Club Magazine Issue 07/08, 2019

HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB JUL/AUG 2019 

IN THIS ISSUE 

– F&B Summer promotions 

– Tour reports 

– Tournament updates 

– and more...

Congratulations 

to all 2019 IB top scorers 

Congratulations to all students on their 

remarkable IB Diploma examination results! 

We are pleased to announce that among the 

34 full scorers in Hong Kong, more than one 

third of them are NTK students. 

Achieving the perfect IB score of 45 points 

requires a tremendous amount of hard work 

and we are very proud of our students. We 

also offer our congratulations to the many 

students who scored 7 in individual subjects. 

We wish all students the best of luck in their 

future studies and look forward to the great 

things that they will accomplish! 

No. of 7 points scored 

by NTK students 

NTK IB full scorers 

14 

students 

250+ 

14 students achieved 45/45 

A. Z. C. C. C. L. 

C. L. C. J. E. S. 

J. C. J. L. L. L. 

L. S. O. W. R. K. 

S. L. Y. C. 


C. C. C. T. D. W. 

F. T. J. W. J. Z. 

L. P. H. M. W. N. C. 

T. Y. Y. Y. C. T. 


C. J. C. L. C. L. F. 

C. W. F. M. Y. H. L. 

J. K. M. C. M. L. 

R. C. R. L. Y. T. 

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GENERAL COMMITTEE 

President : Nick Hunsworth 

Vice President : Fook Aun Chew 

Vice President : Bobby Lawson 

Vice President : Iain Valentine 

Vice President : John Shanahan 

Chairman : Mike Wood 

Hon. Secretary : Neil Jensen 

Hon. Treasurer : Alan Morgan 

Constitutional Affairs : Jeff Lane 

Development : Maurice O’Brien 

Discipline : James Niehorster 

Membership : Neil Roberts 

Sports & Recreation : Karin Looram 

Hockey Officer : Charles Poulton 

Lawn Bowls Officer : Mike Worth 

Rugby Officer : Don Rider 

Soccer Officer : Stephen Tew 

Squash Officer : David Cross 

MANAGEMENT 

General Manager : Mark Pawley 

Director of Operations : Tony Sealy 

Director of Food and Beverage : Dominique Artigolle 

Director of Finance : Ricky Chan 

Financial Controller : May Chang 

Executive Chef : Yan Mak 

Facilities Manager : Evan Tao 

Membership Services Manager : Kerry Ogle 

Human Resources Manager : Angela Chan 

Executive Housekeeper : Lily Huynh 

Contents 

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

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

Food and Beverage promotions......................................5 

HKFC Sports Day........................................................15 

Squash.......................................................................19 

Soccer........................................................................24 

Mini Rugby..................................................................25 

Hockey.......................................................................29 

Lawn Bowls.................................................................35 

Netball........................................................................37 

Tennis.........................................................................39 

Golf............................................................................41 

CLUB MAGAZINE 

Monthly journal of the Hong Kong Football 

Club. Arranged by Brian Chun. For information 

and 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 reflect the opinions of 

the Hong Kong Football Club or the General 

Committee. The Club reserves the right to 

edit and clarify all content. The copyright of all 

materials is held by the Hong Kong Football Club. 

Swimming and Triathlon...............................................45 

Badminton..................................................................46 

Club Magazine Jul/Aug 2019 1

The Thoughts of the Chairman 

Dear Members, 

Michael J. Wood 

Chairman 

To all who have been travelling during the 

summer, welcome back to Hong Kong as 

we now look forward to the start of the next 

season of sporting activities. 

Although it took place a few weeks ago, in 

the spirit of promoting sport and a sense of 

community across the various Sections and 

Societies of the Club, we hosted our first Club 

Sports Day on Saturday 1st June. The event 

was very much aimed at being a fun day for all the 

family and solicited a very good turnout, which was 

especially gratifying given the short notice involved for 

this inaugural event. We were also fortunate with the 

weather despite the forecasts for rain. We aim to build 

on this initial success and make this an annual event 

for all the family. 

The modifications to the Spa and Sauna are now 

underway with renderings posted in both the Men’s 

and Ladies changing room. Completion of the work 

is scheduled for Monday 9th September and this 

will provide an improved experience within the limited 

space that is available for this facility. 

should save the use of between 3,500 to 4,000 plastic 

bottle each month. Put another way, this means 

a reduction of well over 40,000 plastic bottles per 

annum. On the subject of green initiatives, we have 

now commenced working with “Green Environmental 

Kitchen Residue Recycle Limited” who collect food 

waste on a daily basis for recycling. Much of the food 

waste can be converted into pig/fish grain or used 

as natural plant nutrients. This is all part of the Club’s 

continuing efforts to protect the environment and 

promote the sustainable use of natural resources. 

Members of the General Committee have been active 

in communication with Members, and have attended 

most of the Section and Society AGMs that have 

taken place this year. A presentation has taken place 

at the beginning of each AGM followed by a short 

Q and A. On a wider note, the General Committee 

will be arranging a Town Hall Meeting in 

September, and further details will be sent to all 

Members in due course. 

With effect from 2nd July we ceased all sales of 

beverages in plastic bottles, and estimate that this 

Michael J. Wood 

Chairman 

Obituary 

We were saddened to hear the news of the recent passing of Catherine Collins. 

Our thoughts and prayers go to her family and friends. May she rest in peace. 

— 

We were saddened to hear the news of the recent passing of Colin Woods. 

Our thoughts and prayers go to his family and friends. May he rest in peace. 

2 Jul/Aug 2019

Race Box 

HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB 

at the Happy Valley Race Course 

The Club maintains a Box at the Happy Valley race course 

which is available for Members to book in advance. 

COST: 

Standard buffet: $610 per head. 

Admission badge: $60 per head. 

n UPGRADE PACKAGE(S) AVAILABLE 

Please note that if you choose an upgrade package 

that this will then apply to each person under the same 

booking. 

• Upgrade package: (additional beverage – incl. selected 

red and white wines, imported beers and spirits) 

extra $100 per head 

• Upgrade package: (half doz oyster) 


• Upgrade package: (assorted sashimi platter) 


F&B ARRANGEMENT: 

The Race Box is provided with a Buffet and unlimited 

drinks which includes: 

• Soft drinks, mineral water, house beer, orange juice, tea 

and coffee. 

Beverages are available from 6pm, and 

Dinner Buffet is available from 6.30pm to 9.30pm 

BOOKING: 

Booking Forms are available at Reception and from our 

website www.hkfc.com.hk. 

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 

membership@hkfc.com. 

For information on HKFC facilities please view 

the website at www.hkfc.com.hk 

Interested parties should submit a written 

application to: 

The Membership Services Manager 

Hong Kong Football Club, 

3 Sports Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong 


From the Desk of Mark Pawley 

Mark Pawley, 

General Manager 

At time of writing the weather whilst hot has also 

brought with it a large amount of rain and high 

humidity. Hopefully, we are going to get some 

sunny days during August with little, or no, rain 

and low humidity! Thankfully, to date this year, we have not 

had anything above a Typhoon 3 Signal hoisted but have 

to assume that at some stage in the next few weeks, or so, 

a T8 or above could be called. As such, a reminder that 

Government, as a result of Typhoon Mangkhut, have 

recently introduced the Extreme Conditions Signal that 

maybe announced after a Typhoon 8 Signal or above is 

lowered. I have copied the revised Club Policy on Typhoon, 

Black Rainstorm Warning and Extreme Conditions below – 

let’s hope we don’t have one of these called over the next 

few months! 

On the sporting front at the moment most, if not all, of 

our sporting Section/DSA/Societies are in their respective 

close seasons but it is good to report that Tony Cheung 

and Phyllis Wong from the Lawn Bowls Section both 

won Bronze Medals in the recent Asia Pacific Bowls 

Championships held at the Gold Coast, Australia. In 

Tony’s case he lost in the Semi-Finals to the current No.1 

Bowler in the World! 

I look forward to seeing you all at the Club! 

Mark Pawley, 

General Manager 

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• Upon the hoisting of Typhoon Signal No. 8, or above, the Club Premises shall be cleared within 30 

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• If such Signal is lowered between 5am and 5pm, such facilities of the Club as Management shall 

decide will be reopened that day within two hours of such Signal being lowered. 

• If such Signal is lowered between 5pm and 5am the Club will reopenat 7am. 

• If following the lowering of a Typhoon 8 Signal warning the Extreme Conditions Signal is announced 

the Club will reopen that day within two hours of the Extreme Conditions Signal being cancelled. If 

the Extreme Conditions Signal is lowered after 5pm the Club will reopen at 7am. 

• Upon the issuance of a Black Rainstorm Warning, the Club,or some of its facilities, may be closed. 


JUL/AUG 2019 

MONTHLY FOCUS 

FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROMOTIONS 

RESTAURANT 

• Craggy Range Wine Dinner – Thursday 29th August 

• Carvery Semi Lunch Buffet (Mon-Sat) 

• Sunday Family and Friends Set (Lunch and Dinner) 

SPORTSMAN’S BAR 

• Home to the Roasted – Spring Chicken 

** Please note that now the Mini Soccer and Mini Rugby training 

season has drawn to a close, the Sportsman’s Bar will open 

at 11am on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays from June 

onwards. 

COFFEE SHOP 

• ARE YOU 65 YEARS OLD OR ABOVE? In August,as 

a Senior Citizen,you can enjoy our Lunch and Dinner 

Buffetat a Special Price 

CHAIRMAN’S BAR 

• Afternoon Set Tea 

• Roast Time – Monday to Saturday 

• International “Sunday Brunch Buffet” – in the Happy 

Valley Suites and the Chairman’s Bar – every Sunday 

HAPPY VALLEY SUITES 

• Chateau Musar – Master Class: Discovering the 

Ancient World Wine from Lebanon –Thursday 22nd 

August 

• International “Sunday Brunch Buffet” – in the Happy 

Valley Suites and the Chairman’s Bar – every Sunday 

POOL 

• Back from Holidays BBQ Evening – Saturday 31st 

August 

GENERAL PROMOTIONS 

• Hampers for Chinese Mid-Autumn 

Festival 


FOOD AND BEVERAGE 

LUNCH AT THE CLUB 

THE RESTAURANT 

Monday to Saturday 

from Noon to 2.30pm 

Semi Lunch Buffet 

2 Courses/3 Courses 

Sunday 


Family and Friends Lunch Set 

THE SPORTSMAN’S BAR 

Saturday, Sunday 

from 11am to 2.30pm 

• A la Carte 

• Salad Bar 

Public Holidays 

from 11am to 2.30pm 


• Salad Bar 

THE COFFEE SHOP 

Monday to Friday 


International Lunch Buffet 

Saturday, Sunday and 

Public Holiday 


International Lunch Buffet 

THE CHAIRMAN’S BAR 




• Daily Roast 

DINNER AT THE CLUB 

THE RESTAURANT 


from 6.30pm to 10pm 


Sunday 

from 6.30pm to 10pm 

Family and Friends Dinner Set 

THE SPORTSMAN’S BAR 

Monday to Sunday and 

Public Holidays 

from 5pm to 10.45pm 


• Salad Bar 

THE COFFEE SHOP 

Monday to Friday 

from 6pm to 9.30pm 

International Dinner Buffet 

Saturday, Sunday and 

Public Holiday 

from 5.30pm to 9.30pm 

International Dinner Buffet 

THE CHAIRMAN’S BAR 

Daily from 6pm to 10pm 


• Oysters 

• Daily Roast 





SPRING 

CHICKEN 

Malaysian Spiced Spring Chicken 

available at the Sportsman’s Bar Daily and 

at the Pool on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday only 

(whilst stock lasts) 

Served with Coleslaw, Sliced Cucumber, Lime and Chilli Dressing 

for only 

108 

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Available in the 

Captain’s Bar, 

Family Lounge 

and Pool Side 

ROAST TIME 

At the Chairman’s Bar 


Lunch from Noon to 2.30pm and Dinner from 6pm to 10pm 

Available in the Captain’s Bar 

Lunch takes on a delicious new meaning with the launch of our 

Chairman’s Bar Lunch Roast. 

Chef Massimo has prepared a special stunning seasonal Roast 

dish available from Noon to 2.30pm 

With the Lunch Roast priced at only 98 per person 

there’s truly no better way to get your day going. 

Our Roast per day, changing daily 

A La Carte Also available 

For inquiries please call 2830 9559 



SUNDAY 

Family and Friends 

In The Restaurant 

Lunch and Dinner 

Try our Sunday Lunch and Dinner, enjoy a complimentary Antipasti Buffet, 

including Salads, Cold Cuts, Cheese, Marinated Vegetables, Cold Seafood 

and our homemade Daily Soup. 

Enjoy a selection of medium sized starters to be shared family style on your 

table for easy dining with friends and family. Select one Main Course from 

our menu including eight different mains all prepared in the Italian Kitchen. 

To finish, a dessert platter will be served for your indulgence Tea or Coffee. 

298 per adult 

Let’s not forget the Children, a special “Bambino” menu is also available. 

Please contact the Restaurant at 2830 9562 for reservation or email: 

restaurant@hkfc.com 

Every 1st Sunday of 

the month, free flow of 

VCP champagne for 

only 138 / person 

RESTAURANT PRIVATE 

DINING ROOM 

NO MINIMUM CHARGE 

on Saturday Lunch, Sunday Lunch and Sunday Dinner 

(Advance booking is required for a minimum of 10pax to 

maximum 14pax) 

Offering Rustic Italian cuisine in a dining venue for up to 14pax. 

Standing event up to 30pax.A perfect venue for a private lunch or 

dinner, networking, family and friends gathering, celebrations. 

Natural Light from floor-to-ceiling windows. A panoramic view of the 

Infield and Happy Valley. 

Dedicated and flexible culinary and service team to assist in the 

planning and management of your event. 

Please contact us at 2830 9562 or email: restaurant@hkfc.com for 

reservation now. 



Rosé Special offer 

in the Kiosk 

available in the Kiosk 

BANQUET 

minimum charge Waived 

From 18th June to 31st August 

Happy Valley Suites 

With views overlooking Infield and Race Course, 

the Happy Valley Suites is sure to be one of the best 

venues to host your next Cocktail Party or Dinner. 

