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2017-2018 Season Bert Oldfield Player Anshuman Rath the Year - The Hong Kong Cricket Club
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                                              Contents                                                                   JULY / AUGUST 2018
email: hkcc@hkcc.org Web: www.hkcc.org

Patron - Mike Gatting, OBE
President - Christopher D. Pratt, CBE
GENERAL COMMITTEE
Chairman - J B Callow
General Committee Members
Mr. F.C.S. Achouch
Mr. S.M.Y. Chan
Mr. M.S. Deayton
Mrs. P. Hubbard Brown
Mr. G.D. Lamplough
Mr. M.Y. Lee
Mr. P.E. Lung
Mrs. O. Meo Groser
Mrs. E.Y.M. Poole
                                                                      “Summer at the Pool”
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Mr. B.C.W. Poon
Mr. S.P. Robson
Mr. T.K. Tully

MANAGEMENT & STAFF
General Manager                                 2-7     Messages & General Information
Kieran Hale (3511 8666)
Secretary / Assistant General Manager
Clara Li (3511 8688)
Financial Controller                            Sports News
Billy Lau (3511 8655)
Head Sommelier                                  8       Cricket
Steven Ma (3511 8611)
                                                26      Golf
F&B Hotline
(3511 8621)                                     27      Lawn Bowls
Members Service Manager                         28      Hockey
Wendy Tam (3511 8677)
Events Hotline
(3511 8678)
Sports & Recreation Manager
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                                                34
                                                        Netball
                                                        Squash                                          58
Samson Lam (3511 8614)                          38      Tennis                                                        Children’s Sports Day
Sports Development Officer                      44      Gym News
Kingsley Kelly (3511 8665)
Human Resources Manager                         46      Table Tennis
Teresa Lam (3511 8615)
Executive Chef
Simon Evans (3511 8663)
Executive Chef, Chinese Cuisine
                                                Food & Beverage News
Robert Tam (3511 8623)
House Operations Manager                        47      Clubhouse
Simon Lai (3511 8622)                           51      Dot Cod
Assistant Ground Manager
Nathan Law (3511 8600)
Membership Secretary
Clara Hung (3511 8616)                          Social
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Video Club                                                                                                         “You are NEVER too old or
Liza Valdejueza (3511 8697)                     52      Forthcoming Events                                          too young to play Cricket”
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The Pinkun Editor                                       Chater Road in the Sixties
Julie Johnson (3511 8633)

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Manager’s Notes

                                                                               Summer Sports

                                                                               Lawn Tennis is now in full ‘swing’ with courts available
                                                                               every weekend, weather permitting. Croquet is also
                                                                               available. For those interested in learning more about
                                                                               this (ex) Olympic Sport (possible quiz question) an
                                                                               Introductory session will be available on 28 July and
                                                                               25 August between 2.30pm and 5.30pm.

                                                                               Sports for All-Day

                                                                               Every year, HKCC supports the ‘Sports for All Day’
                                                                               initiated by Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
                                                                               On Sunday 5th August, HKCC will organize an
                                                                               ‘Introduction to Cricket’ with theory and practical cricket
                                                                               games conducted by the Club’s professional coaches.
                                                                               More details will be available by mid-July.

                                                                               Summer Camps

A
                                                                               For those staying in Hong Kong during the Summer, the
               s we come to the end of another School                          Club is organising numerous Camps throughout July and
               year, I wish you a wonderful summer                             August including seven Sports Fun Camps, seven Tennis
               holiday period. For those travelling                            Camps, three LEGO Workshops, and two Explorer
               overseas, stay safe and enjoy the adventure.                    Camps by YMCA. Please contact Sports Desk 3511 8698.
               For those staying in Hong Kong pitting
your wits against the summer typhoons, again, stay safe                        Boundary Bar
and enjoy the adventure!                                                       Darts, Pool and Club Trivia

World Cup                                                                      With the popularity of the newly opened Boundary Bar,
                                                                               there has been a resurgence of interest in both Darts and
At the time of writing, the 2018 FIFA Football                                 Pool with suggestions of internal leagues, competition and
World Cup Russia is well under way. For those                                  open hostility. Those of you who would like to assist in
who have had a small wager, I do hope you are having                           setting up a ‘league’, please contact me directly.
more luck than myself. I knew it was a bad omen having
picked the Netherlands as my outside favorites to win                          The first “Pub Trivia Nights” will be held on 20th July -
the Tournament, Germany to win their first game and                            see Page 49 for more details.
Raheem Sterling to score a goal!
                                                                               Racing Season
Regardless, I hope you are all enjoying the coverage of the
tournament at both the Club and DotCod. As a reminder,                         The 2017/2018 Racing season is coming to an end. The
all matches which start before 11pm will be broadcast
                                                 http://www.seeklogo.net       last meeting at Happy Valley will be Wednesday 11th July
LIVE at various locations around the Club.                                     with the last meeting at Shatin on Sunday 15th July. The
                                                                               Club is offering special promotions packages for HKCC
Other major Sporting events will also be shown in tandem                       Private Race Boxes at both Happy Valley and Shatin
wherever possible. Please refer to our website for details or                  race courses. For more information and booking, please
call Sports Desk on 3511 8698.                                                 contact our Members Service Department on 3511 8678.

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Food and Beverage                                             Private Recreation Lease (PRL) Consultation and Land use
                                                              Task Force Consultation process (LUTF)
Please be reminded that the venue for our Monthly
Wine Tasting has now been moved to the newly opened           Another reminder that the PRL Government Consultation
Boundary Bar. In addition, the Boundary Bar will be           period finishes on 20th September.
hosting special themed Food and Beverage evenings on
Friday 20th July and 24th August.                             Other than provide your views to the Club by using the
                                                              dedicated email address hkcc-prl@hkcc.org, you are also
Forthcoming events include:                                   strongly encouraged to make your views known to the
                                                              Government at prl_consultation@hab.gov.hk
• Italian Wine Workshop is organized on
                                                              Details of how to submit your views can be found on the
  Friday 20th July.
                                                              Club Website for your easy reference.
• Family Poolside BBQ with Inflatable will be back at
  the Pool on 7th September.                                  A link to LUTF questionnaire is also provided.  Members
                                                              can provide their opinions directly to the Government
• Lantern Festival Grand Poolside Buffet on the               on-line at https://landforhongkong.hk/en/views/index.php
  24th September
                                                              If any assistance or further information are required,
• 20th Anniversary of The Willow Room –
                                                              please contact the Club’s Membership Department directly.
  10th October!
                                                              Kieran Hale

Cricket Club Valley Stakes – Race Six
Wednesday 13th June

On behalf of the Club,
Mrs. Jeanette Robson presented
the Cup and Tray to the delighted
owners of the winning horse,
“Brave Legend”, Jockey C.Y. Ho.

