee ShopSuffering from overindulgence over the festive season, or simply in the mood for some delicious and healthy food? The Coffee Shop has the answer — try our special Healthy Menu featuring a selection of Western and Asian dishes. All extremely good for you! Available for Lunch and Dinner.

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ALL YOU CAN EATFAMILY BUFFET WITH KOREAN HOT POT CORNERIn the Coffee ShopFriday and Saturday from 6.30p.m to 9.30pmSunday from 6.00pm to 9.30pm

Our Korean Hot Pot consists of a simmering pot of chicken with ginseng broth at the centre of the dining table, it is nutritious and it packs a proper punch!

Typical hot pot ingredients include thinly sliced meat, seafood, plenty of vegetables, noodles and rice. We also have some Korean hot dishes on offer, such as deep fried chicken, slow-cooked Korean short rib, kimchi fried rice and stir-fried noodle “Korean Style”.

Is it spicy? It doesn’t have to be, but we do provide all the original Korean condiments on the side, so you can adjust it to your liking. Come and try for yourself.

For more information please call the Coffee Shop at 2830 9569 or email at [email protected]

Raclette Dinner In the Coffee Shopevery Monday to Thursday from 6.30pm to 9.30pm throughout the month of January

FOOD AND BEVERAGE


FOOD AND BEVERAGE

SOCCER The English Premier League takes the spotlight with plenty of important games, please check the Sports Notice Board for updates.

RUGBY The European Rugby Championships Cup and Aviva Premiership continues throughout the month of January.

TENNIS Don’t miss the Australian Open from 16th to 29th January.

GOLF The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship will be playing from 19th to 22nd January.

NFL SUPERBOWL 2017For the American Football lovers, the Superbowl 2017 will be shown in the early hours of Monday 6th February, HK time, so mark your calendars! Join us for the traditional Superbowl Early Breakfast including all the Mary mixes and the full breakfast buffet selection. The Sportsman’s Bar will open from 6.00am for the complete build up to what some say is the most watched final in the world. It is not just a game it is a party.Please call the Sportsman’s Bar at 2830 9531 to book your seat or email : [email protected]

in the Sportsman’s Bar

F&B promotions:

WINTER WARMING CASSEROLESIn the Sportsman’s BarChef has created two tasty casseroles to keep you warm this winter. Order any of the casseroles and have a soup for an extra $25.

CURRY TEMPTATIONSIn the Sportsman’s Barevery Friday from 6pm to 10pmevery Saturday and Sunday: Lunch from 12noon to 2.30pm, Dinner from 6pm to 10pm

The special Curry Buffet features five different curries, as well as a variety of salads, traditional condiments, naan bread and basmati rice.

$118 per Adult, $72 per Child

16 Jan 2017

FEBRUARY PREVIEW:

FOOD AND BEVERAGE


FEBRUARY PREVIEW:

Congratulations to all the participants who completed the Transformation Challenge.

Transformation Challenge

1st Runner up: JOHN LATTERBefore: Fat mass was 26.6kg

After: Fat mass is 21.9kg

Down: 4.7kg in 11 weeks

2nd Runner up: TRACEY PUGHBefore: Fat mass was 27.7kg

After: Fat mass is 25.4kg

Down: 2.3kg in 11 weeks

The winners received either a cash prize or a gym kit.

A big hooray to all the participants. Special thanks to Personal Trainers Eric Chan, Carly Peters and Minos Lee for organizing the event.

Fitness Centre News

AFTERBEFORE

Before and after photos of Nick Tempest

Eric presents a cheque to the 1st runner up, John Latter

2nd runner up Tracey Pugh with her gym kit.

If you missed the Transformation Challenge and/or want to do an individual weight management, please free feel to contact Eric Chan at [email protected] or 9455 4189.

Winner: NICK TEMPESTBefore: Fat mass was 40.8kgAfter: Fat Mass is 33.8kgDown: 7kg in 11 weeks

18 Jan 2017


Soccer News

From the Soccer Captain Stephen Tew, Soccer Section Captain

HKFC Masters vs England Masters

Happy New Year best wishes to all members and here’s to a great 2017.

A lot has happened in the Section since the last issue….

Firstly we remember a Section stalwart who played for the 1st Team, Gazelles, Dynamics, started The German All Stars, played a part in the creation of the Yau Yee League and in later years supported our Soccer Sevens tournament by bringing legends of the game to entertain us!

Stars such as Jurgen Klinsmann, Pierre Littbarksi, Uwe Bein, Clive Walker, Liam Brady and Rene Van De Kerkhof to name a few.

For our older members they will have worked out by now that the gentleman I am talking about is Henrik Lorenz.

10 years ago Henrik passed away and each year the Soccer Section sends a team to play our long standing rivals the Singapore Cricket Club to celebrate Henrik’s life and to spend time with the children who live at the school (Youth

Football Home) setup by Henrik and Wing Cheung (Gazelles creator).

For those that are not familiar with the project established by Henrik and Wing Cheung, and supported by the Section, then please take a look at the website:

http://wh05.droa.com/~c1414527/OTHER_SITES/Thailand_html/

A report follows of the game and weekend.

For those that have not made the trip to Phuket to visit the school, it is highly recommended.

Next up we have an update from Junior Soccer of our growing football programme for girls with news from their recent tournament in Tai Tam.

Living in Hong Kong we are often very fortunate to be presented with unique opportunities. One such opportunity came about in November when a HKFC Masters team had the opportunity to play against England Masters. (see above photo)

Many thanks to all who were involved in

helping to make the evening a success and giving up their time to volunteer on the night. Our team narrowly lost 1-0.

At the time of writing, our teams are well and truly into the season; Lucky Mile are 4th in the league with a strong recent showing from Rich and the lads putting them into contention for a strong second half of the season and a opportunity for promotion, in the YYL Club teams are placed from first to third with Wanderers leading the table and pushing for a 1st title for four seasons. The ladies are a few games in recording their first win in early December.

The 1st Team continue to make a good account of themselves in the top flight and do the Section proud.

Lastly all the best to all of our teams during the second half of the season and please check the website for fixtures in the New Year as the updated fixtures have not yet been released.

Thanks, Tewy

20 Jan 2017

SOCCER

Children at the Youth Football Home receiving new boots from SCC and HKFC

The weekend of 12th November saw the Section send a team to play in this annual fixture against Singapore Cricket Club at the Youth Football Home in Phuket.

The Youth Football Home was founded by Soccer Section stalwart and legend Henrik Lorenz in 2006. Sadly Henrik passed away only eight months after the first orphans arrived at the home. However he did have the satisfaction of seeing the Youth Football Home in operation and could see the great potential that would, now ten years on, provide a home, safe environment and a family for 64 boys and girls from all over Thailand.

All the children attend state schools close to the Youth Football Home. Some of the boys who were part of the initial intake have completed their secondary school education in recent years and have gone on to various development paths such as professional football, vocational training and further education as

Henrik Lorenz Memorial Game

HKFC vs SCC at the 10th anniversary Henrik Lorenz Memorial Game in Phuket


they progress to become independent adults. On the football front two of the boys have represented Thailand at U16, U19 and U21’s whilst two others have made the National squad. Boy’s teams have taken part in competitions in China, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore and the girls in Thailand and Singapore

The Charity Trust that Henrik set up before his passing continues to support the Youth Football Home and another orphanage in Kathmandu. Our Soccer Section and Singapore Cricket Club Soccer Section also support with kit and financial support that facilitates conversational English lessons and we hope to continue to work with the guys from SCC and maintain this support.

There is a game to report on but first the highlight of the weekend. A visit with the children to a KFC for chicken and chips on the Friday evening. It is a testament to all the management and staff at the Youth Football Home that the behaviour and manners of the children are impeccable, the older ones looking after the younger ones and making sure the place was cleaned up after the meal. Thanks to all the guys who made the effort to support the visit to KFC.

So, to Saturday afternoon and a game of four periods of 20 minutes in the searing heat and humidity. To make things worse the grass was so long we lost Mark Grainger twice. We had a very decent squad of 20 and it was good to see Chris Jobsen back travelling all the way from Abu Dhabi and Ali Roseburgh who made the journey up from Singapore. Richard Fletcher, who played with Henrik for GAS many years ago, made the journey from UK. We had a decent crowd and it was good to catch up with Section members of yesteryear Colin Broadhurst and John Roseburgh.

The first 20 minute session was a competitive affair, evenly matched. Singapore took the lead after a tame clearance from defence was turned straight back in the mix with SCC centre forward reacting quickest to turn the ball past Dev’s.

As the first quarter progressed, we started to get the better of SCC as we got the ball forward more quickly and behind their back four. After a period of sustained pressure, a sweeping move from right to left resulted in a cross that Anto Grabo diverted into the corner of the SCC net.

The second period saw us get behind the SCC defence again and a cross produced a fine headed finish by Darren Chaplin, 2-1 to us. This spurred SCC back in to life and there was some frantic defending that needed to be done, with the posts and the cross bar getting more touches than most of our outfield players. Dev’s was on fine form and kept us in the game.

In the final period Mark Grainger toe-poked the ball towards the SCC goal. The SCC goalkeeper saved it by sitting on the ball. As he stood up he back heeled it into the net to give us a slightly flattering score line of 3 – 1 and another win over SCC.

In closing many thanks to the organisers of the tour and the lads who made the effort to take part in the weekend. This is a great tour to support the vision of a Section legend and we hope that we can continue to generate interest in this worthwhile event with younger members of the Section in the years to come. In addition, we would like to thank Marathon Sports who supplied 30 pairs of football boots and 10 pairs of goalkeeping gloves, at cost, for the kids.

Children at the Youth Football Home

KFC here we come...

At KFC

HL Memorial Trophy Dinner

SOCCER

22 Jan 2017

Junior Soccer News

On 21st November, we sent 8 teams to the Tai Tam Girls Tournament at Hong Kong International School (HKIS), with two teams entered into each age group competition (U8, U10, U12, U14). Our girls performed well on the pitch, bringing home a number of trophies but more importantly represented the Club well with sportsmanship and fair play.

It’s incredible to think that just five years ago, we didn’t even have a girls programme. Today we have exactly 100 girls registered (U8 x 18, U10 x 23, U12 x 31 and U14 x

28), representing the Club in the Hong Kong Junior Football League and tournaments around Hong Kong. And we have 20 volunteer coaches giving their time to support the girls programme, with Jody Strong co-ordinating across all age groups. A big thanks to all of the coaches and parents for helping to grow and sustain the programme. Below we have some comments on the recent tournament. Enjoy!