Can accommodate from 30 persons to 200 persons 

For enquiries, please phone 2830 9513 or 

email catering@hkfc.com. 

Lockhart Room 

Terms: 

• Offer valid from Monday to Thursday and Sunday Dinner only throughout 

June, July and August 2019 

• For events to be held in Happy Valley Suites (and Lockhart Room) only 

• A minimum of 30 persons will be required for each event 




Hampers for 

Chinese Mid-Autumn 

Festival 

Available from 5th August until 13th September 

Choose from our Exquisite Mid-Autumn Festival Hampers. They surely make 

the perfect gifts for business partners, friends and relatives. 

Pick up an order form at the Lobby, 

or scan the QR code to download 

our Hampers order form. 

Download a QR code reader on 

your smartphone and scan this 

code to download order form. 


HKFC SPORTS DAY 

HKFC Sports Day 

1st June 2019 

The weather forecast for the inaugural HKFC Sports Day was not 

good. Despite the HK Observatory’s predictions of heavy rain and 

scattered thunderstorms, the organising committee for the event 

and the Club Management agreed that the event should go ahead as 

planned. 

HKFC Sports Day was the brainchild of Rugby Section Chairman, Ben 

Stobart, the idea being an afternoon based on a traditional school sports 

day, with the different Sections and Societies battling it out for bragging 

rights at Asia’s premier sports Club. Six fielded teams in the competition: 

Badminton, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Soccer and Squash (in alphabetical 

order). Each team would organise a traditional sporting event with a twist 

or leveller to make sure it would be competitive across the Sections, DSA 

and Societies. 

At 1pm the teams arrived for registration. Two small squally showers 

had blown over and despite the forecast, Sports Day kicked off in hazy 

sunshine and a rising sense of excitement. The bouncy castles were up 

on the training triangle, Dominique’s F&B team were setting up a spit 

roast BBQ on the Sportsman’s Bar Deck, music was playing over the 

speakers and the Main Pitch was transformed for the first event. Ben 

took up the microphone, announced the first event was about to begin 

and then provided an incessant and free flowing commentary on each 

heat for the next 5 hours. 

Each event was scored with the following points: 1st place: 100 points, 

2nd 80 points, 3rd 60 points, 4th 40 points, 5th 20 points, 6th 10 

points. After each event had been completed by the adult teams, the 

Club stars of the future were encouraged to have a go too. 

100 Metre Dash (with a difference) 

First up was the Rugby Section’s take on an event that can be traced 

back to Ancient Greece. Each team entered six athletes to compete 

in the heats. At the start line, the athletes had to run ten times around 

a pole, then, a slightly dizzy and disorientated dash 100 metres up a 



gauntlet of HKFC padded barriers with children and spectators armed 

with Supersoakers spraying them as they went. Points were allocated 

based on the fastest time recorded by each team’s best representative. 

After six heats (and a final for kudos) Badminton were leading the points 

table with 100 points courtesy of Shane Wallis’ winning time of 24.16 

seconds. Soccer were in second place and Rugby in third. 

Sack Race Relay (with hurdles) 

Team Netball, led by Helene Bibeau, had clearly thought long and hard 

about their event – a sack race the likes of which had never been seen 

before. Each team entered eight competitors for a timed relay, with 2 

teams going head to head in 3 heats. The first member of the team had 

to hop half-way across the pitch negotiating their way over a padded 

barrier, to pass the sack onto competitor number two, who then had to 

complete the rest of the journey. The sack was passed to competitor 

number three, who then had to make their way back. This was repeated 

so that all eight competitors had completed their half of the width of the 

pitch. 

A couple of teams were penalised with added time for blatantly ignoring 

the rules about holding both handles of the sack at all times and Hockey 

went cruising into the lead with maximum points for the event. Despite 

the gallant efforts of former Club Chairman, Fook Aun Chew, Squash 

came 4th for the second event in a row, Netball came second and 

Soccer third. 

Three Legged Race Relay… partially blinded 

By this point, Sports Day was in full flow with 

the BBQ serving up some fantastic food 

(compliments to the chefs), and the awesome 

face painting (courtesy of Ali Wilde) had begun 

in earnest. 

The Squash Section were in charge of event 

three and a Sports Day classic; the threelegged 

race. Professional physio Dave 

Bayldon from Coreofit, who was primarily 

involved to provide first aid if required, took 

a break from his formal duties to ensure the 

athletes were securely bound at the knee or 

ankle with compression strapping. However, 

not wanting to make it easy, Squash GC 

representative, Dave Cross, had devised 

the additional handicap of making one of the 

pair blindfolded. But even that wasn’t enough of a challenge in Dave’s 

eyes - half way across the pitch the fully sighted competitor had to guide 

their blinded partner to pick up and put back down a squash ball, before 

charging on to the end. Each team had 4 pairs competing in a width to 

width relay. 

Obviously the strapping suited the field teams as Soccer took the 100 

points for this event with Rugby coming a close second and Hockey 

third. 



Wheel-barrow Race (with hurdles and partially blinded) 

Badminton reps, Peggy Lee and Matthew Dance-Shuker, had 

clearly been peeking at the other teams’ event plans, because their 

take on the classic wheel-barrow race involved both hurdles and 

blindfolds! Each of the teams entered 4 pairs of competitors, the 

‘driver’ of the human wheel-barrow being blindfolded and having to 

steer their partner by sheer instinct… an activity vaguely reminiscent of 

Channel 4’s Banzai. 

The Rugby Section clearly revelled in this event and the big boys and 

agile girls stormed into a commanding lead, only for a mix up at one 

exchange to allow Squash to come tantalisingly close to pipping them 

at the finish line. Rugby in first place, Squash second and Soccer third. 

Space Hopper Relay 

With the sun now blazing, spectators and competitors were 

clamouring for sun screen and managing their hydration. Fortunately, 

the Club Rugby 10’s Committee had generously donated 5 kegs of 

Grolsch lager, which was welcome support on an increasingly hot day. 

The competitiveness had been dialled up a couple of notches with all 

teams aiming for maximum points in the last two events. 

The Soccer Section had devised a Space Hopper relay race. Clamping 

a large inflatable hopper ball between the knees and keeping hands 

on heads, each competitor had to bounce their way across the pitch, 

then pass the ball to a team mate… without the use of their hands. 

Each team entered 10 competitors for this event. Building on their 

second place finish in the Wheel-barrow event, Squash took first prize 

in the Space Hopper relay with Rugby second and Netball in third 

place. 

The Egg and Spoon Obstacle Course Race 

Last up and with everything to play for was Hockey’s uniquely devised 

Egg and Spoon race. Sophie Lindsay had created an obstacle course 

across the pitch with ankle hurdles, cones and a pole which had to be 

navigated around 3 times, all whilst balancing a raw egg on a standard 

stainless steel dessert spoon (provided by the Sportsman’s Bar). In line 

with the spirit of the day, simplicity was not an option: key to this event 

was the rule that the spoon had to be held at the tip of the handle. 

Each team had to put in 12 competitors for this relay and it was a 

straightforward race to win maximum points. Badminton were clear 

winners, but due to multiple competitors being caught by eagle-eyed 

adjudicators holding the middle or the shaft of the handle, or worse, 

clamping their eggs down with their thumbs in illegal spoon grips, 

meant finishes had to be reviewed and penalty points added. This 

ultimately affected the scoring results for the other teams. 

Final Results 

Finally, with all the points totted up and all the teams gathered in front 

of the big screen for the final scores, Squash were declared the very 



first HKFC Sports Day Champions. HKFC Chairman, Mike Wood, was 

on hand to present each of the winning team competitors with a medal 

and to team captains Stephen Gollop and Pieter Le Roux the first 

prize; a Club F&B voucher for $6,000! 

The sole agenda of the HKFC Sports Day was to bring together 

members from across the Sections, DSA and Societies in a Club-wide 

event that could be enjoyed by all the family, and in that respect it was a 

great success. We would like to say a special thanks from the Organising 

Committee to the Club Management, the Sports Department and the 

F&B team for all their efforts to make it a successful and fun day. “It did 

exactly what it said on the tin” said Club General Manager, Mark Pawley. 

Next year promises to be bigger, with more teams, more competitors 

and more events. Watch this space for 2020! 

David Nazer 

The Organising Committee 

Chairman: Benjamin Stobart 

GC Representative: David Cross 

Badminton Reps: Peggy S.P Lee & Mathew Dance-Shuker 

Hockey Reps: Joe Green & Sophie Lindsay 

Netball Rep: Helene Bibeau 

Rugby Reps: Tom Wheeler & Matt Eastwood 

Soccer Rep: Ryan Woolford 

Squash Reps: Stephen Gollop & Pieter Le Roux 

Event organisers: ZZ Events (David Nazer & Lynda Nazer) 

Face Painting: Wilde Kidz (Ali Wilde) 

Physio support: Coreofit (David Bayldon) 

Photography: Ian Mair 


Squash News 

2019 Hong Kong Masters Squash Open 

May 31st – June 2nd 

Hong Kong Football Club, in conjunction with Hong Kong 

Squash and the World Squash Federation, held their 

annual Masters squash tournament with great success. 

This year there were 108 participants, with over 50 international 

players from outside of Hong Kong. These people represented 

and played for global ranking points in age groups ranging 

from 35+ to 75+ in both men’s and women’s categories. The 

competition and desire to win was intense but all players played to 

a gold standard level of sportsmanship. 

As hosts of the tournament, the HKFC granted all players 

temporary, memberships and access to the Club, its facilities 

and, especially, its seven pristine squash courts. The Club 

was established in 1886 and has a long history of a strong 

commitment to squash and the furthering of the game. There are 

currently over 300 hundred members in the Squash Section alone 

and the Section has at least one team in almost all of the Division 

Squash Leagues in Hong Kong. 

Champions for each age group 

Practice sessions began on the Thursday before the first day of 

the live tournament. During these sessions, players of all ages 

were found to be having hits with each other therefore beginning 

the camaraderie and fellowship in a bright manner. Friday at 3pm 

sharp, the games began. The tournament rules stipulated that 

all players would be required to referee and mark after finishing 

matches, which was adhered to almost religiously, again a 

testament to the good sportsmanship of these squash players. 

Play on the seven courts was exciting as you walked through 

the Squash Centre during play. The variety of age, skill level 

and fitness amazes…court 4 with two 70+ men battling it out in 

rapid points, court 6 with two 55+ ladies really playing a game of 

attrition down the left wall before a loose shot comes out for the 

kill shot, court 7 with the millennial 35+ fighting and chasing down 

every ball, no matter the speed or location. To say the least, it was 

exhilarating. 

After Saturday’s matches 40 people braved the Hong Kong seas during 

some choppy weather for a junk boat ride to Lamma Island for an authentic 

Chinese seafood meal and more fellowship. For the international players, it 

was a unique insider’s view into some of the rare openness and beauty of the 

city. For the local players, outside of a good excuse for a drink or two, it was 

a wonderful opportunity for people of different backgrounds and cultures to 

come together and share. Thank you, this game of squash. 

9am Sunday morning brought the beginning of the FINALS day. All 40 

matches on the day were for a final, either main draw, plate or place. We 

began with the 70+ men’s final, where two very spry and energetic men 

dazzled us for 30 minutes of intense squash, congrats to the winner Brian 

Cook. We ended the day with the 35+ men’s, where the full on energy of Neal 

and Andrew brought the crowd to its knees in awe of their youth, congrats to 

Andrew for bringing it home. See the list of all our Champions: 


SQUASH 

Hong Kong Masters Squash Open 2019 Results 

Age Group Winner Runner Up 3rd Place 

1 Men’s 70+ Brian Cook [1] Warren Gillmer [2] Steven Blencowe [4] 

2 Men’s 65 - 69 John Carroll [1] Jim Dougal [2] John Sands 

3 Men’s 60 - 64 Brian MacDougall [1] Michael Tan [5] Mark Brycki [2] 

4 Ladies 55 + Rieko Ohshima [1] Miyuki Adachi [2] Biddy McFarlane 

5 Men’s 55 - 59 Peter B. Hill [1] Malcolm Mc Clarty [2] John Macrury [4] 

6 Men’s 50 - 54 David Sly [1] Keith A. Frith [2] Malcolm Kerr [3] 

7 Men’s 45 - 49 Phil Head [1] Olatunde Gabriel Olajide [2] David Robinson [3] 

8 Ladies 40 - 54 Yoriko Michishita [2] Katrina Cross [1] Shen Hong [3] 

9 Men’s 40 - 44 Kenny Foo [1] Lincoln Chan [2] Daniel Long [4] 

10 Men’s 35 - 39 Andrew Ward [1] Neal Soo [2] Choon Hong Teh 

In the end, the tournament ran without 

a hitch and every player went home a 

winner in sport or spirit. 

Special thanks to Hong Kong Squash, 

Hong Kong Football Club, Blade 

Racquets, Emily Mak, Heather 

Deayton, David Murray, Malcom 

Kerr, Julian Ragless and David van 

Meerendonk and all of the volunteers 

for their contribution and assistance. 

See you all next year. 

Singapore 

End of Season Section Trip 

After what had proven to be a long and 

arduous season for many in the Section, 

the time had finally arrived for a group of 

the Section’s finest to travel to far flung lands. 

Last season saw a team head to Melbourne 

for three matches which was fantastic and this 

year it was thought to make the trip a little more 

“short haul” to recreate our fantastic EOS tour 

of 2016/17. With that in mind it was decided to 

descend upon Singapore for the last couple of 

competitive games of the 2018/19 season. 

The first match saw HKFC’s touring team play 

against our long time allies at the Tanglin Club. 

The Tanglin Club is a terrific outfit based in 

Orchard Road and they were coming off the 

back of what had already been a busy week in 

their section with AGM’s, farewells and all sorts 

of other alcohol fuelled events. They used the 

evening to prepare for their annual “War of the 

Roses” against the British Club the following 

day. Tanglin are fortunate to have a couple of 

Jumbo Doubles courts which is usually the 

reason that HKFC travels there for the Tanglin 

Jumbo Doubles tournament in January each 

year and many of the contingent used their 

downtime during the tour to brush up on some 

very flamboyant doubles skills. The official 

match saw 10 matches all well contested in 

some pretty warm conditions which lent to 

some long rallies but thankfully the HKFC ran 

out 7-3 winners on the night. Post the squash 

the tour really began with some impeccable 

hospitality from our Tanglin counterparts and 

the less said about the end of the night the 

better….. 