Membership News

New Nominee Members            Lee Yan Yin, Loretta                    Returned                Resignations - Nominee
Chen Wai Wai Vivien            Ms. K.J. Rose                           S. Hempel               J.M. MacDermott
Huang Zhiyun Wendy             See Kum Ying, Andrea                    C.K. Lui                S.A. Meraj
Leung Woon Yan Michelle        G. Suttie                                                       H.F. Moody
D.G. Palmer                    A.G.Winin                               Departures              R.L. Sell
Yiu Keung Ken                  M.M.B. Yau                              N.T. Avery              T.M. Yonge
                               Yuen Kai Yan                            A.C. Fitzhardinge
New Subscriber Members                                                 J. Hubbard
W.C. Bradley                   New Sporting Members                    J.K.F. Luk
H.C.G. Brennand                A. Cameron                              S.W. Perret
M.P. Cook                      W. Kruis                                M.O. Von Torklus
J.A. Cooper                    Lamb Russell
P.C. Dwyer                     Mrs. Lukic Vojislava                    Resignation
M.S. Goosen                                                            S. McCandless
H.F. Gordine                   New Junior Sporting Member              S. Moore
A.J.A. Hall                    Ishitaa Gidwani                         Mrs. A. Norton-Knight
C.J.W. Lambe

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HKCC……… HOSTING THE COMMUNITY

       Sports Development Officer,                             Hockey Convenor, Matthew Deayton accompanied
                                                               by his two daughters set out hockey activities for
        Kingsley Kelly, reports…
                                                               the children. The groups were split and took part in
The Hong Kong Cricket Club looks forward to                    hand eye co-ordination drills. Following the skill
growing and continuing to host fun, enjoyable                  challenges, every kid’s favourite part of the session, the
community programmes that promote the game of                  match! Everyone played a friendly game attempting to
cricket. This reaches out to any past, present, future         dribble, pass or score.
relationships with Local Schools, Outside Bodies and
                                                               We are delighted to witness a promising response by
Sports Associations.
                                                               our Members who come and get involved, notably the
                                                               Hockey section in supporting the PLK group over the
                                                               years. This is a fundamental and sincere commitment
                                                               of our Club. We welcome and encourage any of our
                                                               members who are keen on being active in the local
                                                               community to join us and volunteer a couple of hours
                                                               per month. Special mention to our coaches for the
                                                               constant support in volunteering their time and
                                                               knowledge when their names are called. Without the
                                                               hard work from Samson, KK and the rest of the Sports
                                                               & Recreation staff, this would not be as successful as it
                                                               is today.

                                                               Looking to the future, HKCC will prepare to run
PLK                                                            regular bi-monthly Cricket and Hockey initiatives. In
                                                               addition, offer more opportunities to showcase new
                                                               and fun sports.
On Saturday 2nd June, The Club once again welcomed
20 children from Po Leung Kuk community centre.
The children came in with huge enthusiasm and a
smile to match, as we would host a 2 hour multi-
sport session. Two groups of 10 children aged 6-16
alternated after 50 minutes between a cricket session
and next door to the Sports Hall for the hockey
programme.

Cri-Zelda and Nizakat led the cricket session having
the children split into groups focusing on ball
handling, followed by a variety of games. All the kids
were excited to take part and were engaged in any way
possible for their team to win. As cricket may seem like
a weird sport for them, the children sought interest in
team work and camaraderie to help each other. This
was fantastic to see as everyone was able to complete
tasks given to them.

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Fun for Kids…

                                                                HKCC Summer Sports Camps
                                                                Each year now, our Sports Camps have grown. HKCC
                                                                provides the opportunity for children to play up
                                                                to 10 different sports to make the week fun for all
                                                                participants. The camps will run over the school
                                                                holidays throughout the summer and sessions typically
                                                                beginning from 10am till 2pm each day. In particular,
                                                                lunch is provided and served by the coaches. Classes
                                                                are sorted by age and also ability with no more than 10
                                                                per session.

                                                                For bookings, please seek out information on the
                                                                notice boards throughout the Club and the HKCC
                                                                website. Alternatively, visit the friendly staff at the
                                                                Sports Desk to confirm your position!
Kinball Fun Day
The Club partnered up with the Hong Kong Kinball
Association and ran a Kinball Fun Day on Sunday
3rd June with 20 children in attendance. This was the
first ever time this has been hosted at the Club and is a
relatively new sport in Hong Kong. Originating from
Quebec, Canada, using a super-sized ball (1.22 metres
in diameter) and played between three teams on the
court at the same time.  Thank you to Samson Lam
and the Sports & Recreation department for making
this collaboration possible and will look to continue
bringing new sports for our Members and Guests to
try out in the near future.

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CRICKET

      From Captain of Cricket, Sean Robson

                                T20 Triple Header Sunday - 13th May
      I am sure all those who took part or watched will agree           The second match saw the Optimists take on the
      that we finished the season in style with three T20               Scorpions. An aggressive opening stance of 52 between
      matches in one day. A first for the Club and already locked       Alex Shepherd and Tom Ingram (20 and 28 respectively)
      into next season’s calendar, the three Sunday Teams               was backed up by Quentin Painter (47) and Isaac
      battling for bragging rights and a very impressive trophy.        Poole(35) who shared a partnership of 66 in the Scorpions’
                                                                        total of 168/7.
      Liam Ginnivan’s Wanderers won the title, having beaten
      Isaac Poole’s Scorpions in the last match. Retiring               In reply the Opties were restricted by Hassan Khan’s 2-10,
      Optimists’ skipper, Elliot Andrews, led his side to a very        Ashu Dutt’s 1-7, Tom Ingram’s 1-12 and Luke Rewega’s
      close first round win against the Wanderers. Set 151, the         1-14 from 3 overs. The highlight of the Optimists’ 135/6
      target was achieved with two balls to spare.                      reply was Travis Smithson, who carried his bat for 63*
                                                                        from 66 balls and was said to be ‘still recovering on a golf
      Man of the Match: Mark Wright 47 not out                          course in Perth’ four days later.

