Club Magazine Issue 02, 2018

HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB FEBRUARY 2018 

IN THIS ISSUE 

– F&B promotions 

– Christmas Fete Photos 

– Lion Dance at the Club 

on 25th February 

– and more...

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40 

GENERAL COMMITTEE 

President : Dermot Agnew 

Vice President : Fook Aun Chew 

Vice President : Nick Hunsworth 

Vice President : Bobby Lawson 

Vice President : Iain Valentine 

Chairman : John Shanahan 

Hon. Secretary : Mike Wood 

Hon. Treasurer : Alan Morgan 

Constitutional Affairs : Jeff Lane 

Development : Peter Crabtree 

Discipline : James Niehorster 

Membership : Maurice O’Brien 

Sports & Recreation : Karin Looram 

Hockey Officer : Charles Poulton 

Lawn Bowls Officer : Mike Worth 

Rugby Officer : Don Rider 

Soccer Officer : Neil Jensen 

Squash Officer : Malcolm Kerr 

MANAGEMENT 

General Manager : Mark Pawley 

Director of Operations : Tony Sealy 

Director of Food and Beverage : Dominique Artigolle 

Director of Finance : Ricky Chan 

Asst. Financial Controller : May Chang 

Executive Chef : Jason Kelly Lynn 

Facilities Manager : Evan Tao 

Membership Services Manager : Kerry Ogle 

Human Resources Manager : Angela Chan 

Executive Housekeeper : Tracy Tseung 

Contents 

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

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

Food and Beverage promotions......................................6 

Photos from the Christmas Fete...................................16 

Squash.......................................................................17 

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

Junior Soccer..............................................................23 

Rugby.........................................................................25 

Mini Rugby..................................................................29 

Hockey.......................................................................34 

Mini Hockey................................................................38 

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. 

Lawn Bowls.................................................................39 

Netball........................................................................41 

Tennis.........................................................................42 

Golf............................................................................43 

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

Badminton..................................................................47 

Movie and Book Library ..............................................49 

Club Magazine February 2018 1

The Thoughts of the Chairman 

John J Shanahan, 

Chairman 

Dear Members, 

The AGM of the Club was held on the 18th 

January and went relatively smoothly with an 

uncontested election of officers to the General 

Committee (GC). I am pleased to welcome Karin 

Looram and Don Rider to the new GC. Unfortunately, 

we were not able to hold the AGM in the renovated 

Second Floor due to the problems I highlighted in a 

letter I sent to all Members on 16th January. I will 

continue to keep you all updated on the progress of 

that project on a regular basis. 

The Officers (and Directors) of the Club, in full, are: 

President 

Dermot Agnew 

Vice-Presidents 

Bobby Lawson 

Iain Valentine 

Fook Aun Chew 

Nick Hunsworth 

Chairman 

John Shanahan 

Honorary Secretary Mike Wood 

Honorary Treasurer Alan Morgan 

The Chairmen of the Standing Sub-committees are: 

Membership 

Maurice O’Brien 

Constitutional Affairs Jeff Lane 

Development 

Peter Crabtree 

Discipline 

James Niehorster 

Sports and Recreation Karin Looram 

The Sporting Sections representatives are: 

Rugby 

Don Rider 

Soccer 

Neil Jensen 

Lawn Bowls 

Mike Worth 

Squash 

Malcolm Kerr 

Hockey 

Charles Poulton 

The next AGM will revert to the normal timetable and 

be held in November this year. In closing, may I take 

this opportunity on behalf of the GC and myself to 

wish all Members and their families, a healthy, happy 

and prosperous Year of the Dog. Kung Hei Fat Choy! 

John J Shanahan 

Chairman 

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Race Box 

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CORPORATE 

SUBSCRIBERSHIPS 

The Club maintains a Box at the Happy Valley race 

course which is available for Members to book in 

advance. 

Cost: 

F&B Package: $750 per head. 

Admission badge: $60 per head. 

F&B arrangement: 

The Race Box is provided with a Buffet and 

unlimited drinks. 

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. 

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 

For those of you who attended the Club’s 

Christmas Fete please see some of the 

photographs from this event on page 16 of this 

magazine. If you’re not pictured or simply want 

to see more photographs from the Fete, then you can 

download a QR code reader on your smartphone and 

scan the code on those pages for more photographs. 

And, a big well done and many congratulations to 

Ming, Samson and Ken pictured below who won the 

final Quarter 4 Staff Star Award. Just to note that 

these three employees, along with nine others, will be 

up for the Staff Star Award of the year at the Annual 

Staff Party coming up in March. At the same time one 

Supervisor of the Year Award and one Leader of the 

Year Award will also be made. 

Be reminded that the Club will be closed from 5pm 

on Chinese New Years Eve, Thursday 15th February, 

closed all day on Chinese New Years Day, Friday 16th 

February, reopening at 9am on Saturday 17th February. 

This will mean all Club Facilities, including the Car Park, 

will not be available during the noted period of closure. 

You will also find on page 6 of the magazine the 

opening hours of the Sport Facilities over the Chinese 

New Year holiday period and on page 9 you will find 

the opening hours for the Food and Beverage Outlets. 

And, don’t forget too, the NFL Super Bowl and 

the Super Big Breakfast in the Sportsman’s Bar 

on Monday 5th February. Doors open (to the 

Sportsman’s Bar) at 6am with the match “Live” from 

7am onwards. You will definitely need to book for this 

event so please do so by ringing the Sportsman’s Bar 

on 2830 9531 or email sportsmans@hkfc.com. 

Two things not to forget is Valentine’s Day (at the 

Club) on the 14th February and a note for the diary, 

well in advance, that the Club, including the Car 

Park, will be closed from 5pm on Sunday 11th 

March, due to the Annual Staff Party, reopening 

on Monday 12th March at 9am. 

And, last but by no means least Kung Hei Fat Choy 

to all our Members from the Management and the 

Staff of the Club. 

I look forward to seeing you all at the Club! 

Mark Pawley, 

General Manager 

2017 Q4 Staff Star Award 

Leung Chi Ming – Sports (Pool) Cheng Tak Ching, Samson – F & B (Kitchen) Po Wing Chun, Ken - Accounts 


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Chinese New Year 

Opening Hours 

for Sports Facilities 

The Club will close at 5pm on Chinese New Year’s Eve, Thursday 15th February 

and be closed all day on Chinese New Year’s Day, Friday 16th February. As such, 

the opening hours for our Sports Facilities will be changed for Chinese New Year as 

per the schedule below: 

Thu 15th 

Feb 

Fri 16th 

Feb 

Sat 17th 

Feb 

Sun 18th - 

Mon 19th Feb 

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

FITNESS CENTRE 6.30am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

C 

GOLF SIMULATORS 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

M 

Y 

INDOOR GREEN 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

CM 

MY 

OUTDOOR GREEN 12noon to 4pm closed 2pm to 7pm 2pm to 7pm 

CY 

CMY 

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

K 

CLUB SHOP 10am to 4pm closed 10.30am to 7.30pm 10.30am to 7.30pm 

SPORTS HALL 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

SQUASH CENTRE 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

SPORTS THEATRE 9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

SWIMMING POOL 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

TENNIS COMPLEX 7am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

CHILDREN’S 

PLAYROOMS 

9am to 4pm closed 9am to 9pm 8am to 9pm 

LIBRARY 10am to 4pm closed 10.30am to 7.30pm 10.30am to 7.30pm 

CHANGING ROOMS 7am to 4.30pm closed 9am to 9.30pm 8am to 9.30pm 

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FOOD AND BEVERAGE 

Food and Beverage Outlets 

Operating hours during the renovation period 

During the renovation period from early June, the following Food and Beverage Outlets will remain 

open. The operating hours and contact information are listed below: 

SPORTSMAN’S BAR 

Sunday to Thursday 

7.30am to Midnight 

Friday to Saturday 

7.30am to 1am 

The last food order: 11pm 

Tel: 28309531 

Email: sportsmans@hkfc.com 

CAPTAIN’S BAR 

Daily: 7.30am to 11pm 

The last food order: 10.30pm 

Tel: 28372622 

Email:bar@hkfc.com 

FAMILY LOUNGE BAR 

Daily: 8.30am to 10pm 


Tel: 28372663 

Email: bar@hkfc.com 

FUNCTION ROOMS 

(on 1/Fl) 

Daily: 12 noon to 6pm 


Tel: 28372629 

Email:bar@hkfc.com 

KIOSK 

Daily: 10am to 10pm 

Tel: 28372678 

Email: bar@hkfc.com 

POOL BAR 

– Closed and will reopen 

on 5th February – 

Daily: 8am to 6.30pm 

The last food order: 6pm 

Tel: 28309573 

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Daily: 9am to 6pm 

Enquiries: 28372629 

Email: 

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LUNCH AT THE CLUB 

SPORTSMAN’S BAR 

Monday to Friday 

from Noon to 2.30pm 

Semi Buffet Lunch 

one serving: 95 per person 

or full menu: 120 

(Booking accepted at Lunch time 

from Monday to Friday only) 

CAPTAIN’S BAR AND 

FAMILY LOUNGE BAR 

(on 1st Floor) 

Selection of sandwiches, 

salads, pastas, snacks and 

hot/cold beverages 

FUNCTION ROOMS 

(on 1st Floor) 

Daily from Noon to 2.30pm 

Semi Buffet Lunch 

2 Courses: 168 


(includes Coffee or Tea) 

(Booking accepted at Lunch time 

from Monday to Sunday only) 

F&B OUTLETS 

CHINESE NEW YEAR OPERATING HOURS 

Thu 15th Feb Fri 16th Feb Sat 17th Feb Sun 18th Feb Mon 19th Feb 

MEETING ROOMS 1,2,3 Noon to 3pm closed Noon to 9.30pm Noon to 9.30pm Noon to 9.30pm 

CAPTAIN’S BAR 7.30am to 5pm closed closed 8am to 11pm 8am to 11pm 

SPORTSMAN’S BAR 7.30am to 5pm closed 9am to Midnight 8am to Midnight 8am to Midnight 

FAMILY LOUNGE 8.30am to 5pm closed 9am to 9.30pm 9am to 7pm 9am to 9.30pm 

KIOSK 10am to 5pm closed 10am to 7pm 10am to 7pm 10am to 7pm 

The Club will re-open on Saturday 17th February from 9am 

The Club will re-open on Sunday 18th February and Monday 19th February from 8am 

* Last orders in the F&B outlets on Thursday 15th February will be accepted 45 minutes prior to closing. 



F&B Promotion 

in the Sportsman’s Bar 


Photo for reference only 


STEW PROMOTION 


A delicious selection of stew dishes are 

being served at the Sportsman’s Bar. 

Feast on tempting creations.... 

RUGBY: 

February is the beginning of the Six Nations Rugby Championship. 

See below Schedule of play: 

3rd/4th February 10th/11th February 23rd/24th February 

Wales v Scotland, Saturday Ireland v Italy, Saturday France v Italy, Friday 

France v Ireland, Saturday England v Wales, Saturday Ireland v Wales, Saturday 

Italy v England, Sunday Scotland v France, Sunday Scotland v England, Saturday 

SOCCER: 

The English Premier League continues to take the spotlight with plenty of important games. 

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BUFFET 


Every Saturday and Sunday 

Lunch from 11:30-3pm 

Dinner from 5:30-9:30pm 

98 per Adult, 48 per Child 

2018 WINTER OLYMPICS: 

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly 

known as PyeongChang 2018, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to take 

place from 9th to 25th February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea 

Please check the Sports Notice Board for Updates. 

In the Function Rooms 

Keep up to date on the Club website and 

all sports notice boards. 

For further information, please call the 

Sportsman’s Bar at 2830 9531 

See you around… 

SEMI BUFFET LUNCH 

In the Function Rooms / 1st Floor 

Monday to Sunday 

from noon to 2.30pm 



(Includes Coffee or Tea) 

SEMI BUFFET DINNER 

In the Function Rooms / 1st Floor 

Friday to Sunday 

from 6.30pm to 10pm 



(Includes Coffee or Tea) 

WINTER WARMING DRINK 


Enjoy a warming drink at the Sportsman’s 

Bar to keep you warm throughout the 

cold month of February. 


Treat yourself to a selection from our 

appetizers buffet, made-to-order main 

courses and desserts. 

For Bookings and inquiries, please contact: 

2837 2629 or email: bar@hkfc.com 






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Photos from 

the Christmas 

Fête 

Saturday 9th 

December 

A fun-filled afternoon 

of Christmas Festivities 

including face painting, 

games, fantastic music and 

great entertainers! 