SQUASH 

The following day we had another match up 

arranged with the guys at the Singapore Cricket 

Club. It is safe to say that a couple of the team 

had overindulged the night before and the 4pm 

start was well received. The Singapore Cricket 

Club is based on the Padang in the centre of 

the city and perfectly located. The usually idyllic 

views of the Padang pitches are somewhat 

overwhelmed currently by a temporary 15,000 

seat stadium as the city prepares itself for the 

upcoming National Day in August but that in 

no way detracted from a fabulous afternoon. 

Once again the team was welcomed with 

open arms as we arrived. The SCC have a very 

strong squash section and they wheeled out 

some of their best for us which was somewhat 

concerning as we had left many of our best at 

home playing in the Club Championships. All 

that said there were some great matches on the 

baking courts and all played in good humour 

and all to the tune of the choreographed music 

of the National Day tunes which were endlessly 

practiced until 11pm behind us. The SCC ran 

out comfortable winners on the day. Post the 

match we all sat down to a fantastic buffet in 

the Gilmore Room before retiring to Stumps 

for a little World Cup Cricket and French Open 

final. No doubt the highlight of the tour was yet 

to come as the SCC arranged the “Party Bus” 

to come and pick us up to move on to our final 

destination. No real explanation necessary but it 

is thoroughly recommended and should be up 

there with the Night Safari on the tourist list of 

“things to do in Singapore”. 

The Sunday on the last tour to Singapore was 

bordering on “lightly attended” for the final 

match and so the decision was made to avoid 

a Sunday event this trip and focus on getting 

back to HK. Given the state of the touring party 

post-Party Bus experience that was a grade A 

decision by our Tour Convenor. 

All in all a fantastic trip to visit our Singaporean 

friends who showed us how hospitality is really 

done. Their help in the organisation of the 

weekend was greatly appreciated and we very 

much look forward to their return trip to HK later 

in the year. If anyone has access to a minibus 

and sound system then we may need to borrow 

it for that weekend…… 

Mens Masters Div 3 – 

a winning formula for the 18/19 Season 

O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful season is done; 

The team has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; 

The champagne is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, 

While follow eyes the steady keel, the team grim and daring: 

Playoff winners 

O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells; 

Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; 

For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the stands a-crowding; 

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; 

To portray our season in full, no better way than paraphrasing (and rewrite) 

Whitman’s poem. 


SQUASH 

Proper celebration after Playoff win 

Drawn by a higher cause, M3B set out their voyage in September 

2018. Nobly orchestrated by Captain Guy and others, the team was 

a pack of hungry wolves and thirsty dogs. 

Team season end dinner 

The team, ten good men in total, was an unsophisticated bunch of 

Vikings and warriors, Brits and virtuosos, players and those who talk a 

good game; and in large part a reunited team from seasons past; naively 

optimistic, they all shared a common value in that squash is important, 

après squash more so; and battling it out on court is just the first step on 

any given Thursday evening. The squad was in equal part going for gold, 

and going for pinot, and as ambitious on as off court. Well aware what 

road lay ahead, a team sommelier was appointed to ensure proper apes 

squash over the season. 

The season started as any locomotive would. Slow (very) but steady - 

and we did not win the first few matches. It was expected, and we kept 

our focus - We were young (at heart), fearless, we aimed high, dreamed 

higher. There were no rallies not played, no drop shots retrieved, no knee 

not braced, no wine not tasted; another match day, another rally, another 

destiny, another step to Calvary! 

Just before Christmas we found our mojo, regained our groove and we 

became as potent as any would (could) be on court. We had a winning 

streak of 11 consecutive matches before an unfortunate loss to Jaws and 

2 more wins to end the season in fine and formidable style. Well ahead in 

our league, we won the season weeks before the last match. 

The team of the season, number of matches played and their preferred 

drink: 

Vikram Lulla – 13 matches, whiskey (lots) 

Hoody (Ritchard Hood) – 10 matches, pinot 

Schulzy (Nikolaj Schultz) – 14 matches, pinot 

Storm (Guy Norman) – 10 matches, champagne and anything alcoholic 

Rajesh Mulchand – 12 matches, pinot (more towards the end of 

the season) 

Colin Owen – 6 matches, beer (the cheap kind) 

Big Nige (Nigel Steffensen) – 7 matches, pinot 

Mike Tsang – 8 matches, Pinot with the steak 

Charles Li – 5 matches, Pinot (preferably magnums) and beer in jugs 

Goochy (Jason Gooch) – 5 matches, beer and pint… anything alcoholic 

actually 

Grandeur as it was, much can be shared from the season, some we may 

even remember, and yet little can shared in this media… except perhaps 

that our captain made just one Friday morning to work over the first 3 

months, or the whiskey night lead by Vikram at Forever Lounge and 

into whiskey oblivion, or the very very late night at HKCC where words 

became sounds, or Charles Li’s dark and poetic observations, or Titlows 

hotpot extravaganza or a night at a mahjong parlour drinking Chinese 

white wine (baijiu) by the bottle to the last man standing… 

Playoff were 2 matches vs the other HKFC team, and the first was a close 

win (3-2) and at the Playoff final we won comfortably 4-1 to win both 

league and Playoff. A formidable season and we celebrated properly... 

The season was golden, literally and in reality. It has been a great season 

in every aspect of the game and values generally accepted in masters 

squash. 

Here’s to our team for next season… 

Nikolaj 


Soccer News 

Farewell To Perry Tunesi 

Perry Tunesi has been a Soccer Section 

Member for over 30 years and a fairly 

decent football player as well! He 

graciously played the No.10 role for the First 

Team over many years when they played in 

the old First and Second Divisions usually 

winning promotion, not dissimilar to the 

current situation that exists today. Perry was 

not only a creative type though, he always 

‘put his foot in’ along with some of his other 

notable team-mates who know who they are. 

The old Club grass/mud pitch meant Perry didn’t take many prisoners! 

Having played professionally in the UK before coming to HK, Perry was 

arguably the most cultured player in his days playing with the First Team, 

both creating and scoring goals. As his teaching career grew together 

with family commitments and he was not getting any younger, Perry 

began with the Wanderers finding the Yau Yee League a little less taxing. 

It’s not exactly certain when the Dynamics came calling, but likely as 

injuries started to get more frequent, enabling Perry to make the ‘big 

money transfer’ his career deserved. As in times gone by, he graced 

the Dynamics with some sublime football, albeit somewhat slower than 

before. Injury finally took its toll and Perry become ‘El Supremo’ for the 

Dynamics in recent years. A fittingly held enthralling six-all testimonial 

game was played on Friday 31st May, 2019 with Perry scoring the 

obligatory penalty at the second attempt! We wish you well Perry in your 

partial retirement away from these shores. It was a pleasure and hope to 

see you back again soon. 

Mark Grainger, Dynamics Rep. 

Crusaders Soccer News 

The HKFC Crusaders go out 

with a “Be Bop a LuLa” 

Proud to support HKFC 

Crusaders Special Soccer 

Charity Partner of 

the Soccer Section 

The HKFC Crusaders had their end of 

season party in the Happy Valley Suites on 

Monday June 3rd and was a good time had by 

all? OOOOOOH YEEEES!! 

A record number of players, parents and carers 

attended the event, with over 50+ certificates 

of achievement for the season given out. The 

celebrations from receiving the certificates were 

testament enough to the thrill of the evening, 

but when the official part of the evening was 

over and the dancing started, we thought we 

were going to have to order breakfast for some 

of the players!!! 

From 1950’s American Graffiti music to Justin 

Bieber, High School Musical to Maroon 5 – we 

had it all, including impromptu karaoke to 

YMCA !! 

Nigel MC’d the evening, thanked all of those 

who had contributed to the season – coaches, 

Club Staff, the Soccer Section and our kind 

sponsors The Prudential and was then asked 

to hurry up and put the end of season video on 

and then play the music. Being in charge has 

no bearing on the HKFC Crusaders need to 

“enjoy”!! 

Special thanks went to James Penny and 

Barbara Leung without whose admin skills and 

organisation, the HKFC Crusaders would not 

function. 

Terry Mountain (father of the famous HKFC 

Crusaders Simon Mountain) made a speech 

on behalf of the players, parents and carers, 

but that was also short lived as music was the 

priority!! 

The HKFC Crusaders will be back in early 

September to strut their stuff again on the Main 

Pitch but until then, it’s close season and time 

to reflect on yet another great season with so 

much accomplished, so many happy faces 

created and so many theatrics on and off the 

pitch. Here’s to the 2019 / 2020 season!! 

Nigel R Merritt - HKFC Crusaders Head 

Coach 


Mini Rugby News 

Summer holidays 

Another short report, I can hear your cheers, as we are between 

seasons: it is summer. Though a group of enthusiastic U7s are still 

training on Sundays; Reichsführer Tsui tells me it is to condition his 

troops for competing in the heat of Singapore. Which neatly brings me 

to ….. 

Centaurs International Mini and Youth Rugby Tournament (CIMYRT) 

I sent out a “call to arms” on 10th June. Your responses have been slow. 

I appreciate that the dates are 23rd and 24th November (so “what’s 

the urgency” you might think), but we have to plan ahead: registering 

teams, booking a tour hotel and flights (both benefit from discounts for 

confirmed group bookings), etc. So, if you are interested please 

complete the Survey Monkey ASAP; https://www.surveymonkey. 

com/r/6BZL589 

TRC 

I want to use CIMYRT to build on our successes at TRC Junior Cup 

last May. And there now follows reports and photos from the Head 

Coaches regarding that tournament. 

Enjoy your summer holidays. Keep your athletes fit: registration for 

the new season open very soon. 

Best, 

Denis Brock, Chairman, HKFC Mini-Rugby 

U10s 

U10 

The end was near, and the final Tour was once 

again upon us. Singapore brought the lads 

together for one final push to achieve Silverware 

for the Cabinet and crown a great year of 

development and hard-fought training to an end. 

Two teams were entered for the U10, and A and 

B squads but both really very similar in ability 

and understanding of the game and what was 

needed to achieve the goals. 

First and foremost, the squads were huddled 

together in the Club for a discussion and set 

the goals themselves for the Tournament. With 

guiding principles and statements, the lads all 

agreed that winning the Cup was the ultimate 

goal. Defeating the TRC lads another must 

along with making sure that Valley didn’t win… 

A tall order but these lads had the belief that 

they could go and win it all. 

To start we introduced the Thursday fitness 

schedule, now this was the interesting point to 

getting ready for the Tournament. Knowing that 

Singapore is a hot and humid country fitness 

was key to the game plan. For 5 Thursdays 

these boys were put through their paces by 

Lead Coaches, Dave Cook and Big Sias. Two 

very different sized gentlemen but both full of 

rugby running through their veins. 

U10 

Sias taking the Forwards and Cookie using his 

knowledge with the Backs. This proved to be 

a great build up to the tournament and got the 

boys really focused on what was needed. With 

the Sunday sessions coming to a slow end 

this gave the squads’ time to work together to 

build team spirit between themselves. Sundays 

were still on the agenda and we had various 

teams come down to train, DBP and Stingrays 

being two that helped with training and game 

situations. 

Now to the actual tournament: Saturday arrived 

after short flights for everyone and a few large 

beers for the coaches to settle the nerves we 

entered the arena of TRC. As usual a great 

setup for the whole two days and the weather 

interruption only lasted 40 min on the Saturday. 

The two teams, Blackhawks and Avalanche 

were placed into two different pools to save the 

possibility of a meet later in the tournament. 

Avalanche went out and won all 3 of their pool 

games: 10-7 against TRC Fire, 22-10 against 

SCC Black and finally 22-5 against Dragons. A 

little rocky at the start but as the day progressed 

these boys showed what was needed. 

Blackhawks, not to be out done, went out and 

threw everything into each game coming out 

victorious in 2, Drawing in 1 and losing in 1. 

Over all they played some excellent rugby and 

some fine spirit in all the games: 17-17 Draw 

against SCC Gold, A Win over Valkyries 17-12, 

Loss to Centaurs 21-7 and finishing with a 

massive 34- 5 win over the Vikings. 

This now put both teams in to the semifinals 

on the Sunday. A wait for the draw would see 

Avalanche up against our rival Valley Fort and 

Blackhawk’s against TRC Ice. 

First up Blackhawks: what a game, Blackhawks 

scoring first in a 2-half game of 12 min each. 

And did they need that first try as TRC Ice 

scored in the dying minutes but as it ended a 

draw the first try scoring team went through to 

the Final, a slender 6-5 win was enough to put 

the boys into the PLATE Final 

Avalanche up next and their old enemy was 

up for it from the start by taking the lead with a 

great try in the corner. The boys were up against 

a team that wanted to do them over, but they 

never gave up going into half time 4 points adrift 

14- 10 (2 super tries vs 2 normal tries). 

Avalanche with some great talk up by the 

coaches and the will to win and desire that they 

can do it went out full guns blazing, 3 further 

tries hit the scoreboard to take Avalanche to 

25 with Valley squeezing in one more to give an 

emphatic win 25-19 win and in to the CUP final. 

The Finals: 

Blackhawks Vs Valkyries 

An all-girl team that played some hard rugby. 

Tackling and rucking being the one area that 

the boys just could not get to grips with in the 


MINI RUGBY 

first half. A very tight game ensued, and the final 

whistle brought the team to their knee’s with 

grief, a super try by the Valkyries was the only 

difference as each scored 4 tries. A score line 

of 24-22 was the end of the road for the Boys. 

A great weekend and Runner up in the Plate 

which we had won the previous year. Well done 

and special thanks to the players, Lughaidh, 

Kelvin, Thomas, William for playing with a 

twisted ankle, Aiden and Rysuke and all the 

coaches that helped, Tim, Russell and Nicky. 

The Cup Final: 

Avalanche vs Centaurs Archers 

Bring it home was the call, nervous coaches 

walking around shaking, this was the moment 

that the boys were waiting for the Final of the 

cup that they missed out on the previous year. 