                                                                        Man of the Match: Travis Smithson 63 not out

      All was to play for in the last match. Batting first, the
      Wanderers scored 165/5. Some outstanding late hitting
      from both Ben Zanol (36 from 17 balls) and Satyendra
      Singh 35 not out from 16 balls) backed up Craig
      Johnston’s and Chris White’s 29 and 23 respectively.
      In reply, the Scorpions’ Rory Caines (22), Toby Brown
      (22) and Anton Buntin (24) got starts but succumbed to
      some fine bowling from Elliot Andrews (2-28) and Belan
      Aiyadorai.

      Man of the Match: Belan Aiyadorai (4-30)

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Player of the Tournament: Satyendra Singh for two
aggressive and entertaining knocks of 33 in the first
match and 35* in the second. Well done Satty!

Our thanks go to Nathan, Joel and the Ground team and
the F&B team for the day’s excellent catering, to Samson
Lam for arranging the trophy and awards, to our umpires
Steve McOrist, Ian Thomson and Gary Panons and to our
scorers Hugh Kerridge, Andrew Marks and Jason Cave.
Special thanks also go to Craig Wright and Ryan Buckley
for deciding and presenting the awards for the day.

Enjoy your summer!

Until the new season ...

Robbo

Craig Wright
We bid farewell to Head Cricket Coach, Craig Wright.
He has been with the Club for 2 years and has become
an integral part in the development of Cricket, attending
a number of overseas tours and adding his knowledge
in growing our youth programmes. In particular, he has
been the driving force to the success at an elite standpoint,
having represented and played for Scotland. He has
brought his professionalism and calm demeanour to
everybody around him. In attendance at the Annual
Cricket Awards night, Craig was presented with a
memento (signed by all cricketers present at the Awards
evening) as a token of appreciation for his contributions to
HKCC. The Club has been very lucky to bring on Craig
as Head Cricket Coach and on behalf of everyone, we
wish him all the best for his future endeavours.

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      HKCC Cricket Awards
      Season 2017-2018

                                                                              John Ashworth Trophy – Captain of the Year
                                                                                    Isaac Poole: Premier League T20 winner and
          Bert Oldfield Shield Player of the Year                                         3rd in Division 1 with Scorpions
                        Anshuman Rath
                (Premier League Player of the Year,                                               McLellan Trophy
              Sunday Batsman, Best Individual Score)                                         Best Individual Score at HKCC
                                                                                           Anshuman Rath: 124 against DLSW

                 John Davidson Award –
                   Clubman of the Year                                                      Bob Fotheringham Trophy
                                                                                             Best Bowling return of the season
                         Justin Fletcher
                                                                                           Elliot Andrews: 5/18 v. CHK Dragons

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                                                                                              Saturday Bowler Award
                                                                                       “Awarded to the player with the best average,
                                                                                             claiming a minimum of 20 wickets”
                                                                                Stu Tohill: 26 wickets at 9.46.  Best bowling 4-12 – TWICE

                                                                                              Sunday Batsman Award
                                                                                         minimum 10 innings – highest average
                                                                                        Anshuman Rath – 10 innings – 1 not out,
                                                                                                 628 runs, average 69.78.
                                                                                   3 x 100, 3 x 50.  HS 124 Premier League/Scorpions

                                                                                               Sunday Bowler Award
                 Saturday Batsman Award                                                   minimum 20 wickets and best average
         “Awarded to the player with the best average,                                    Elliot Andrews – 25 wickets at 13.76.
having played a minimum of 10 innings and scored 300+ runs”                                        Best bowling 5/18
     Stu Tohill: 10 innings, 4 not out, 343 runs at 57.17

                                                                                     Bryan Hemshall PL Player of the Year
                                                                                Anshuman Rath: 6 innings, 1 not out, 332 runs at 66.40.
                                                                                 1 x 100, 3 x 50. HS 122* v. Pakistan A. Strike Rate 191

         Geoff Foster Wicket-keeping Trophy
                “Best all-round wicket keeping
                 performance over the season”
      Rory Caines – Sunday: 14 catches and 3 stumpings.
     Saturday 6 catches and 4 stumpings. Total 20 catches

                                                                                                Taverner of the Year
                                                                                                      Sanjay Verma

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                                                               HKCC Woman Cricketer of the Year
                                                                                Mariko Hill
                                                                T20 Batting average 22. 15 wkts – BB 5/6.
                                                                    Domestic 35 over: Batting Ave-26
                                                                Easter Triangular Cup: Batting Average 48
                                                             International East Asia Cup: Batting Average 28
                                                         (Trophies collected by Tracy Walker on behalf of Mariko)

               Woman Batsman                                      Most Improved Woman Batsman
                   Natural Yip                                                Cathy Miller

                                                                           Woman Bowler
                                                                             Ishitaa Gidwani

                                                                  Most Improved Woman Cricketer
                                                                            Amanda Cheung

                                                                  Women’s Spirit of Cricket Award
                                                                               Emma Lai

          Most Improved Woman Bowler
                   Alison Sui

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                                         HKCC “Baggy Blues”
                   “Awarded for excellent or outstanding performances over several seasons”

   Stu Tohill                  Eliott Andrews                    Liam Ginnivan                  Matt Lyons

                                       Individual Junior Awards

                                         Most Improved Junior of the Year                Rambler of the Year
                                                       Rahul Sharma                           Ayush Shukla
      Ben Hollioake
Junior Cricketer of the Year
        Raunaq Kapur

   (Presenters: James Callow, Gavin Erasmus, Rodney Miles, Darren Tucker, Paul Watkins, Craig Wright)

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          Cricket Awards Night
                       19th May

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           Junior
          Awards
          2017-18
          Season            U11 – Division 3                 U11 – Division 2

          Saturday
          26th May

                            U11 – Division 1                U13 - Elite Division

                     Nigel Stearns Trophy – winners HKCC

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                      U15 – Elite Division                               U15 – Premier Division Winners – HKCC Optimists

                    U17 – Premier Division                                  U11 – Championship Winners – HKCC Sharks

                   HKCA Sunday Elite A League Table - Final Placings 2017-18 Season
RANK TEAM Played Win Drawn Lost Points                                                                     Bouns     Total
							                                                                                                    Points    Points
Kowloon Cricket Club., KCC Templars                                10        6        0   3       26         13        37
Pakistan Association Cricket Club, PACC Elite                      10        7        0   2       30        9.5        34.5
Hong Kong Cricket Club, HKCC Scorpions                             10        5        0   4       22         11        31
Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club, DLSW JKN                      10        5        0   4       22        9.5        26.5
Hong Kong Cricket Club, HKCC Wanderers                             10        2        0   5       14         4         12
Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club, DLSW DTC Mobile               10        1        0   8        6        4.5        4.5