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Squash News 

Captain’s vs Chairman’s 

Annual Challenge Cup Chairman’s team Captains’s team Score 

The fourth annual Captains vs Chairman’s Challenge Cup took 

place in December. This is an event where the men’s and ladies’ 

Captains Julian Tanner and Emma Duncombe take on Dave Cross’ 

Chairman’s team. The game is open to all players who then go into 

the pool, a coin toss then decides who will have the first pick with the 

loser of the coin toss then getting to pick the next player to play the 

number one pick and then has the first pick for the second game and 

so on. The team that wins the most matches wins the overall trophy 

giving the chairman or the captain annual bragging rights. 

After the three previous cups had been won by the Chairman’s select 

team the captains would try everything they could to stop the run and 

win the tournament for the first time 

This year there were sixty-two players in 31 matches who played 

on court throughout the afternoon. The captains’ team got off to a 

fast start in the tournament with close 3-2 wins for Vinod Harjani 

and Nigel Steffensen. Tom Tang and Alyssa Ho also won in their 

matches to take the early lead for the captains’ team 5-1. 

The chairman’s team then came back to close the gap with wins for 

Paul Simons, Alex Chew but chairman himself Dave Cross couldn’t 

quite manage to win his game as he lost to Andrew Wood 3-2. After 

the first 10 matches played the score was 6-4 to the captain’s team. 

In some very close encounters in the next set of matches Jason 

Brown managed to beat Jay Kramer 3-2 as did Chris Caves vs 

David Robinson. These games helped the captains’ team increase 

the lead to 13-6. 

With 16 being the magic number of matches to win to gain the trophy 

the chairman’s team fought back with some great squash from the 

likes of Martin Mrosek, Mike Zimmermann and Phil Head who all 

won their matches. With some close games to come it was anyone’s 

to win the overall trophy. Carmen Lee for the Captains team beat 

Anson Wong in a close 3-2 encounter to get to the magic 16 which 

meant a win for the captains’ team in the 4th time of playing. 

The overall score was 18-13 to the Captains. The trophy was 

presented to captains Julian Tanner and Emma Duncombe by Section 

sponsor Ian Burns from St James’s Place. Well done to all who took 

part in the matches. A few after squash beverages were enjoyed by 

the participants who could rue their missed opportunity of winning or 

bask in the glory of their win. 

The Chairman will be hoping this was a blip on his record and get 

back to winning ways next year. 

Jurg Niederberger Vinod Harjani 2-3 

David Chan Nigel Steffensen 2-3 

Martin Mrosek Zach Ho 3-0 

Rishad Schaefer Oliver Weisberg 3-0 

David Murray Tom Tang 1-3 

Steve Gollop Alyssa Ho 1-3 

Eli Bitan Ashwin Padgaonkar 3-1 

Henry Ng William Fan 2-3 

Mike Zimmermann Ajay Hazari 3-0 

Paul Simons Niki Chan 3-1 

Alex Chew Monique Wong 3-0 

Dave Cross Andrew Wood 2-3 

Caeli Robinson Javy Wong 3-1 

Charles Li Russel Kuan 1-3 

Jay Kramer Jason Brown 2-3 

Channi Matharu Rachel Sutcliffe 0-3 

Paul Errington Emma Duncombe 1-3 

Pieter Le Roux Simon Ho 3-0 

Nam Chan Rodrigo Quan Miranda 1-3 

Tim Harrison Manoj Nihalani 3-2 

David Robinson Chris Caves 2-3 

Kari Pahlman KK 3-2 

Allen Lam Julian Tanner 1-3 

Gillem Tulloch James Zhang 1-3 

Peter Tsang Nick Wong King Yat 1-3 

Phil Head Sean Soo 3-2 

Anson Wong Carmen Lee 2-3 

Tim Fan King Yat Lau 1-3 

Andrew Ward Lincoln Chan 3-1 

Vincent Yu Eric Ho 3-1 

Ho Fai Chiu Raymond Chiu 1-3 


SQUASH 

HKFC vs RBSC 

HKFC recently hosted the RBSC from 

Bangkok in a great friendly event. Teams 

from both sides enjoyed a fantastic night of 

squash with the HKFC team managing to win 

9-5. Both teams then headed down to the 

Sportsman’s Bar for food and beverages. Here 

are a selection of photos from this event. 

Wear Your Squash Kit Abroad 

This month’s submissions are Chairman Dave Cross in very Icy 

Iceland and in warmer climes Rob Jones and family in the desert 

in the UAE on what appears to be a very fast camel (hence the 

slightly blurred photo) 

Ladder Movers 

of the Month 

Men’s 

Rajesh Nihalani 100 

Nick Organ 23 

Krzysztof Kostienko 22 

Dave Cross – Iceland 

Rob Jones – UAE 


Soccer News 

Message from the 

Soccer Captain 

Tables 

HKFA 1st Division 

Robbie Bacon, 

Soccer Section 

Captain 

Hello all, 

The Soccer Section has had plenty going on 

over the last couple of months. Back at the 

start of December our noisy neighbours from 

the Singaporean Cricket Club waltzed over 

and took back the McPherson trophy with 

a deserved 2 – 0 victory at the Hong Kong 

Football Club with the Club left to rue the slow 

start to the match and a lacklustre second 

half performance, while in competitive action 

the Club remains in an exceptionally strong 

position as the tables below show. On the 

Social side, the Soccer Section’s Christmas 

Party in Kennedy Town was well represented 

Yau Yee League 

by all the competitive teams and all had plenty 

of fun. 

This month we have articles on the 1st Team’s 

cup exploits ably supported by some promising 

young Colts, the annual Boxing Day match 

England v Scotland, the AIA Boxing Day 

Festival of Football, the Section’s role and 

involvement in a very well known and important 

Hong Kong Charity ‘Operation Santa Claus”, 

and the Crusader’s tour to Phnom Phen. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Chinese New 

Year. 

Robbie Bacon 

HKFA 2nd Division 

HKFA Ladies Division 

Legal League Legends (Vets) 

Soccer Section Christmas Party 


SOCCER 

England v Scotland 

Boxing Day Match 

There is a pub outside Chellaston, Derby, called the Bonnie Prince, named 

after Charles Edward Stuart (or Bonnie Prince Charlie) who, on his way to 

London with the Jacobite Army in December 1745, got as far south as nearby 

Swarkstone Bridge before being turned back by local farmers. The uprising occurred 

when most of the British Army was on the European continent. 

Fast forward exactly 272 years and an England vs Scotland battle of more equal 

measure at Sports Road. The 82nd Boxing Day game saw Scotland, under 

Scott Semple, try to retain the cup they stole last year, while England under new 

management of yours truly looked to repel the marauding invaders. In the first five 

minutes, Scotland, sought another audacious start to a campaign, laying siege to 

the England goal. Only profligate finishing by McAmro Abbas and fine saves from 

Goalkeeper Kee stopped Scotland being 2 or 3-0 up inside the opening quarter. 

England finally got into their stride, and playing with no less than 3 father and son 

combinations (families Harris, Beattie and Lonergan; Hunters Andy and Charlie 

for the Scots) proceeded to use youth coupled with experience to dominate. Niall 

Cox’s pace down the right flank was proving a problem for the Scots who conceded 

the game’s first penalty. Paul Fitzgerald dispatched for 1-0, only for it to be swiftly 

cancelled out by Jamie ‘he never misses’ Milne also from the spot. 1-1. 

With the game finely balanced, enter Calvin Harris who proved too hot for the 

Scottish defence to handle. If there were defensive questions over his first goal, with 

GK Dan Healy getting a hand to his shot, the second was unstoppable and gave 

England a slightly flattering 3-1 half-time lead. As if two generals adhering to the 

Geneva convention, the managers stuck to a pre-agreed battle plan of playing older, 

Vets teams for the second half as youth made way. Unfortunately for Scotland, 

England started sharply and despite shocking misses from Mark Grainger and 

Simon Page, Richard Le-Gallez found composure to set himself before sliding 

past GK Callum Dunn and Terry Harris completed a Harris hat-trick for 5-1. 

The contest wasn’t quite over, and Scotland’s best player, Adrian Worth who had 

been impressive in midfield all game, danced through the English back line for a 

well-deserved goal and manager Semple found space behind enemy lines for 5-3, 

the final score. The England team, like Derbyshire farmers of 1745, knew the battle 

was already won, the invaders vanquished and sent home ‘tae think again! 

by Graeme Lane 

Scotland Team: 

Dan Healy 

Tim Chan 

Matt Paterson 

Charlie Hunter 

Liam Doyle 

Sherman Mak 

McAmro Abbas 

Callum Dunn 

Andy Hunter 

Jamie Milne 

John McCasey 

Rudd Mc Hart 

Scott Semple 

Adrian Worth 

Stewart McInnes 

Jamie Miller 

Mike Morton 

MC Foaud 

England Team: 

Graeme Lane 

Kee 

Bob Sawhney 

Danny Beattie 

Callum Beattie 

Calvin Harris 

Terry Harris 

Rory Lonergan 

Mick Lonergan 

Johnny Mui 

Gavin McDermott 

Richard Lant 

Pak Wan 

Mark Grainger 

Simon Page 

Paul Fitzgerald 

Richard Le-Gallez 

Steve Tew 

Niall Cox 

2017 Scotland Boxing Day Squad 


SOCCER 

Jock of the Match: 

Sassenach of the Match: 

Simon Page 

McAmro Abbas 

Man of the Match, England: 

Man of the Match, Scotland: 

Calvin Harris / Terry Harris 

Adrian Worth 

Boxing Day 2017 

England MotM 

Scotland MotM 

Colts help HKFC 1st Team progress 

into the Cup Quarter Finals 

There is a reason that Lucky Mile or 

HKFC 1st Team have not made the Cup 

quarter finals at any point over the last 

few seasons – the matches are played over 

Christmas and New Year, usually requiring the 

last minute recruitment of Club stalwarts to help 

sides put out a bare XI. This year the timing of 

the matches was no different, the first round 

was played on the 23rd of December and 

the second round on the 31st of December. 

This was coupled with the newly introduced 

and more stringent registration requirements 

requiring the Section to take a new approach 

as Tony Hamilton with the support of Colts 

manager Bobby Lawson called up five of 

the finest available Colts to help the HKFC 

1st Team field a side. Callum Beattie, Sam 

Pijpers, Charlie Stewart, Hamish Tong, 

Conrad Szymanski were those involved over 

the two fixtures: 

The First Round – Even Tony Hamilton was 

away for this fixture leaving assistant John 

Casey to marshal the twelve available souls 

through the fixture. Goalkeepers notorious in 

general for loving a holiday, and with all 1st 

team keepers away Robbie Bacon stepped 

into nets, while Robert Scott returned from 

injury for his first appearance of the season 

from the bench. The three Colts all started 

showing JC’s unbreakable trust in the 

HKFC Junior Soccer set-up and were all on 

impressive form as Callum Beattie set the 

tone with a couple of commanding headers 

and strong forays up from left back. As HKFC 

began to dominate proceedings Sam Pijpers 

beat his man and whipped in a great cross for 

Jerome to nod home and put Club into the lead. 

As Sebastian Fielder spread the play with his 

trademark Martin Rainer-esque diagonals the 

Club capitalised and Remi Depalmas doubled 

the Club’s lead before two of the debutants, 

Hamish Tong and Sam Pijpers put the gloss on 

the result with fine finishes. 4 – 0 the final result 

and JC a happy man. 

The Second Round – A few players returned 

from their Christmas trips but no goalkeepers 

and so Robbie Bacon continued in goal. Callum 

Beattie continued from the Colts while another 

two were introduced, Charlie Stewart starting 

centre midfield and Conrad to come off the 

bench. A stronger side showed it’s class 

as Sammy Micke-Dongo and Jerome De 

Clarens each powered home strikes from 

outside the box before missing easier chances 

inside the box to put the Club in a commanding 

lead at half time. Despite a few scares on the 

counter, and some profligate finishing by Club, 

Remi Depalmas, Albin Brion and a Michael 

Hampshire double that was well assisted by 

the marauding young Conrad put the game to 

bed. Charlie Stewart put in a man of the match 

performance and was unlucky that two great 

efforts were superbly saved. Cup troubles, what 

cup troubles Tony Hamilton Brown was heard 

muttering to JC! 


Junior Soccer News 

U12 keeper looking for the save 

U12s in action 

Boxing Day – 

Festival of Football 

New Soccer Section Chairman Stephen 

Tew joined a good crowd of spectators 

at the 4th Festival of Football at the Club 

on Boxing Day. This year saw AIA join as title 

sponsors and the players were resplendent in 

their new kit. The annual England v Scotland 

fixture started proceedings and initially it was a 

procession for England, leading 5-1 until two 

late goals for Scotland livened up the game 

and made for a tense finish. England eventually 

prevailed 5-3. 