Wow what a game, Centaurs really knew how 

to play and did they give the boys a run for 

their money going 7-0 up in the first half with a 

cheeky try through the legs over the ruck. Not to 

be outclassed the boys hammered the hell out 

of them in the closing minutes of the first half 

and managed a super try by George Grewcock 

in the corner (dad certainly happy standing next 

to me). Game on. 

Second half they put absolutely everything 

they had in the tank, some smart changes in 

the front row by Coach Sias and Cookie doing 

the same in the backs. Pushing the limits, they 

tried and tried to get the ball over the line, held 

up and then a breakaway and Centaurs slip in 

another try…12-5. 

Not to give up the boys pushed and pushed 

but the final whistle blew… the boys sank to 

their knees, tears flowing from mums and sons, 

it was over the dream shattered Runners Up in 

the Cup 2019. 

I have to say as a Head Coach I have never felt 

so upset for these lads, they gave everything, 

listened to everything and played with heart and 

guts. 

All the boys were great and played with true 

passion and team work: Justin, Matthew, 

Maximilian, Josh, Marco, Healy, Mitchel, 

George, Kai, Filipe, Zach, Jastin, Casper, 

Lachlan, Sebby and Felix what a team… 

These lads will go again in November to smash 

it up and take the Cup. 

Thank you for a great Weekend 

Robin Zavou 

U9s Avalanche 

With many of the same team that won the 

overall tournament last year, expectations were 

high for HKFC Avalanche! 

U9 

U9 

Game 1 against Centaurs was an early reminder 

that this years’ tournament was seeded for 

Avalanche – there weren’t going to be any easy 

games. Centaurs were well drilled and tackled 

well. It was tougher than the 10-0 scoreline 

looked. 

Game 2 brought reality home this year. SCC 

were super-fast at the breakdown and we 

struggled to win ball. We held them well for 

2/3rd of the games, but their Japanese forward 

punched a few holes in us later on and we 

ultimately went down 15-0. 

Game 3 came up against the home team 

Tanglin. They looked good in earlier games but 

we battled hard to a well-deserved 12-5 win 

Game 4 brought us arch rivals Valley Fort. What 

can I say other than 41- 7! Fantastic dominant 

result by the boys and set us all up nicely for a 

fun Gala dinner on the Saturday night! We were 

in the Cup on track for a rematch with SCC. 

Semifinal – vs Centaurs 

They were clearly out for revenge, but we held 

our nerve for a 10-5 win, setting up a final with 

SCC. 

Final – vs SCC 

They went ahead early and it looked like a rerun 

of the group game. Second half our boys 

came good, levelling the score at 10-10 with 5 

minutes left to go. We were on the ascendency 

and had camped on their five metre line with a 

couple of minutes left. Frustratingly, we couldn’t 

quite find a way through. The final whistle 

brought 3 minutes of extra time and again we 

pressed SCC back on their try line but they 

managed to just about hold us to the (real) final 

whistle. Then came the news that the ‘first try’ 

U9 

U9 

to be scored decides the winner in the event of 

a draw. A disappointing ending to a fantastic 

display. 

David Russell 

U9s Blackhawks 

The Blackhawks were a little slow to start 

allowing KL Tigers to secure an early lead. 

Despite punching runs from Harry Chandler 

and Michel Saunders on the wing, the try line 

remained out of reach. 

The team picked up pace in the second match 

again SCC Pumas with a strong defensive line. 

Kyle Champion and Charlie Davis attacked 

well. We lost by 3 tries. 

We faced Centaurs in game 3, the strongest 

team of the day. An outstanding defensive 

display limited the opposition to 2 tries, with 

try saving tackles flying in from Liam Hull and 

Michael Harrison. 

The final match of day 1 against Singapore Irish 

was the break we needed. An outstanding try 

from Liam gave an amazing lift to the whole 

team. Liam was in on the act again soon after, 

completing a hat trick with Micky Lagutaine 

adding a 4th. A convincing win. 

Returning the following day, the team was 

pumped going into the shield semi-final against 

Saints. We established an early lead with tries 

from Liam Hull, Michael Harrison and Caden 

Soong but the Saints pulled back to a 1 try 

difference in the second half. Saving the 

day, Michael Harrison charged through their 

defensive line at the final whistle to secure the 

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MINI RUGBY 

U8 U8 U8 

We faced our local rivals Valley for an intense 

and exciting end to the tournament. The boys 

demonstrated true defensive grit with a 1-1 

score at halftime. Firmly focused on a win, the 

boys dug deep in the second half, successfully 

pulling away 3-1 to put the game out of reach 

for Valley. 

Amazing team play and spirit for everyone! 

Well-deserved and glorious shield winners. 

Ben Chandler 

U8s 

One third of our U8 players toured to 

Singapore, an incredible vote of support. 

Tanglin Rugby Club’s tournament offered FCU8 

our first taste of contact - and competitive 

rugby with games against tough teams from 

Singapore and Malaysia. Our U8s took 2 

squads, selecting one stronger squad, with the 

aim of winning the tournament. Our opponents 

had played contact games for a full season, so 

our results across our squads were inevitably 

mixed, and some of the games were very 

challenging. One U8 team won five, lost one – a 

crunch match versus Valley, narrowly denying 

us a final spot. The other U8 team lost five 

games; although they won their last game, 

finishing on a high. 

All the kids played their hearts out, but special 

mentions for the Avalanche team to: Simon 

Ferreira Danjoux, who combined superb 

attacking tries with solid defence; Daniel 

Swemmer for consistently outstanding running; 

and Iola Cairns for mixing it with the boys and 

not missing a tackle all weekend! Among the 

Blackhawks, undaunted by losing most games 

to better opponents, Sasha Rayton stormed 

through several missed tackles for a surprise 

try. And Lucas James made several long runs 

down the wing for several more tries. Well 

played to them all! 

HKRU coach Steve Jones helped prepare 

players and coaches over several weekends 

before Singapore. His input was excellent. 

Thank you, Steve! 

All the coaches and myself are grateful to the 

parents of our touring party. Their commitment 

to their child’s rugby is outstanding. Here’s 

hoping we see their sons and daughters back 

for U9 rugby, and many more rugby tours. 

U7 

Duncan Grewcock and Rob Guy Ramsay 

The U7 squad was well represented by 3 teams 

of 26 players. 

The Blackhawks team led by Andy Randall 

and Simon Galvin contained some players 

defending their unbeaten competitive record in 

Singapore. 

Max Randall, Armand Leconte, George Brock 

and Declan Tsui showed defensive solidarity 

and organisation to enable the attack to flourish. 

Strong direct running from Finn Lewin, Liam 

Booth and Odhran Hogan laid the foundation 

for some excellent finishing from Paddy Galvin 

and Ayman Pinchon. 

The team did us proud by continuing their win 

streak and took the overall Cup Championship 

for the age group and also finishing as the top 

point scorers in the competition. 

The Avalanche team led by Matt Smith and 

Patrick O’Connor contained players with 

excellent athletic ability and strong rugby 

pedigree. Rory Smith, Kieran O’Connor, 

Liam Moore, Jacob Chan and Ethan Pimlott 

formed an impenetrable defensive shield. While 

in attack, Isaac Yue and Sebastian Lai offered 

great evasive running to support the strong wing 

play of Viktor Schultz and Lachlan McGowan. 

The team was pipped in the plate finals due to 

a last minute try from strong opposition but did 

finish with one of the best defensive records in 

the competition. 

The Canucks team made up of touring 

debutants, led by Evan Moore and Graham 

Black, did us proud by winning the Shield 

competition. In attack, Keir Li-Black and Harry 

Davis took on the opposition gain line with 

great enthusiasm supported with great finishing 

from Kira Yonts and Archer Healy-Smith. While 

twins Ruairi and Cillian Riordan, Gabriel Sip 

and Everett Lee held the opposition back. 

Beyond our competitive success, the whole 

squad enjoyed the camaraderie, developed 

friendships, demonstrated sportsmanship 

and established pride in representing HKFC 

throughout the tournament. 

A special thanks to the parents and coaches for 

their unwavering support throughout the tour 

preparations and during the tour. Lets do the 

3-peat! 

Mark Tsui 

U7 U7 U7 


MINI RUGBY 

U6 

U6 

U6s Blackhawks 

The Chubb TRC Junior Cup 2019 rugby tournament was the first touring 

experience for most of our young players and it could not have been 

more memorable with the team winning 1st place and each player 

receiving a Cup. 

The competition was intense on both Saturday and Sunday. In the pool 

stage on Saturday, the team had 4 wins and 1 draw, which put us at 

the top of the table alongside the SCC Tigers. On Sunday morning, 

Mother’s Day, the team put in a strong performance against the SCC 

Lions in the semi-final and progressed to the final against an aggressive 

Centaurs Wolverines team which had beaten the SCC Tigers in the other 

semi-final. The final was a close and intense game which went in favour 

of the U6 HKFC Blackhawks, who thoroughly deserved the Cup given 

the consistency of their play all weekend. In attack, the boys and girls 

were running straight with the ball in hand, looking for gaps, frequently 

quickly overloading when tackled, and scoring many tries. In defence, the 

players were forming a line, closing the space and a tackling like demons 

repeatedly until they had made six tackles and turned over possession. 

The U6 HKFC Blackhawks team was comprised of Ashton Chan, Abbie 

Fulton, Chloe Fulton, Jasmine Pun, Jonah Flowers, Lincoln Roe, 

Louie Buckland, Miles Law, Peter Wood, Stefan Yip, Tadhg Burke, 

and Te Aihireinga Johansson. Special thanks to the on-field coaches, 

Declan Burke, Godwin Chan, and Stuart Fulton, and to U6 Manager 

Sean Yip. Without their contribution, the team would not have won the 

Cup. Also, thank you to the players’ parents who provided great support 

for the team during and before and after the games. 

The U6s HKFC Blackhawks’ performance clearly bodes well for future 

tours as the players progress through the age grades. See you in 

September! 

James Wood 

U6 

U6 

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Hockey News 

Hockey Men’s Section: 

End of Season 2018-2019 

2019 was an enjoyable and successful season across all teams. 

We had four teams realistically challenging for top spot across four 

divisions. Seven teams were at or above mid table. Not bad, but 

unfortunately no silverware. Could we have done better? Absolutely! 

To echo our departed friend Guv Dillon, who could perfectly quote 

Al Pacino; sport, like life, comes down to a game of inches. Small 

adjustments, tiny margins, mini battles that can unlock victory. As a club, 

as teams and as players we need to unlock the motivation and skills so 

that we do more than just challenge for the top spots, we should expect 

to win them. 

We have a depth of talent coming up through the ranks. Gwen Laot, 

Windfall Monthong, Gabriel Tsoi, Thomas Li, James Shepherdson, 

Justin Mak, Michael Shepherdson and David Evans were selected 

for the Hong Kong Men’s National Team this year. In addition, the 

development of young players continues to be a focus across all teams, 

with the D Team going from strength to strength as our development 

incubator with a number of their alumni hitting the premier league and 

national squad. 

We have the best coaching set up in the league, it is vital that we all take 

advantage of the resources at our disposal. Training naturally makes us 

better, training as a team makes us even better as a team. If we train, 

play and from time to time socialise together, we will win. 

Several teams in HKFC, as well as many clubs across the leagues were 

impacted by point’s deductions because of moving goal keepers to 

cover for injuries. This will explain some lower than expected league 

positions below for the D, E and F teams. The HKHA has since 

acknowledged that the rules restricting keeper movements will be 

relaxed next season. 

a new face in Sam Beere. Six upcoming juniors including David Evans 

were given opportunities during the season and showed great promise. 

Sadly, a serious injury to Justin Lau restricted him to one match, but 

the experienced Don Ng expertly filled the void. We bid farewell to Koen 

Pijpers from the coaching role after five years guiding and mentoring the 

group. 

B Team (5th Prem) 

• Captain: Chris Marshall 

• MVP: Michael Heaven 

• Top goal scorer: Arif Ali 

The B Team fully justified their place as the only second team in 

the Premier Division with a superb fifth place finish. Highlights were 

completing the home and away double over rivals KCC A, Shaheen 

A and Pakistan A. Most Improved Player goes to David Evans, who 

through his performances for the Bs and at training was called into the A 

team squad for a number of games. Of the two standouts at the back 

- Mike Heaven showed the forwards how to score, Amo Ali, given his 

chance upfront in one game, will be staying put. 

C Team (2nd DIV1) 

• Captain: Jonathan Broughton 

• MVP: James Piachaud 

• Top goal scorer: Tom Moore 

Fantastic performance to come second in the league behind SSSC 

B, with the best defensive record in the competition. Tom Moore, 

who scored 29 goals for the season, led the forwards. The mid-field, 

consisting of James Piachaud, Brad Munt, Stu Walker and Aman 

Dillon, was the best in the league. Chris Page in goal led the unfaltering 

defence, with Derek Siu developing into the rock at the back. 

D Team (11th DIV1) 

• Captain: David Evans/Stu Mayo 

• MVP: Findlay Mayo 

• Top goal scorer: Douglas Corbel 

HKFC Hong Kong International Hockey representatives 2019, Gwen 

Laot, James Shepherdson, Justin Mak, David Evans, Michael 

Shepherdson Thomas Li. Missing Gabriel Tsoi, Windfall Monthong. 

A Team (3rd Prem; 2nd Guv Dillon Cup) 

• Captain: Ben Sharples 

• MVP: Dev Dillon 

• Golden Stick: Andrew Jacobs 

A strong group including visitors Reece Jecketts, Max Schlueter and 

Marco Donck, all of whom brought a high level of professionalism. 

Former HKCC stalwart Andrew Jacobs has slotted seamlessly into the 

forward line, bringing a golden stick in his first year. The midfield also has 

D Team 

A solid mid table season marred by point’s deductions following 

necessary keeper movements. Felix Studholme-Wilson and Dominic 

Davidson who joined mid-term expanded the Development squad. The 

MVP was naturally also a junior player. Findlay Mayo a most deserved 

recipient of this year’s award will be knocking at the door to play Premier 

Division next season. A big thanks to Simon Shepherdson for once 

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E Team (5th DIV2) 

• Captain: Raj Mathur 

• MVP: Tom Hamilton 

• Top goal scorer: Jonny Brock 

Despite a strong squad, the E’s were caught on the back foot with some 

early defeats, which was tough to fight back from. The junior players 

added fresh legs to the team mid-season and this time they had the 

highest number of father son pairs playing for them. Felix and Nick 

Studholme-Wilson, Dom and Justin Davidson, Fred and Christian 

Keegan. The biggest find of the year was Tom Hamilton who was voted 

MVP, closely followed by star keeper Rob Wilkinson. 