Nam Nguyen, Chairman – Junior Soccer Programme

Junior Soccer Girls perform well at the Tai Tam Tournament

Message from the Junior Soccer Chairman:

Above: U8 Girls team photo

Left:U8 girls playing in Tai Tam Tournament

U8 Girls We had 10 girls signed up for the U8 tournament, divided into two 5-a-side teams with one team entered into the competitive division and one in the recreational division. The competitive team played well and won the plate final. The recreational team did not fare as well in terms of trophies but played hard and represented well. Both teams did well, considering we did not have subs and the high level of the tournament. There’s lots of work for us to do, but we do have some promising players.

Daniel Comsa – U8 Girls Head Coach


Under 10 GirlsThe U10s had two teams entered into the tournament, one in the competitive (Premier) division and one in the recreational. The team in the Premier competition had four close games but struggled on the larger pitches. The team in the recreation competition (made up mostly of the U9s, though several of our top U9s played for the Premier Team) won the Cup. They played on the smaller pitch and are used to that and won the cup quite easily. That’s six tournaments in a row now for the girls born in 2008 (having won the Cup in every competition going back to the 2015-16 season).

Chris Vale – U10 Girls Head Coach

Under 12 GirlsIn the recent U12 Tai Tam tournament both teams performed well and enjoyed the experience. In the competitive division our girls were up against very strong opposition and lost all of their group games but only by a close margin. The girls showed great spirit and determination, worked really hard as a team in all four games. There were many positives in terms of teamwork, fair play and performance. In the recreational competition our girls reached the semi-finals. Again the girls showed many qualities such as fair play, good sportsmanship and teamwork. Well done to all the U12 girls!

Ian Meekcoms, U12 Girls Coach

Under 14 GirlsThe HKFC U14 girls squad had a good start to the season when reaching the Cup Final and winning the Plate at the first tournament earlier in the season at KCC. They are also playing regular HKJFL and friendly matches this season.

Two teams were entered into the second tournament of the year at Tai Tam. Both teams competed in the same

division as unlike the other age groups there was only one division for the U14 girls age group.

HKFC 1 girls had a slow start to the tournament, losing 0-1 to Chelsea in an evenly contested match. In the second match against MLFA, we again went down 0-1 but fought back strongly to equalize and dominate the second half of the match. We played well with only the crossbar preventing us securing a winner. The hard-fought match finished 1-1. In the final group match against Tai Tam, the girls played to their potential and won 5-0.

The draw against MLFA meant that we missed qualifying for the Cup semi-final by 1 point. The girls continued their strong play in the Plate by winning the Plate final beating ESF 1-0.

HKFC 2 had a tough tournament playing the first teams of other clubs but performed very well and scoring a few goals in the process.

It’s been a good start and we look forward to more fun for the remainder of the season.

Mike Sadler – U14 Girls Head Coach

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U10 Girls Team photo

U14 Girls Team photoU14 Girls stretching before the game

24 Jan 2017

Squash News

Squash Section Remains Unbeaten for the 4th year in Annual Golf Tournament with Tennis Society

Annual Golf Match: Squash Section vs Tennis Society

by John Thompson

In November the Squash Section had their annual golf match with Tennis Society on the North course at Kai Sai Chau. Now in its 4th year, teams of 12 were recruited

from the two groups to battle it out to gain bragging rights for who are the best all round sports team (or at least golfers) and to have the (rather heavy) trophy adorned in their own cabinet. With the Squash Section still being unbeaten after two wins and a very close draw last year, Tennis Society looked to be favourites to get the title for the first time putting out a very strong team. The four-ball-better-ball match play format was always going to mean that the team match ups were going to be key.

Jason Waldie and Nick Shultz were the first pair out representing the Squash Section, they were up against Adrian Leung and Nathan Booth. With Jason and Adrian playing quality golf throughout the round and getting their fair share of names early on the closest to the pin and longest drives competitions, it was always going to be a tight game. Adrian and Nathan turned up the heat on the back nine and secured the first points for Tennis Society by winning 2 and 1. With Adrian putting in the best Stableford score of the day at 40 points.

Out second for the squash team was last year’s star player Chris Burley and newcomer Arun Kirpalani against Andy Ho

and Toby Clark. Again this was also a very tight ding dong battle with the scores being close all the way through the round. With the squashers being one down on the 17th they had the opportunity of a two putt to win the hole and take it down to the last all square. Unfortunately with this tournament having bigger pressure than the Ryder Cup, the two putt to win turned into needing the third putt to half the hole which was unfortunately missed to make it four putts to lose the hole and give the second points to Tennis Society winning 2 and 1.

Captains for the day were pitted against each other next with the squash teams John Thompson teaming up with his dad Keith against tennis captain Anatole Le and Henry Lai. A close front nine had the squash team 1 up with the tennis players unluckily missing

Arun on the first tee


a few putts that would have put them in the lead. The back nine saw the Thompson duo mainly carried by Keith put in a great run of pars and bogeys to win the game 5 and 4 and get the first points on the board for the squash team. This left Anatole and Henry winning the inglorious prize of largest losers of the day.

Squash Chairman David Cross and Andrew Wood were pitted against Tennis Society’s Duncan Spooner and Mel Watt in a high class game. David and Andrew did well to keep the game tight on the front nine but some great long putting and close approach shots by the tennis pair saw them move ahead on the back nine to win the game 4 and 2.

With Tennis Society leading 3 points to 1 with two games out on the course, the growing squash crowd perched on the 18th green were worried that this year could see their first defeat with the tennis team only needing half a point to secure the win. The tennis team looked relaxed while sipping their well-earned beers knowing that this could be their year.

The wily team of Stephen Sung and Wei Lam for squash were up against Tennis Society chairman Greg Brutus and YP Soo in the penultimate pairing. Wei Lam who secured the point to get the draw last year did not let the team down with him and Stephen using all their experience to win the game for squash 3 and 2.

With it all coming down to the last pair. Austin Leung and David Lindsay representing squash were against Ringo Leung and Job Tang. Watching the teams walk up the 18th it was difficult to read the body language and know who had won the game and secure the points. The tennis team were quietly confident that they would win the game and secure the match. After a slow trudge up the 18th it soon became clear that the squash team had already won the game 3 and 2 and had therefore secured the point to draw the match 3 all. Exactly the same as happened the previous year. The squash team were jubilant as they secured a draw from the jaws of defeat and remain unbeaten for a fourth year. Prizes were presented at the KSC coffee shop

and the teams returned to the Sportsman’s Bar to further go over their games. Many thanks to all who played and special thanks to the Tennis Society Chairman Greg Brutus and Squash Section Chairman David Cross for supporting the match, and to Anatole Le from the Tennis Society for his organisation for the day.

Tennis Chairman Greg pitching close to the holeA victorious Team 5 after finishing the 18thTeam 2 on the first tee

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Jason Waldie (Closest to the Pin) Keith Thompson (Closest to the Pin) Mel Watt (Closest to the Pin) The Chairman Sharing the Cup

The squash team were jubilant as they secured a draw from the jaws of defeat and remain unbeaten for a fourth year.

26 Jan 2017

On a pleasantly cool evening on the HK International School’s newly installed artificial turf at Tai Tam, a scratch team from the Club’s

Squash Section turned out to play the finest softball players that the American Club had to offer.

On the one side, the Football Club side, who mostly had never held a baseball bat or have the vaguest notions of the rules; on the other, eight finely tuned softball athletes who had been building up to this fixture with long hours of training since the age of four. Our Captain, Rob (Baseball) Jones’ pre-match prediction of the score was a conservative 50-0. Perhaps because of this “confidence”, he did not bother to brief his team on the rules of the game, so we basically assumed it was cricket with a lot of full tosses. The only rule agreed between Captains (and even they were not passed on to the players) were:-

1) No sliding 2) No running into other players 3) No spitting 4) No chewing tobacco

Thanks to the lack of rules knowledge, in the first couple of innings, our players were dismissed in a bewildering collection of ways in which softball differs from cricket. For example apparently you have to hit the ball in a certain direction to be valid, and you cannot complete a run off a catch.

Despite this handicap, by the third innings we were starting to get the hang of things (except Dave Murray who does not even understand cricket and was therefore at a huge disadvantage). Alex ‘Babe Ruth’ Berriman who had arrived with the announcement “I am injured, sorry I cannot play well today” proceeded to blast the ball consistently out of the ground for three consecutive home runs. During one of these he collected Sondra Lee on his way round the bases and the two of them arrived at the home plate in one tangled heap, for two runs. Impressively

this was the third time she managed to fall over in that single score, showing great determination, but a worrying lack of coordination.

Clearly the American team was bewildered by our techniques, which as well as falling over a lot, included running off with the bat (which is apparently considered bad form), stopping balls with the shin instead of the enormous glove provided, and running 30 yards to take a catch which was about to land in the glove of another stationary fielder. After a strong initial lead, they were caught, and then

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America Reaches a New Low


rapidly overtaken, and by the official end time of 8pm found themselves staring at a 21-12 loss.

Notwithstanding this shock result, we were royally entertained at the American Club round the corner, and after some discussion they suggested that we forget softball and their next challenge would be either ice-hockey or American Football. As it should be our pick next time, I suggest Croquet or Real Tennis.

All in all this was a tremendously entertaining event, and thanks from all players must go to Rob Jones and John Lau for organizing the event, our American hosts for their hospitality, and HK International School for the use of their majestic artificial pitch.

The teams were:

HKFC SLUGGERS Alex ‘Babe Ruth’ BerrimanDavid (Swing for the Bleachers) CrossRob (Baseball) JonesTom KeenanVicky KooSondra (I get knocked down, but I get up again) LeeDavid (Can’t we play shinty?) MurrayDallas ReidRichard (I just attended a house party, so I’m drinking this vodka to help shake off pre-game jitters) Williams

AMERICAN EAGLESAllen, LanceCho, AlbertLau, BrianLau, GemmaLau, JohnLonguepee, FrancisTse, RayWilliams, Brock

Dallas Reid

Squash Kit Must TravelHere is a photo from Edward Griffiths, taken at Happy Valley on Fraser Island — really rather different than the one in Hong Kong.

SQUASH SECTIONLADDER MOVERS

Men’sGergo Schlosser (126)

Neil Roberts (23)Bjorn Fjelddahl (14)

Ladies LadderAnne Cheng (33)

Blade JuniorEthan Lam (7)

Henry Fordham (2)

HKFC JuniorAlexander Chew (19)Henry Fordham (15)

Scott Norman (5)

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28 Jan 2017

Another busy month in the Rugby Section, with all teams making the most out of training despite the international breaks and a few

weeks off.

Club welcomed Nathan De Thierry who has been playing for Counties Manakau in the Mitre 10 Cup. He is part of the Hong Kong Rugby Union's Player Exchange Programme and we believe the dynamic 10 will be a useful tool in our back’s arsenal for the remainder of the season.