                  HKCA Sunday Elite B League Table - Final Placings 2017-18 Season
RANK TEAM Played Win Drawn Lost Points                                                                     Bouns     Total
							                                                                                                    Points    Points
United Services Recreation Club, USRC/MCC Elite                    10        7        0   2       30        12.5       38.5
Hong Kong Cricket Club, HKCC Optimists                             10        6        0   4       24         12        30
Kowloon Cricket Club., KCC Infidels                                10        5        0   4       22         9         27
Vagabonds Cricket Club, East Asia Vagabonds                        10        3        0   5       16         10        18
Sri Lankans Cricket Club, SLCC Tritons                             10        4        0   5       18         7         15
Cricket Hong Kong, CHK Dragons                                     10        2        0   7       10        6.5        11.5

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                             Sunday Elite League Optimists 2017-18 Season
      Batting                  Matches     Innings           N.O.     Runs    Ave.    H.S.     Ct.    St.
      Elliot Andrews             10            8              1        264    37.71   102*      6     0
      Adeel Shafique              6            6              2        263    65.75   118       3     0
      David Jacquier             10           10              1        308    34.22   101      10     1
      Courtney Kruger             3            3              0        110    36.67    74       -     -
      Sam O'Malley                4            4              0        114     28.5    59       1     0
      Alexander Brookes           5            4              1         90      30     55      1      0
      Mark Wright                 2            2              1         92      92     51       -     -
      Santosh Iyer                3            3              0         91    30.33    51       1     0
      Martin Versfeld             8            5              1        125    31.25    47*      3     0
      Simon Cook                  1            1              0         44      44     44       -     -
      David Marriott              7            3              1         63    31.5    39*       -     -
      Hamish Dickie               8            8              2         92    15.33    28       3     0
      Elliott Suett               2            1              0         18      18     18      1      0
      Rahul Sharma                2            1              1         17       -    17*       -     -
      Travis Smithson             3            3              0         17    5.67     12       -     -
      George Gladstone            5            2              1          9       9     9*       -     -
      Hugo Marland                3            2              1         10      10      8      2      0
      Paul Watkins                2            2              0         13     6.5      7       0     0
      Ayush Shukla                1            1              1          6       -     6*       -     -
      Henry Duddy                 1            1              0          6       6      6       -     -
      Hassan Khan Mohammad        3            1              0          6       6      6      1      0
      Raunaq Kapur                8            2              2          6       -     5*      5      0
      Tej Sheopuri                1            1              0          4       4      4       -     -
      Brenton McDonald           10            4              1         10    3.33      3      11     0
      Ahan Manglik                2            1              0          1       1      1       -     -
      Stephen Pitt                1            0              -          -       -      -       -     -
      Craig Wright                1            0              -          -       -      -      1      0

      Bowling                  Matches      Overs         Wkts       M'dens   Runs    RpO     Ave.
      Brenton McDonald           10          417             18         5      358     5.15   19.89
      Elliot Andrews             10          464             25        10      330     4.27    13.2
      David Marriott              7          282             10         4      222     4.72    22.2
      Adeel Shafique              6          276             13         2      200     4.35   15.38
      Raunaq Kapur                8          312             5          6      189    3.63    37.8
      Martin Versfeld             8          258             5          5      172       4    34.4
      Hassan Khan Mohammad        3           72              1         1       88     7.33     88
      Hamish Dickie               8           54              0         0       57     6.33      -
      George Gladstone            5           61              2         0       43     4.23    21.5
      Courtney Kruger             3           60              2         0       33      3.3    16.5
      Ahan Manglik                2           18              1         1       32    10.67     32
      Simon Cook                  1           36              0         0       30       5       -
      Hugo Marland                3           12              0         0       27     13.5      -
      Elliott Suett               2           24              1         1       23     5.75     23
      Santosh Iyer                3           18              2         0       21       7     10.5
      Henry Duddy                 1           18              0         0       19     6.33      -
      Alexander Brookes           5           12              0         0       14       7       -
      Ayush Shukla                1           24              0         0       13     3.25      -
      Mark Wright                 2            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Tej Sheopuri                1            -              -         -        -       -       -
      David Jacquier             10            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Paul Watkins                2            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Travis Smithson             3            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Sam O'Malley                4            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Stephen Pitt                1            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Craig Wright                1            -              -         -        -       -       -
      Rahul Sharma                2            -              -         -        -       -       -

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                         Sunday Elite League Scorpions 2017-18 Season
Batting                    Matches     Innings           N.O.     Runs    Ave.    H.S.     Ct.    St.
Anshuman Rath                4            4               0        296     74      124     0      1
David Varley                 8            8               1        284    40.57    90       -      -
Toby Raper                   7            7               1        218    36.33    77*     3      0
Charlie Bright               9            9               0        227    25.22    76      2      0
Raag Kapur                   2            2               0        105    52.5     66       -      -
Ehsan Nawaz                  4            4               1        49     16.33    39      3      0
Scott Steward                5            5               0        93     18.6     37      3      0
Matt Rafter                  1            1               0        35      35      35       -      -
Alex Shepherd                7            6               1        112    22.4     32      2      0
Paul Langley                 1            1               0        30      30      30      1      0
Rory Caines                  9            8               1        43     6.14     22*     14     3
Ian Massey                   3            3               0        20     6.67     20      1      0
Anton Buntin                 5            4               0        22      5.5     17      2      0
Isaac Poole                  9            8               0        58     7.25     17      3      0
Tom Ingram                   6            5               3        43     21.5     16*     2      0
Hassan Khan Mohammad         6            4               2        11      5.5     9*      1      0
Daniel Clyne                 1            1               0         7      7        7      1      0
Jhathavedh Subramanyan       1            1               0         6      6        6       -      -
Tanveer Ahmed                4            2               0        12      6        6       -      -
Rahul Sharma                 4            3               1         3      1.5     2*       -      -
Ashu Dutt                    1            1               0         2      2        2      0      0
Raunaq Kapur                 5            1               0         2      2        2      1      0
Quentin Painter              1            1               1         1       -      1*      1      0