F Team (10th DIV3) 

• Captain: John Banks 

• MVP: Georg Bossle 

• Top goal scorer: Neil Galloway 

The Fs welcomed some new blood at the start of the season with the 

introduction of three new juniors, in Bertie Reid, Neel Shah and Otto 

Surman. Later in the first half of the season, they also welcomed Georg 

Bossle. It is worth mentioning that David Watt is now approaching his 

70th birthday and shows no signs of slowing down. A good start with a 

2-0 win against old enemies Valley was offset by a string of bad results 

leaving the Fs facing a relegation dogfight. This was not helped by points 

deductions for keeper movements. However, they turned their season 

around with some extremely gritty performances including an end of 

season “must win” against Khalsa C. 

G Team (5th DIV4) 

• Captain: Dan Billig 

• MVP: Dan Billig 

• Top goal scorer: Rene Theil 

The Gs’ eighteen match unbeaten streak continued into the 2018/19 

season nicely with a string of convincing victories. There were several 

Hong Kong departures (Dan Martin, Guy Higgins, Nick Fenn, Andy 

Kidd) which meant that they had to settle for fifth position. Looking 

ahead, the Gs say goodbye to Jamie Evans who really developed into 

a dependable and skillful player this year. A special mention to their own 

Flying Dutchman Rene Theil who not only represented Hong Kong at 

the highest level for indoor hockey, but also scored their only goal in the 

World Cup Final. 

H Team (9th DIV 6) 

• Captain: Ralph Giulianotti 

• MVP: David Taylor 

• Top goal scorer: Buno Shringla 

The H’s had a very competitive season, but were ravished by injuries 

early on and a lack of availability throughout the season. However, the 

commitment on the pitch was first class, the never say die spirit typified 

by Prakash Kirpalani playing a full game with a broken hand and Mike 

Evans, Anthony Brophy and JP Gray just about playing every game 

in the season. New find Buno Shringla, joining the team in the second 

half of the season, made a big difference. At the other end of the pitch, 

David Taylor kept the team in it with enough saves to equal about 100 

push-ups a game! 

C Keegan 

2018/19 Season: 

The lovely ladies 

The 2018/19 season was another amazing one for the HKFC 

ladies: we played more games and won more games than last 

season (although we also lost more games) and we won more 

points. We have walked away with two league titles and we once 

again brought the Guv Dillon Cup (formerly the Holland Cup), the Cup 

and the Saucer back to Sports Road. All teams are clear of relegation 

concerns. Of course, these results include the impact of the HKHAWS 

consolidating the leagues (from 6 divisions to 5 divisions), but also take 

into account that the Cubs are in their second season in the HKHAWS 

league structure and all other teams have more than settled into their 

divisions. They also take into account the goalie shortage which we 

experienced this year, and we had to call on our dual registered goalies 

(Annabel Baillie (dual-registered goalie for the Cs, outfield for the Gs), 

Kim Roberts (dual-registered goalie for the Ds, outfield for the Es) and 

Ida Wong (dual-registered goalie for the Dinos, outfield for the Cs)) on 

repeated occasions (or even for members of squads to kit up). 

Anna Aiello (Cs), Tiffany Chan (As), Yiman Chan (Bs), Melvina Cheng 

(As), Ollie Chiu (Bs), Pat Chiu (moved to UK), Coby Lau (As), Vivian 

Lee (Cs), Katy Mountain (As) and Chloe Sik (Bs) were all selected for 

the Hong Kong ladies’ national team at one point or another since the 

end of last season (under the watchful eye of coach Arif Ali) – quite an 

amazing feat to see so many HKFC names receiving national caps. 

As I step down this season, I am incredibly proud of what we have 

achieved together over the last three years. I know I have not always 

been universally popular, but our successes have been marked and I 

hope everyone knows that I always had the best interests of the Club, 

the Section and the ladies (and little ladies) who belong to it at heart. 

The job of Ladies’ Captain is not an easy one, and not everybody will 

always be happy with the decisions that are made, but I continue to 

feel privileged and full of pride at what we have achieved together and 

at stepping up to be part of those sometimes difficult decisions. As I 

look around the Section and see so many people working hard and 

generously volunteering their precious free time to help out whenever 

they can, I would urge you all to ask what little bit more you can do 

to help. We are incredibly lucky to be part of this fantastic Club and 

this fantastic Section, but it relies on us volunteers and I know we will 

continue to go from strength to strength if we continue to pull together – 

I wish Christina Matula-Hakli all the best as she takes on the reins. 

Lynsey Edgar, 2018/19 Ladies’ Captain 


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Team Reports 

A Team (1st in Premier Division and 1st in Premier Division 1; 

2017/18 – 1st in Premier Division) 

• Captain: Leigh Cumings 

• Vice-Captain: Sophie Forest 

• Coach: Arif Ali 

• Top Goal Scorer: Nicola Bruce 

It has been a great season for the ladies’ A Team. With a strong group 

of girls and amazing turnout at training week in week out, there has 

been some healthy competition for pitch time – which has lead to even 

greater commitment and determination across the team. The A Team’s 

season saw them finish unbeaten in the Premier Division (conceding only 

4 goals!) and beating Valley 2-0 in the final of the Guv Dillon Cup – a truly 

amazing feat and cementing their place as one of the most successful 

sporting teams in Hong Kong. Overall, it has been an excellent season 

for the As and we look forward to improving even more next season. 

B Team (3rd in Premier Division and 2nd in Premier Division 1; 

2017/18 – 3rd in Premier Division) 

• Captain: Sammie Hill 

• Vice-Captain: Yiman Chan 

• Coach: Dev Dillon 

• Top Goal Scorer: Yiman Chan 

Though the Bs fell short of clinching second place in the overall Premier 

Division standings, we are proud to have taken our little revenge over 

archrivals Valley A and finished strong above them in second place 

in Premier 1 at the end of the season. Given such a “hotchpotch” 

that we were, with so many new additions, we were grateful to have 

Dev as our coach, to manage us so well across the year. He filled our 

training sessions, however many (or few) people there were, with his 

attentiveness, fun drills and much laughter. All in all, we look forward 

to our coming season. Though it will be in the absence of many of our 

long-time B Teamers [Sophie Haik (for university), Xinny (for prestigious 

schools) and Watto], we hope to continue to build on this year and be 

even better next season. 

C Team (1st in Division 1; 2017/18 – 1st in Division 1) 

• Captains: Marthe Van Wilsum and Eleanor Batterham 

• Coach: Ishtiaq Ahmed 

• Top Goal Scorer: Anna Aiello 

The C Team has had another great season! During the year, there was a 

lot of hard work and dedication from our coach Ishtiaq to make sure we 

stayed focused all year through building a strong and solid team which 

eventually led to some great results and we managed to win Division 

One again! With an impressive goal difference of +76, the C Team has 

shown once again how to absolutely smash the league! The Cs also 

brought the Cup home, slotting in a goal with less than 5 minutes left on 

the clock to ensure the double once again. 

D Team (4th in Division 1; 2017/18 – 2nd in Division 1) 

• Captains: Laura Bell and Holly Millward 

• Coach: Arshad Khan 

• Top Goal Scorer: Claire Grisel 

The D Team started the season by bidding farewell to more than half of 

the previous year’s squad but we couldn’t have had a better start to the 

second half of season with 4 consecutive wins over Aquila, HKCC B, 

Rhino and KCC B. At the end of January, we were second in the league 

behind the Cs. Unfortunately, that saw the end of our winning streak. We 

finished the second half of season with a 4-1-4 record and fourth in the 

league. In the Cup Quarter Finals, we had a thrilling penalty shoot out 

against HKCC B. Our goalie Yoyo was amazing to watch not conceding 

any goals, while some of our younger players fearlessly volunteered 

to represent the team. We won 3-0 in penalties – another real high. 

Unfortunately the season ended in defeat to the Cs in the Cup Semi- 

Finals, but all Diamonds are raring to go for next season. 

E Team (5th in Division 2; 2017/18 – 4th in Division 2) 

• Co-Captains: Kim Roberts and Ping Tan 

• Coach: Stuart Mayo (to start) and (then) Katy Mountain 

• Top Goal Scorer: Connie Chan 

Sad to say hopes of coming top of Division 2 were dashed early in the 

season as Elite A and Phoenix were off in a hurry to the finish line – two 

runaway horses! Every year, it seems this division is getting tougher and 

tougher which makes for good hockey and an exciting, if not nail biting 

season. Captains of the team kept an eagle eye on the standings week 

to week especially with the Dinos (F Team) nipping at our heels, and then 

overtaking us. Once again, in terms of results, a roller coaster season 

with more wins before Xmas than after, and more goals this season 

than last. Team camaraderie remain second to none with fab turnouts to 

any social occasion. One big highlight of the year was the team tour to 

Singapore, playing two local clubs there; Crescents and Tornados. An 

amazing way to end the season! 

Dinos [F Team] (4th in Division 2; 2017/18 – 7th in Division 2) 

• Captain: Paula Wymond 

• Vice-Captain: Claire Fulton 

• Top Goal Scorer: Claire Fulton 

The Dinos started the season slowly, as is our tradition. However, once 

warmed up and as the season progressed, we soon found our stride. 

The turnout to each match has been fantastic and as a result we had 

some great games and scored good wins over Valley C and the E’s. 

Vice Captain, Claire Fulton, is our leading goal scorer and we have 

had some memorable assists from Abi Tyrell, Jo Braithwaite, Di May 

and a pirouetting Kirsty Smith. This season the Dinos have stepped up 

in every game and, with the onset of fatigue at half time, El Capitano 

abandoned any thoughts of tactical advice and offered Champagne for 

every goal scored. The reaction has been as follows; heads have lifted, 

eyes sparkled, Mel smiled and Yeng’s hangover disappeared and we set 


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off into the second half ready to play hard. The Dinos have improved on 

last year’s standings and finished in 4th place. Well done team! 

G Team (6th in Division 3; 2017/18 – 8th in Division 3) 

• Captains: Christine Lloyd and Annie McManus 

• Coaches: Lou Man 

• Top Goal Scorer: Michelle Page 

2018/2019 has been a season of change for the Gorgeous Gs. 

Ten new players, a new Coach and two new Captains have meant 

that adaptation and evolution has been key. Emphasis was placed 

on teamwork, rethinking game plans and of course social events, 

encouraging the G team spirit we are known for. The first half of the 

season saw weekly games yield a mixed bag of results, and the second 

half of the season was a tale of twists and turns. Despite spirited efforts 

and training numbers at an all-time high, the last of the league games 

saw the Gs fall slightly short, resulting in mid-table finish to the season. 

The 2018-2019 season has by no means been straight forward for the 

Gs. The revised team structure and game plan has at times been met 

with heated resistance. However, open communication and positive 

thinking has set the Gorgeous Gs in good stead for what next season 

has to offer, promising a stronger, more cohesive team and of course - 

improved stats! 

Cubs [H Team] (4th in Division 4, 1st in Division 4A; 2017/18 – 1st in 

Division 5) 

• Captain: Agnes Shu (1st half), Martina Anglada Calda (2nd half) 

• VC: Elise van Hees (1st half), Ella Fraser (2nd half) 

• Coaches: Simon Chapman, Coby Lau, Ken Tsang 

• Top Goal Scorer: Sophie Poulton 

2018/19 was the Cubs’ 2nd season participating in the HKHAWS League. 

The 4th Division played 15 league games over one and a half rounds. With 

12 wins, 2 draws and just one loss on the pitch (during school holiday), 

the Cubs won more games than any other team in the Division, quite an 

amazing feat. The Cubs ended the season with a nail biting HKHA Saucer 

final against Khalsa, whose ex-Olympian did everything she could to try 

and deny the Cubs victory. A 2-1 win saw them hold the Saucer trophy 

high – quite remarkable for this young and inexperienced bunch of girls, 

as they pulled together as a team to neutralize the experience in their 

opposition! There will certainly be more to come next year from these 

fantastic young women. 

Ladies’ E Team Singapore Tour 

On 31st May the Women’s Section E 

team met at the Singapore Cricket 

Club in Singapore to begin their 

annual tour. With very few of the E team squad 

missing and accompanied by their Hockey 

Coach Katy Mountain and head activity 

coordinator Tom Time, the weekend shaped 

up to be a good one. 

clubs – the Tornadoes and Crescent. It was a 

hot afternoon, but the standard of hockey was 

high as the teams turned out to be an excellent 

match for the E team. Everyone had to bring 

their best and under the watchful eye of coach 

Katy only conceded one goal. I think it gave 

Katy hope that maybe next season we can up 

our game in the league! 

The warm up began on Friday night with 

dinner at the SCC before the advance party 

found their way to an establishment with a 

playlist of suitably “retro” tracks which had the 

team in fine voice. As the evening progressed, 

the teachers in the team arrived – all relegated 

to post school bell flights – and joined the fun 

until the early hours of Saturday. 

Saturday morning was a joy to behold for 

some mums, who got to sleep until the 

unheard-of hour of 1030, whilst some of the 

more youthful team members went hiking. 

The team congregated in the Bugis Hawker 

Market to fuel up ahead of the matches in the 

afternoon. Some headed off to explore Arab 

Street whilst others opted for the delights 

of Sephora. On the Saturday afternoon, 

the team set off for National University of 

Singapore at Bukit Timah Campus to play in a 

tournament with 2 other Singaporean hockey 

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On Saturday evening, activity coordinator Tom 

kept a close eye on our glasses of Margaritas at 

the Mexican Restaurant in a fun evening where 

the team celebrated 5 birthdays and the end of 

an enjoyable season before he guided us on a 

tour of Clarke Quay and Club Street. 