In the month of November due to international breaks and a postponement from HKCC, Club only had one game against Valley, that they unfortunately lost 28-21.

Drags have had two fixtures this month and started their November games with a 64-0 win against HKCC Exiles. Unfortunately in their second match they went on to lose 12-5 to Valley Knights, that was their first loss of the season but they are still top of the table despite it.

Scorpions also only had 2 fixtures this month and ended up winning them both. In the first fixture they beat HKCC Exiles 31-22 at Kings Park, they then went on to beat Kowloon 2’s by 30 points to 22 at home. This puts Scorpions 4th in the league table, and in a league they were promoted into this year. The

guys are excited about the rest of the season and hope to continue this success.

Select started off November with style, clocking one of their biggest ever wins, against Comvita City RFC, beating them by 70 points at home. They then went on to narrowly lose by 2 points against DB Pirates in a frustratingly close game that ended 24-22. Bouncing back quickly they beat Causeway Bay Tempest 27-5 in a game of two very different halves, the first saw Select play what Tony George described as some of their best rugby this season, and the second saw 5 yellow cards. So a month where we saw some new records for Select, both good and bad.

Bulls had a tough November, they had three fixtures in a row against the toughest teams in their league and unfortunately lost 27 – 12 against Typhoons, 12-10 against HKCC and 25-15 against USRC Legends. The team is still fighting to finish at the top of the league and know it is entirely possible, we all have faith they are going to start getting the results they want in December.

Sequins had a fantastic month, starting with a great win against University away, beating them 33-22 at Sandy Bay. They then carried their success into their next game against Gai Wu winning 37-19. Sequins went on to see out that month in style with a hard

At the ColefaceConor Cole, Rugby Section Captain

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fought match, winning 11-5 against Discipline Services, who are the top of the table.

Expendables opened with wins against Comvita City 2’s at 29-21 and against TSW 2’s, 39-22. In a great game over the weekend most other teams were having a break, Expendie’s hammered Kowloon Barbarians 36-0. Again, another great month for the Expendables as they beat Revolution SRC 20-0 at home in their last game of November.

Ice only had one game in November due to a postponement of the Valley fixture until after the New Year. Unfortunately they lost this game by 57-5 to USRC Tigers.

Fire beat University Ladies 39-0 at Sandy Bay in a great win, however they lost their next fixture in a close game against Tai Po Dragons Ladies 2’s at King Park by one try. They


faced CWB Lammergeier in their last match of the month and conceded 40 points to a decent side losing 40-5.

It has been a bit of disjointed month with teams having a few weeks off here and there, next month will be similar, with fixtures for the first 3 weekends of December and then some time off afterwards for the Christmas break. All the teams in the Section will be hosting their Christmas Parties! So look out for more results and some updates on that.

Cheers, Conor

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The Penguins commit to an 11th successive campaign at the GFI HKFC 10s in Hong Kong, where the historic UK-based touring club will defend the Cup and target a third title in five years.

The Penguins have confirmed that they will defend their Cup title at the 32nd GFI HKFC 10s, which will be held at Hong Kong Football Club from April 5-6, 2017.

The Penguins won this year’s Cup in their 10th straight appearance at the 10-a-side tournament, which has been staged on the Wednesday and Thursday ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens since 1986.

After securing their first GFI HKFC 10s title in 2013 with a last-minute winner against Samurai, The Penguins won this year’s final by beating the same opponents 5-0 with a try in the second five-minute period of extra-time.

However, manager Craig Brown said he will require a new-look squad for 2017 after Kylem O’Donnell, Solomon Alaimolo and Jackson Garden-Bachop secured Super Rugby contracts for 2017. In addition, co-coach Scott Waldrom and co-captain Antonio Kiri Kiri are contracted with New Zealand Sevens for 2016-17.

“I’ll be looking at last year’s team to see who is available, but O’Donnell, Alaimolo and Garden-Bachop have Super Rugby contracts so I expect a big turnover. Also, Scott Waldrom is not available as he’s now coaching New Zealand Sevens,” said Brown, who has managed The Penguins tours since 1999 including every visit to the GFI HKFC 10s.

“We’ll obviously be trying to win the Cup again and we’ve already started speaking

The Penguins to defend GFI HKFC 10s without Super Rugby trio

30 Jan 2017

to players to determine their availability. We haven’t ruled out using two co-coaches and two co-captains again as that worked well for us last year.”

O’Donnell, who co-captained this year’s side with Kiri Kiri, has joined 2016 Super Rugby champions Hurricanes, where the scrumhalf will play with All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Nehe Milner-Skudder, who represented The Penguins at the GFI HKFC 10s in 2010 and 2013 respectively.

Alaimolo has signed with Chiefs, while Garden-Bachop – nephew of legendary All Blacks scrumhalf Graeme Bachop – has signed a two-year deal with Australia’s Melbourne Rebels.

The Penguins were founded in 1959 and first visited Asia on a tour of Sri Lanka in 1979. Their reputation grew significantly when they reached the semi-finals of the-then invitational Hong Kong Sevens in 1987 – with Martin Offiah in their ranks – and 1988, losing to New Zealand both times.

As well as being frequent visitors to Hong Kong, The Penguins are regular visitors to Malaysia and Singapore. Since 1993, they’ve won the COBRA 10s in Kuala Lumpur six times (1993, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2015), and have competed at the SCC Sevens in Singapore in 1997 and 1998 and every year since 2010, when they won.

Renowned as the world’s best annual 10-a-side tournament, the GFI HKFC 10s has long attracted the game’s top players including seven of the New Zealand team who won the 2015 Rugby World Cup – Conrad Smith, Jerome Kaino, Ben Smith, Beauden Barrett, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Sam Cane and Charlie Faumuina.

Along with GFI, other sponsors in 2017 include Natixis (gold sponsor), DHL, Q-Net and Withers (silver), CBRE, CPA Global (bronze) and Pure Blonde (official beer).

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:

Website: www.hongkongtens.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HKFC10s

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GFIHKFC10s

Instagram: www.instagram.com/gfihkfc10s

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/hkfc10s #HK10s #WorldsBest10s


HKU Sandy Bay Festival and Richard Hawkes Cup and Kim Lam CupSunday 20th November

Dear Club magazine readers please find following highlights from the HKU Sandy Bay Festival ( U6-U11 ), Richard Hawkes Cup ( U12 ) and Kim Lam Cup ( U12 ).

The HKU Sandy Bay Festival, the second of the season took place at Stanley Ho Sports ground on a very sunny Sunday, with a total of 44 teams participating from HKFC. As always a very well organised and enjoyable day, with the added bonus for the younger players of Father Christmas paying his traditional early festive visit dispensing hundreds of sweets from a moving buggy to eager following crowds behind! The day

was capped by a special U12 Boys exhibition match, in which HKFC narrowly beat HKU Sandy Bay in a great display of fast, competitive end to end mini rugby from both sides.

Separately the U12 Boys ( 4 teams ) and U12 Girls ( 2 teams) competed in their respective second round matches of the Richard Hawkes Cup and Kim Lam Cup at Happy Valley and King’s Park.

Bruce Ruffy, Mini Rugby Chairman

Under 12 Girls

Building on the strong performance in the first round of the Kim Lam Cup, the U12 Girls again entered two teams into the second round of the competition, which was held at King’s Park on Sunday 20th November 2016.

FC1 entered the competition in some trepidation having to play Sai Kung Stingrays first up, a team which had given them a thrashing in the last round. However, the girls performed magnificently and were leading 3-2 going into the last play of the game when Stingrays scored a break away try to get a lucky draw. Despite the disappointment, the girls took an enormous amount of credit and won plaudits from all the spectators especially from the other teams in the competition who took confidence in seeing that the strong Sai Kung team was beatable. Building on the success of the first game, the girls then put 15 tries on a combined Lantau team, followed by a win against Sandy Bay 1 and a nine try victory over Flying Kukris to finish the round unbeaten. A truly outstanding performance from all the girls.

FC2, playing in Division 2, also put in a great performance. After an initial loss against a very strong Valley Fort side, they went from strength to strength and finished the round with wins against Sandy Bay 2 and Valley Rays and a hard fought draw against USRC. This placed them second in the Division, which was an awesome effort.

All in all an excellent day’s rugby from all the girls, which showed that they are a force to be reckoned with in the competition this season.

U12 Boys

Aims for the next round are for FC1 to beat Sai Kung and FC2 to win Division 2…watch this space.

Peter Whitton

Under 12 BoysThe U12 boys faced a difficult weekend with players away with other events, school and illness. They had two teams worth of players to cover three teams! The squad pulled together and covered every game, usually playing two in a row and often playing the same team twice. The performance from every player was incredible. They gave

Mini Rugby News

Message from the Mini Rugby Chairman

32 Jan 2017

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every team a tough game and won the majority of their games. At no point did they give up or show how tired they were. They continued to play skilful rugby, but match teams physically when required. Every player was a standout, with many playing for all three teams!

Some players then went on to the Sandy Bay festival to play in the showcase match versus Sandy Bay. They came from 2-0 down to win 4-3. It was a great way to cap a day of incredible spirit, high skill and determined resolve. Every U12 player should be very proud of how they played and conducted themselves.

Steve Jones

Under 11

FC1 had a great day at the Sandy Bay Festival, winning all three of their matches.

The day began with a tough match against HKU2, which was well contested in the first half, with both sides scoring some good tries. As the match wore on, the rucking of the FC team came to the fore and they began to dominate possession, eventually running away with it 4-2, with tries from Seb Gyngell (2), Geoff Hughes, and Max Angove.

Our second match against HKU1 demonstrated excellent defence and, even against some of their larger players, the boys continued to tackle hard. They were determined not to let HKU through the line and managed to keep a clean sheet. In attack, a few opportunities out wide were squandered in the early part of the match, but

in the second half the boys started passing and offloading much more effectively, and it was notable that all four of our tries were scored on the right wing, with tries from Leo Doyle, Geoff Hughes, Chris Robertson and Luke Bannon.

Our final match was against a determined and aggressive SKS team, who fought for everything and refused to give up. We went 1-0 up with a try from Geoff Hughes (giving him a try in each of the three matches) but then strong running on their part drew the scores level. The score remained tied for much of the match, with neither side willing to yield. There were a number of overlaps that went begging towards the end of the match but eventually a quick tap penalty from Tomas Monteiro secured the victory.

The boys should be very proud of the way in which they played and developed over the course of the festival and coming away undefeated was the icing on the cake.

