Club Magazine Issue 05, 2018
Monthly Club Magazine of Hong Kong Football Club
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HOCKEY<br />
Happy 30th Anniversary to the Dinos<br />
1988 was a very big year. To name but a few<br />
significant things which happened:<br />
• The slogan “Just Do It” was born.<br />
• Eddie The Eagle won over hearts and<br />
minds all over the world with his antics at<br />
the Winter Olympics in Calgary.<br />
• Die Hard was released.<br />
• Kylie Minogue released her song “I should<br />
be so lucky”.<br />
And we at the <strong>Club</strong> were ever so lucky<br />
because, in 1988, the Dinos were formed.<br />
Of course, marking 30 years of the most die<br />
hard hockey fans and tightknit group of friends<br />
is one thing – it is a truly momentous occasion<br />
after all. But for me, it is not just the on-pitch<br />
hours which set the Dinos apart from the rest<br />
of us mere mortals. It is the number of Dinos<br />
who feature on the board of Ladies’ Captains; it<br />
is seeing multiple Dinos donning their luminous<br />
yellow shirts and whistles to officiate matches<br />
week in, week out; it is the contributions they<br />
have made and continue to make to the wider<br />
hockey community in Hong Kong; it is the<br />
Dinos always seen in the<br />
stands cheering on their <strong>Club</strong><br />
mates; it is the fact that they<br />
have the toughest selection<br />
process of any team in the<br />
Hong Kong league structure…<br />
and of course, it is the<br />
number of hours (and millions<br />
of dollars) spent in the bar<br />
after all the on-pitch battles in<br />
those 30 years.<br />
The Dinos do not understand<br />
the “not my problem” attitude,<br />
by which so many HK folks are afflicted and<br />
instead they will always just do it themselves.<br />
The Dinos represent everything that I love about<br />
our fantastic <strong>Club</strong>, and we could all stand to<br />
learn a lot from your relentless team spirit,<br />
support for Hong Kong Football <strong>Club</strong>’s Hockey<br />
Section and lifelong friendships forged from this<br />
sport which brings us all together.<br />
Dinos – you won over the hearts and minds of<br />
the Hong Kong Football <strong>Club</strong> 30 years ago,<br />
and I know that will remain the same for the<br />
next 30 years. I was truly sorry to be unable to<br />
toast your 30th Anniversary at your weekend<br />
of celebrations at the end of April, but I hope to<br />
toast it with you all at the End of Season Party.<br />
I do know that you will celebrate in style – after<br />
all, you have 30 years of practice!<br />
Pip Pip, dear Dinos.<br />
Lynsey Edgar, Ladies’ Captain<br />
BE<br />
FIRST!<br />
NEW <strong>2018</strong><br />
APARTMENT<br />
TOWER<br />
<strong>Club</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> May <strong>2018</strong> 35
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