Bowling                    Matches      Overs         Wkts       M'dens   Runs    RpO     Ave.
Isaac Poole                  10          423             16         8      288    4.09     18
Hassan Khan Mohammad         6           156              5         1      187    7.19    37.4
Tanveer Ahmed                5           264              8         4      173    3.93    21.63
Tom Ingram                   7           191             11         1      172     5.4    15.64
Scott Steward                5           168              5         4      162    5.79    32.4
Ehsan Nawaz                  5           240             12         6      150    3.75    12.5
Anton Buntin                 6           252              6         5      143     3.4    23.83
Raag Kapur                   2           84               0         0      103    7.36      -
David Varley                 9           60               1         0      76      7.6     76
Raunaq Kapur                 5           123              3         4      69     3.37     23
Matt Rafter                  1           60               2         0      63      6.3    31.5
Anshuman Rath                4           118              5         1      56     2.85    11.2
Alex Shepherd                8           24               1         0      47     11.75    47
Ian Massey                   3           24               0         0      39     9.75      -
Paul Langley                 1           24               1         1      32      8       32
Jhathavedh Subramanyan       1           41               3         1      21     3.07     7
Toby Raper                   8            3               0         0       9      18       -
Ashu Dutt                    1            -               -         -       -       -       -
Charlie Bright               10           -               -         -       -       -       -
Daniel Clyne                 1            -               -         -       -       -       -
Quentin Painter              2            -               -         -       -       -       -
Rory Caines                  10           -               -         -       -       -       -
Rahul Sharma                 4            -               -         -       -       -       -

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                            Sunday Elite League Wanderers 2017-18 Season
      Batting                  Matches     Innings           N.O.     Runs    Ave.    H.S.    Ct.    St.
      Benjamin Zanol             6            6               0        158    26.33   108      -      -
      Craig Johnstone            7            7               2        137    27.4     50     3      0
      Ryan Buckley               8            7               1        66      11     34*     6      0
      Nizakat Khan               5            5               0        108    21.6     33     1      0
      Christopher J White        3            2               0        27     13.5     27     2      0
      Adil Mehmood               8            5               4        45      45     24*      -      -
      Stuart J Tohill            7            7               1        75     12.5     22     2      0
      Jack Masters               6            6               0        54      9       21     1      0
      Liam Ginnivan              7            5               1        38      9.5    17*     5      1
      Daljeet Singh              8            7               2        40      8       12     2      0
      Tim Cutler                 7            4               0        39     9.75     11      -      -
      Elliot Scrivener           3            2               0        10      5       10      -      -
      Charles McInerney          5            5               0        10      2       9       -      -
      Angus Robson               2            1               1         7       -      7*      -      -
      Satyendra Singh            2            1               0         4      4       4       -      -
      Alexander Nash             1            1               0         3      3       3      2      0
      Belan D Aiyadorai          1            1               1         1       -      1*      -      -
      Zeshan Khan                1            1               0         0      0       0      1      0

      Bowling                  Matches      Overs         Wkts       M'dens   Runs    RpO    Ave.
      Adil Mehmood               8           258             13         5      235    5.47   18.08
      Daljeet Singh              8           184             11         4      166    5.41   15.09
      Ryan Buckley               8           142              5         2      139    5.87   27.8
      Tim Cutler                 7           99               6         1      125    7.58   20.83
      Nizakat Khan               5           54               2         0      80     8.89    40
      Stuart J Tohill            7           126              1         0      76     3.62    76
      Christopher J White        3           42               0         0      40     5.71     -
      Elliot Scrivener           3           36               0         0      31     5.17     -
      Angus Robson               2           36               1         1      22     3.67    22
      Satyendra Singh            2           30               0         1      14     2.8      -
      Belan D Aiyadorai          1            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Benjamin Zanol             6            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Charles McInerney          5            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Craig Johnstone            7            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Jack Masters               6            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Liam Ginnivan              7            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Alexander Nash             1            -               -         -       -      -       -
      Zeshan Khan                1            -               -         -       -      -       -

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                              HKCA Women League Table - Final Placings 2017-18 Season
      RANK TEAM Played Win Drawn Lost Points Total
      							 Points
      Hong Kong Cricket Club, HKCC Willow Wielders                          8       7          0        0   30      37.5
      Kowloon Cricket Club., KCC Maidens                                    8       4          0        3   18      24.5
      Diasqua Little Sai Wan Cricket Club, DLSW Wasps                       8       4          0        4   16      21.5
      Hong Kong Cricket Club, HKCC Cavaliers                                8       2          0        5   10      15
      Craigengower Cricket Club, CCC Fung Wong                              8       1          0        6    6      10

                                           HKCC Willow Wielders Women’s League
      Batting                              Matches        Innings           Runs        N.O.       H.S      Ave.     Ct.   St.
      NCri-Zelda Brits                         2             2              141          1         139*      141     3      0
      Marina Lamplough                         2             1               69          0         69        69      1      0
      Sara Young                               4             4              167          1         61       55.67    3      1
      Tracy Walker                             4             4               78          1         44        26       -     -
      Yasmin Daswani                           1             1               34          0         34        34      0      0
      Sau Ha Chan                              1             1               32          0         32        32
      Mariko Hill                              3             2               53          0         30       26.5     2      0
      Josie Arimas                             5             4               31          1         22       10.33     -     -
      Aneka Ogden                              5             2               21          2         21*        -       -     -
      Ishitaa Gidwani                          4             3               33          1         19       16.5     5      0
      Annie Hung Ying Ho                       2             1               17          0         17        17      1      0
      Zenny Badajos                            5             4               21          0         13       5.25     0      0
      Eva Mendez                               2             2               13          1         11        13       -     -
      Venezia Ogden                            4             4               23          0          9       5.75      -     -
      Riza Wines                               5             4               11          1          5*      3.67      -     -
      Ashley Shuk Ling Hung                    1             1                  0        0          0         0      1      0
      Jonna Eguid                              2             2                  0        0          0         0       -     -