The youth games featured age groups from 

Under 10s up to Under 16s, with select teams 

from the Hong Kong Junior Football League 

(HKJFL) doing battle with each other and local 

opposition in the form of Yuen Long Football 

Club. 

After the England v Scotland game, four Under 

11 teams played in a tournament featuring the 

best players from the HKJFL competing for the 

Junior Challenge Cup. HKFC was represented 

along with Asia Pacific Soccer Schools (APSS), 

Tai Tam Tigers (TTT), Kowloon Cricket Club 

(KCC), Major League Football Association 

(MLFA), Brasil Top Skills (BTS), Brazilian Football 

Academy (BFA), ACC Japan and Hong Kong 

Dragons. In the semi-finals, the Lions overcame 

the Tigers 3-0 while the Panthers beat the 

Cougars on penalties after a 0-0 draw. The 

final saw the Lions win narrowly 1-0 over the 

Panthers. Winning coach Ian Riddell was 

delighted, as were the boys who won Best 

Player awards – Bennett Foote (HKFC), Yuto 

Oshiro (Hong Kong Dragons), Dylan Mayooran 

(APSS) and Eliot Marschall (BFA). 

Next, the U12 boys and U12 girls took to the 

field. On Pitch 1, Mark Hayman’s Kowloon 

and Islands Team beat a Hong Kong Island 

team coached by Martin Haskins 2-0. Byron 

Doughty (TTT) and Luke Bannon (MLFA) 

were voted Best Players. Over on Pitch 2, 

Ian Meekcoms’s Kowloon and Islands team 

suffered an agonising penalty defeat after a 

thrilling 4-4 draw with Paul Hoy’s Hong Kong 

Island Island Girls. Maia-Itakura Prepscius 

(ACC Japan) and Claudia Brunner (KCC) were 

deserved winners of the Best Player awards. 

A large crowd rolled up to watch the next 

match between the two HKJFL Under 14 select 

teams. The game was played at a high tempo 

in the first half and was very close, 2-2 at half 

time. However, in the second half, Hong Kong 

Island (coached by Mark Grainger) made use 

of their full compliment of subs. It proved too 

much for Kowloon and Islands, who, despite 

playing some good football, lost 7-2 in the 

end. The Best Player awards went to Michael 

Udebuluzor (APSS) for Hong Kong Island and 

Christian Lewis (BTS) for Kowloon and Islands. 

U16 teams - HKJFL Select and Yuen Long FC 

U12 Girls 

The final game was the Under 16 clash 

between a HKJFL Select Team and Yuen Long, 

who had stepped in at the very last minute 

as replacements for South China. The HKJFL 

team got off to a very good start and soon went 

ahead. They then maintained the upper hand 

for most of the game and were too strong, 

eventually winning 6-1 after a late consolation 

for Yuen Long. The Best Players were Luke 

Dow (Hong Kong Dragons) and MA Manching 

from Yuen Long. 

David Williams, Boxing Day Tournament 

Organiser. 

U10-11 players shaking handsa 


JUNIOR SOCCER 

U12 Coach Mark Shuper giving a team talk 

Operation Santa Claus Tournament, 

great cause and great day of football 

The Operation Santa Claus football 

tournament took place on 10th 

December 2017 at Stanley Ho Sports 

Ground. The Operation Santa Claus event 

is something the Soccer Section has been 

involved with for a long time and a special event 

in that it involves our junior players and senior 

members, and helps raise significant money for 

local causes. 

As is the case every year, this year’s event 

comprised junior and senior tournaments. 

HKFC once again organised the junior 

tournament, this year alongside our coorganisers 

and partners at the Hong Kong 

Football Association (HKFA). HKFC also entered 

a team into the senior tournament. The only 

thing missing was the annual Crusaders match, 

as the Crusaders were on tour over the same 

weekend. 

In the Junior Tournament, this year we had a 

total of 32 teams competing in the under 9 and 

under 12 junior competitions. Each team had 

a squad of up to 10 players meaning that 320 

kids could enjoy the tournament. These teams 

U12 Marco Martin in action 

were made up of school teams, local league 

teams and teams from the local community 

formed to take part. 

HKFC, winners of last season’s U9 Cup (there 

was only one age group event last year), 

decided to not send our first teams for both U9 

and U12 tournaments, a decision taken to give 

more kids an opportunity to play and given that 

our first teams have had plenty of football this 

season. We entered a total of 5 teams in U9s 

and 4 teams in U12s. 

While we left without silverware, our kids 

had fun and got to participate in a great 

tournament and worthwhile event. Over the 

course of the day a total of 80 matches were 

played, culminating in 4 finals (Cup, Plate, 

Shield and Bowl). In the under 9s the winners 

of the Cup were Hong Kong City Boys whilst 

FC Banterlona picked up the Cup in the U12s 

competition. 

In the senior tournament, we entered a team 

with a veteran core supplemented with youth 

players (ie young players who can run so us 

older guys don’t have to!). Two U16 academy 

players (Conrad Szymanski and Jesper 

Jarlefelt) and one U18 player (Gabriel Ng) 

were added to a squad that included Captain 

Mark Grainger, Stephen Tew (our Section 

Chairman), Gavin McDermott and Nam 

Nguyen (who had to play goalie as no one 

else wanted to!). We were also fortunate that 

first team player Tom Halder was coaching in 

the U12 tournament which ran concurrently 

– so Tom was able to shuffle back and forth 

between two pitches. 

After losing our first group match to a strong 

Savills side, we won the rest of our group 

games and topped our group. We beat 

Linklaters in the Cup Semis and then faced 

Savills again in the finals, this time winning the 

Cup on penalty shootout. Tom Halder was 

player of the tournament with his play making 

and goals, our youth players played excellent 

football and showed great maturity, and the 

veteran core held its own with Mark Grainger 

providing his usual leadership. 

It was a great fun day of football for all. Special 

thanks to Brendan Mcgraw, our Junior Soccer 

Head Coach for Y7, who once again organised 

a first class tournament for the kids. And 

special thanks to Mark Grainger who captained 

the team to its first Cup trophy in a few years. 

Brendan Mcgraw (OSC Junior Tournament 

Organiser), Nam Nguyen (Senior Team Goalie) 

OSC 5-aside Cup Champions 

Gavin McDermott trying to make a tackle 


Crusaders Soccer News 

Proud to support HKFC 

Crusaders Special Soccer 

Charity Partner of 

the Soccer Section 

Tour to Phnom Penh, Cambodia 

9th – 10th December 2017 

Nigel R Merritt - HKFC Crusaders Head Coach 

is our next Tour?” ...... 

“Can we play another game?” 

“When 

“Can we play that team again?” 

“When are we coming back to Phnom Penh to 

play ISF again?” 

“Well (said Nigel) ... we need to leave Phnom 

Penh first before we can come back!!” 

Such was the excitement and enthusiasm for 

the 5th HKFC Crusaders Tour to Phnom Penh, 

Cambodia, that they wanted to return before 

they had left!! 

Twelve players from the Club’s community 

soccer programme for players of lesser 

ability – which meets every Monday during 

the season on the Main Pitch from 6pm to 

7pm – did the Club proud playing against 

seven teams from ISF who were far more agile 

and able than our players and yet, the HKFC 

Crusaders took the challenges of each game 

in their stride. 

Jennifer, Gary, Alex, Cheech, Josh, Elaine, 

William, Anson, Toby, Melvin, Henry and 

Rooney long may your love of the beautiful 

game continue. 

The seven ISF teams (totalling over eighty 

players) came from varying provinces 

surrounding Phnom Penh and the camaraderie 

developed, within more than four hours of the 

tournament, was amazing to witness. 

The format of the Sunday tournament was 

similar to previous years in that upon arrival at 

the ISF Sports Ground and changing into their 

tournament (read battle!!) kit and limbering 

up – see the images above – there was a 

more than two hour drill session, sandwiched 

between a group warm up and more than 

an hour round robin tournament. How many 

goals were scored or even the result of the 

game was immaterial when matched against 

the high drama on the pitch. Goal celebrations 

and crunching tackles, hand shakes and dives 

– we had it all. 

If we ever need to be reminded of the spirit 

of football, don’t watch the Premier League, 

watch the HKFC Crusaders !!! 

Special thanks go to Barbara Leung, Edwina 

Brown, James Penny and Tim Nichols 

without who’s assistance and organisational 

skills, this tournament would not have 

taken place. 

Huge thanks must also go to The Prudential 

without who’s sponsorship of the HKFC 

Crusaders the programme and the tour would 

not take place, SUNPAC for their superb travel 

arrangement skills and of course to our hosts 

ISF for making our trip so enjoyable 

and carefree. 

As a separate part of the Tour, I (Nigel) 

travelled to Phnom Pehn two days in advance 

of the HKFC Crusaders to carryout a 

continuing (twice yearly visit) capacity building 

programme with the ISF Coaches – as part 

of his commitment to the ISF Charity whose 

football Board he sits on – and to undertake 

and compile a monitoring and evaluation (M 

and E) report on the ISF Coaches and the 10th 

December tournament on behalf of FIFA. 

Asked why the tournament was so important 

to the HKFC Crusaders, Nigel said “This is the 

7th year that the HKFC Crusaders have been 

associated with the ISF Charity and the 5th 

visit to Phnom Penh to cement a relationship 

that can only be witnessed first hand.” 

“Whatever is written, only part sums up 

the experience”. 

The HKFC Crusaders will be in exhibition 

action next soccer at the forthcoming HKFC 

International 7’s so, if you want spectacle and 

drama, excitement and goal celebrations that 

many Premier League players could never 

replicate, look out for the HKFC Crusaders 

when they next strut their stuff on the 

Main Pitch. 


Rugby News 

Tales from the Bush 

by Jimmy Richards, Rugby Section Captain 

Howsit Ladies and Gentleman – with Xmas now behind us it is time 

to look forward to the business end of the season where every 

game is worth its weight in gold and coaches are busy preparing 

their teams for knockout rugger. There are just 8 more weekends until 

Finals footie kicks off and we are hoping to have all our teams present on 

that day - playing for silverware. 

The Club side put in another great performance last Saturday against 

Kowloon scoring a magnificent try off of first phase which was superb to 

watch. The lines, the hands, the endeavour and the finish was first class 

and worthy of any highlight reel across the globe. With Xmas cobwebs 

now well and truly dusted and out the way we are all looking forward to 

the Club side continuing the impressive momentum they have built over 

the last few months. 

The Drags continue to dominate the second division with another 

powerful performance on Saturday racking up 71 points. Raby was only 

able to get three tries this time and was helped massively by a huge 

push from the bench that came on to really up the ante and drive the 

nails into Kowloon’s coffin. Q and the Russian however are not sitting on 

their laurels and will continue to demand more from their team as they 

get closer to the quarters and semis-finals. 

Scorps put on an immense performance and one of the best of the 

season yet. Masterfully driven by their pivot Ryan Matthysen who 

controlled the game perfectly and gave his pack field position to play 

with. The Scorps were strong on defence and aggressive in the pack 

which was led by the ever badgering Lewis and the burly Ben Mac. 

Skurrzy and Tetley Dave have done a great job in building a great team 

both on and off the field and I know the okes will continue to push for 

that league title. 

The Bulls played against Revolution which was a one way affair with the 

final score of 103-12 to Bulls. A massive performance from Roberto 

Gualo who was everywhere on the day putting in not only big tackles but 

some deft touches too. However for all the points scored, Hone Patrick 

was still unable to get his name on the scorecard and the team of the 

week remains ever elusive to this hard running 10. 

Not only is there still a huge amount of rugby this quarter but there is 

also a huge amount of rugby past March including the GFI HKFC 10s, 

the Hong Kong Sevens and the annual Taipans game (21 April). All three 

events offer a different energy and vibe, yet all three events are musts 

to include in your calendar for the year ahead. The GFI HKFC 10s, 

undoubtedly the toughest tens tournament in the world is being held 

at the Club on the 4th and 5th of April while the Hong Kong sevens is 

on the 6th, 7th and 8th of April. Please make sure you get your leave 

approved immediately, your pink tickets signed off and stock up on water 

and Milk Thistle for the week as this is a sensational few days. 

Again to all the old boys, wives and girlfriends, mums and dads, kids 

and Alikadoos that have been down to support the rugby teams a huge 

thank you from the whole Section as the support has been immense and 

is directly related to the success of our teams. To the players, coaches, 

physio’s, committee members and everyone else involved behind the 

scenes thank you so much for the time and effort you put in week in and 

week out it is truly inspiring to see. 