Sunday saw brunches, walks and a final drink 

at the SCC for the team before farewells were 

bid and the journeys back to HK began – with 

some detours via Sephora thrown in for good 

measure. It was a fun weekend – emotional 

for some (one) finding themselves back in their 

former stomping grounds – and the team grew 

a few notches closer. There are already plans 

afoot for a tour to Malaysia next year and no 

doubt Tom will be on the case planning this in 

the coming months. A truly committed team 

member who dived into his role with aplomb. 

As ever, there are thanks to be given before 

closing. Ping Tan Hawkins – Queen of the 

Spreadsheet – proved once again her ability 

to divide and delegate tasks was second 

to none, organising the tour with extreme 

ease. Ping and Mel Mak rustled up teams 

to play within a matter of hours of Singapore 

being chosen as the destination after Taiwan 

became a non-starter. There were people 

assigned to collecting forms, shirt designs, 

shirt manufacturing, post dinner entertainment 

and a number of other jobs (supporters club, 

tour guide and food advisor) which made it all 

run like clockwork. Thanks to everyone for the 

contributions made in organising such a great 

weekend. Here’s to Penang next year! 

Helen Champion

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HKFC Youth Hockey Tour – Perth 2019 

In its fourth year, the HKFC Youth Hockey 

Tour headed to Perth once again to immerse 

our players in one of the strongest field 

hockey environments in the world. Having 

tried a number of formats over the previous 

three years this year was the first year of a new 

tournament created through the initiatives of 

the coaches involved. The International July 

Series was attended by HKFC (HK), Pembroke 

School (Adelaide), North Coast Raiders (Perth) 

and Whitford HC (Perth and host club). Each 

club/school attended with both a girls’ and a 

boys’ team and played a round-robin format 

with a ranking game (finals) to conclude the 

week. Games were played over 5 days during 

early evening slots (and chilly, sometimes wet, 

winter conditions). 

The HKFC tour itinerary, as always, remained 

fairly full and very hockey focused. Travelling 

and arriving late Sat evening, Day 1 of tour 

was officially Sunday 30th June and involved 

domestic duties (settling in) and a trip to the 

hockey warehouse to top up on supplies 

before heading off to watch two premier 

division games. In Perth, derby days take place 

every weekend with premier division women’s 

and men’s games back to back at all venues. 

This year we watched Melville vs UWA at UWA 

and witnessed some amazing hockey as well 

as a record 285th appearance in the premier 

division for one of the UWA ladies (also has a 

number of appearances for state and country), 

and a record win for the Melville boys against 

UWA… all-in-all, spot on timing for the HK 

crew. Day 1 was also the first opportunity for 

the tourists to represent themselves in the 

tour ‘Aussie Master Chef’ challenge (I can say 

‘perhaps’ a rusty start, but everyone was able 

to eat the food presented). 

Day 2 of tour was day 1 of the tournament and 

it was a tough opening day for the boys. Being 

beaten well on the scoreboard by Pembroke 

School (eventual winners), it was a competitive 

game, just not an ideal team performance – a 

typically rusty first game. It perhaps served best 

as the opportunity to include the Perth based 

goal keeper, Callum Lee and to finally get a 

full game together under their belts. The girls 

rallied late after a slow first half, also having to 

play themselves into the game they managed 

a 2-2 tie with a penalty corner goal on full-time 

against Whitford Hockey Club (goal scorers 

Chloe Sik and Claire Grisel). 

Day 3 and round 2 fixtures saw the girls play 

first against North Coast Raiders. This was a 

game that turned out to be to the toughest 

encounter for the team. Losing only 0-1 

against a well organised team was not a bad 

result, but given a few more games it was 

felt the HKFC team may have reversed that 

score line. The boys followed and also played 

North Coast Raiders in another tough game. 

Having lost the first game they needed a win 

to stay in the hunt for a final’s berth. Alas a 

0-1 result also to the boys meant only a slim 

chance remained. The team also suffered a 

major blow, well Justin Lancelotte did, with a 

fractured knuckle from close range eliminating 

him from the rest of the tournament. 

Day 4 was a glorious winter’s day… the 

weather Gods turned in a favour, and with 

it, visits from Olympic gold medalists, Grant 

Schubert (OAM) and five-time World Player of 

the Year Jamie Dwyer were a highlight at the 

daily am training session. The girls had a bye 

round so were able to take in some of the sites 

en route to UWA where a friendly game was 

arranged against the UWA girls featuring ex- 

HKFC Cub Grace Early (now residing in Perth). 

It was an exciting game and the performances 

of both teams kept spectators on their toes 

(as did the chilly night air). Eventually running 

out of time, the result was a thrilling 0-0… but 

more significantly it was a strong performance 

for the HKFC girls and a sign that they were 

hitting form. The boys meanwhile were in a 

must win game at Warwick Hockey Stadium 

(host venue) and managed just that. Justin 

Mak scored a brace and the clean sheet from 

the team gave the boys their first win and was 

also a performance they could be very happy 

with. Strong appearances were also made by 

tour debutants and the squad was beginning 

to show what it was capable of. 

Day 5 was a bye-day for the boys but a friendly 

was also arranged for them with Pembroke, 

this time at the Perth Hockey Stadium. In 

pouring rain HKFC went up early showing 

signs they were in for a strong performance. 

Indeed they were. However, the Pembroke 

boys levelled not long after the initial goal 

and late in the game they went ahead with a 

winner from eventual player of the tournament. 

Drenched and cold, players (and our very 

own Simon Shepherdson and Neil Norman 

who umpired the game) headed for the dry 

and warm indoors where the highlight was to 

follow. Shane Tonkin, former 1996 Atlanta 

Olympian (Baseball) and now Commercial 

Partnerships Manager at Hockey Australia, 

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HKFC and Pembroke on a tour of the Australia 

Institute of Sport (Hockey HQ). The tourists 

were some of the first to see and hold (very 

heavy) the recently won Pro-League trophy 

which the Kookaburra’s had only just won days 

before in Holland. 

After the tour, the girls headed back to 

Warwick Hockey Centre for their final pool 

game, to be played against Pembroke School. 

They had a slow 1-0 first half, but knowing they 

needed to score plenty if wanting to make the 

final, they went about rectifying the scoreboard 

and put up 5 by the time the final whistle 

went… job done… Anna Aiello almost single 

handedly scored all 5, to be denied by strikers 

doing their jobs and being on the line for 

deflections or tip in finishes (goal scorers: Anna 

Aiello, Jess Boa, Lauren Loh, Jacquline Chu, 

Chloe Sik - penalty). The girls then needed 

North Coast Raiders to beat WHC and for 

WHC not to score… having been 0-1 down for 

most of the game it was looking likely… until 

the equalizer was scored late. 

Day 6 (Finals Day) was set up well with a 

solid training session for both teams and 

there was an air of confidence knowing both 

teams would be playing teams they had 

beaten previously. The girls were up first and 

against Pembroke and were hoping for a 

strong performance – they got one – from the 

opposition. Challenged hard the entire game, 

a strong play finished by a well taken goal 

from Ashley Mak was to be the only goal of 

the game, and enough to claim the 3rd spot. 

The boys rematch against Whitford was to be 

another 2-0 win with goals to Felix Studholme- 

Wislon and Michael Shepherdson. Both teams 

were very evenly matched but it was fitting 

that both HKFC teams won their final games 

as they had shown through the week that 

they were both good enough to have played 

in the final game, but perhaps just not able 

to put together the complete performances 

when needed. The tournament was followed 

by a dinner and presentations. Throughout 

the series players were scored for MVP, Goal 

Keeper and Top Goal Scorer points. It was 

with great pride that Anna Aiello was named 

girls Player of the Series. 

Day 7 was pack-up day and once sorted the 

tour group headed to Hillary’s Boat Harbour 

for lunch and some beach cricket. The 

evening ended with the tour fines and internal 

presentations followed by the usual visit to 

Nando’s before boarding the bus to the airport. 

As always the tour could not go ahead 

without the massive support from parents, the 

Hockey Section, and those directly involved. 

In Perth Trid Woodhouse and Brad Ladyman 

our tournament organisation, transport and 

logistics team as always looked after us 

exceptionally well. Travelling with the tour 

group, Neil Norman, Ita Shepherdson and 

Phoebe Fraser all offered invaluable player 

welfare support, and to Ken Tsang, James 

Shepherdson, Simon Shepherdson and 

Simon Chapman who all provided coaching 

and overall management support, thank you 

all! A shout out also to the Academy Coaches 

(Ishtiaq, Dev and Arshad) who all helped 

prepare the teams before departure and to 

Dev (on behalf of Phentex) for providing us 

with sharp tour kit. 

Girls Squad: Phoebe Fraser, Ella Fraser, 

Chloe Sik, Anna Aiello, Brianne Laot, Claire 

Grisel, Xinyao Liu, Samantha Norman, 

Sophie Poulton, Lauren Loh, Ashley Mak, 

Jess Boa, Hannah Blumberg, Hannah 

Keeley, Catriona McCoig, Maya Maloney, 

Jacqueline Chu, Martina Anglada-Calda 

Boys Squad: Michael Shepherdson, 

Gwenael Laot, Justin Mak, Matthew Ma, 

Jamie Evans, David Evans, Atif Javid, Kit 

Studholme-Wilson, Felix Studholme-Wilson, 

Fred Keegan, Dominic Davidson, Justin 

Lancelotte, Johan van den Berg, Hudson 

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Lawn Bowls News 

Tony Cheung and Phyllis Wong Podium Finishes at 

Asia Pacific Championships in Gold Coast, Australia 

Jubilant Hong Kong Squad at the 2019 Asia- 

Pacific Championships staged in Gold Coast, 

Australia, were celebrating with our Club Bowler 

Tony Cheung for securing a Bronze medal in 

the Men’s Singles after being knocked out by his 

nemesis and World No.1 Shannon McIlroy of 

New Zealand. 

Tony had won through to the semi-final with 

7 wins out of 8 in the sectional matches, 

only losing to the 32-year-old World No.1, 

and thereafter played well to defeat Rais of 

Malaysia 21-12 in the play-offs to capture the 

Bronze medal. 

Held every four years, the Asia-Pacific 

Championships features a total of 19 bowling 

countries and territories in Asia and Oceania. 

It is an 11-day event, which also serves 

as a qualifying event for the 2020 World 

Bowls Championships being held in the 

same city. 

Apart from Tony, our fellow HKFC Bowler – 

Phyllis Wong – was also enlisted as a Squad 

member for playing in the Women’s Fours, 

which earned her a well-deserved Bronze 

medal by winning all three games against 

China, Fiji and Thailand in the sectional stage. 

Tony and Phyllis were also joined by his fellow 

Club Bowler Sunny Chung as Assistant Coach 

for the HK contingent. 

National Final Day - HKFC supporters 

HKFC Shines in National Championships 

Finals Day – Summer on 7th July 

big harvest for our top Bowlers in the Finals Day this summer 

A with three teams of HKFC competing for overall honours at the 

National Championships organised by HKLBA. The Finals Day was 

held at Club de Recreio on 7th July (Sunday) with results as follows: 

• Champion of National Men’s Fours: Patrick Choi (skip), Ian 

Yau, CS Suen and Warren Cheung 

• Champion of National Women’s Fours: Camilla Leung (skip), 

Priscilla Lam, Lydia Yang and Phoebe Ho 

• 1st Runners-up of National Women’s Pairs: Emmie Wong (skip) 

and Christina Yeung 

Sincere thanks to all who went to watch our fellow Bowlers for their 

unwavering support and applause on the Day. Great team effort! 

Men’s National Fours – Champion 

Women’s National Fours – Champion 

National Women’s Pairs 

– Runner Up 


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Invincible Shirley Ma Tops 

National Indoor Singles 

Championship 2019 Finals 

Top HKFC Bowlers qualified for the semis vowed to 

show their class for getting into the Finals of this 

summer’s National Indoor Singles Championship held 

at Club de Recreio on Saturday, 13th July. The showdowns 

featured the following HKFC star players with results as 

follows: 

1. Shirley Ma – Champion in Women’s Final 

2. Patrick Choi – First Runner-up in Men’s Final 

3. Kenny Tam – Second Runner-up in Men’s Section 

A big salute to our indoor specialists for their outstanding 

performances. 

Women’s National 

Indoor Singles – 

Champion 

Friendly Game with Australian Bowlers 

from City of Frankston 

total of 30 HKFC players together with 35 overseas players from the City of Frankston Bowling 

A Club enjoyed an afternoon of not just bowls fun but also rekindling our spirit of a sporting 

community at a friendly game on 21st May. The 18-end mixed-gender rink games turned out to be 

in favour of the Club who won 5 rinks out of 6 in total. Well done! 

HKFC Tops Premier 

League Leaderboards 

As the defending champions, HKFC-A Team, 

at the half-way stage of the season are 

top spot in Division One of the mens Premier 

League. 

Altogether HKFC have fielded six men’s teams 

and three ladies’ teams in the 2019 Premier 

Leagues. The latest standings of our teams 

were as follows: 

Men’s Premier League 2019: 

Division Team Standing* 

One HKFC-A 1 

HKFC-B 10 

Three HKFC-C 8 

Six HKFC-D 4 

Seven HKFC-E 10 

Nine HKFC-F 1 

*half of the season 

Women’s Premier League 2019: 

Division Team Standing* 

One HKFC-A 4 

HKFC-B 10 

Three HKFC-C 9 

*half of the season 

Beginner’s Course 2019 

Led by HK Squad’s Assistant Coach Sunny 

Chung, this year’s Beginner’s Course has 

attracted 16 Club Members. 

Club’s Outdoor Green Classes Until early August 

While the Indoor Green will remain open during the summer, the Outdoor Green will be closed 

for maintenance from 10th July onwards until early August. It is now tentatively scheduled for reopening 

on 3rd August. Watch out for further announcements. 

Held at the Indoor Green in July this year, 

there were altogether four evening sessions 

which included demonstrations on 

technical drills, practices as well as friendly 

games. 


Netball News 

Chairwoman’s Report 

Welcome back to a new season of netball at the Hong 

Kong Football Club! We are all so excited to get back 

to training but we also can’t believe that the new 

season is upon us. Trial dates for the 2019/2020 season are 

26th and 28th of August and 2nd September, so please mark 

your calendars and ensure you complete the registration form!! 