      Bowling                              Matches         Overs         Wkts       M'dens         Runs     Ave.    RpO    Best
      Riza Wines                               5            148              7           1         123      17.57   4.99   4/49
      Aneka Ogden                              5            120              3           0         110      36.67    5.5   2/19
      Ishitaa Gidwani                          4            192              8           4          85      10.63   2.66   4/17
      Zenny Badajos                            5            60               0           0          62        -      6.2   0/1
      Mariko Hill                              3            123              9           2          58      6.44    2.83   4/4
      Josie Arimas                             5            24               0           0          25        -     6.25   0/5
      Sau Ha Chan                              1            35               3           0          25      8.33    4.29   3/25
      Annie Hung Ying Ho                       2            60               2           3          19       9.5     1.9   2/ 3
      Marina Lamplough                         2            42               1           2          15       15     2.14   1/15
      Ashley Shuk Ling Hung                    1            24               1           0          12       12      3     1/12
      Cri-Zelda Brits                          2             -                  -        -          -         -       -     -
      Sara Young                               4             -                  -        -          -         -       -     -
      Tracy Walker                             4             -                  -        -          -         -       -     -
      Venezia Ogden                            4             -                  -        -          -         -       -     -
      Yasmin Daswani                           1             -                  -        -          -         -       -     -

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                           HKCC Cavaliers Women’s League
Batting              Matches     Innings           Runs     N.O.    H.S    Ave.    Ct.    St.
Natural Yip            4            4              161        1     91*    53.67    4      2
Emma Lai               5            5               50        0     36      10      1      0
Mei Wai Alison Siu     4            4               59        0     34     14.75    2      0
Jasmine Titmuss        4            4               35        1     21*    11.67    2      0
Cathy Miller           3            3               32        0     21     10.67    1      0
Ruchitha Venkatesh     5            5               42        0     21      8.4     0      0
Mary Henderson         5            4               24        0     17       6      -      -
Alvina Tam             4            4               23        1     16     7.67     -      -
Lemon Cheung           2            2               15        0     15      7.5     -      -
Amanda Cheung          5            5               22        1     13      5.5     -      -
Celeste Mallinson      4            3               8         1      8       4      -      -
Ely Quimpo             3            3               6         0      6       2      -      -
Romela Osabel          2            2               7         1     4*       7      -      -
Cindy Ho               2            1               1         0      1       1      -      -
Angel Yeuk Hei Lum     3            2               0         1     0*       0      -      -
Garneth Ng             1            0               -         -      -       -      -      -

Bowling              Matches      Overs         Wkts       M'dens   Runs   Ave.    RpO    Best
Emma Lai               5           174              7         1     149    21.29   5.14   1/ 4
Ruchitha Venkatesh     5           136              6         1     149    24.83   6.57   1/ 7
Mei Wai Alison Siu     4           144              7         1     119     17     4.96   3/52
Jasmine Titmuss        4           132              3         6      80    26.67   3.64   2/11
Alvina Tam             4           90               2         1      73    36.5    4.87   1/19
Amanda Cheung          5           36               1         0      28     28     4.67   1/ 9
Celeste Mallinson      4           36               0         0      22      -     3.67   0/4
Natural Yip            4           36               2         0      13     6.5    2.17   2/13
Cindy Ho               2           18               0         0      12      -      4     0/12
Romela Osabel          2            6               0         0      10      -     10     0/10
Cathy Miller           3            -               -         -      -       -      -      -
Garneth Ng             1            -               -         -      -       -      -      -
Lemon Cheung           2            -               -         -      -       -      -      -
Mary Henderson         5            -               -         -      -       -      -      -

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      HKCC Taverners v Victoria Club Veterans (Over 60s)
      11th May 2018
                                                                                                           to the crease at 4. Brij
                                                                                                           and Martin set about
                                                                                                           restoring the innings
                                                                                                           with Martin soon retiring
                                                                                                           on a hard fought 31 not
                                                                                                           out. This brought Eddie
                                                                                                           Middleton to the crease
                                                                                                           who wasted no time
                                                                                                           getting off the mark with
                                                                                                           a first ball 4. Little did
                                                                                                           Eddie know this would
                                                                                                           be his only ball faced
                                                                                                           as he was run out next
                                                                                                           ball at change of over. A
                                                                                                           recap of basic calls “yes”,
                                                                                                           “no”, “wait” was heard
                                                                                                           repeated several times
                                                                                                           whilst Eddie trudged back
                                                                                                           to the pavilion. Our next
                                                                                                           youngster Isamu (13yrs)
                                                                                                           came in at number 6. Brij
                                                                                                           and Isamu demonstrated

      W
                                                                                                           why the future of HKG
                           ith their first tour match of the             cricket is bright - other than their calling between the
                           previous day v. KCC cancelled due             wicket Eddie reminds us. Isamu was next to go clean-
                           to rain, the Veterans were fully              bowled for 5 failing to get a big stride to the pitch of the
                           assembled, adorned in their rather            ball. Nigel Sun limped in at 7 nursing a swollen ankle
                           flamboyant strip and raring to go by          and not physically able to exploit poor throwing arms
      noon! Boasting an average age of 69 years and a few                of the Veterans and take quick singles, but showed great
      months, the tourists embarked on a vigorous                        promise with a couple of beautiful straight drives.
      30 minute warm-up and stretching session, a sight rarely
                                                                         With the score 70 odd for 4 at drinks, Taverners were
      seen on a Friday afternoon at the Gap. The Taverners
                                                                         relatively well placed knowing their lower order was
      arrived in dribs and drabs with perhaps a certain level of
                                                                         stacked with big hitters. Brij retired for a superb 30 runs
      complacency whilst the Tourists limbered up. Taverners’
                                                                         pulling and cutting beautifully. This brought Bob Ward
      skipper, Junior Wallace, convened in the middle with
                                                                         to the crease only to witness from the non-striker end the
      opposition skipper Greg Johnson and promptly lost the
                                                                         demise of Nigel, falling to an absolute screamer of a catch
      toss. Plan B - Taverners bat.
                                                                         - caught & bowled. The big man, Brett Wilkinson, came
      With pencils sharpened, spare balls in place, and                  in at number 9 causing the opposition captain to quickly
      defibrillator at the ready (no jokes) the scorers signalled        spread the fielders to the deep. Bob and Brett set about
      ready and the umpire called “play”. Stalwart Martin                teaching the younger generation how to run between
      Sabine and Duncan McKay opened the batting against an
      unknown opposition who certainly talked a good game.
      Whilst there was no express pace from their most youthful
      member - the 64 yr old opener - there was certainly
      consistent line and length. Duncan patiently built his
      innings whilst Martin despatched the rare wide ball for
      4. Duncan was first to go for a duck off a watchful 14
      balls. 9/1 off 5 overs was not quite the flying start the
      skipper wanted, so in he came to assume the responsibility
      of number 3. Junior dug in while Martin steadily
      accumulated. After a lofted slog-sweep for 4, Junior was
      next to go spooning a simple catch to cover. 23/2 off 9.
      Our first young player Brij (13 yrs) confidently strode out