The Four Oarsmen 

A huge congratulations to the Four Oarsmen, including our very own 

Peter Robinson who played at the Club, for crossing the Atlantic 

Ocean. Not only did they row the 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, 

unaided, but they did so in a new world record of 29days, 14hours and 

34minutes – an immense achievement. Additionally the four Oarsmen 

raised a considerable amount of money for MIND and Spinal Research 

(a cause close to Peter’s heart having played with the mercurial Ben 

Kende). A huge congratulations to Peter and his fellow rowers – 

hopefully we will have the opportunity to hear this amazing story in 

person one day here in Hong Kong. 

Good luck to all the players going forward and see you all in the Sporties. 


RUGBY 

Penguins, Samurai, YCAC lead 

challengers at GFI HKFC 10s 

Two-time champions Penguins, three-time 

runners-up Samurai International and 

twice finalists Tradition YCAC have all 

confirmed they will compete at the 33rd GFI 

HKFC 10s from 4th-5th April. 

The three renowned invitational sides will be 

among those looking to dethrone reigning 

champions UBB Gavekal who will again be 

coached by Matt Clarkin, former captain of 

Top 14 club Union Bordeaux Begles, as they 

compete at Hong Kong Football Club for a 

fourth year. 

Plate champions Kir Club Pyrenees of France, 

Australia’s King’s College at UQ sponsored by 

Strategic Equity Alliance, Scotland’s Projecx 

Waterboys and Hong Kong-based Scottish 

Exiles will also return after finishing in the top 

half of the 16-team competition last April. 

Our own Natixis HKFC will play in the event for 

the 33rd consecutive year, while Irish Vikings, 

A-Trade Overseas Old Boys and Devil’s Own 

Shanghai RFC will compete for the 18th, 15th 

and seventh time respectively. 

Crowd favourites Hunter + Boo East Africans – 

made up of internationals from Rwanda, Kenya, 

Uganda – will participate for a fourth straight 

year in the two-day event, which precedes the 

Hong Kong Sevens. 

Tournament Director Bill Mason said: “The 

early confirmation of most of the event’s leading 

sides is testament to how seriously teams 

are taking the GFI HKFC 10s, which retains 

its reputation as the world’s most prestigious 

10-a-side rugby event. 

“The increasing professionalism of the teams 

and the number of pros and semi-pros 

competing requires tremendous organisation 

and an increasing amount of sponsorship, so 

preparation has been long underway for both 

the organisers and the teams. The full lineup, 

including at least two new teams, will be 

announced soon.” 

UBB Gavekal won the Cup for the first time last 

April with a primarily Hong Kong-based squad 

boosted by four Fiji Sevens backs who played 

on the 2016-17 World Rugby Sevens Series. 

The Penguins, who lost 10-7 in the final, won 

the Cup in 2013 and 2016, while Samurai 

return looking to win for the first time after 

finishing runners-up in 2010, 2013 and 2016. 

Tradition YCAC, a squad traditionally made up 

of top New Zealanders, were beaten finalists in 

2014 and 2015. 


RUGBY 

Doddie Weir’s ‘My Name’5 Doddie 

Foundation’ appointed official charity 

The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, 

created in support of former Scotland 

and Lions lock Doddie Weir who is 

suffering from Motor Neurone Disease (MND), 

has been appointed the Official Charity of this 

year’s GFI HKFC 10s. 

The 6ft 6in Weir, who won 61 caps from 1990- 

2000, shared the news of his condition last 

June and the former No.5 is now hoping to 

attend the 10-a-side tournament at Hong Kong 

Football Club 24 years after competing in it. 

In 1994, Weir was 23 when he competed for 

Quality Street Gang Exiles along with fellow 

Scotland internationals including fullback Gavin 

Hastings, flyhalf Gregor Townsend, wing 

Kenny Logan, hooker Kenny Milne and prop 

Paul Burnell. 

Weir played club rugby for Scottish sides 

Melrose and Borders either side of seven 

seasons with Newcastle Falcons in England, 

helping them win the Premiership in 1997-98. 

After retiring from competitive rugby, Weir 

became a popular commentator and afterdinner 

speaker – often sporting a tartan suit 

– and is scheduled to appear at a fundraising 

dinner during his time in Hong Kong. 

The My Name’5 Doddie Foundation was 

created last October, before a gala testimonial 

dinner was held in Weir’s honour in London the 

following month. 

The Foundation’s trustees comprise Scotland 

legends Scott Hastings, Finlay Calder OBE, 

John Jeffrey and Gary Armstrong – fellow 

Lions and all part of the 1990 Grand Slamwinning 

squad – as well as sports broadcaster 

Jill Douglas, Doddie’s wife Kathy Weir and 

Stewart Weir, a journalist and broadcaster. 

Scott Hastings, Chairman of the Foundation, 

said: “Since Doddie shared this devastating 

news with us all, the global response has been 

incredible and the world rugby community in 

particular has offered enormous support. We 

believe the Trust can serve as a way of giving 

the Weir family practical help while raising the 

profile of this degenerative condition. 

“Doddie’s aim has always been to assist those 

touched by this condition – be it fellow sufferers 

or families dealing with the daily consequences 

– with basic and practical relief. All contributions 

enable Doddie and the trustees to make a 

difference to the lives of those coping and 

battling with MND.” 

David Nazer, Chairman of the GFI HKFC 10s 

Organising Committee, said the choice of the 

My Name’5 Doddie Foundation as this year’s 

Official Charity continued the tournament’s 

commitment to organisations linked to 

the sport. 

“Supporting Doddie Weir’s Foundation is 

in keeping with the GFI HKFC 10s’ drive to 

support charities with a rugby connection 

that we can work with on a long-term basis, 

not only through contributions but also with 

connections, exposure and promotion,” 

Nazer said. 

“Last year, the GFI HKFC 10s supported rugbythemed 

charities in India and Nepal, both of 

which have a long-term connection to Hong 

Kong Football Club, and we hope to develop a 

similarly lasting relationship with the My Name’5 

Doddie Foundation.” 

Inaugurated in 1986 to celebrate Hong Kong 

Football Club’s centenary, the GFI HKFC 10s 

has long attracted the game’s top players 

including seven All Blacks who won the 2015 

Rugby World Cup – Conrad Smith, Jerome 

Kaino (both 2003), Ben Smith, Charlie 

Faumuina (both 2008), Beauden Barrett, Sam 

Cane (both 2010) and Nehe Milner-Skudder 

(2013). 

GFI has title sponsored the event since 2006, 

while other sponsors and suppliers for 2018 

include Natixis (Gold Sponsor), Allied World, BT, 

DHL, Q-Net and Taikoo Place (Silver Sponsors), 

CBRE and EY (Bronze Sponsors), Grolsch 

(Official Beer) and Samurai Sportswear 

(Official Apparel). 

For more information, visit: 

Website: www.hongkongtens.com 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/GFIHKFC10s 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GFIHKFC10s 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/gfihkfc10s 

YouTube: www.youtube.com/hkfc10s 

Hashtag: #HK10s 


Mini Rugby News 

HKU Sandy Bay Festival, 

Round 3 of Kim Lam Cup and 

Rounds 2 and 3 Richard Hawkes Cup 

Rather belatedly: Happy New Year. Our Minis have participated in 

HKU Sandy Bay’s splendid Festival. That was an opportunity for us 

to celebrate Integrity. Integrity is central to the fabric of rugby and 

is generated through honesty and fair play. Our hosts ensured that there 

was honesty and fair play in plenty. Our thanks to HKU. 

Our contact years participated, just before Xmas, in the Flying Kukris 

Festival whose value passion. Rugby folk have an unbridled passionate 

enthusiasm for the game. Rugby generates excitement, emotional 

attachment and a sense of belonging to the global rugby family, and 

teamwork. Thanks also to FK. 

On a sad note, our U6 Head Coach, Mark Tsui, was taken ill before 

Christmas. The good news is that after a stay in hospital and recovery 

at home, Mark is back to work. Although the doctors have shifted their 

diagnosis, it is a “racing certainty” that it was not, as first thought, a 

stroke. But this event was a wake-up call: we all need to be aware of the 

FAST protocol: the acronym stands for Facial drooping, Arm weakness, 

Speech difficulties and Time to call emergency services. Let’s all take a 

moment to commit FAST to memory. As part of Club’s rugby family we 

wish all the best to Mark, Amy and, their “pocket rocket”, Declan. 

Denis Brock, Mini-Rugby Chairman 

Under 12 Girls 

After some inspired changes to the squad line 

up and an increase in intensity and focus during 

training, the girls in both FC1 and FC2 put 

together their best displays of the season so far. 

Despite losing the first game 4:0 to HKU the 

FC1 girls rallied themselves to finally pull off a 

hard fought 4:3 victory over SKS followed by 

two wins in the remaining games to ensure that 

they finished second in the group. 

In the Plate pool a reinvigorated FC2 team 

came out determined to put on a solid 

performance having struggled to string together 

successive wins in the early part of the season. 

The mighty U12G B has been developing well 

throughout the season and it was another 

opportunity for the players to test themselves. 

The Squad decided that it was time to put 

“Self Belief” on the pitch and with 4 wins from 

4 games, it was a testament to the players 

spirit and team play! A massive work rate in 

the forwards by Angel Lui, Hannah Cheung 

and debutant Lauren Hearder. Great ball 

movement by Jessie Hudson and Lizzie 

Stanton combined with barn storming runs by 

Alysa Dodd and Victoria Herbert delivered 

the attack needed to overcome some larger 

opposition. 

Running in 23 tries and taking a win in all four of 

their games meant promotion to the top tier and 

the derby match up against FC1... there could 

be fireworks! 

Andrew Pitter and Pete Hudson 

Under 12 Round 2 - FC2A 

In round 2, FC2A had a good day overall, with 

three wins and a single loss against DB (who 

seem to have been on a 100% protein diet for 

the last season or two; they are massive). 

Our positives included excellent scrummaging, 

very good tackling and rucking. Our scrum won 

a lot of ball against the head, including against 

the heavier DB unit. 

Things to work on for us after the round 

included kicking, ball distribution (especially 

to the outside backs) and thinking as a team 

around possession and territory. 

We had strong performances from the whole 

squad but Declan Warde, Tommaso de 

Francisco, Matteo de Bona Bottegal and 

Conor Keating stood out. 

Nick Mulcahy 

Under 12 Round 3- FC3 

Although the overall results don’t make great 

reading, with just 1 win and 3 losses, the story 

of the day is much more positive. A shortage of 

players as our first game kicked off saw three 

boys from FC2B make up the 12 literally as 

the game kicked off. The lack of organisation 

showed and our defence was pretty weak, and 

we lost the game 4 tries to 1. 

As the match finished, it became apparent 

that FC2B were even more short of players for 

their game which was about to kick off, so six 

of the boys from FC3 immediately played for 

FC2B. This pattern continued for the next three 

matches, with the result that Conrad Lynch 

and Jan Corral Barba played five matches 

in a row, with four of the other FC3 boys also 

playing three or four games back to back. FC3 

lost our second and third matches 5-2 and 3-1 

respectively, but the boys all battled well and 

worked hard for each other. 

After a well-earned break, the boys came back 

strong and comfortably beat POL/THT 5-2 

in the final game. Some of the support and 

handing was good to see in this match, with 

some elusive running from Sam and Achilles 

who combined nicely to score a try that started 

back on their own try line. 

U12 Girls U12 Girls U10 Girls 


MINI RUGBY 

The way the FC3 boys stepped up and played 

for FC2B, in the heat and, in some cases, 

against more accomplished players was great 

to see. They put the club before themselves, 

and I was really impressed with their team spirit. 

Conrad and Jan deserve special mention for 

the energy and enthusiasm they showed to play 

five games back to back. We scored at least 

one try in every match and, if we can improve 

our defence, we could really start to compete in 

our pool. 

Chris Hussey 

Under 11 Spartans 

The Spartans emerged weary but unbeaten 

once again from the Sandy Bay tournament 

last Sunday. The boys opened up strongly 

against the hosts with a tight game punctuated 

by Rory’s powerful slicing runs through the 

opposition. From the first match the boys were 

adding width to their game with Jack, Pietro, 

and Dylan all collecting back moves for some 

penetrating runs up the wing. This was helped 

by Lucas’ consistent delivery from the scrum, 

with Dom and Nicky regularly offering ball 

runners in the forwards, all of which combined 

to lead us to a 2-1 victory. 

In the second game, we came up against a 

very determined Valley side, and the game was 

a tussle. Whilst the Spartans struck first, Valley 

were clever, recognising our congested defence, 

and ran around us for a couple tries. They were 

not able to break away however, given the 

rampaging Eliot and his brutal tackles. With 

the score level at 2 all, Eliot made yet another 

scything tackle, but catching his shoulder 

awkwardly, required medical attention. This 

resulted in enough of a delay to halt the game, 

and the boys had to settle for the draw. 