Barney Durrant

U10 Girls An excellent performance by our FC2 girls in their second tournament of the season. Fielding a mixed team of U10 and U9 girls, FC2 girls had a solid schedule against challenging opponents. In their first match against VF3, they drew first blood, scoring the first try in a break-away from mid-field. Valley returned fire with their own try, and the two teams proceed to trade tries, with FC2 coming up on top with a final score of 4-3. In their next match, they went up against VF3 once again, however this time our girls were

revved up and ready to go. They dominated the pitch with 3 unanswered tries against Valley. In their next match, they went up against the stronger VF2 squad. They quickly showed dominance with strong game play, stringing together a series of passes and scoring a try in the 1st half. Excellent tackling, rucking and scrummage, allowed them to score 2 more tries before winning the match with a final score of 3-0. In their final and most challenging match, they went up against Sai Kung Stingrays 1. The Stingrays quickly set the tone in with a first strike against our girls, scoring the first and second tries. Our girls answered back with a try of their own try, before succumbing to the stronger opponent and conceding their first defeat with a final score of 1-3 in Stingrays favour. Outstanding individual performances by Sierra Legge, Lara Mahbubani, Brigid Warde and Lucy Guest, though the entire team should be immensely proud of their efforts to collect a total of 3 Wins and 1 Loss.

Allen Schoonmaker

U10 GirlsU11

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U10 Girls U9 Lions

U9 LionsU10 Mustangs

Under 9 Lions With over 100 players in the HKFC U9’s, each magazine article will focus on one of our squads, today we look at the two Lions teams.

HKU always host a great mini rugby festival. The outdoor bar, all the extra space they have at their disposal, some kids being able to play on grass, did I mention the outdoor bar. It was another awesome day that saw the HKFC U9’s field 8 teams, tucked away in what felt like a secret garden, a super location with large pitches and lots of shade.

Both the Lions teams played four very competitive games, the Blue Lions games were D-D-D-W and White Lions games were L-W-W-W. Both teams improved as the festival progressed. As always the increased level of competition highlights issues, ones that are working and others that require more focus in training.

There were definite improvements since our last festival. The Blue Lions making huge strides with their intensity when tackling, their

teamwork and self-confidence. The White Lions continued their strong passing and movement game, they showed improved rucking technique but they realised they need to work on the counter ruck. All the coaches feel things are moving in the right direction. Well done to all the boys, a super effort and great teamwork.

Chris Hattam

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LIONS BLUE SQUAD: William Barnett, William Blythe, Frederick Cary, Michael Chan, Rio Cheung, Hayden Curreem, Dimitri Dimopoulos, Jack Duggan, Ethan Kao, Guillermo Hendricks, Ruggero Mencarini, (missing from photo) Eddie Harvey-Palmisano

LIONS WHITE SQUAD: Aiden Durkin, Liam Gordon, Harry Hattam, James Hawkins, Nicholas Keeley, Gussy Lyons, Oliver Phillips, Hugo Stanbridge, Tyson Uyede, Rory Wilkinson.

U10 Mustangs

The U10s Mustangs had a tough first game at the Sandy Bay Festival losing against a well drilled Causeway Bay team with some big players able to score tries through our defence. The boys rallied against a Monkeys team who were good tacklers to pull off a hard earned draw. The squad were getting better through the tournament, showing good tackling and some better rucking, whilst keeping their shape across what was a very big pitch. The Mustangs finished off the tournament with good wins against Tung Chung and Shatin Sha Pei. Both games showed good strong running, support play and better passing using the wings. All the Mustangs thoroughly enjoyed the Sandy Bay tournament and are looking forward to the next one.

Richard Linguard

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Under 8 Tigers As I was away on family business, I left one of my trusted coaches to take control of the second team for the day. Coach Sander Slotema thought it would be good if the write up was actually about themselves and how they came together as a team and helped each other out to win and lose together.

“Well done to FC2 in the U8s! Coach Sander was very proud of you. What I was especially proud of was that you really played as a team: you all kept in a line making sure nobody could get past; you all stepped back three steps after a tackle was made; and when we had the ball only two of you were there asking for the ball. All this would have been great by itself but I also saw some great quick passing to someone close by (and not waiting for your friend to arrive to receive the ball from you). We can still do better in all respects but more of the same please boys! That we won three out of the four matches was great but it was even greater that we played as a team. Rugby is a team game. This means that individual performance is important but not as important as playing as a team.”

All the U8 performed to such a great level against all the different and varied groups, and I, as head coach, am extremely proud to be associated with this group of fine young players and as always the coaches that give up there Sunday mornings to help and teach.

Robin Zavou / Sander Slotema

Under 7 Eagles

The U7 Eagles flourished during the Sandy Bay tournament, with notable victories against the usual adversaries of Valley and Sandy Bay, who provided tough opposition during their challenging and highly entertaining games.

A bevvy of tries were scored from the likes of Hadrian Curreem, Octave Beylier, with Octave and Xavier Cox demonstrating a new-found maturity and understanding for the game through their field positioning, patience, unwavering commitment in defence and an awareness for the need to pass into space. Xavier in particular impressed with his frequent “Space man” passes out to the wing; however this tended more to be the exception than the rule with the rest of the team instead opting for the standard, close-proximity “cannonball” strategy and rendering the goal of getting the kids to spread out a firm work-in-progress for the next training session!

It was encouraging to see Kristen Wong developing a better grasp of the game and making some great runs with the ball; also worthy of note was Felix Mrosek’s Forrest Gump re-enactment, with his firm commitment to a tackle leading him to run clean off the pitch and past all the parents!

Overall the Eagles played well, their defensive line was solid and they played the game in good spirits. Most of them shook hands and thanked the ref at the end of each game. It was easy to be proud of them all.

Chris Guest

Under 6

The Sandy Bay tournament was another big step forward for the development of our U6 teams. HKFC proudly put forward 8 teams across our Pumas, Tigers, Lions, Cheetahs U6 training groups with over 80 children all sharing lots of game time.

In sweltering conditions for November (parents and coaches looked to suffer more than the kids), our children again worked hard in attack and defence and enjoyed some strong results.

The focus at U6 level is on enjoyment and participation, but it is also a year group enjoying rapid learning of rugby’s core skills: 2-hand touch tackle, teamwork in defence, running straight, dodging, support, quick passing!

All our teams put these core skills in to practice at Sandy Bay – our coaches take great delight when we prevent opposition teams from scoring, and when we see the attacking skills we work on during weekly training bearing fruit. As usual we were up against a variety of opposition, from teams of almost complete beginners to those well-trained outfits from Sandy Bay, Valley and Sai Kung amongst others to measure ourselves against.

Well done to all the children and thanks for the parents for braving the heat

Duncan Grewcock

U6 U6

...that we won three out of the four matches was great but it was even greater that we played as a team... individual performance is important but not as important as playing as a team.

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Hockey News

Yan Adams, Men’s Captain

A-team: The A-team men finished 2016 with a dominant if not decisive 3-0 win over local rivals Valley A, whilst fellow title contenders SSSC A and Khalsa A drew. That leaves the team just 3 points adrift of the Premier Division top-spot, still very much in contention as the league gears up for a relentless second round. The top half league split means no more easy games and no room for error – high stakes and some great hockey awaits.

B-team: After a strong start, the loss of a few key players to injury or the As has dampened the Bs progression. They sit plum in the middle of a very tight bottom half of the Premier Division in 8th, losing 5-2 to an ever improving HKCC A side in their final game of the year. They’ll be looking to emerge stronger in 2017 and push for top of “Prem two”.

C-team: The Cs maintained 2nd place in 1st Division with an emphatic 7-1 win over struggling Dutch A on December 4th. That result puts them top among an extremely tight group of three siting behind league leaders SSSC B. Whilst that top spot seems out of reach for now, the team will be hoping to retain that 2nd spot in 2017, with a crucial show-down with NBC A (just a point behind

them and with a game in hand) still to come on December 18th.

D-team: The D-team are improving in what is only the second season of senior hockey for most of the team. Moving into 2017, the team will be hoping to secure their comfortable position in mid-table and avoid the relegation battle that embroiled them last season. Their last result was a 2-2 draw with Aquila A all the way back on 6th November. A derby game against HKFC C awaits first on the 11th December, as well as a tough challenge against SSSC C on the 18th December.

E-team: In the 2nd Division, the E-team remain hot on the heels of Punjab A at the top of the table, just 3 points behind but with a game in hand. Whilst their match against Elite A should be comfortable enough, the team’s other remaining match of 2016, against HKCC C, will be more of a challenge. The team will be hoping for more results like their latest 5-0 victory over 144U A on the 20th November – the league title remains the goal.

F-team: Another division, another closely contested top spot, with the Fs lying 2nd among three teams all on 19 points in the 3rd Division by virtue of goal difference. Never one to make things easy, the Fs seemingly

squandered a 2-0 lead in their latest game on the 4th December, only to grab a late winner to close out the game 3-2 against Recreio B. A fitting finish for long-serving keeper Lucho, playing his last game after 21 years at HKFC. 1st spot would be an exceptional outcome at season-close, but one well within grasp. Scorpion A are all who remain in 2016.

G-team: The G-team emerged victorious in their last game on the 27th November, 2-0 winners against Skyers A. That secures them 8th spot with a bit of breathing room as things stand, though with important games coming up against Recreio B and DBS, both sitting just below the Gs, before year-end. Victory in those could even see a push for the top half, and this remains an optimistic though reachable target for the rest of the season.

H-team: The H-team also lie in 8th in their respective 5th division, though amongst another tight group of teams all on the same points. Their final game of 2016 is against Marcellin A, sure to be a tough match. The team will be looking to bounce back from their surprise 2-0 defeat to 11th place Khalsa D on the 27th November. Retaining a comfortable mid-table finish would be ideal come end of the coming season.

5th Men’s AHF CupCongratulations to HKFC players Ken Tsang, Gabriel Tsoi, James Shepherdson and Silas Poon, who all represented Hong Kong at the recent 5th Men’s AHF Cup. The team secured the bronze medal with a 2-1 victory over Singapore, a great result for Hong Kong. The four players represented both Hong Kong and the Football Club to an exceptional degree. The tournament was won by Bangladesh, who defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in the final.

Men’s Captain 2016/17 Mid-Season Summary

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(For Nic) How long have you been playing hockey for? Way too long. I started playing since I was about 6 years old and have played on and off since then. In total I would guess it is close to 30 seasons.

(For Kit ) Did you always want to play hockey or did you want to pursue a different sport? I have always played hockey although I used to play rugby as well. About four years ago I decided to focus on hockey as it was the sport I felt I did the best.

(For Nic) How does it feel to have your son in the same team as you? I feel very proud, although it makes me realise how slow I have become. At least I have someone to do the running for me.

(For Kit) Do you get tips from your dad before each game? He gives me encouragement but not tips. I feel the coaching I have been doing with Chappie for the last 9 years has prepared me well for the senior league.