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                                                                     the match. Brij replaced Bob’s tidy three overs and sent
                                                                     down some handy off-spin. Just before drinks, Junior
                                                                     made an inspired decision bringing 10 yr old Andy Ward
                                                                     into the attack. Andy was super-subbing for Eddie who’d
                                                                     had to leave the field early (… still replaying the run out
                                                                     in his head as he left the field). Second ball, Andy got
                                                                     the second break through with Don, the swashbuckling
                                                                     left handed veteran of 59 years club cricket, falling victim
                                                                     to the 10 year old on debut (ably caught by dad Bob
                                                                     Ward at mid wicket who skilfully made the catch look
                                                                     far more difficult than it was. A very proud father/son
                                                                     moment). Drinks were taken at the fall of wicket with
                                                                     Veterans on 70/2 off 16 overs. While Junior rotated the
wickets taking quick singles, turning ones to twos and               bowlers after drinks to get through the overs, the Veterans
twos to threes - exploiting the fact that the shoulder is            guilefully accumulated runs with several batsmen retiring
one of the first joints to weaken at old age. A 4 and a              in succession … proving the middle of the bat is an
massive 6 by Bob looked like the start of the big push the           effective weapon no matter the age. A quick switch of
Taverners badly needed to post a competitive total. Not              keeper to allow Brett a few overs failed to garner a wicket
to be! Bob poked at a straight one and feathered it to the           as boundaries flowed all too easily. With Nigel unable
keeper for 13 runs off 7 balls. Not to worry, the next big           to run, Phil refusing to run, Martin weary from carrying
hitter Steve “Bottomless” Pitt strode to the crease. Brett           his bat and Duncan, now hamstrung, camping firmly in
was next out adjudicated LBW ... rather harshly in his               his spot at deep backward square leg, we were fortunate
opinion! Phil Daniels had the honour of number 11 with               to have the youth of Brij, Isamu and Andy who covered
the Taverners now in danger of not batting through the               some serious mileage in the field and acquitted themselves
overs. Phil did an excellent job of anchoring one end                superbly. The youngsters also bowled 13 overs between
and refusing to do anything more strenuous than amble                them without a single wide. A caught & bowled by Bob
through for one. Steve counter-attacked scoring a quick-             and a run out by Phil/Brett offered the only glimmer of
fire 19 before holing out in the deep to another very                hope in the fading light. By the 31st over, the Veterans
good catch. Fortunately, Martin & Brij were ready and                cantered past 167 for the loss of only a handful of wickets.
waiting to return to the crease. Phil’s quick demise meant           167 had indeed been 40 short.
Martin & Brij needed to bat through the final 5 overs.
And bat through they did with Martin playing not one                 The post match drinks and dinner were a wonderful
but two lofted drives, a rare occurrence from the usually            affair. The tourists and their accompanying posse enjoyed
disciplined and technically correct batsman. Martin                  and were expressly appreciative of an excellent day at
ended with 52 no and Brij 34 no. Taverners had amassed               the Gap with typically great HKCC hospitality and
a credible 167 off the allotted 35 overs. Runs were on               fare. Many a cap, tie, shirt and even a work of art were
the board, but would this be a fair total or 30 to 40 shy            exchanged by both captains during the speeches. Young
against these wily old dogs?                                         Brij was awarded Man of the Match for the Taverners for
                                                                     his excellent effort with both bat and ball. A brilliant
The skipper turned to youth to open the bowling.                     day all round, not to mention the success of not having
Running in from just shy of the boundary ropes with the              to use the defibrillator in anger! A new friendship has
new ball Isamu looked rather reminiscent of a West Indian            been forged and the Victoria Club Veterans Over 60s and
opening bowler. Bottomless Pitt opened steadily from the             their wonderful supporters promise to be back. A valuable
other end but gradually started peppering the old timers             life lesson was gifted to the younger generation by the
with some shorter, faster deliveries (... after the skipper          Veterans …
decided George’s pre-match instructions would just have
to be ignored!). This tidy bowling at both ends restricted
the Veterans to 23 off the first 6 - maybe 168 was not
                                                                         You are
too bad after all. Bob then came on from the creek end
                                                                     NEVER too old
and soon got the first break through with Phil taking a
                                                                      or too young
relatively straight forward catch despite his protests about
                                                                     to play cricket!
how difficult it actually was. Duncan took over from
Isamu, tactically taking pace off the ball. The Veterans             Bob Ward
showed their wisdom and kept the scoreboard ticking,
mercilessly putting away the loose ball. Duncan, feeling a
little aggrieved at the lack of protection at the deep square
leg boundary, positioned himself there at the end of his 5
over spell and didn’t move from that spot for the rest of

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GOLF

       L                                                                  Calendar for 2018
                ate May we took a trip around the tricky
                Deepwater Bay course. It was a hot sticky day but
                for once we had the course to ourselves, so it was        Outings
                most enjoyable all-round.                                 Saturday 21 July               KAU SAI CHAU SOUTH
       It was also nice to see some fresh faces with six new              Saturday 18 August             KAU SAI CHAU SOUTH
       players competing. Despite the short nature of the courses,        Friday 12 October              KAU SAI CHAU EAST
       scoring proved difficult.                                          Friday 23 November              KSC NORTH/SOUTH
                                                                                                         (Club Champs)
       The winning score for the men was Steve Knight with 32
       points.                                                            Tours
                                                                          Sat 8 to Sun 16 September      IRELAND
       For the ladies, Helen Davis proved the best with 34 points         Sat/Sun 20/21 October          NANSHA CHINA
       - both first time winners for the HKCC.
                                                                          Golf Lessons
       Two Nearest Pins were won by Julie and Helen for the
       ladies and David and Sean for the men.                             These are available in the golf simulators from 9am
                                                                          to 9pm everyday except Fridays. These can be done
                                                                          individually, in groups, or as part of the golf clinics run
                                                                          every week. For more details on costs etc, please contact
                                                                          me on the below email.

                                                                                  For enquiries concerning Golf lessons or
                                                                              forthcoming golf outings e-mail golf@hkcc.org
                                                                               please contact me on 3511-8698 or 9722-2671

                                                                          Adrian Waters

       Deepwater Bay Winners, Steve Knight and Helen Davis

       We still have two events coming up in the summer
       months, it would be nice to see as many as possible
       joining us on the course. Please look out for the emails
       and come if you can.