In the third game, Eliot showed his warrior 

spirit to get his battered shoulder on the pitch. 

Whilst William was a commanding presence 

at hooker all day, a swap with Ollie saw us 

take one against the head for the first time this 

year. Meanwhile Ciaran continued to be the 

ultimate all-rounder, switching between forwards 

and backs, whilst Nils once again provided 

the most savage (but perfectly legal) tackle 

of the tournament, not to mention being an 

unstoppable juggernaut in attack. The Spartans 

ended up running out 5-2 winners in the final 

game. 

Pete Spizzirri 

Under 10 Girls FC2 

The U10G FC2 team showed great team spirit 

and played very well together, winning 2 out of 

the 4 games and scoring plenty of tries in their 

second festival of the season, the HKU Sandy 

Bay RFC Mini Rugby Festival. 

Vincy Chan’s leadership and fight, coupled 

with Natasha Header’s boundless energy, 

kept their opponents at bay with solid tackles, 

consistent rucking and hard running. Both 

Alyssa Mok and Karina Farquhar did sterling 

work in the scrum and their enthusiasm to stay 

on the pitch was a great support to their team. 

FC2’s wings were well covered by Candice 

Li and Kristy So, with a bunch of good quick 

runs up the wing and solid protection out wide. 

Vienna Wong made great impact from the 

bench showing a clean pair of heals in space 

while Lainie Askbrook (stepping up from our 

U9Gs) put in a couple of very brave tackles for 

the team. 

Final mention to Erika Bach and Elie Cox (from 

U10G FC1) for helping out with the FC2 squad, 

they both played hard and scored nice tries. 

Elie scored the try of the day - a full length effort 

touching down in the corner! 

The U10G FC2 team should be very proud 

of themselves for the solid all round play and 

camaraderie they displayed both on and off the 

pitch. Great work, girls! 

Kelly Warde 

Under 10 Jaguars 

The Jaguars arrived at a sunny Sandy Bay 

expecting a warm reception from the hosts, the 

travelling Singapore teams and (of course) the 

dreaded Valley..... 

The FC1s got off to a mixed start, a bit slow 

at the breakdown and soft in the tackle, they 

were given a torrid time by a much improved 

USRC Tigers before eventually running out 

3-2 winners thanks to a couple of long range 

tries from the flying Nick Keeley. Game 2 was 

a stronger performance and a solid result, 

prevailing 2-0 against DB Pirates, with the boys 

demonstrating much better tackle commitment 

and good, low rucking technique. Then the big 

game against Valley 2s. The guys were excellent 

with a 100mph performance: aggressive at the 

U10 Boys Jaguars 

breakdown; elusive running; try saving tackles; 

result 3-0 victory. Special mention to Ken Bach 

whose darting runs and limpet-like tackles were 

exemplary – we will miss him next term when 

he is in Dubai. As is often the case, after the 

excitement came a bit of a lull with a 2-2 draw 

against a fired-up Sai Kung Stingrays but overall 

a lot of improvement for the boys through the 

tournament and we look well placed for the rest 

of the season. 

FC4’s had a great tournament, really coming 

together as a team. Rucking and commitment 

to the tackle were key highlights from all players 

in each game. After 2 clear wins and a draw 

against Sandy Bay, the team were excited and 

increasingly confident coming into their final 

match against Valley Fort. The team started 

strong over-powering them at the breakdown, 

with some great individual runs leading to two 

early tries. Building on this early momentum they 

added another 3 unanswered tries winning 5-0. 

Many players played out of their skins during 

the day, although Jack Duggan stood out, 

having made a number of try-saving tackles and 

scoring a great individual try in the final match. 

Jeremy Fearnley and Andy Barnett 

Under 9 FC6 Tigers B 

These guys in the B Teams are showing great 

teamwork and pushing to arrive at the next level 

which was very encouraging to see. Difficult also 

as we will need to move some boys up to the 

next level. 

Individually, Adrian Ng and Jonathan Law were 

the standouts. Adrian was fast and did some 

of the best tackles. Whilst the same goes for 

Jonathan, he has the edge in that he was more 

determined and always went in first in most 

messy situations. 

William, Ryan and Silas were good runners 

with the ball as they did not slow down when 

being stopped but barged through. These three 

also did not shy away when there was a need 

to tackle. 

Julian, Captain for the day, was the one to have 

the awareness to run up trying to snatch the 

ball from the other team after drop kicks. He 

led from the front and pushed his teammates 

to follow suit. This year is a challenge for Julian 

as we have made him captain of this side to 

develop his awareness and drive for a team 

rather than on his own. 

The games started well and a narrow-missed 

chance in the dying seconds cost a draw (loss 

to TCRC 4-5). They put a lot of effort into the 

game and this showed with some very good 

driving of the ball forward and some very good 

individual tries. 


MINI RUGBY 

Game 2 and 3 is where they came alive, wins 

against USRC (5-3) and VF4 (3-2). Some truly 

good rugby for these young lads. Driving over 

the ball in the rucks, good clear-out and even, 

I might add, some passing out from the ruck. 

Two great results and two superb games of 

rugby. Individuals to highlight as above, Julien, 

Adrian and Jonathon. 

Next, a game of two halves’ as they say. 

Slipping 2 points down they had to show some 

real class to come back. And did they ever, 

giving no amount of space to SCAA they played 

as a team and drove for 2 points to level the 

game, wow what a day for these lads. 

Truly a great day for all and as usual Rugby was 

the winner. 

Robin Zavou 

Under 8 

The Under 8s were in their element at the Sandy 

Bay Festival, with the perfect weather and 

playing conditions providing the ideal setting 

for the 8 teams to step it up a gear in putting 

their well-rehearsed skills to the test. The match 

schedule had the two Falcons teams starting 

and finishing at different times, resulting in the 

formation of 2 distinct teams. Nevertheless, 

both teams came away from the tournament 

undefeated. 

It was particularly pleasing to see the wingers 

naturally holding their positions and the 

defensive wall being maintained between them, 

which paid dividends in the countless turnover 

balls. In attack the ball began to take on the 

guise of a hot potato, with Toby Hudson’s 

frequent offloads being complemented by 

Zachary Smith’s Swan Lake-like running 

around the opposition; not to mention the 

panther-esque reflexes of Hadrian Curreem 

through his ball interceptions and resulting tries. 

During their last game against Shatin Sha Pei, 

Team FC8 were given the added incentive 

to earn an ice cream by working together to 

get one of their novice, less naturally sporty 

team-mates over the line to score. The sheer 

grit and determination applied in getting the ball 

close enough to the try-line for their comrade to 

go over and score them all a frozen treat was 

phenomenal to watch and, arguably, produced 

some of the team’s best rugby of the day. 

With some minor assistance from the referee 

(who was just as eager for the team success 

in their quest!) the lad did his bit to secure the 

ice creams, rounding off a fantastic - if rather 

expensive - day! 

Chris Guest 

Under 7 

After the long hot summer a lovely cooler 

morning was had by all down at the extremely 

well organised and spacious Sandy Bay 

tournament. For those less used to the 

thermostat heading below 25’c a few of the 

HKFC fleece lined hoodies were to be seen 

amongst the many supporters and coaches 

stood on the pitch side! 

So far this season the coaches have been 

working hard to move the rugby on from what 

started as a rugby orientated play group back 

in the U5s into more of a structured game 

(occasionally!). These tournaments are both 

fun for the children but also serve as a good 

opportunity for us to put into practice the efforts 

to encourage the kids to “spread out”, “pass” 

and “run straight”, which are all cries I am sure 

you will have heard countless times during your 

Sunday mornings. 

Particular mention must go to Naomi who has 

come on leaps and bounds this season and 

become both very hardworking in attack and 

defence. Another impact player who joined us 

this season has been Ante who has picked the 

game up extremely quickly and is formidable in 

his attacking play! 

On behalf of all the coaches I would like to thank 

the parents for their continued support! 

Rob Jones 

Under 6 Dragons 

The Sandy Bay Festival was an incredible day 

for the HKFC U6 Dragons fielding two teams, 

FC1 and FC2. The kids had an amazing day 

and while we had huge success, it was all about 

having FUN. 

FC1 was fortunate enough to win all 4 games 

with strong performances from Kieran 

O’Conner, Benjamin Reboredo, Alan Bishop 

and Sebastiaan Mertens who brought in the 

lion share of the points but we also had great 

defence from Johann and Birdy. Lastly a big 

shout out to Max Dore who delivered his first 

ever tackle and try for the Dragons. 

FC2: As Coach Ken said, they all had wonderful 

games, winning 3 and drawing 1. Ayman and 

Armand the dynamic duo did untold damage in 

both defence and attack. Their high energy level 

had fuelled everyone and motived participation 

– Aiden, Joseph, Joshua and Joyce scored 

their first try ever in tournament. Our Dragons 

had also brought the spirit into tackling and won 

almost one turnover in each game. 

Everyone played extremely well as a team! It just 

goes to show they are all improving each week. 

Finally a big thanks to the coach Stacey, Elise 

and especially Ken who ran the FC2 squad. 

Jose Reboredo 

U9/10 Girls tourney in Singapore 

What a cracking try! Club down by one try and 

have a 5m scrum. Brigid Warde feeds it in and 

then scurries around to flick it out to Sophie 

Titterington. Sophie runs straight at the pack, 

and offloads in the tackle to Lucy Duncan. Lucy 

draws two and then offloads to Saidhb Martin. 

Saidhb spins a one-hander to Alyssa Mok, then 

a quick pass to Alyssa Schoonmaker. We’re 

out on the wing now. Alyssa takes the tackle 

and then, before hitting the ground, offloads to 

Sophie Aranha who tears the defence open like 

a packet of crisps and dances her way over. 

Awesome! Honestly, you wouldn’t see it on the 

telly. 

This was Champagne rugby, served up to a 

bouncing, yelling sideline by our Club U9/10 

Girls team at Tanglin Rugby Club in Singapore 

at the inaugural All Girls Contact Rugby 

Tournament. That try gave Club a spot in the 

U6 

U6 Hyenas 


MINI RUGBY 

Cup Final and, ultimately, a runner-up trophy to 

evoke memories of great games, new friends, 

and a ton of laughs. 

As well as our younger travellers, two of our U16 

Girls – Momo Wolf and Lauren Young – joined 

a HK pick-up team with girls from Sandy Bay 

and Stingrays to go undefeated in the Sunday 

Round Robin. More silverware, more great times 

to look back on. 

Huge thanks to U9/10G coaches Allen 

Schoonmaker, Ben Duncan and Derek 

Titterington for an amazing tour but also for 

their dedication every Sunday morning on the 

Happy Valley pitches. Go Club! 

Steve Martin 

U9 and 10 Girls Rugby - Singapore 2017 

Donated HKFC mini rugby 

backpacks and kit put to good use 

group of over 50 students and staff from 

A King George Vth School, recently travelled 

to Cambodia to work with Kais Orphanage and 

the surrounding villages. This has been a long 

standing relationship stretching back for over 

ten years. Prior to going on the trip, KGV were 

sent a list of items to source, two of those 

items were, backpacks to carry school books 

and navy shorts. As fortune has it, the Section 

had both those products in spades. The 

students and staff from the KGV Cambodia trip 

would like to say a big thank you to all the mini 

rugby players. 


MINI RUGBY 

Future Hope International 7s (Kolkata, India) 

3rd-4th March 2018 

In October this year, having successfully 

secured an historic judgement from the 

Calcutta High Court to grant guardianship to a 

single adult for 16 street children, an U15 boys 

team, the Future Hope Harlequins, travelled to 

Singapore to compete in the TRC Cup. Their 

sportsmanship, courage and fast paced playing 

style was an inspiration to the other teams 

who reciprocated with generous gifts of kit, 

trophies and lasting friendships were forged. A 

few months have passed and Future Hope are 

now planning to reciprocate in appreciation of 

the hospitality that they enjoyed from the Asian 

rugby community. Future Hope are working 

closely with Rugby India and Rugby Asia who 

have indicated their availability to provide 

technical support and to endorse the event to 

promote rugby in the region. 

On 3rd-4th March 2018 Future Hope will host 

an international 7s festival in Kolkata at the 

Howrah Maidan Stadium. Approximately 30 

teams (U11-U17 age groups) from across 

India as well as SE Asia and Hong Kong have 

been invited to take part in the first event 

of this kind to be hosted in India. The Hong 

Kong Barbarians will be taking an U11 squad 

comprised of players from HKFC, Sai Kung 

Stingrays, Sandy Bay and Valley Fort (for info 

contact denis.brock@yahoo.com). 