We had an extremely fun and successful AGM in May which 

allowed teams to celebrate their victories of the season and also 

have one last hoorah to fellow team mates before the summer. 

We have also had great 

success on the National 

front with five young ladies 

from the Club representing 

Hong Kong in the Under 

21 National Team. Led 

by Head Coach (and 

HKFC Coach) Veronica 

Arnold, Netra Hankins, 

Lara Carolan, Alice 

Lunt, Prue Steadon 

and Pamela Murphy will 

all be representing both 

HKFC and Hong Kong 

in Japan in July in the 

11th Asian Youth Netball 

Championships. Good Luck!!! 

Sports Day 

On Saturday 1st June, the Netball DSA took to the HKFC’s 

inaugural Sport’s Day with enthusiasm and grit. Competing 

against teams from Rugby, Soccer, Badminton, Squash and 

Hockey, those who were able to attend presented the DSA with gusto 

under the sunny skies - there was a break in the rain that only added to 

everyone’s enthusiasm. 

With a stellar soundtrack from the organisers, and side orders of BBQ, 

our athletes were ready to go. 

The events - the 100 metres, sack race, wheel barrow, three legged 

sprint, space hopper and everyone’s nostalgic favourite, the egg and 

spoon, were equally a fun selection, and fun to compete in. 

What made it even more entertaining was that each event had a twist - be 

it a blindfold, jumping over large foam dividers or a quick spin - sure to 

make any competitor a little dizzy pre-start. 

The squash team emerged victorious overall, although our team gave it 

their all. 

We look forward to the next HKFC Sports Day! 

Our juniors have also wrapped up their season and what 

a success that was! With eight teams into the finals with 

Lightening and Rainstorms winning their games, Blizzards, 

Thunder and Twisters coming runner up and Storm, Breakers 

and Tremors coming in 3rd. What an epic finals day and credit 

has to go to the coaches of all teams for the incredible work 

they put into their teams. 

This report is short and sweet and so with that, it is back to the 

running track for me to try and get as much pre-season fitness 

in as possible before trials start!!! 

Olivia Burgess 

Charity Initiative and Bring Netball to 

Underprivileged Children 

My team (made up of Maeve Young, Maddie Kwan, Andrea Chan and myself), decided 

to take it upon ourselves to organise and host a fundraising charity netball tournament 

at South Island School. We had students sign up with a donation and played a series 

of matches against each other and the senior students played against teachers. We raised over 

$5,500 which was donated to ‘Angels for Children’ and went towards sponsoring three orphans 

from Po Leung Kuk to have a scholarship and train for an under 10’s junior netball team here at 

the Club. We held a number of training sessions at PLK where we taught the kids some drills and 

the basic rules of netball before selecting just a couple of very passionate and potential stars! We 

would like to say a massive thank you to Suzanne Sadler, Mary Vlogianitis, Vivian Ip, Iris Chan 

and Cheryl White for supporting us throughout this project. 

Adele Rooney 

Adele Rooney - at PLK running training sessions 


NETBALL 

Parent Child Charity Matches 

Thunder 

On 5th June the parents stepped up in their 

active wear to challenge their daughters to a 

game of netball. All were quietly confident in 

their ability to challenge one another to a good 

game. From the first whistle it became apparent 

that neither side was going to go easy on the 

other. Game on! Thankfully, with some strict 

umpiring from the coaches the parents were 

picked up for stepping, contacting and pretty 

much the full spectrum of penalties. Special 

mention must go to the very athletic Annabella 

Calda for her fancy footwork, to Brent York 

for exceptional defence, Gina Agresti for going 

for every single ball and to Malin Cerullo for 

stepping up to her first ever game of netball. A 

lot of fun, a lot of laughs and a new respect for 

the excellent standard of netball our girls are 

playing. 

Kirsty Hulme 

Rainstorms / Tremors 

Coach Amelia first led us in group warm ups 

with some very eager parents revving up to 

play their own child. We knew how strong our 

girls are, but the parents did not disappoint. 

Parents vs Players Monday night 

Dads’ heights gave Team Parents some 

distinct advantage and the adults’ enthusiasm 

compensated for some of their disadvantage in 

age and fitness. Both Parent and Child teams 

put on a few very exciting games, scoring 

plenty of goals on both sides. Across the three 

casual games played that evening, no official 

scores were recorded, the only thing recorded 

on court were a lot of fun and laughs. 

Alfreda Yu 

Thanks to all involved, we raised HK$6K to pay 

for our next shipping of old kit to Sri Lanka! 

End of Season Splash and Wrap Up 

It has been a wonderful season filled with lots of fun on and off the court. Term 3 is our chance 

to celebrate our love for the sport, begin to say our goodbyes to those who are leaving our 

programme and hold a charity event (more on that below). In addition, the HKFC JNA ended 

the season with a pool party. Thankfully the rain subsided and we were able to present our 

players with their trophies. Thank you to Lee Porter who stepped in on behalf of Liquidnet our 

sponsor to present the awards. Well done to all our players and thank you for your enthusiasm 

and commitment to our programme. To our coaches, we would like to commend you on helping 

create a programme that enriches the skill set of our players, fosters a love for the sport, develops 

and drives the players to be competitive, as well as establish rich friendships and team spirit. 

A little house keeping to take note of: registration will begin in early August for the 2019/20 

season and we will be holding trials in the first week of September as well as ordering our kit. 

So now it’s time to rest up, relax and recharge! Have a wonderful summer break and see you on 

court in September. 

Mary Vlogianitis, HKFC JNA Convenor 

Thank you to our fabulous coaches - Amelia 

Handford, Hannah Johnson, Jane Peters, 

Rachael Alsop, Kathryn Curley (absent) 

LEAVERS – Goodbye and Goodluck 

HKFC Icicles 

HKFC Snowstorm 

HKFC Blizzards 

HKFC Tremors 

HKFC Lightening 

HKFC Storm 

Sophia Sassi 

Lily Waddington 

Sophie Titterington, Harriet Kidd and June Bea Fearnley 

Kira Ball 

Imogen Benote 

Paige Wills, Adele Rooney, Sasha Lee, Robyn Lee and Katie White 

Trophies on Display 


Tennis News 

Andrew Town and Josh Carter, men’s 

open final 

Men’s doubles final winners. Mario 

Ricco and Matiss Libietis 

Club Championships 

The HKFC Tennis Club Championships was 

completed over the hot weekend of 17th 

and 18th May. 

The strongest line up in years for the Open 

Men’s Singles was formed and the matches 

didn’t disappoint. With some tight long matches 

being played, the final came down to Andrew 

Town and Josh Carter. Andrew claimed victory 

over Josh in the blistering heat. 

Samantha Ho, winner of ladies Singles 

and Doubles. 

return next year, the Club Championships 

will be played in March, when the weather is 

cooler and there is less rain. To have all six 

new courts back in action make for a bigger 

and better tournament. We look forward to 

seeing more players from around the Club in 

action soon. 

Closed men’s singles winner Amro 

Abbas (Right) and runner up Eric 

Desgouttes (Left) 

The Doubles Final was played between some 

new Members with Matiss Libietis and Mario 

Riccio taking on Warwick Foy and Josh Carter. 

Matiss and Mario scraped through in a tough 

and entertaining doubles. 

The Ladies Singles was won by Samantha Ho 

after she beat Tanya Clark 7/5 3/6 10/5 in a 

close match. Samantha also won the Ladies 

Doubles and the Mixed Doubles. 

The Club Championships for 2019 was one of 

the strongest we have had in years. When we 


TENNIS 

ATA Update 

May and June, despite being a very rainy period, has meant a busy 

couple of months out on the court with plenty of opportunities for 

our young HKFC tennis players to compete as part of the competition 

pathway ATA have established at the Club. 

17th May saw the first of our fun mini tennis events this term, with a 

green ball competition for players aged 9-11 years old. This competition 

is aimed at our young players that are now playing on a full size court but 

with slightly softer green dot balls which reduces the speed and height of 

the bounce. Congratulations to Winner – Luna Garcia; and Runner Up – 

Paul Joly. 

On Saturday 25th May, 19 competitors, 8 and under competed in the mini 

tennis red ball competition. Players competed in one of three round robin 

groups playing multiple timed singles matches, which gives our young 

players lots of exposure to competition in a fun and friendly environment. 

Group 1 

Winner: Reyan Sharma 

Runner Up: Nicholas Ngai 

Group 2 

Winner: Jonah Ling 

Runner Up: Cameron Prattley 

Group 3 

Winner: Caleb Cohelo 

Runner Up: Natalie Sun 

These mini tennis competitions serve as a valuable experience for our 

young players to learn through match play, many competing for the 

first time. With ATA coaches giving plenty of tips to players in between 

their games through the sessions, they are welcome additions to the 

programme. 

On Saturday 8th June, Parents and their children were able to take to 

the courts together in a fun parent and child session with the ATA HKFC 

coaching team. Parents and their children warmed up, were shown a 

number of exercises they could do together to help improve their child’s 

skills, and were then drilled out separately. The participants received 

coaching tips from the ATA coaches before again being reunited to form 

a Parent Child team to complete various fun tennis activities such as 

rally, target and point challenges against coaches, and other parent-child 

teams. It was once again a fun afternoon, with lots of prizes won and a 

great opportunity for children to get out on court with their parents playing 

the game they love. 

Upcoming Events 

US Open Social – 7th September 

WTA Clinic – TBA 


Golf News 

Sam Shei, Stanley Szeto, Don Roberts and Eamonn 

O’Connell ready to go 

Gordon Marsden, Dallas Reid, Martin Allies and 

Jonny Brock getting ready for a tough match 

Don Roberts failed to find the HK 

Club recorded on the trophy but still 

kept his smile 

HKFC vs HK Club 

Monday, 20th May 2019 

As two of Hong Kong’s older more 

established clubs HKFC and the HK 

Club have many things in common 

including members who enjoy their golf. This 

year saw regular HKFC golfing representatives 

Dallas Reid, Elsa Lee, Nick Allen and very 

understandably HK Club Golf Captain Don 

Roberts choosing to “bat for the opposition”. 

How would this exodus of golfing talent 

influence the result in the contest for this fine 

trophy held for many years by HKFC? 

Overcast skies but relatively calm conditions saw 

Stanley Szeto and Sam Shei lead off for HKFC 

against Don Roberts and Eamonn O’Connell. 

Unfortunately for the HK Club pair Szeto 

struck form immediately firing at pins and had 

HKFC out to a 4 hole lead before Roberts and 

O’Connell could even catch their breath. Roberts 

and O’Connell never quite recovered from that 

onslaught and with good support from Shei 

HKFC closed this out on the 13th hole 6 and 5. 

Jonny Brock and Gordon Marsden next 

against “traitor” Dallas Reid and Martin Allies. 

This contest saw the HK Club pair start stronger 

with Gordon doing the bulk of the heavy lifting 

for HKFC on the front nine. Jonny came to 

life on the back nine as they started to claw 

back the HK Club lead. His tap in birdie on the 

12th was followed by another tap in birdie on 

the 13th, but as Martin had made a net Eagle 

Jonny’s total success for the 2 holes was zero! 

HKFC backs were even harder against the wall 

after Allies drained a huge 40 foot putt on 15 

but the HKFC duo fought and won the next 2 

holes to be level going down 18. Fittingly this 

hole was halved meaning this intense contest 

ended in a draw. 

Captain Terry Wright was the envy of the 

group having the pleasure of golfing with the 3 

ladies in the field. Was he going to be polite and 

allow Elsa Lee and Julie Collins of HK Club an 

easy start? A birdie on the first and a big smile 

from his partner Jenny Chapman answered 

the question with a resounding No. This soon 

seemed unwise with Julie splitting the fairways 

with monotonous regularity and Elsa draining 

long putts the HKFC pair were soon 2 down. It 

took a second birdie this time from Chapman to 

turn the tide and Wright and Chapman slowly 

ground their way back to all square at halfway. 

The match seesawed on the back nine with 

neither team getting more than a hole ahead 

until this match also went down the 18th all 

square. A solid par from Wright was enough 

to win this hole and the match 1 up – what a 

scrap ! 

What happened next was quite dramatic. The 

skies had been building with dark threatening 

clouds for the last 4 or 5 holes and moments 

after the 3rd group finished there was a blinding 

flash of lightning very close by and a huge 

clap of thunder and the heavens opened. 

Very quickly the golf club sirens went off and 

all golfers were sensibly called in for safety 

reasons. With matches unable to be finished the 

match score at their last completed hole would 

be the result for the last 3 groups. Jim Suttie 

battled bravely all day with a leg injury and had 

great support from his debutant partner Scott 

Laws but were 1 down playing 18 giving David 

Collins and Bob Wallace the win for HK Club 1 

up on the 17th hole. 

The 5th match completed 15 holes and HKFC’s 

Andy Wood and newcomer Simon Hague 

could not be separated from Nick Allen (traitor 

2) and Anthony Wood. They sportingly shook 

hands and agreed to a drawn match hearing 

the siren go off as they were on the 16th green. 

Nick Allen casually knocked his ball into the hole 

as they walked off for what would have been a 

birdie – Oh what might have been! 

In a reflection of the whole day the 6th match 

was also all square as the siren went off and 

again 2 teams that had battled all the way 

shook hands confirming another drawn match. 

JP Cuvelier complaining of exhaustion having 

apparently carried Ian Petersen most of the 

way against Robert Gazzi and a very steady 

Martin Clinch of HK Club. 

Some great golf in 6 excellent matches 

produced the final result a win to HKFC 

3.5 – 2.5. 

Thanks to Lee Parker and the staff at Macau 

GCC as always but particularly this time for 

responding so quickly to the dangerous weather 

situation and getting everyone off the course 

promptly. 

Near Pins were won by Stanley Szeto (2), Nick 

Allen, JP Cuvelier, Terry Wright. Long Drives 

won by Julie Collins and Gordon Marsden (mere 

inches ahead of Martin Clinch apparently !) 