(For Kit) who is your hockey idol? Definitely Jamie Dwyer.

(For Kit) What do you want to become when you grow up? I don't really know at the moment.

HKFC Hockey Team: E Team

Position: Goalie

How long have you been playing, and where did you start? 37 Years. Started from Keio High School in Yokohama, Japan

How long have you been playing at HKFC? 2.5 years

What’s been your HKFC hockey highlight? (1) Runner up of Division 2 as D Team (just 2 points difference) (2) Becoming Plate Champion and Man of the Match at HKFC Easter 6s in 2010 when I played for SCC. The final was against the Club.

What’s been your overall hockey career highlight? (1) 2011 International Masters Tournament, played for the 45s of Singapore. Became 4th in the world, and given Best Opponent Player award from Australian Team. (2) 2009 ISCI Tournament, Champion playing for SCC. (3) Played as a team mate or opponents with Medalist and Olympians, such as Mark Precious, Bram Lomans, Brett Garrard, Gary Fidelis and many others.

Favourite thing about playing for HKFC: Coaches, team mates, pitch, atmosphere. Everything!!

Where are you off to next and will you be continuing to play hockey: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Hopefully will be able to come back to HK and play at the weekends.

Tell us something about yourself you don’t think other people would know: I do not like sea food. It is quite unusual being Japanese.

Q&A with Men’s E Team members

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Farewell to Jun Yokoe

Jun Yokoe in action

Father-son duo: Nicholas and Kit Studholme Wilson

Father-son duo: Nicholas and Kit Studholme Wilson


One of the key aims for the ladies’ section this season is to “be better” than last season - and to do this across the board, from the

A team through to the G team. This is how we are comparing to this time last year.

A-team: The As continue to dominate the Premier Division this season, despite suffering team absences due to leavers, injury and the odd pregnancy which resulted in a bit of a reshuffle throughout the section. The team has only dropped two points so far in a 1-1 draw with KCC A and looks set to retain the league title. (This time last season – 1st)

B-team: The Bs have had a competitive start to the season and are currently in 2nd position. While their closest rivals Valley B can equalise on points with a game in hand on 10th December, the Bs are now building in confidence and will look to cement second place in the league after Christmas. (This time last season – 5th)

C-team: The Cs had a flying start to the season in Division 1, but then lost team co-captain Danni as work whisked her off back to the US and seemingly lost momentum through some erratic match scheduling.

That said, they go into the break in 3rd place, however, they still have the best goal difference of the entire women’s league. They’ll look to build on this on Saturday when they take on the top of the league – a win will take them into the break just 2 points off the leaders. (This time last season – 6th)

D-team: The Ds have had a mixed start to the season, however, their match performances show they are definitely up there with the top of the league teams in Division 1 – they’re just missing form in the other team’s circle. They too have been affected by the large breaks in between their games and have had a tough run into Christmas. But with their determination and fantastic team ethos, I know we’ll see some great games – as well as goals – in the second half of the season. (This time last season – 4th)

E-team: The Es narrowly missed out to go top of Division 2 at the weekend, drawing with Antlers A to go a point behind Aquila A and Antlers in the top two spots. However, they are playing some really exciting hockey and are strong contenders to win the league after Christmas. (This time last season – bottom of league)

F-team: The Dinos continue to enjoy their hockey and are noting the benefits of having subs. A good turn out and win this weekend should take them to mid-table in Div 2, a position they can certainly hold, if not build on for the rest of the season. (This time last season – 2nd from bottom)

G-team: The Gs have had an excellent run so far this season and go into the Christmas break at the top of Division 4. With a great mix of experienced as well as junior players, the team is gelling superbly and having beaten their rivals KCC C in a closely-fought battle last weekend, the Gs must surely be favourites for the league title. (This time last season – 4th)

I have been so encouraged by the commitment, enthusiasm and team work that everyone has put in to try and achieve our aims this season – the turnout at training has been outstanding, and this is in no part due to the excellent sessions from our coaches Arif, Michael, Ishtiaq, Stu Mayo, Izzy O’Connor, Jules Watson and, of course, Chappie.

Thanks to you all for making it an exciting start to the season – I, for one, am looking forward to the next part in 2017.

Ladies Captain 2016/17 Mid-Season Summary

Lynsey Edgar, Ladies’ Captain

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The end of the first half of the season has come rather prematurely for the Ladies E team. With only 7 teams in Div2, the first round of games had

already been completed by the first weekend of November and at the beginning of December, the girls will once again play their toughest competition – Antlers A. While the E’s are sitting comfortably in third, only one point behind Antlers A and Skyers A, our next encounter could prove the most important of the season with a loss likely to put us out of the title race.

It’s fair to say that the selection process back in September rustled a few feathers, but the Es, an eclectic mix of old Cs, Ds and Fs team players, soon realised that we had an awesome squad that had a chance to take home the Div 2 title and, most importantly,

have our picture on the wall at the Club. Thankfully we had the wise Stu Mayo as our guru – and he made it his mission to teach us to work as a team.

We started off with the basics - learning to push, slap and hit again was high priority for many of the girls who hadn’t picked up their stick since May. Stu rolled his eyes in despair as we swiped the air rather than the ball on a more often than deemed acceptable basis, or used our precarious back-stick side when we could have easily moved our feet around. But attendance at training was excellent and the team was eager to learn.

The first thing Stu focused on with us was the right-wing attack. Simple hockey he says, get the basics right and you’ll win every time. Or so he thought… Our first game against

Antlers proved to be a challenge and a wake-up call that we probably needed. We lost 2-0.

From that first low, things got better. Much better in fact. We nailed the right-wing attack, our defence was solid and the goals just kept coming. 4-0, then 3-0 – the season was looking up.

We still weren’t allowed to switch it around the back, we hadn’t been taught that in training and we didn’t dare defy the coach. But each week Stu built on the skills we’d learnt the previous week. We didn’t jump ahead to complicated manoeuvres just because we were doing well, there was a method – and we were looking like a cohesive team.

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Ladies E Team

Ladies E Team


The start of the 2016/2017 hockey season saw the Dinosaurs take to the field as the Fabulous Fs…having started in the 1987/1988 hockey season in the

Second Division as the Ds the Dinosaurs remain in the Second Division but are now the Fs.

Captain Jo Moore has 24 registered players in her squad but has on occasion struggled to get a full team out, the Gs however have come to the rescue to help the Dinos field a team, many thanks.

In Jo’s senior management team are Kath Munt as Vice Captain, Jules Watson ( As) as coach, Dinos Mary Coghill and Heather Probert as managers and Cath Gibbs, Dani Seradi and Paula Wymond as Social Secretaries (SSs). The Dinos also have a fruiterer, Pat Cunningham...yes, the Dinos still have oranges, apples and other more exotic fruits at half-time! The team also has a baker, Heather Deayton aka Mary Berry, bakes birthday cakes for those Dinos turning 21 AGAIN.

It has been a slow start to the season for the Dinos, to date, one win one draw and …..OUCH….3 losses. The Dinos have however hit the backboard with goals from Jo, Claire Fulton*, Di May, Flo Chiu, Kirsty Smith* and Kath Munt. Players awarded the accolade of Player of the Match include Dora the Explorer (Gs), Deborah Taylor (Gs), Ollie Chiu ( As), Jess Morrison, Claire, Pat Cunningham and Paula Wymond.

Ollie from the A team played in goal for the Dinos (as did Dora) and also directed the defence to such good effect.

The Dinos first social event of the season, courtesy of the SSs, saw 21 Dinos getting LOST and enjoying dinner in Causeway Bay.

This season saw visits to the sidelines from four of the original Dinos…. Averil Waters, Wendy MacNaughton, Rachel Dixon, Lesley Walton and Jan Breen. Each visit occasioned a Dino do…hockey is more than a game you know!

It is also a game that can be played for a long time, the average age of the Dinos is 56 years WOW…however the average age of the defence running out at defensive short corners is just too awful to mention!

In addition to the names referred to above, the Dinos squad includes Caron Hughes*, Mel Watt, Abi Tyrell, Lucy Isler, Val Potts, Liz Foxall, Alison Cabrelli, Lisa Foley, Yeng Ng*, Su Cowland, Anna Evans and Ingrid Chan*.

*All new Dinos, woo hoo!

Finally the Dinos would like to thank their supporters who turn up ever hopeful of a win…watch this space you faithful people the wins start now! Pip pip.

secure another couple of wins. At the halfway point, only a point separates the top three teams – there really is all to play for.

One Thursday evening at the end of November, when Stu was away for work, Ishtiaq from the Men’s As, kindly ran our training session and spent the first hour teaching us tricks and skills that certainly weren’t in Stu’s book of ‘Simple Hockey’. We behaved like kids in a candy shop, Athena happily playing keepy-uppy as she dribbled down the pitch and Boo, perfecting her reverse-stick lifts to beat her defender. Pretty soon after the training ended Clare Bottomley and I received a message from Stu saying ‘we are going back to basics next week, you’ve had your fun but no more of this fancy stuff,’ he says.

The entire Ladies E team would like to say a big thank you to Stu for his continued commitment and enthusiasm. His booming voice, shouting your name followed by ‘get on your strong side’ or ‘get back, get back’ will certainly stay with me for a long time yet.

Zoe Belhomme, vice-captain of the Ladies E team

Ladies F Team aka The Dinos Ladies F Team

Ladies F Team ( aka The Dinos)

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Keeping it in the Family 4th December - Findlay Mayo, Loughlin Davidson and Kit Studholme-Wilson join the Men’s E team, the latest of our youth boys’ on the player pathway production line. It was a successful start too for the trio, winning 1-0 over their rivals. Kit and Loughlin also had the pleasure of accompanying their proud father’s (Nick and Justin) to the post match fine-session for the first time… for a few lemonades of course. Findlay had to wait to celebrate with his dad (Stuart), who played for the C Team in the following game (also victorious).

Also creating a father-son combo last month was Jamie Evans, turning out for the Hs with his dad (Mike). David, another stand-out on the pathway and also currently playing for the HK Under 18 Squad, will join his brother Jamie and father Mike in the New Year. David’s debut will be followed by a move up the ranks to join his peers in the men’s D Team.

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Hannah MacLeod - GB women’s Hockey - Rio Olympic Games Gold MedalistThe Hockey Section took absolute pleasure in hosting Hannah MacLeod, Olympic Gold Medalist, from 25th November to 3rd December. No sooner had she landed than Hannah was presenting to a select but very appreciative welcome party. Hannah spoke for an hour and gave what could be best described as a tip of the iceberg insight into what had gone on from 2009 until the moment the team won Rio Gold. Completely enthralled, the group could have let her talk for hours, but after some enlightening tales, some punchy Q&A and a few relaxed beverages to properly welcome her, Hannah was finally permitted to catch up on some much needed sleep... and it would be needed as the following day she would be on hand to meet 800 mini hockey kids (and parents) at the annual HKFC Mini Hockey Festival.