In addition to the rugby, players and their 

families will have the opportunity to visit Kolkata 

during the colourful Holi celebrations and a 

dinner for all participants will be arranged at the 

world famous Tollygunge Club 

http://www.tollygungeclub.org/ (affiliations 

include HKFC, Tanglin Club and RBSC, 

Bangkok) . The Tollygunge Club is the only 

Country Club of its kind in India and ranked 

amongst the top 20 Clubs of the world. It is 

spread over a hundred acres with a Club House 

that is over 220 years old. It promises to be an 

unforgettable experience. 

About Future Hope: Future Hope is a charity 

that works to take vulnerable children living 

on the streets or slums in Kolkata, India out of 

poverty. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, 

Future Hope gives the most needy children in 

Kolkata a secure and stable home and a top 

quality education. Every day more than 250 

boys and girls attend Future Hope’s school and 

enjoy a nutritious meal. Half of them live in one 

of Future Hope’s seven homes. 

Sport and rugby in particular is an important 

part of life at Future Hope. In previous years 

teams have participated at the prestigious 

Rosslyn Park 7s as well as winning All-India 

championships earning the respect of their 

opponents and establishing a sense of 

confidence and pride in their abilities. 

Looking ahead Future Hope has acquired 

a block of land and are preparing plans to 

develop a residential campus to provide 

vulnerable children, many of them orphans, with 

an opportunity to break the poverty cycle and 

contribute positively to society. 

Some 80,000 children go missing in India 

every year. Future Hope works to change the 

lives of destitute children and help them to 

become independent, self-supporting members 

of society. Former students have gone on to 

develop successful careers in the hospitality 

industry, IT, financial services and sports 

management. Many are married and have 

families. Some are living and working overseas. 

See www.futurehope.net 


Hockey News 

9-aside winners 

Congratulations to the Men’s As who won the 

Guru Nanak 9-aside tournament in December. 

Men’s F Team 

Given that the Fs have had an awesome 

influx of junior players this season, we 

thought we’d introduce the section to the 

oldest member of our squad - David Watt (68) 

and the youngest Raphael Wong (15) - which 

gives us an age range of 53 years! Raph has 

joined the Fs this season along with Taha 

Boty, Kailan Sharples, and Long Him Lui, all 

products of our juniors programme. The boys 

have collectively reduced our squad’s average 

age by many a year! 

Q. How did you start playing hockey and 

when? 

Raph: I first started playing hockey when I was 

in Year 4. My PE teacher just gave me a hockey 

stick and told me to start playing. 

David: When I left uni, started a job and got 

married. My main sports had been rugby and 

rowing and I was looking to play a winter team 

game where both I and my new bride (Mel 

Watts!) could play and join the same club. 

Q. Are there any other hockey nuts in the 

family? 

Raph: Nope. But a bunch of my younger 

cousins paddle for the Canadian national team. 

David: None before us. Plenty after. Mel played 

Sevenoaks 1s, Kent and East England before 

we came to HK. Son Ollie was Sevenoaks 

1s, Kent and South England and Club A. 

Georgina played Sevenoaks 1 as did No.2 

son Toby before defecting to Hampstead amd 

Westminster 1s. All England Prem players apart 

from me! Now looking out for those skills in the 

grandkids! 

Q. What pitch surfaces have you played on? 

Raph: I’ve only ever played on grass, indoor 

and Astroturf. I’ve also played on my Microsoft 

surface, but I don’t think that counts... 

David: Started on grass in the UK, subkha 

(oiled sand) in Dubai, redgra in Sharjah, 

rubber, wood indoor and astro. Oh, and once 

on a wooden deck on the overnight ferry on 

Matchsticks’ tour to Isle of Man. 

Q. What’s your crowning hockey moment? 

Raph: One time, I tripped over my own 

shoelace and lacerated my face on the pitch. 

David: I guess captaining HK Grand Masters to 

Asia Cup Silver medal in Singapore in 2011 (2-3 

final loss to Malaysia). 

Q. What else do you like to do apart from 

hockey? 

Raph: Aside from hockey, I like eating, sleeping 

and playing video games. I like to think 

that playing hockey makes up for my other 

unhealthy hobbies! 

David: Loads. Sports-wise, tennis, golf and 

watching rugby. Also, travel, films, reading, 

especially biographies, music (including singing 

with the HK Welsh Choir), working in different 

cultures and spending more time with a 

growing family. 

Q. Who is you favourite F team colleague? 

Raph: Everyone on the team is great, but I feel 

that our goalkeeper, Jeroen Touw deserves a 

special shout-out. He’s made countless saves 

this season, and without him, we’d probably be 

at the bottom of the league. 

David: I go back a long way with some but, of 

the new crop, Raphael Wong, ‘cos he enables 

me to run less. Seriously, he has great skills and 

vision and is a future Club star in the making. 

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HOCKEY 

The Men’s Gs – 

Pushing for promotion glory 

By some cruel twist of fate, a capable and competitive Men’s 

G team found themselves relegated last season. So the 

challenge for new Skipper, Sam Turvey, was to recruit some 

fresh legs to replace departing greats – Michael “The Greek” 

Vrontamitis and Colin Terry – and to rekindle the fighting spirit 

within what remained a talented and experienced group of 

players. 

New motors were found in Dan Martin, Dan Billig and Martin 

“Bomber” Harris, who have become regular midfield starters this 

season. The winning spirit began with a solid victory on the grass 

at Recreio, after a surprisingly tough opening couple of games. 

Since then, the Gs have lost only once in their last nine matches, 

propelling them to third in the table at the season’s half-way point, 

and pushing hard for second spot. 

The highlight of the first half of the season was a record-breaking (we 

assume?) 17-0 thrashing of I44U at Lok Fu. Admittedly, they didn’t start 

the game with a full quota of 11, but the Gs were ruthless and produced 

three different hat trick heroes on the day, including Guy “Goldensticks” 

Higgins who bagged no less than four. Amazingly, this feat was 

matched only a couple of weeks later by Geoff “Dataman” Wong 

against Elite B – a game the Gs won 7-0. 

For all the goals, a run of four straight games without conceding is really 

the highlight of our first 12 matches. Like any quality hockey sides, the 

relative strength of your defensive set-up is where you actually win or 

lose games. The likes of Neil Norman in goal, Ashwin Padgoankar, 

Nick Fenn, Vice Captain Wing Wong and Lou Man deserve much of 

the credit for the Gs impressive season so far. 

So, what does the rest of the season hold in store for the mighty G 

strings? While Captain Topsy sadly left his side in mid-January to return 

to the UK, a chance for promotion glory stares new skip Dan Billig and 

the boys in the face. Carpe diem! 

Men’s H Team – Dad’s Army 

The “Dad’s Army” of the Men’s Hockey section, The Mighty H’s, 

are having a very competitive season with just one catch, we 

can’t score goals!! This has resulted in us riding the crest of a 

slump with only 1 win and 2 draws, a tragically unfair points haul, after 

some great team performances. 

The squad is an eclectic mix of ageing superstars, with an average 

age of 51, even including our two teenagers and two under 40 ‘youth’ 

players. 

Upfront, Tom “card a game” Young is the hit man with 3 goals from his 

trademark static position, ably supported by JP “done my hammy” Gry 

and Cyrus “done my back” Law. 

In midfield, our new youngsters Jamie Evans and Fraiser Giulianotti 

are improving with every game, although both are in awe (…can’t they 

run?!) of their fellow midfielders Chris “never knowingly passed” Jones, 

Prakash “do yoga man” Kirpalani and Chris “never on time” Giblin. 

The defence has been tight and no wonder with the 250 years of 

experience on display at any given time. A combination of Walter “it’s 

my 55th season” Marthaler, Anthony “one hand” Brophy, Mike “ref, 

I know the rules better than you” Evans, Alan “mines a pint” Powrie 

and yours truly barking incoherent orders from the back. 

Special performance callouts to our keeper David “Cyclops” Taylor, 

who is having a great season after multiple eye ops, Andy “I was a D 

you know” Kidd, who plays multiple roles for us usually at the same 

time, and finally Joel “Little Rocket Man” Chu, fastest man in the Club 

over 0.55 meters, stunning in defence. 

It’s a big squad so there are too many to mention (sorry lads) but every 

week we have 16 signed up, we’re committed on the pitch and we 

have a full bar after the game – now that’s what H’s hockey is all about! 

by Ralph Giulianotti, Men’s H Team Captain 


HOCKEY 

Ladies’ Gorgeous G Team 

Our gorgeous Gs kicked 

off the season on a high, 

demolishing Elite B 1–0 and 

KCC C 5–0 early on, and setting the 

stage for a smashing year ahead. The 

new challenge of a higher division 

proved to be just what the doctor 

ordered, with a couple of humbling 

games causing the Gs to rise to the 

challenge, evolving into the fierce 

competitors they were destined to be, 

and winning their last game against 

KCC C 3 – 0. 

This game included some magnificent 

performances from our goal-scoring forwards 

– Ashley Man, who can not only smash a 

Maccy Ds pre-game but also some fierce 

goals through any goalie; Michelle Page, who 

once again put points on the board, burning 

straight through a sea of defenders in a superb 

short corner and Jane Wakeman, who scored 

yet another glorious goal. Alongside our star 

forwards, our midfielders have also stepped 

up their games this season, with their fast feet 

burning through the crowds, supported by our 

flexible defensive line, who are solid as a rock. 

Hats off to our golden goalie Dora Chan who 

never misses a beat and even after entering 

a higher division she still remains way out of 

our league. We welcome two new recruits – 

Anthea Murry and Anne McManus – who 

have not only settled in magnificently but have 

also flourished throughout the season so far. 

But never mind the sporting side of hockey, 

the Gs are somewhat famous for what they 

bring to a party. This was proved once 

again when they delivered big time with their 

ghoulish presence at the Hockey section 

Christmas party. Unfortunately, there was a 

touch of sadness to this high when we had 

to say goodbye to a Hockey Section legend, 

organisational master and creative genius, our 

talented captain Isla Hughes who is sailing off 

to a land down under in search of didgeridoos 

and koala bears not made of chocolate. We 

are lucky enough to have been left with her 

swan song, creatively composed lyrics which 

guided our lit beats as we brought it home on 

the Christmas hockey party dance floor. We 

hope to make you proud by crushing the rest 

of our season, captain Isla. All the best to a 

bright future down under! 

THE OOGIE BOOGIE SONG 

Well, well, well, what have we here? 

Sandy Claws, an elf? 

Oh, I don’t think so… 

HA! You’re the ones that have been ordering 

us about all season… 

You’re Rachel and Izzy, 

G team “coaches”, more like roaches! 

“chase the ball, run another lap” 

HA! Well, now you’re in our trap! 

You were cruel, with all your ‘fitness’ 

Well, sit back and watch me ‘spit ‘dis’ 

Oh, our coaches were so mean 

Taylor Swift wrote a song bout them! 

When you said, ‘we want pom-poms’ 

There was nothin’ we could do. 

I had to write a special chant 

In praise of you and you! 

(point at Izzy and Rachel) 

The other Club spectators, 

They watched us with dismay. 

And now whenever we want pitch time, 

They never let us play. 

Oh Izzy, Oh Rachel, 

I can’t believe my ears 

You remember James the intern, 

(point at James) 

Our coach from just last year - 

We ate him up, and spat him out, 

He wets his bed in fear! 

But now - an intermission, 

We’re going to strut our stuff… 

It’s hopeless, you’re finished 

I’m sorry but this will hurt… 

‘Cause we’re the Ladies G Team 

And you are our dessert! 

Congratulations 

Congratulations to our newlyweds, the 

gorgeous Renee Spencer (Ladies’ Gs 

and former Ladies’ Captain) and her new 

husband Russ Williams, who celebrated 

their marriage in January. 


HOCKEY 

Ladies’ H team (Cubs) 

As we hang up our sticks for the winter 

break and revel in the Christmas 

festivities, the Cubs boast a record only 

the Ladies As could match – unbeaten at the 

halfway stage. Given the context of the league, 

this achievement is rather special because 

this all-girl youth team are pitted against 

experienced women’s teams on a weekly 

basis. Using our youthful exuberance and our 

amazing team spirit, the Cubs have gone from 

strength to strength and, at this rate, the only 

way is up. Turn back the clock to the start 

of the season, most of us hadn’t played with 

each other in XI-a-side but we gelled together 

instantly and now work like a well-oiled 

machine. Although we have won every game 

so far, it has been a massive learning curve 

for all of us because we are facing opponents 

who are physically stronger than us. But 

that doesn’t stop us playing with a grrrrrrowl 

beyond our years! 