Terry Wright, Golf Captain 


GOLF 

Club Championship- KSC East 

Saturday, 25th May 2019 

The Club Championships is the only 

event on our calendar to be played 

without handicap, and we try to stage it 

at a weekend to allow the maximum number 

of participants. There is also a handicap 

stableford event run at the same to ensure 

that higher handicappers can still walk off 

with some prizes on the day. In the event, 20 

players registered, and we were fortunate that 

despite some gloomy weather forecasts for the 

week, the rain stayed off although conditions 

were very humid. 

The first group to tee off were all low 

handicappers but none of them produced their 

best golf on the day. Terry Wright managed 

to pick up a quadruple bogey on the 157 yard 

par 3 third hole followed by another triple on 

the easy par 4 seventh. 4 over for the back 

9 still meant an 86 to claim the third place in 

this competition. Jonny Brock, the lowest 

handicapper, had a pretty solid round until the 

16th hole. The tee box was strangely placed 

nearly 50 yards in front of its usual position. 

This therefore required some maths and a little 

bit of strategy. Neither being his strong suit, he 

hit his tee shot so far that couldn’t find it. This 

led to a series of errors resulting in 7 dropped 

shots through 3 holes. Phil Head as ever 

played steady golf to shoot 85 and snatching 

second place. 

For the ladies group, there was some fierce 

competition going on with the second and 

first place being separated by only one shot. 

Allyson Ko played a series of accurate irons to 

dominate the par 3s with 3 closest to the pins 

out of 6 holes and 1 ladies longest drive. She 

beat Elsa Lee by one shot and claimed the 

victory among the ladies. 

To defend a major title, it is never easy. 

Possibly not being in the low handicapper 

group may have helped Dallas Reid who 

shot a 5 over 77 to claim the victory. With 9 

pars,7 bogeys and 2 birdies, that’s pretty solid 

golf, especially on the treacherous KSC East 

course. Congratulations ! 

Here is the breakdown for the winners! 

Nearest to the Pin 

Hole 3 – Phil Head 

Hole 5 – Allyson Ko 

Hole 8 – Terry Wright 


Hole 15 – James Riordan 

Nearest pin in two shots 


Longest Drive – hole 17 

Men – Jonny Brock 

Ladies – Allyson Ko 

Stableford Winners 

1st William Glover – 35 points 

2nd Nick Allen – 35 points 

3rd James Riordan – 33 points 

The ladies Gross winner 

1st Allyson Ko – 103 

2nd Elsa Lee – 104 

The Mens Gross Winner 

1st Dallas Reid – 77 

2nd Phil Head – 85 

3rd Terry Wright – 86 

Thank you for joining this event and we hope to 

see you all soon. 

Ted Li, Golf event organiser 

The “Sharpshooters” Jonny Brock, JP Cuvelier, 

Phil Head and Terry Wright - a little off target 

on the day. 

Lawrence Chong, Dallas Reid and “Mad Dog” 

Riordan trying to brighten up the day ... 

2019 Club Champion Dallas Reid 

Elsa Lee (Runner up) with 2019 Ladies Club 

Champion Allyson Ko 

Bill King, YP Soo, Jonathan Li and Nick Allen 

… and some help 

from Elsa Lee 


GOLF 

Walmsley Cup – 

The Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club 

When I woke up, the sky was black 

and the rain was splashing on my 

window. As Clearwater Bay is one 

of the most popular events we run, it would 

be a disappointment if we couldn’t play on 

the day. I checked on the course condition 

every half hour and it remained closed until 

9.30am. Not looking good! Finally the course 

manager contacted me and told me the course 

had opened. As is often the case, we were 

fortunate and there was not a drop of rain for 

our whole round. 

The first to tee off were JP Cuvelier, Jukka 

Hakli, Jonathan Li and myself. JP had a 

solid round with his typical sliced drives and 

consistent iron shots which gives him a gross 

87 for 34 stableford points. He also won the 

nearest to the pin at hole 6 with 150 yards 

uphill. Jukka, Jonathan and myself were not 

playing well although I did manage to chip in on 

hole 5 to save a par. 

On the day we had three single handicappers 

competing in the field. Scott Laws shot 77 

for 35 stableford points to claim third place. 

Stephen Knight collected 37 stableford points 

to claim second place. As for the winner, 

Jonny Brock shot a remarkable 74 gross for 

38 stableford points. When he handed the 

scorecard to me, he mentioned he had three 

3-putts on the back nine so clearly he had a 

chance to go even lower. 

Here is the breakdown of the results 


Hole 1 – Stephen Knight 

Hole 4 – Stephen Knight 

Hole 6 – JP Cuvelier 

Hole 11 – Danny Beattie 

Hole 14 – Danny Beattie 

Hole 16 – Jonathan Li 

2 shot NTP – Scott Laws 

HKFC vs Big Sai Wan 

17th June 2019, Macau GCC 

Jonathan Li carefully tracking Jukka’s tee shot 

Stephen Knight, Jonny Brock and Scott Laws 

looking smug at their day’s work 

Longest Drive 

Men – Simon Hague 

Ladies – Jennifer Chapman 

1st place – Jonny Brock 38 points 

2nd place – Stephen John Knight 37 points 

3rd place Scott Laws 35 points 

Best Gross – Simon Hague 84 points 

That’s it for this event. 

Ted Li, Golf event organiser 

Tiku as usual enjoying golf 

This match was an eagerly awaited brand new 

fixture on the HKFC golf calendar. The build up 

however had a few challenges. Big Sai Wan 

struggled to get numbers leading to Tom McColl 

a member of both societies offering to help by 

playing for either side. A great gesture by Tom which 

saw him named first for HKFC then for BSW who 

subsequently found another player, so back to HKFC 

and finally once more off to BSW again to allow a 

10 v 10 match. So now part of a powerful pairing to 

lead off BSW, Tom paired with Stephen Ahmoye, 

but sadly this also was not to be as a family illness 

saw Stephen drop out very late that morning shortly 

before we boarded the ferry. 

With no chance of replacement at that late hour 

Tom went from the power pair to the unenviable solo 

golfer faced with playing the HKFC pairing of Scott 

Laws and Malou Waldie on his own. Indications to 

the rest of the field were that Tom was actually coping 

well, as his name appeared on most of the near pin 

markers and a huge long drive on the 8th hole that nearly 

reached the green. Alas it was a task too big even for 

his broad shoulders with Malou in sparkling form and 

Scott chiming in well he succumbed not without a good 

fight to a 5 and 3 HKFC win. Huge thanks to Tom for his 

positive attitude moving between teams and handling the 

eventual task of playing alone without hesitation. 

A good start for HKFC but could Captain Terry Wright 

and his debutant partner Chris Frost add to the tally. 

The opponents Tiku Patidar and Chris Satterfield for 

BSW a good pairing that watched with dismay as Terry 

chipped in for birdie on the first hole. A couple of halved 

holes then Terry holes out from 50 ft from a greenside 

bunker for another birdie. 3 up after 5 holes one thing is 

for sure – that ain’t going to last ! Tiku and Chris got into 

their work and slowly chipped away until they finally got in 


GOLF 

Ian Carel KP and Jonny after a wet 18 holes Tom, Malou and Scott Terry presents the Big Cup to BSW Captain KP. 

front 1up after 15 holes. It stayed that way until 

18 where the HKFC pair had a chance to halve 

the match snatched away when Chris casually 

rolled in a 25 foot putt to slam that door shut. 2 

up win to BSW. 

Jonny Brock and Ian Petersen faced BSW’s 

Carel Rossouw and Kurt Pedersen (KP). KP 

started off hot contributing for his team on 8 

of the first 9 holes and with Carel the steady 

teammate turning in an excellent 4 over par 

round of 75 the HKFC pair battled valiantly but 

were never in the hunt going down 4 and 3 to 

this very much in form BSW pairing. 

Justin Faulkner and JP Cuvelier were 

HKFC’s next pairing out against Ed Liu and 

Jack Satterfield. It was the first time together 

for Justin and JP and they clicked straight 

away striding out to a 4 hole lead at the turn 

despite some very solid play by 14 yr old Jack 

Satterfield. Ed managed to regain his form on 

the back nine but alas it was too late to pull 

back the lead and Justin and JP eased home 

for a comfortable 5 and 4 victory to HKFC. 

Two matches apiece this contest was in the 

balance. HKFC’s fate resting in the experienced 

hands of Andrew Wood and Owen Davis. 

Their opponents, Wes Jones and Fabio 

Lavarone of BSW. As befitting the deciding 

match this was a very tight affair. There was 

nothing between these two teams as indicated 

by the all square score after nine holes. 

Gradually though, the slimmest of margins slid 

out to a 2 and 1 victory for ……………….. sad 

to say BSW ! A great battle deservedly won 

by Jones and Lavarone making the overall 

team result a 3-2 victory for Big Sai Wan in 

this inaugural encounter. A good contest on 

a tricky day with plenty of rain against very 

competitive golfers so we look forward to this 

being the first of many stirring encounters. 

Near Pins were won by Andrew Wood, Kurt 

Pedersen, Chris Satterfield, Malou Waldie and 

Tom McColl with Tom also taking out the long 

drive. 

Terry Wright – Golf Captain 

Xili Outing 

25th June 2019 

Xili is a gorgeous course which usually 

attracts a good number of participants 

for our outings there. However with 

thunder storms and heavy rain blasting Hong 

Kong the night before, members were asking 

whether we should postpone this event due 

to the terrible weather. Luckily, as is often 

the case, we discovered sunshine and a soft 

breeze awaiting the start of our round. 

The first to tee off was Henry Lai, YP Soo, 

Richard and myself. Richard wasn’t having a 

very good round of golf. A common mistake, he 

kept trying to hit the ball too hard and wound 

up topping it for the first few holes. Meanwhile 

his partner, Henry playing within himself, was 

striking the ball nicely. He finished up with a 

respectable 92 including 6 pars. As for me, I 

managed a satisfactory round too, shooting 

an 82 for 39 stableford points. I benefited from 

my partners showing me the line on one hole 

allowing me to chip in for a birdie. Another 

birdie on a par 5 helped me to what turned out 

to be the winning score. 

YP Soo Richard Henry Lai 

Meanwhile in the second group, Allan 

Homeming had the closest to the pin on hole 

4 which is a downhill 200 yards shot with water 

just right of the green. He continued his good 

play to score 92 gross and 37 stableford points 

to claim second place. Another high note was 

from Anita Ng who has been improving quite a 

lot after having several lessons. She shot 100 

gross, just one shot left to break 100. Watch 

this space!!! 

Here is the breakdown of the results, 


Course B 

Hole 5 – YP soo 

Course C 

Hole 4 – Allan Homeming 

Winner – Ted Li 39 points 

First Runner up – Allan Homeming 37 points 

That’s it for this outing, see you at the next 

event. 


Swimming & Triathlon News 

Swimming & Triathlon Report 

It is Summer and the Swimming & Triathlon Season 

is in full swing! We had our 3rd HKSASA meet on 

23rd June 2019. Rohit Daswani, Nicole Millson, 

Sandy Chan and Farah Master took home golds in 

their respective events, while Matt Belecanech broker 

another Hong Kong record in the 200 metre freestyle 

for men 25-29. 

Torsten Van Dullemen 

Leanne Claxton and 

Mattieu Maury 

HKASA Long Course Masters Swimming Competition (Part 3) 23rd June 2019 

23rd June 19 Event Place 

Rohit Daswani 50 Metre Freestyle 1st (M 18-24) 

Matt Belecanech 200 Metre Freestyle New Hong Kong Record (M 25-29) 

400 Metre Freestyle 4th (M 25-29) 

Nicole Millson 100 Metre Breaststroke 1st (W 35-39) 

50 Metre Backstroke 1st (W 35-39) 

Sandy Chan 50 Metre Backstroke 1st (W 30-34) 

50 Metre Butterfly 1st (W 30-34) 

Singha Chau 50 Metre Butterfly 3rd (M 18-24) 

50 Metre Breaststroke 2nd (M 18-24) 

Vasco Van Der Flier 50 Metre Butterfly 9th (M 35-39) 

100 Metre Freestyle 2nd (M 35-39) 

Simon Weller 50 Metre Butterfly 3rd (M 45-49) 

100 Metre Freestyle 2nd (M 45-49) 

Farah Master 100 Metre Freestyle 1st (W 30-34) 

Torsten Van Dullemen, competed and placed 28th in 

his age group in the Challenge Middle Distance World 

Championship in Samorin, Slovakia. In true weekend 

warrior fashion, Torsten flew into Slovakia on Saturday 

morning, competed on Sunday and flew back in time for 

work Monday! That is dedication! 

Leanne Claxton and Mattieu Maury teamed up for 

the Action Asia kayak and Run race on 29th June, and 

finished 2nd overall in their race premier! Congrats guys! 

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Badminton News 

Badminton Society Team Update 

World Class Player Chou Tien-Chen Visits the Society 

Badminton World Federation (BWF) world ranking number 4 men’s singles 

player, Chou Tien-Chen was invited by our ICC/ Society head coach John 

Leung as a VIP guest to our Society session on Friday 30 June 2019. 

Members enjoyed playing and spectating at this special evening event. 

Our newly-elected chairman David Man presented a souvenir to Chou. 

A Q and A session was also conducted allowing members a chance to 

understand more about Chou’s career, his structured training and warm up 

routine. 

2019-2020 Badminton Society Committee Members 

The newly elected committee members: 

Chairman – David Man 

Secretary – Peggy Lee 

Treasurer – Upadhyay Biswajyoti 

S&RSC representative – Matt Shuker 

Captains – Nora Man (ladies) and Ivan Ho (men) 

General members – Duncan Macrae, Helena Ko 

and Coco Choi 

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Hong Kong Football Club Sports Day 

June 2019 

Our Badminton Society Sports Preferred 

Members joined the fun packed sports 

day and secretary Peggy Lee joined in as 

photographer for the day. 

Hong Kong Football Club Junior Badminton Championship 2019 

The 2nd HKFC Junior Badminton Championship was held on 7th July 2019 

attracting overseas players from leading badminton academies 

in Taipei and Malaysia in a highly competitive tournament. 

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From left to right (front): Nora Man, Amy Chan, 

Edwin Ma, Lam Chun Tin, Matt Shuker, Hoey; from 

right to left (back): Leo Ng, Ivan Ho 

Matt was fully engaged in his favourite activity…. 

the space hoop. 


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