As our Mini Hockey Festival guest and official medal and trophy presenter, Hannah mingled, signed autographs, took zillions of photos and very kindly showed off her Gold Medal. She was a real sport, doing the rounds rain or shine and ensuring everyone got their WOW moment!! Hannah was also on hand to present all trophies and medals to winning players and teams. Whilst her time in HK was tactfully chosen, her presence at the Mini Hockey Festival was a huge bonus and regardless of whether teams won or lost, it would be fair to say most went home very excited to have met Hannah and touched an Olympic Gold Medal.

Throughout the rest of her stay in HK, Hannah spent her time with the Hockey Section attending all training sessions and was on hand to watch a host of fixtures also.

Whether she was offering tips to the Junior Academy, or to one of the senior teams, Hannah impressed all with her passion and professionalism and she will be welcome to return anytime!

Junior UmpiringA big thank you to all the junior umpires who took part in the Mini Hockey Festival on Saturday 26th November. An excellent job all round and many positive comments!

Following last month’s theory session run by Alistair Clark (AC), the juniors were put through their whistle blowing paces out on the pitch. Confident they were suitably prepared to manage the pressures of 6-12 year olds wielding their sticks within the competitive arena of tournament hockey, AC set them loose to do the job. Stand-out Philipp Boettger has subsequently been

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Right: ; Felix Studholme-Wilson in action during the 2016 MHF

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Lawn Bowls News

Eve Duncan Apple Trophy 2016 (Second Leg) – Annual Friendly Games with HKCCWith the Club winning the first leg of the Eve Duncan Apple Trophy earlier in July this year, the final leg of the Trophy (held on 26th November) at the Club’s Indoor Green was a real nail-biting event for our HKCC friends. It turned out to be a friendly yet competitive afternoon, with a total of 48 players bowling against each other under a mixed-four format. The Club won 5 to 1 so the trophy remains proudly displayed at the Club for another year. Well done to players!

Second leg of the Eve Duncan Apple Trophy

HKFC wins the Eve Duncan Apple Trophy

Double Awards on the Finals Day of HKLBA This year’s National Championship Finals Day of HK Lawn Bowl Association was held at Club de Recreio on 20th November. A truly memorable day as the Club demonstrated outstanding fighting spirit and great sportsmanship, resulting in double awards as follows:

• Dorothy Yu —Women’s National Singles Champion

• Team Donald Wu, Pricilla Lam and Barry Ho — Mixed Triples First Runner-up

Dorothy Yu Excelled at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic 2016Our Ladies’ Team A player, Dorothy Yu, edged out 62 top local and international players to win the First Runner-up title in the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic 2016 – Women Singles. Many congratulations to Dorothy!

Club’s Quartet Represents Hong Kong in World Bowls Championships 2016, New Zealand:Four top players from the Club -- Camilla Leung, Dorothy Yu, Vivian Yip and Terry Kung will be representing Hong Kong in the pinnacle competition in the bowling world— the World Championships, which are held every four years. This year’s competitions are staged in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Top qualifying countries/ territories send their men’s and women’s teams in the following categories: Men’s and Women’s fours, triples, pairs, singles, Men’s overall Champion Country, and the Women’s overall Champion Country.

Stay tuned to the latest results at www.worldbowls2016.com and support our teammates from Hong Kong!

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And that’s the first half of the season done and dusted. And HKFC teams are all placed in the top

section of their respective leader boards. If teams continue to play as well as they have it will be another HKFC dominant finals series in April. And whilst teams are all looking forward to a well-earned break over the Christmas period, we also took some time out to celebrate as a DSA with our annual Christmas Party. Teams dusted off their Christmas jumpers, wrapped themselves in tinsel and enjoyed great food, drinks and company. December also saw Club play against the Typhoons in a very special match as we say farewell to Tach Cuvelier, an absolute pillar of the HKFC Netball community. Tach has put in countless hours over the years not only in a playing capacity but also as a Committee member, ensuring the smooth running and continuous growth of the Club in the netball scene in HK. Tach, you will be greatly missed and we wish you every success in Singapore. That’s all from me for now, so please all rest up over the break and enjoy the Christmas holidays!.

ClubNovember Club continued their winning streak in November with three great wins.

The first game of the month they faced Valley Tigers. Club began with a shaky start and uncharacteristic errors across the board. They quickly recovered, scoring an impressive 17 goals in the second quarter. Thanks to their relentless full court defence, they were able to keep valley to only 5 goals for the game, with an impressive 24 intercepts. Valley were kept scoreless in the third quarter. Club lacked their usual finesse, but managed to come away with another great win. Final score 46-5.

In the next game vs HKCC Devils, Club once again showed their strength in full court defence with an impressive number of intercepts across the court. Circle defenders managed to keep The Devils shooters scoreless in the second and third quarters. Nice flow down court and confident shooting put the score out to 31/3 at half time. Club

made a number of changes for the second half and seamlessly continued their good form to finish the match with a final score of 53-6.

Club finished off the year with an expectedly tough game against our own HKFC Typhoons. Once again Club continued their excellent full court defence and produced 11 turnovers largely thanks to their zone, converting nicely to head into half time with a lead of 25-8. Typhoons increased their defensive pressure and started to close the gap in the third, but Club adjusted their play with strong drives down court and continued defensive pressure, keeping Typhoons to four goals in the second half. Final score 45-12.

Club remains undefeated, and looking to continue building form in the second half of the season to bring home the trophy!

Whirlies14th November: Whirlwinds vs HKS Pipers

Match Reports


The Whirlies’ 5th game of the season against HKS Pipers got off to a superb start with the HKFC girls going up 14-2 in the first quarter. Some strong defensive work by Leanne Barbaro, Katy Chandler and Sam Cherry-Downes kept the Scottish opposition to just two goals, and the dynamic team work of attackers Helene Bibeau, Caitlyn Rawiller and Kirsty Dulieu meant the goals kept coming. With energetic young centre Naimh Davies dominating the mid-court and three fresh-legged subs (Stella Abraham, Lesleigh Groos and Suse Lowrey) still to come on, all was looking good! However, it was not to be that simple.

At the first break The Pipers made some positional changes and found their feet in the second quarter. From then on the game took a turn in HKS favour and the Whirlies had to work hard to stay on top. With our defence lacking its usual pizzazz, the shooters struggling to find space and the midfield looking a bit weary, Coach Ronnie asked us to return to basics and focus on our passing and driving game. Wise words, which proved enough to ensure we stayed in front at the final bell. Final score 28-22. Not pretty, but we’ll take the win. All credit to HKS for a well-fought match and there’s plenty for us to work on if we are to finish up at the top of Div 2.

21st November: Whirlwinds vs KRFC Sapphires An excellent game this week for the HKFC Whirlwinds as they defeated the KRFC Sapphires 39-27. The KRFC Sapphires were the only undefeated team in division 2; hence the Whirlies, now 5-1, have put themselves in a great position to finish 1st of the league before the holidays!

After a strong start by the KRFC, the trailed behind 7-10 at the end of the 1st quarter. The Whirlies knew how important this game was, so they made some tactical adjustments and stepped up their overall intensity. Following Coach Ronnie’s advice, the Whirlies played much better defence and focused on making hard cuts. At half time, the Whirlies had taken the lead 22-16. During the third and forth quarters, the defensive trio of Katy, Leanne and Sam kept the KRFC to only 6 and 5 points respectively. With the help of centre Niamh and wing attack Kirsty, the offensive duo of Helene and Caitlyn worked very well together scoring 17 points during the second half. No substitutions were made during the game, which meant the players needed to give 110% throughout the four quarters. A great match for the Whirlies who have shown great resilience and character during this hard-fought victory!

Crossroad and KLNC Netball Challenge — Kuala LumpurA big congratulations to Aliya Tupper from our Club team who represented Hong Kong in December in Kuala Lumpur at the Crossroad and KLNC Netball Challenge. Aliya represented HKFC as co-captain of the first team in Division 1. After 3 days of non-stop games against teams from Malaysia and Singapore, Hong Kong placed a very respectable 3rd overall. Aliya’s experience as a player and leader was an asset to her and the team both on court and off. Also representing Hong Kong was Whirlies and Hurricanes coach Ronnie Arnold, who was coaching the A team in Kuala Lumpur. Congratulations to both Aliya and Ronnie.

Christmas Part�Tornadoes7th November: Tornadoes vs Hurricanes (28 – 17)With only one player absent from both teams, Tornadoes and Hurricanes showed up stacked and jacked for another epic rematch. The quiet gym added to the suspense and anticipation but as soon as the game started, Tornadoes owned the court with confidence, gaining a strong 4 point lead in the first quarter. Defensive efforts have consistently capped the Hurricanes’ score to under 5 points each quarter. Diligent mid court players carried the ball seamlessly down the court and Attackers delivered accurate passes and shots. Despite a few turnovers in the second half, the Tornadoes’ determination and teamwork led them to a very satisfying victory against the Hurricanes. Well done on playing as a team and with such sportsmanship ladies!

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The annual golf match between racquet players of the Tennis Society and the Squash Section was held on 11th November on the difficult North

course at Kau Sai Chau. Last year, the match was a close affair ending in a Draw with the score tied at 3 points each. This year, the Tennis side was motivated to do better and received high participation interest with 14 players available. Since Squash had only 10 players, it was agreed that 2 players from Tennis would play for Squash in order to have everyone participate in this competitive yet social event with two teams of 12 players. The format played was 6 matches of four-ball better ball with handicap.

The first flight was composed of former HK elite junior Adrian Leung paired with big hitting Nathan Booth against Jason Waldie and Nick Schultz. Adrian and Jason were both playing off 6 handicap and it was clear that this would be an interesting and competitive match, though highly dependent on Adrian’s form (or rust?). The match was close with Adrian and Nathan producing some superb golf, and despite strong resistance from the Squash team, they delivered Tennis the first point with a 2 and 1 win. Congrats to Adrian for winning best gross (74), highest Stableford (40), two nearest pins and longest drive (special mention to Nathan who was only a couple yards behind!). Please share some prizes with your fellow teammates next year Adrian…

Next up was the improved Andy Ho and ATA coach Toby Clark against Chris Burley

and Arum Kirpalani. The handicaps were well matched with 14 and 27 handicappers vs 14 and 28 and the contest would really come down to which pair would “ham and egg” better. Toby had the disadvantage of not having played golf in the past year (since last year’s match?). However, he had the distinct “advantage” of not knowing how handicap and match play works, allowing him to play pressure-free without knowing when a particular shot was a “break point”. The match had barely a hole in it until the 17th green with Tennis leading 1 up. Squash had 2 putts to win the hole and take it to the 18th all square, or 3 putts to halve the hole and keep the match alive... Well… 4 putts later the match was won by the good guys for a second point for Tennis and a 2-0 lead. Well done Andy and also Toby who recorded the 4th birdie in his life (and 1st after getting married!).