There have been several outstanding 

performances, in particular a couple of girls 

who have improved by a mile since the season 

started. Hannah Blumberg, Elise Van Hees 

and Martina Anglada Calda have truly shown 

that putting in the hard work and effort really 

shows the results. Brianne Laot in defence 

and Sophie Bater in midfield have also 

consistently put in outstanding performances. 

Overall, the Cubs have scored a whopping 33 

goals in the past 10 games. Big thanks to the 

coaches, Coby, Chappie and Ken for their 

incredible inspiration, guidance and support. 

Our highest win to date was 12-0 against 

Aquila B and our toughest game was against 

HKCC C, winning just 1-0. This really shows 

how the team works together against a highly 

physical Cricket Club team, demonstrating 

the mental and physical toughness needed to 

grind out the results. 

Jacqueline Chu, 15 (Forward) – “Being in 

the Cubs has been a great experience for me 

as a junior transitioning into senior hockey. 

My game has improved a lot and I am more 

confident on the pitch. At first, I was a bit 

nervous about playing in the women’s league 

as I have only played with adults a few times, 

but because of that I have also become more 

aggressive as a player (given that older players 

generally try to take advantage of younger 

players which is what motivates the Cubs 

even more to prove them wrong!) Another 

reason why the Cubs have been a fantastic 

experience is because I already knew some 

players coming into the team and I’ve also 

made lots of new friends. Being led by great 

coaches and our stellar captain Anna Aiello 

really helps elevates our performance on the 

pitch. Hopefully we will continue smashing our 

way through this second half of the season! 

Hannah Blumberg, 13 (Defender) – “Joining 

the HKFC Cubs team has improved my 

hockey as well as helping me become more 

confident in myself whilst playing full pitch 

matches. The team is undefeated which 

boosts confidence and makes the team play 

harder for victory. The team members are 

great players and friends which creates a nice 

atmosphere for the games and training in 

general. Joining this team does mean there is 

more work but it really pays off. Training is fun 

but also serious when it needs to be, thanks 

to the coaches. We should have a great year 

ahead of us and I am honoured to be part of 

the Cubs.” 

A big thanks to all the girls and the coaches! 

I wish everyone the best of luck for the 

rest of the season, and let’s hope we stay 

undefeated! 

by Anna Aiello 


HOCKEY / MINI HOCKEY 

Ladies’ B team 

Men’s A team 

Hockey Section 

Christmas Party 

Held on Saturday 9th December in our 

very own decorated Sports’ Hall, the 

annual Hockey Section Christmas 

party was a huge success this year. Inspired 

by the theme of “Christmas movies,” teams 

pulled out all the stops and arrived dressed 

in everything from “Elf” and “FrostE the 

Snowman” to “The Nutcracker” and even “Die 

Hard”. 

A special mention must go to the Ladies’ Gs, 

whose outstanding costumes and incredible 

rendition of “The Night Before Christmas” 

completely stole the show. Their fantastically 

choreographed routine was the talk of the 

night. The Ladies’ and Men’s B teams also 

put on an entertaining interpretation of “Love 

Actually,” complete with our very own Hugh 

Grant and an impressive octopus costume 

which must have taken weeks to make - “eight 

is a lot of legs, David.” 

Men’s B team 

Ladies’ A team 

Ladies’ C team 

Celebrations continued into the early hours 

and a fabulous night was had by all. 

Ladies’ D team 

Ladies’ E team 

Annual Boxing Day 

SOCIAL HOCKEY GAMES 

The Annual Boxing Day social hockey games were played by 30+ 

enthusiastic participants. It was great to welcome back the Hughes 

Family and to include a number of ‘local’ families also. Played in 

38 February 2018 

stunning winter conditions (if you left HK for Christmas you missed out 

on some glorious conditions), hockey was the winner on the day!

Lawn Bowls News 

The last Boxing Day was particularly merrier 

for our Section Bowlers with the Annual 

Boxing Day Social Game staged on our brand 

new Indoor Blue carpet. The Game was the 

first competition being held at indoor rinks 

since the renovation had commenced in the 

summer earlier this year. 

The Wait is Over! 

Boxing Day Delights for Section Bowlers 

A total of fifty-six players took part in the 

rink competition with 14 teams playing three 

games each in the afternoon. Team Warren 

Cheung (skip), Christina Yeung, Cecelia 

Tso and Clarissa Wong crowned the winner 

whilst Christina Yeung won the Best-Dressed 

Award. 

Congratulations! 

1st Runner Up team 

2nd Runner Up team 

3rd Runner Up team 

Champion team 

Most toucher team winners 

Christina - Best Dress 

Drawing game winners 


LAWN BOWLS 

Tony Cheung 

Captured Knock-out 

Singles First Runner-up 

Club bowler and international veteran, Tony 

Cheung, sustained his strong form and 

captured the First Runner-up in the Knock-out 

Singles on 17th December 2017. The open 

competition was organised by Hong Kong 

Lawn Bowls Association with participations of 

206 bowlers, representing 31 clubs in Hong 

Kong. 

Tony fought well in the knock-out stage held 

at KCC and was only overshadowed by the 

CCC-A arch-rival, Liu Chin Hong in the final 

with 13-17. 

Well done! 

Tony Cheung – National Men’s Knock-out Singles 

2017 - Runner Up 

Save the Date: 

Section AGM 

Scheduled for 

28th February 

This year’s Annual General Meeting 

for the Section is scheduled on 28th 

February 2018. Please save the date and 

show your support by attending the event 

which will take place at the Club. 

No prior registration is needed. For details, 

please look for the announcement on the 

Section’s notice board. 

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Netball News 

Tassie Brakenridge 

Netball DSA 

Chairperson 

Chairwoman’s Report 

For most people at HKFC Netball, myself included, 

they probably cannot remember a time where Karin 

Looram hasn’t been somehow involved with running 

the DSA, umpiring or coaching at the highest levels in 

both Seniors and Juniors. Karin certainly has done more 

than her fair share to drive this great DSA from strength to 

strength over the years. And it is now 

time to thank Kaz for all of her efforts, as Karin Looram 

she has chosen to step away from her 

Typhoons coaching role, as of the end 

of 2017. 

Karin has in recent years been 

convinced into coaching one more 

season, and then one more season 

again, with so much success with four 

back-to-back premierships, it was hard 

to say no. However, this year she said at the beginning 

it would be her last, coaching only until we could find a 

replacement, so she could focus on spending more time 

with her two sons and husband Sean. 

This year also saw Karin return to playing socially again, 

with the welcome return of the Monsoons social team! It 

has been so nice to be able to watch Kaz play and enjoy 

her netball, just as a player without all of the additional 

commitments. 

I think I can safely say Karin is the most successful coach 

the Netball DSA has ever had, with four back-to-back 

top division titles a feat that will unlikely never be beaten. 

Karin was also the Chairwoman of the Netball DSA for 

many years, where she pushed tirelessly to improve 

how the DSA operates and to make us the best run 

DSA in the Club. Karin’s contribution to juniors and 

the development pathways she helped 

establish, to educate our youngest nettas 

up to the U19s, preparing them for the 

transition into seniors cannot be forgotten 

either, with many an hour spent coaching 

at Fa Hui park and Aberdeen netball 

courts. Karin has been instrumental in 

getting international guest coaches to visit, 

with her Netball connections spreading far 

and wide, as well as taking the Club team 

on tour to Singapore to play competitive 

netball against the Singapore National team. 

I am sure there are many other noteworthy contributions 

that I have missed, such is the nature of Kaz’s generosity 

and passion for netball, however I hope she knows that 

we have valued her efforts greatly, and will no doubt try 

to convince her to come back next season!!!! To the lady 

famous for her statement necklaces and the best jewellery 

to grace a netball court, enjoy the extra time with your 

family, and you are always welcome back if the baseball 

moms get too much! 

DSA Netball Xmas Party 

This years Netball Xmas party was held in 

a Bar in Causeway Bay. Dressed up in the 

Ugly Xmas sweater theme, all the teams 

enjoyed nibbles and drinks while celebrating a 

great first half of the season! Hope everyone had 

a refreshing holiday break and are ready to hit 

the court strong in the new year! 

Looking for 

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The Netball DSA is looking for sponsors 

to enable future growth and development 

of the Netball DSA. 

Benefits to the sponsoring individual 

or company can be discussed with the 

Sponsorship Officer. If you are interested, 

or know someone who may be interested 

in becoming a Netball DSA sponsor, 

please contact info@hkfcnetball.com 

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Tennis News 

HKFC vs Harrow International School 

Junior Tennis Challenge 

The evening of Friday 8th December saw 

under 9 and under 12 competitors from 

HKFC and Harrow International School take 

to the courts for an entree into competitive 

tennis. Australasia Tennis Aces (ATA) run the 

coaching programmes at the Club and Harrow 

so bragging rights were on the line for the 

respective coaching teams. 

The kids played short timed matches with 

scoring and change of serve following a tie 

break format with highest score at the bell 

winning (draws were decided with a sudden 

death point). 

In total 52 singles and doubles matches were 

played with Club coming out on top 30-22. 

More importantly the two teams walked away 

from the night having had a great time playing 

with and against their friends. 

A big thank you to the ATA coaching team and 

special mention to Toby Clark for arranging the 

evening competition. 

Ladies Christmas Social 

On Friday 15th December 

ATA held its’ annual Ladies 

Christmas Social. The morning 

was well attended with nine 

doubles pairings facing off across 

the courts. The matches were 

spirited but social and were 

played as match tie breaks (i.e. 

to 10 points). Halfway through 

the event there was a break for 

morning tea and coffee and then 

it was straight back onto the 

court for the deciding matches. 

Lots of fun was had by all with 

very close matches with the 

top 5 positions being decided 

by a point. Regarding best 

costume 2016 champion Karen 

Thorne successfully defended 

her title, albeit with new partner 

Charlotte Cheung, and she is 

fast becoming the Martin Hingis 

of tennis costume pairings – 

definitely one to watch ;) 

Many thanks to Nathan Booth for 

his efforts in organising this event. 


Golf News 

Deepwater Bay Xmas Gathering 2017 

This was the last golf event of the year and is always very popular 

with this year being no exception drawing a full compliment of 

twenty-seven players. 

The format of the day is normal stroke play minus your handicap but with 

only four clubs being allowed for each player; a putter and three clubs of 

your choice. 

Although only a short course, Deepwater Bay is extremely tricky with 

plenty of green side bunkers and minuscule greens that are tricky to 

read. The key to shooting low in this event is the club selection and to be 

accurate and not to find any bunkers. 

To keep out the winter chills and to get into the festive mood we all wore 

festive Xmas hats with Mike Button taking the best hat competition to 

new levels of silliness. 

Teams of three players set out to do battle with themselves and the golf 

course, over a total of 9 tee times with the last group arriving just in time 

for our sumptuous roast Turkey Xmas lunch at 1.30pm. This was as usual 

an excellent affair and tremendous value for money. 

So down to the winners... 

Coming 3rd place on a count back was James Riordan with a nett 61 

2nd place was Steve Knight with a nett 60 

And this year, Xmas Gathering Champion Heather Deayton with a 

fantastic 59 

For those of you who would like to know which four clubs Heather 

used......... five wood, eight iron, pitching wedge and a putter. 

This year we also had prizes for best team score – James McDaid / 

Alistair Murray / Don Rider 

Nearest to the pin on the second shot on hole 8 – Jonny Brock 

Nearest Pin on Hole 12 – Stephen Bottomley 

Most Birdies – Team Phil Head / Matt Burke / Tom Hayman 

Once again an excellent day out full of festive cheer. 

Many thanks to Deepwater Bay for accommodating us and to their F&B 

for an excellent lunch. 

Hope to see you all in the NY. 

Happy golfing. 

Phil 


GOLF 

GOLF EVENTS - 2018 SCHEDULE 

(As of 1st January 2018 - Subject to change when required) 

Kau Sai Chau 

Texas Scramble 

We kicked off this year with a fun Texas Scramble event on 

KSC South Course which saw four teams of four players 

compete against each other. 

Texas Scrambles involve 4-person teams, with everyone teeing off 

but each succeeding shot is played from the spot of the single best 

preceding shot. Team handicaps were total handicaps divided by eight. 

The real kicker though, is that each player must play at least 4 drives 

which leads to a lot of strategic drive selection taking into account the 

relative strengths of each player, how many drives they have already 

taken, the lengths of the remaining holes etc etc. 

With the ground rules all set, off we went with Jonny Brock, Terence 

Mackey, Andrew Perrett and Lina Adrianse teeing off first. Jonny was 

designated captain of this group and made a solid start with 5 birdies 

on the front 9 holes. 

Second to tee off were Myself, Heather Deayton, Bob Lloyd and 

Rosemary Hsu, being captained by yours truly. We started off a little 

slower with 1 bogey and 1 birdie to come in level par after 9 holes. 

Dallas Reid, James Riordan, Willian Tsui and Johnny Lam were next 

off under the guidance of their experienced captain Dallas Reid, with 

their team notching up 3 birdies in the first 9 holes. 

Last but far from least were Tom McColl, Alistair Murray, Scott 

Murray and Don Rider who all had a slow start with 2 birdies on the 

front 9 but making up for this by sinking 4 birdies on the back 9. 

Generally speaking the scores should be well under par for most 4 ball 

Texas Scrambles and with all the scores being submitted our event was 

no exception. 

Coming in 4th place was my team scoring 1 under par for a gross 

score 68, nett score 57. 

3rd place was team Dallas scoring 4 under par for a gross score 65, 

nett score 55. 

2nd place on count back was Jonny Brock scoring 5 under par for a 

gross score 64, nett score 54. 

1st place was Tom McColl’s team scoring 6 under par for a gross score 

63, nett score 54. 

Nearest pins and longest drives winners were as follows: 

NP 2 Terence Mackey NP 5 Phil Head 

NP 11 Jonny Brock 

NP 16 Tom McColl 

LD M 14 Jonny Brock LD W 14 Heather Deayton 

What a great and fun start to the 2018 Golf Society golf events. 

Look out for more fun events throughout the year. Happy Golfing. 

JANUARY 

05 Jan (Fri) KSC South Texas Scramble 

23 Jan (Tue) KSC East 

26 Jan (Fri) Match vs FCC at KSC North 

FEBRUARY 

02 Feb (Fri) Xili Golf Club, China 

05 Feb (Mon) Match vs RHKYC at Macau GCC 

27 Feb (Tue) KSC North 

MARCH 

08 Mar (Thu) Nansha — Valley Course 

12 Mar (Mon) Match vs HK Seniors at Macau GCC 

19 Mar (Mon) KSC East 

APRIL 

12 Apr (Thu) Phoenix Hill, Dongguan, China 

16 Apr (Mon) Match vs HK Cricket Club at Macau GCC 

23 Apr (Mon) KSC South 

MAY 

14 May (Mon) Match vs WAGS at Macau GCC 

17 May (Thu) KSC North 

21 May (Mon) Match vs HK Club at Macau GCC 

25 May (Fri) Inter Section Cup at Macau GCC 

29 May (Tue) Clearwater Bay & Annual General Meeting 

JUNE 

01 Jun (Fri) Petersen Texas Scramble at HKGC Eden Course 

16 Jun (Sat) Annual Club Champs at KSC East & Annual Dinner 

25 Jun (Mon) Match vs Little Sai Wan at Macau GCC 

28 Jun (Thur) Walmsley Cup at KSC South 

JULY 

07 Jul (Sat) Summer Cup at KSC East 

24 Jul (Tue) KSC North 

AUGUST 

07 Aug (Tue) Yinli Golf Club, Dongguan 

25 Aug (Sat) Singles Match Play Event KSC South 

SEPTEMBER 

04 Sep (Tue) Xili Golf Club 

8/9 Sep (Sat/Sun) Ryder Bowl Match vs American Club at Lotus Hill TBC 

10 Sep (Mon) Match vs DBRGS at DB TBC 

27 Sep (Thur) KSC East Pairs Two Ball Stableford with 

Handicap Competition 

OCTOBER 

05 Oct (Fri) Match vs HK Country Club at KSC East TBC 

19 Oct (Tue) Palm Island Golf Club, China 

25 Oct (Thur) KSC North President v Chairman Cup 

NOVEMBER 

3/4 Nov (Sat/Sun) Reunification Match at Lotus Hill TBC 

09 Nov (Fri) KSC South 

19 Nov (Mon) Kowloon Cricket Club at Macau GCC TBC 

24/25 Nov (Sat/Sun) Christmas Cup, Lotus Hill 

DECEMBER 

03 Dec (Mon) KSC North Texas Scramble 

13 Dec (Thu) Christmas Gathering at Deep Water Bay 

Phil 


Swimming & Triathlon News 

VRC Autumn Classic 

A 

few brave souls ventured into the chilly waters off the VRC 

in Sai Kung for the Autumn Classic held 18th November. 

Dominic Tsui (2nd) and Adrian McCarroll (3rd) led the charge 

in the 1.4k for the 50 and up category while Sally Gentle cruised 

to victory for the 25-39s. Simon Brewster came third in a brutal 

challenge for top marks in the 4k for the 40-49 age group closely 

followed by Lachlan Wolfers who came fifth. 

VRC Autumn Classic 18th November 

Name Distance Place Category 

Dominic Tsui 1.4k 2nd M 50+ 

Adrian McCarroll 1.4k 3rd M 50+ 

Simon Brewster 4.0k 3rd M 40-49 

Lachlan Wolfers 4.0k 5th M 40-49 

Sally Gentle 1.4k 1st W 25-39 

HKASA Long Course Masters Championships 

Kwun Tong Swimming Pool 25th November 2017 

Name Event Place 

Tom Alley 50 metre freestyle (M 30-34) 3rd 

50 metre backstroke (M30-34) 1st 

100 metre freestyle (M30-34) 3rd 

David O’Brien 50 metre freestyle (M 30-34) 5th 

50 metre butterfly (M30-34) 3rd 

50 metre backstroke (M30-34) 2nd 

Craig Nortje 50 metre freestyle (M 35-39) 1st 

200 metre individual medley (M35-39) 1st 

100 metre freestyle (M35-39) 1st 

Matt Belecaneuch 100 metre freestyle (M25-29) 1st 

Christian Wyborn 100 metre freestyle (M45-49) 7th 

50 metre breaststroke (M40-44) 3rd 

Doug Morton 100 metre freestyle (M50-54) 5th 

Peter Inglis 100 metre breaststroke (M60-64) 1st 

50 metre butterfly (M60-64) 1st 


Jessica McCarroll 100 metre freestyle (W50-54) 1st 

50 metre butterfly (W50-54) 2nd 

Adrian McCarroll 50 metre breaststroke (M50-54) 5th 

100 metre freestyle (M50-54) 4th 

Marcus Chu 50 metre freestyle (M45-49) 2nd 



SWIMMING & TRIATHLON 

HK Triathlon Association 

Our triathletes fared well in both the HK National Duathlon 

Championships and in Race 3 of the Aquathon Series. HK 

Regional Squad Team Member Charlie Hall continues to 

impress in both races and looks to be an imminent contender for 

National Squad while her father Richard Hall defied a cracked hip 

to win this age group in the Duathlon. Keith Nicolle and Michael 

Sadler also had solid finishes in the 50-54 age group while our 

younger members are looking strong 

Social 

True to our ‘work hard play hard’ ethos, 

the Society celebrated Xmas with wine 

and a joyous sing-song led by a surprise 

appearance from Susan Lowrey’s amazing a 

cappella group from the Hong Kong Women’s 

Choir, Grace Notes. Big thank you to Suse for 

organising and to Matthieu Maury for providing 

the venue and some yummy goodies from Eric 

Kayser to take home. Bring on 2018! 


Aquathon Race 3 

Name Place Age Group 

Charlie Hall 3rd Female Youth 

Leila Pimlott 7th Girls 2006 


2017 National Duathlon Championships 

Name Place Age Group 

Richard Hall 1st M45-49 

Charlie Hall 3rd Female Youth 

Keith Nicolle 3rd M50-54 

Barnaby Durrant 15th M40-44 

Michael Sadler 8th M50-54 

Oliver Nicolle 6th Boys 2004 

Frederick Durrant 8th Boys 2007 


Badminton News 

HKFC Inter-club 

Invitational Tournament Launched 

Members of six clubs gather together for sportsmanship and friendship. 

After months of preparation, the HKFC 

Inter-club Invitational Tournament 

was finally launched in December 

2017. This represents our effort to promote 

competitive badminton at the highest level 

amongst renowned badminton clubs in Hong 

Kong, as well as to strengthen connections 

between these clubs and foster friendship 

amongst their players. The tournament is 

intended to be held annually. It comprises two 

seasons of competition each year, namely, 

the winter season in November/December 

and summer season in May/June. Initially, 

six badminton clubs, including HKFC, have 

participated in the tournament. The other five 

clubs are South China Athletic Association, 

Olym Badminton Club, Southern Union 

Badminton Club, Chun Fung Badminton 

Club and Hong Kong University. These 

clubs include some of the winners of open 

badminton tournaments in Hong Kong in the 

top divisions. As we gain more experience 

and confidence in organising the tournament, 

more clubs will be invited to take part in 

the future. 

The 2017/18 tournament kicked off in the 

form of a league with its winter season 

starting in December 2017, when three 

rounds of competition were played on the 

first three consecutive Sundays of the month 

in the Club’s Sports Hall. The six teams were 

divided into three groups by draw in the first 

round. The three winning teams then played 

round robin to determine the champion and 

runners-up of the “Cup Trophy” and the 

three losing teams will play similarly for the 

“Plate Trophy” in the subsequent rounds 

respectively. Each tie in all three rounds 

comprised a total of seven matches, namely, 

2 Men’s Singles, 1 Women’s Singles, 2 

Men’s Doubles, 1 Women’s Doubles and 1 

Mixed Doubles, to allow more players from 

each team to play. Tournament score was 

assigned to each team according to its 

position in either the “Cup Trophy” or the 

“Plate Trophy”. Scores in the winter season 

will be combined with scores in the summer 

season to determine the overall winners for 

the year. 

The HKFC team was lined up with our best 

players. In the first round, it comprised 

Patrick Leung, Coco Choi, Matthew Wong, 

Chun Tin Lam, Leo Ng, Emily Chow, Kevin 

So, Mat Dance-Shuker, Peggy Lee, and 

Captain Ivan Ho. Our opponent was Olym 

Badminton Club (which turned out to be the 

strongest team in the tournament, going 

on to win the Cup Trophy champion). Our 

players performed brilliantly but unfortunately 

luck did not seem to be on our side. We lost 

by very narrow margins in a couple of critical 

games and went down by just three games to 

four in the end. 

In the second round, our team comprised 

Ivan Ho, S C Cheung, Chloe Lam, Chun 

Tin Lam, Nora Man, Patrick Leung, Emily 

Chow, Leo Ng, Hoey Mok and Ka Leung 

Badminton Society Chairman Ryan Wong (first right) welcomes 

representatives of other clubs. 

Mat is returning a power smash in the first Men’s Singles. 


BADMINTON 

Chloe ready to receive a serve in Women’s 

Singles. 

Emily to serve while Chun Tin ready to attach.Team mates 

Ka Leung and Nora (in the background) in support. 

Matthew and Leo (first and second left) with their 

opponents of the Men’s Doubles before the game 

begins. 

Chan. The opponents in this round robin 

stage were Chun Fung Badminton Club and 

South China Athletic Association. It was a 

very close competition, in which our team 

played superbly. All three teams managed to 

get one win and one loss each. And each tie 

ended with a narrow margin of 4 games to 3! 

Hence, their positions in the Plate Trophy had 

to be determined by counting the aggregate 

scores of all games in accordance with the 

tournament rules. Unfortunately, with a lower 

balance of aggregate game scores we had 

to settle for the third place. While the result 

for our team in this winter season of the 

tournament leaves room for improvement, we 

are looking forward to the summer season to 

recover the lost ground. More importantly, we 

have successfully launched the tournament 

and we are most grateful for the support of 

the other participating clubs. May this mark 

the beginning of good fellowship amongst 

our badminton enthusiasts playing the most 

popular competitive sport in Hong Kong. 

Peggy and Coco in action in the Women’s Doubles. 

HKFC team in the second round (from left to right) – Ivan, Cheung, Chloe, Chun Tin, Nora, Patrick, Emily, 

Leo, Hoey, Ka Leung. 

HKFC Pair Did Well in 

Overseas Tournament 

HKFC players Nora Man and Ka Leung Chan won 

second runner-up in the mixed doubles of 25-29 age 

group in the Astec Chiangmai Badminton Sawasdee 

Cup in Thailand last November. Nora also won first 

runner-up with a non-HKFC player in the women’s 

doubles of 25-29 age group. Well done! 


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have any legal binding effect whatsoever on Savills and/ or its clients. This is not intended to provide any professional, investment or any other type of advice or recommendation. You should 

seek professional, independent and specific advice on any such investment decision. Our services are provided exclusively in relation to properties outside Hong Kong and thus our personnel 

are not required to hold any license pursuant to the Hong Kong Real Estate Agents Ordinance. *Price and details correct at the time of going to press. **Yield based on estimated rental returns for 

reference only. #All timings are taken from Google Maps.

Club Magazine Issue 02, 2018

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