The 3rd match paired A+ and A tennis players Henry Lai and Anatole Le against father and son Keith and John Thompson. The match started well on the first hole with Tennis taking the lead 1 up. Unfortunately from then on, Anatole and Henry played good or poorly on the same holes and had some bad luck with a few putts lipping out. Squash took advantage of the 6 and 8 shots they received from Anatole with Keith, playing better than his handicap, winning most of the low index holes to take the match for Squash and cut the Tennis lead to 2 to 1 overall. The shot of the day belonged to John on the 8th hole par-5. Hitting his 2nd shot from the left rough,

John took a big swing that saw his club break in half and the clubhead fly away 20 yards straight into the bunker and further than his ball! We trust that John won’t read this article before next year’s match and our advice not to purchase golf clubs in Shenzhen.

The 4th flight pitted former Golf Society Captain Duncan Spooner with powerful hitter Mel Watt against the ever unhurried Andrew Wood and Squash Chairman Dave Cross. Our pair had a definite edge in power and ball striking, a huge advantage on the North course. The match was never in doubt with Duncan playing in his usual winning ways with intimidating long drives and crisp irons. The duo made a string of 3 straight birdies on the back 9 before sealing the match 4 and 2. Mel won longest women’s drive and also nearest pin on the 14th par-3, hitting a nice iron that trickled inside Jason Waldie’s tee shot, and then sank the important birdie putt on arguably the course’s most difficult green.

Leading 3-1, Tennis was guaranteed to avoid defeat and would need ½ point from the last two pairs for the win. The 2nd last flight was made up of YP Soo playing with Greg Brutus against Stephen Sung and Wei Lam. The Squash side was receiving 13 and 17 strokes from YP, a very difficult task for Tennis on the North course where low index holes require distance and accuracy. The Squash guys played too well relative to their handicap and cut the Tennis lead to 3-2 overall.

The final group for Tennis paired Ringo Leung and Job Tang against “tennis turned

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Tennis vs. Squash Golf DayKSC North Course, Friday 11th November 2016

Flight #2: Toby, Chris, Arum and Andy

Flight #3: Keith, John, Henry and Anatole

Shot of the day by John


squash” players Austin Leung and David Lindsay. Similar to the previous flight, Ringo was giving away 13 and 18 shots to his son Austin and David. Ringo had just arrived from Dubai where he played some excellent golf. A combination of jetlag, giving away lots of shots and the task of backing a brilliant round with another was always going to be difficult. Ringo and Job tried their best but could not keep up with the younger pair of Austin and David. Squash took the last point to escape defeat and the overall score ended at 3-all for a DRAW for the second year in a row. Fortunately, Captains from Tennis and

Flight #5: YP, Greg, Stephen and Wei

Squash had agreed to President Cup rules, meaning that the trophy is shared in the event of a Draw rather than retained.

We had been blessed with cool, no wind and dry weather which was perfect for playing the North course and it turned out to be a great day of golf for everyone. The Tennis squad was strong and took 7 of 9

prizes. After the match we gathered at the KSC coffee shop for F and B, and then returned to the Club for more drinks at the Sportsman’s bar. We are looking forward for the rematch next year!

Anatole Le

On Saturday 12th November, Parents and their children hit the courts for the Parent Child Challenge and Family Fun Day

event run by the ATA coaching team.

Children from 3 years old to teenagers hit the courts for some action-packed tennis fun with their parents at different sessions during the afternoon.

The parents and children were taken through a warm up and parents worked with they

child doing a number of different skills and exercises, so they can understand what sort of things the coaching team do in sessions to develop players' hand eye co-ordination, movement etc, and can continue to practice in the future. Parents and the children were then split up and drilled individually by the coaches, giving parents a chance to pick up some tips to improve their games. The parents then rejoined their children to complete fun tennis activities through the afternoon with various shot, point and rally

Parent Child Challenge and Family Fun day

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challenges and target zones all to win prizes kindly sponsored by Babolat, and Prudential, sponsor of the HK Tennis Open.

Other than the on court activities and mini tennis free play zone where parents could play with their children, there were numerous activities arranged for those waiting to play from a bouncy castle, face painting to colouring in zones.

During the afternoon some of the ATA coaches played a brief demonstration doubles match to show the parents and children how it is done!

It was a great afternoon of tennis and was thoroughly enjoyed by parents and children alike.

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Island Cup ChallengeThe annual Island Cup Challenge hosted by LRC provides the opportunity for some friendly competition with men’s, ladies doubles and mixed doubles. The competition has been running for over ten years for A and B grade men and A+ / A grade ladies. This year teams included Discovery Bay for the first time along with the Jockey Club, LRC and the HKFC. The format is based on total number of games won, and there was only a difference of about 6 games separating the

bottom three teams so it was incredibly close. In the end LRC came out on top once again, with DB second, Jockey Club third and HKFC in fourth place. Thanks to all the players who took part during the day, especially juniors Kellan Ching and Dexter Brutus who helped make up the numbers and played exceptionally well against eventual winners LRC.

League resultsWomen’s A+ - 5 Wins 3 Losses

Women’s A 2 Wins 6 Losses

Men’s A 6 Wins 5 Losses

Men’s B 4 Wins 2 Losses

Men’s C 3 Wins 4 Losses

Monthly Tennis Committee Meetings Update Email ContactsTo all members of the Tennis Society, please send us your most updated email contact to [email protected] marked for the attention of Adrian Leung, and please wait for his confirmation reply to avoid future confusion/misunderstanding. You can also send us a message on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/hkfctennissociety

Tennis Committee meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month at the Club. Please feel free to raise any issues via email at [email protected] or through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/hkfctennissociety

Island Cup Challenge at LRC

Parent Child Challenge at the Club


The Hong Kong Open, one of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Super Series Tournaments, is an annual mega-event for badminton fans in Hong Kong and around the world. This year it was held

from 22nd to 27th November. The Badminton Society arranged for some twenty tickets for members to watch the Semi-final on 26th November, the response was so great that all tickets were taken up within a few days. Although some of the big names (including Lin Dan of China and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia) did not take part this time, there were still exciting matches to enjoy. The women’s singles semi-final match between Rio Olympic Champion Carolina Marin of Spain and Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei was one of them. Tai played brilliantly with an eclectic mix of strokes to take the first game. Then the Olympic Champion came back strongly in the second game with furious pace and brought the score to one game all. Marin went on to lead in the third and deciding game. But Tai turned things her way by harrying her opponent with sudden shifts of pace and angles hidden in those flicks and dabs, and won the game by 21-16. In the finals held on the following day, Tai defeated Rio Olympic Silver Medalist Pulsarla V Sindhu of India to reclaim the title that she won in 2014. In the men’s singles, home player Angus Ng prevailed over his fellow Hong Kong team member Hu Yun and went on to win the first ever BWF Superseries title by a Hong Kong player in the finals. Everyone who participated in the gathering had a very enjoyable afternoon, cheering on the world-class badminton players and sharing the joy of admiring their master strokes.

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Hong Kong Badminton Open 2016

Badminton Society members settled into their seats at the Hong Kong Open 2016 Semi-finals in the Hong Kong Coliseum

Danny flexing his muscles, but Raymond (right) seemingly not impressed.

Thank you Mei (right) for sharing sumptuous snacks

Two generations of big badminton fans – Ryan and son Matthew

David and little Sebastian

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Reunification CupLotus Hills Golf Resort

2015 champions HKFC arrived at Lotus Hills determined to put up a strong performance defending our title against the Chinese Recreation

Club, American Club and Hong Kong Country Club. The team of 10 contained 8 of last year’s victorious squad so were confident but wary.

The individual Stableford format over 2 days requires consistency across the team and the experienced heads calculated a 32 point average should be enough to win.

Great weather saw the early groups in with good scores. Jonny Brock shooting 71 off the stick for an excellent 41 points was pretty pleased with himself until Dallas Reid with the round of his life rode a birdie run in the back nine to card a career best 69. 44 points ensured this score would not affect the team result as the highest and lowest scores are discarded each day under tournament rules. Good scores kept flowing as was the beer on the 18th for those who had finished in the early groups.

As the final groups stuck to the task and finished under lights it was clear we had surpassed our target with Nick Allen (38), Terry Wright (37) and Duncan Spooner and Lee Wainwright (both 36) all recording very good scores. Such was the consistency that our discarded low score was a very strong

29 meaning our target average of 32 was easily surpassed.

After a very social dinner and some good wine the 4 teams’ results were disclosed to reveal HKFC in front with a commanding lead. An average of close to 36 points for the 8 counting scores very difficult to top.

Sunday dawned a little misty on the course and through most golfers’ bleary eyes. A very early shotgun start over 6 holes giving no-one the luxury of a sleep-in - at least so we thought! It became apparent just before the 7am start as people moved to their various tees that the hero of Day 1 Dallas Reid was missing. Frantic calls to his phone unfortunately produced only vibrations in his golf bag. With Dallas joining us after 6 holes we were effectively down to 9 scores to choose from.

Gone were the 40 point scores from Saturday with 35 being the top score but again consistency was with us, with our lowest score after discarding Dallas (for the 2nd day running but this time at the

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opposite end) being a creditable 28 points. Nick Allen proved to be “Mr Consistent” with a day 2 high of 35 points matched by Anatole Le and Duncan Spooner. Warren Weener, Andy Ho and JP Cuvelier all playing consistently good golf over the weekend to help build our formidable total.

A rushed tabulation of the scores over lunch revealed the HKFC Day 1 lead had not been overhauled but had been stretched to a 102 point margin over 2 days. The Reunification Cup had been defended in fine style. Well done team you represented HKFC proudly with some excellent golf for a resounding victory for the overall team prize.

Best Aggregate Gross score over the 2 days was Nick Hioe of Hong Kong Country Club.

Best Aggregate Net score over the 2 days was Philip Lee of the Chinese Recreation Club.

Special thanks to Lotus Hill Golf Resort for their assistance and a course in great condition. Also to Duncan Spooner for his invaluable assistance in tabulating the scores and getting the results back to the golfers so promptly. Last but not least thanks to Shirley Lo at HKFC for all her hard work and persistence, over a long period helping to organise this four club, 40 golfer tournament. Terry Wright

Early start on Day 2


Christmas CupLotus Hills Golf Resort, Saturday and Sunday 26th/27th November

W ith only an eight strong field, the chance of everyone winning a prize was pretty high. Or so we thought. Little did we realise

there were a few cowboys in the field.

Saturday started off with myself, Richard Neish, Owen and Shauna Davis teeing off in the pouring rain and a mere 12 degrees Celsius. And with the weather deteriorating, our 4 ball only lasted 3 holes before we all agreed to head for the shelter of the clubhouse and the warmth of our centrally heated rooms.

The hardened second flight consisting of Peggy Chan, Mary Soo, Margaret and Jeffery Man, all managed to push through the inclement weather and finished the round. Well done all and a sleeve of balls was duly awarded for such bravery.

Saturday dinner was arranged by Peggy at a restaurant near the ferry pier, and how super special it was. Lady Gaga lookalike with the neck tattoo took great care of us and the food ordering was exceptional, and all for a bargain

price of HK$90 a head including lashings of ice cold Pearl River Delta lager.

Sunday started with 7am tee offs and the promise of fairer weather as the sun pushed through the rain clouds.

Same grouping saw Owen get off to a great start with 21 points on the front 9, and close behind was Richard with 17 points. A few good scores on the shot holes would see Owen amass 41 points after 18 holes, although it should have been 44 points, had it not been for a disastrous 8 on the risk reward 18th hole.

The second group didn't fair as well in the slightly warmer balmy conditions and Margaret was only able to compete for 2nd place with 37 stableford points.

Owen nearly celebrated his first hole in 1 with an excellent tee shot on the 17th, which landed easily within the white circle giving him a gimme birdie and enough points to secure his first Christmas Cup Championship. Results are as follow:

Christmas Cup Winner Owen Davis (41 pts)

Christmas Cup Runner Up Margaret Man (37 pts)

Nearest pins and longest drive winners were: Hole 2: Margaret Man Hole 5: Mary Soo Hole 11: Margaret Man Hole 14: Mary Soo Hole 17: Owen Davis

Longest Drive Men (Hole 12): Owen Davis

Longest Drive Women (Hole 12): Peggy Chan

We also introduced a new award for 2nd shot closest to the pin on hole 10 which Owen also won. He was on fire.

Thanks to Lotus Hill for turning the central heating on so we could thaw out after each day of golfing.

See you all at the next event.

Phil Head, Golf Event Organiser

Christmas GatheringDeepwater Bay Golf Club, Thursday 1st December

This year’s event was held slightly earlier than previous years as the venue was fully booked prior to Christmas. The popularity of a morning round of golf followed by a fantastic lunch in the restaurant has obviously caught on amongst other golfing

societies in Hong Kong.

Luckily we were able to secure the first Thursday in December and what a cracking day we had, as the temperatures reached 25 degrees and with the sun shining down on us, there was no need for the warm Santa hats to keep our ears nice and toasty.

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The format for this annual event is a 4 club challenge, 3 clubs of your choice and a putter.

This year I noticed a lot more rescue clubs being used than before, probably because a few of the longer par 3 holes are unreachable with long irons. A must in everyone’s bag was a reliable sand wedge as the greens are notoriously well guarded by bunkers and hitting the greens in regulation is very tricky.

The scoring system for the event is very simple, your gross score minus your handicap to give you your nett score, it couldn't be simpler but with the course slope rating literally halving your handicap, it made it tough going if you weren't on form.

There was a full compliment of 24 players in the field with 3 players in each tee time, so off we went promptly at 9.30am with the hope that we would all be in the clubhouse sipping eggnog by 1.30pm.

Thankfully only the last group were asked to keep the pace of play as one of the group

was seen scrummaging around in the shallow waters of the brook crossing the fairway on the 6th hole looking for her ball, but this distraction didn't stop Rebecca Wong from shooting 78 to give her a net 63, placing her in 3rd place overall on a count back.

Coming in second was Terry Wright, shooting a 67 also for a net 63, but he scored slightly better on his last 9 holes.

This year’s winner by 2 shots was Declan McDaid, shooting a 70 for a net 61 points to take the Christmas Gathering title.

Lunch was again a sumptuous 3-course affair with coffee, located at the Deepwater Bay Golf Club’s restaurant. It really is a fantastic deal.

Thanks to the Deepwater Bay Golf Club for hosting us again and to all the players who took part in yet another very successful 4-club challenge event.


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KSC South Outing Thursday 15th December

This was the last Golf Society (GS) outing in 2016 and it was only fitting for the weather to play along too, which it did with clear blue skies and

the sun shining warm and bright.

Three groups teed off with myself, Jonny Brock, Darren Measures and David Lindsay in the first group. As normal we were all playing for the best, second and third stableford points scored from the field, as well as longest drives on hole 14 for both men and women and nearest the pins on all par 3's.

Jonny, being as competitive as ever, suggested a side game within our 4 ball so the balls were thrown into the air to decide who was partnering who. Luckily the golf gods decided that David and I were to play

together and so started a very exciting front 9 with either team only leading by 1 hole at any given time. The back 9 however was a very different tale, with 2 birdies in the first 5 holes giving us a 3 shot lead due to accurate tee shots by myself on both par 3's. David then secured the match with a par on the 6th to give a very pleasing end to the year’s golf.

The remaining players in the main competition were battling it out feverishly, and by the 18th, there were 4 players all on 35 stableford points. So the count back between Joseph Wong, Marilou Waldie, Deacon Manu and Rebecca Wong would decide the top 3.

Thanks to Jonny for helping me count back the stableford scores for all 4 players from the last 9 holes played, then 6 holes then 3 holes

to decide the winners, which were.....

1st: Marilou Waldie 35 points C/B 2nd: Joseph Wong 35 points C/B 3rd: Deacon Manu 35 points C/B

Nearest pin hole 2: Phil Head Nearest pin hole 5: Phil Head Nearest pin hole 11: Joseph Wong Nearest pin hole 16: N/A

Longest drive men hole 14: Joseph Wong Longest drive women hole 14: Diana Li

Many thanks to everyone who has participated in the GS events this year, and I look forward to seeing you all at next year’s events.

Happy Golfing.



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JANUARY 05Jan(Thur) KSCSouth17Jan(Tue) KSCEast20Jan(Fri) MatchvsFCCatKSCNorth

FEBRUARY02 Feb (Thu) Palm Island, China13Feb(Mon) MatchvsRHKYCatMacau20Feb(Mon) KSCNorth

MARCH10Mar(Fri) Nansha-ValleyCourse13Mar(Mon) MatchvsHKSeniorsatMacau21Mar(Tue) KSCEast

APRIL07-09Apr(Fri-Sun)Angkor4BallChampionshipTBC24Apr(Mon) MatchvsHKCricketClubatMacau25 Apr (Tue) Phoenix Hill, Dongguan, China

MAY04May(Thu) HKGCFanling(NewCourse)PetersenTexas Scramble08May(Mon) MatchvsHKClubatMacau11May(Thu) KSCNorthTeamStablefordchallenge15 May (Mon) Clearwater Bay

22 May (Mon) Match vs WAGS at Macau

JUNE10Jun(Sat) AnnualClubChampsatKSCNorth/Annual

Dinner19 Jun (Mon) Match vs Little Sai Wan at Macau29Jun(Thur) WalmsleyCupatKSCSouth/AnnualGeneral

Meeting

JULY08Jul(Sat) SummerCupatKSCEast18 Jul (Tue) Clearwater Bay

AUGUST10 Aug (Thur) China Golf Club TBC26Aug(Sat) PresidentvsChairmanatKSCSouth27Aug(Sun) SummerBrunchintheRestaurant/GolfSim

SEPTEMBER05 Sep (Tue) Xili Golf ClubDate TBC Match vs DBRGS at Macau TBC23/24(Sat/Sun) RyderBowlMatchvsAmericanClub-LotusHillDate / Event TBC 28Sep(Thur) KSCEastPairsTwoBallStablefordwith

Handicap Competition

OCTOBER09 Oct (Mon) China Golf Club TBC23 Oct (Mon) Match vs Country Club at Macau TBC26Oct(Thur) KSCNorth

NOVEMBER4/5Nov(Sat/Sun)ReunificationMatchatLotusHillTBC10Nov(Fri) KSCSouth25/26Nov(Sat/Sun)ChristmasCup,LotusHill

DECEMBER14Dec(Thur) ChristmasGatheringatDeepWaterBay

Bowling Interest Group

The Bowling Interest Group (BIG) had a generally good start to the Hong Kong Inter Club Tenpin Bowling League.

The 4th session was against the Royal Hong Kong Club where we won on scratch points 18/4 but lost on handicap 10/12.

At the 5th session we were up against Kowloon Tong where we succumbed by a significant margin 4/18 on scratch and 0/22 on handicap. This is, of course, a wake up call to the team to head to the practice lanes, no pressure. However we still managed to have fun and enjoyed the competition.

If any Football Club Members, who are not presently BIG members, would like to join our team, please do not hesitate to contact us. We practice on alternate Thursday evenings and you would be very welcome to enjoy a game with us. Priority will be given to those who have achieved a perfect 300 score!

Emy Clarke,BIG Treasurer

RHKYC vs HKFC

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Captain’s Report

Jessica McCarroll, Swimming and Triathlon Society Captain

Swimming & Triathlon News

HKFC finished out the triathlon and open water swimming season on a high note.

In the Repulse Bay Triple held on 22nd October, Craig Nortje and Farah Master won the Men’s and Women’s races. Vasco van der Flier, David O'Brien, Charlie Morris, Nirvan Lulla and Adrian McCarroll rounded out the men’s division while Anna Olsen and Jessica McCarroll competed in the women’s race.

The following weekend on Saturday, a large contingent of HKFC swimmers competed in the Middle Island challenge, a 3.5k starting at Repulse Bay rounding Middle Island and ending at Repulse Bay beach. Singha Chau, Craig Nortje and Tara Barot were all winners in their respective age groups. And on Sunday, Marcus Chu, David Gething, David O’Brien and Sandy Chan participated in the charity event Swim for Millions and came 7th overall.

In triathlon, HKFC had a strong showing in November’s Laguna Phuket Triathlon. Deb Hanley smashed the field in her age group winning first place and the coveted Golden Elephant. Personal bests were achieved across the board by Michael Sadler, Nigel Mukerjee, Adrian & Jessica McCarroll, Doug Morton and Charlie & Xanthe Riding.

In China, Adrian and Jessica McCarroll completed the inaugural Xiamen Half Ironman.

We are looking forward to the social side of our calendar in December after a long successful 2016! Roll on 2017!

Above and right: Repulse Bay Triple on 22nd October

Charity event Swim for Millions

Laguna Phuket Triathlon

Xiamen Half Ironman

Laguna Phuket Triathlon

Xiamen Half Ironman

Charity event Swim for Millions


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