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LAWN BOWLS

Bai Sun Ceremony
Start of the 2018 Season
  Saturday 26th May

          Combined teams

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HOCKEY

     Junior News from Gen Rowe

     T
                    erm 3 is always eagerly anticipated by our
                    Junior Players as this is where they get to
                    show us what they have learnt over the
                    season’s course classes and have freedom
                    and creativity across their sessions.

     This tournament teaches our players, amongst other
     things, commitment, teamwork, sportsmanship and
     accountability and we have been very proud as to how our
     players have approached this term.

     Excitement right from the start saw our teams being very
     competitive with end to end action and superb hockey
     being played across the board. With 271 goals scored
     across 57 players, it was a celebration fest every session! At
     the end though, there can only be one winner but praise is
     given to everyone who participated across the 4 weeks of
     action. You have truly shown what you are capable of and
     we look forward to seeing you back next season.

     For those who are departing Hong Kong, thank you for
     your support and commitment to our Junior programme
     and we wish you all the very best for your new ventures.

     Thank you to all those who assisted week in and week out
     with Term 3 coaches - Maddie Trussell, Heather Donovan
     and Lily Ng. Your help and commitment is greatly
     appreciated by myself and all our players!

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HOCKEY

Sign up and enrolment information will be available soon,
please keep a lookout on the HKCC website and your inboxes.
Have a wonderful Summer break and see you all in September!

Results of the Tournament Term:
Tuesday 16:00 Winners - Daredevils
Tuesday 17:00 Winners - Daredevils
Saturday 08:30 Winners - Raptors
Saturday 09:30 Winners - Daredevils
Saturday 11:00 Winners - Avengers
Class Top Goalscorers:
Tuesday 16:00 - Eulalia Camilleri
Saturday 08:30 - Annabella Deayton
Saturday 11:00 - Jess Hayman and Tara Barnes
Overall Top Goalscorers:
Girls - Evie Donovan - 19 goals (Tuesday 17:00)
Boys - Adrian Lau and Jasper Tibbatts - 16 goals each (Saturday 09:30)

Youth News
                                                                             set out by the coaches and have started to excel
                                                                             each week and have built relations that will
                                                                             prosper over the next few years.

                                                                             At our last session, we called for parents to join
                                                                             in and played a Parents vs Players game which
                                                                             was fantastic! Our parents did very well even
                                                                             though some had only picked up a Hockey stick
                                                                             for the first time that night!

                                                                             Big thanks to Discovery Bay Pirates for traveling
                                                                             out each week and we look forward to many
                                                                             years of this tradition to come.

                                                                              Thanks to our Youth Hockey parents for

O
                                                                              bringing your children out each week - this
                  ur Youth Hockey Sections must be one              group of players have become good friend, have grown as
                  of the most exciting sections for us to be        players and individuals and have a great time and we look
                  working with at the moment. After a slow          forward to having them back with us next season.
                  and small start to this programme a few
                  years ago, we now see no fewer than 15            For those who are departing Hong Kong, thank you for
players at every session on a Tuesday evening and are so            your support and commitment to our Youth programme
proud as to how these players are growing.                          and we wish you all the very best for your new ventures.

Term 3 for Youth Hockey also sees us playing matches                Sign up and enrolment information will be available soon,
each week for valuable match practice and better ‘on the            please keep a lookout on the HKCC website and your
job’ understanding. This year, we worked closely with               inboxes.
Discovery Bay Pirates each week and a wonderful bond
was created between all the players.                                Have a wonderful Summer break and see you all in
                                                                    September!
Each week we would play a direct game against each
other, then we would mixed it up a bit and have some fun.
All these players responded beautifully to the challenges

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HOCKEY

      Award Winners 2017/18 Season

   Team Spirit - Ladies - Susie Crombie   Most Improved - Ladies - Kathryn Ward     Deayton Tray - Darren Tavares

      Team Spirit - Men - Rob Rowe        Top Goal Scorer - Ladies - Gail Deayton   Player of the Season - Ladies -
                                                                                           Cri-Zelda Brits

    Most Improved - Men - Tom O’Dell       Top Goal Scorer - Men - Chris Bland       Player of the Season - Men -
                                                                                             Ken Asakura

      End of Season Event - 2nd June

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HOCKEY

                                              Leavers

                             Darren Tavares             Paul Early

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NETBALL

                                                                                    Special Announcement –
                                                                                   Annabelle Mary Broughton
                                                                                   This little poppet recently attended her first HKCC
                                                                                     Netball committee meeting at the ripe old age
                                                                                    of seven weeks. The promise of a cuddle was an
                                                                                    excellent facilitation technique deployed by her
                                                                                     mother to keep the meeting on task and time.
                                                                                       A warm congratulations to Julia and Tom.

      Donations needed! HKNA wants your Netball gear
      Time to clear out your wardrobe and storage during           ** Please deliver your donations before the
      summer…ready for the new season with new gear??                  25th September to the HKCC Sports Desk.**
      Don’t throw it away but donate and let the gear be
      re-used.. HKNA is collecting donations on behalf of          Diepsloot Combined School (just outside of
      Diepsloot Combined School in South Africa and we’d           Johannesburg) have primary and secondary scholars.
      like to help!                                                There are 23 classrooms with over 50 children per
                                                                   class in the schoool. The average household income
      Please donate:                                               per month is HK$400 to HK$800. The children get a
      Netball trainers                                             meal each day at the school. The school is free and is
      Netballs                                                     reliant on sponsorship. They have netball, rugby and
      Netball team uniform                                         soccer teams that are desperate for netball trainers,
      Sportswear                                                   rugby boots, school shoes and sports kit. With the help
      Netball bibs (full set)                                      of HKNA Life Member, Mel Potgieter, HKNA will
      Other sports trainers are welcome too                        deliver our donations to the students in the school.

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NETBALL

Dems Da Rules! – Footwork
Solid footwork is the foundation of any good game.                9.6.2 Two Foot Landing
Here is a reminder its meaning as defined in the
International Netball Federation Rules of Netball 2016            A player who receives the ball while both feet are on
Edition.                                                          the ground, or who catches the ball in the air and lands
                                                                  on both feet simultaneously, may:
9.6 .1 One Foot Landing                                           i) Step with one foot in any direction, lift the second
                                                                          foot and throw or shoot before the second foot is
A player who either receives the ball with one foot on                    regrounded
the ground or, who after catching the ball in the air,             ii) Step with one foot in any direction one or more
lands on one foot, may:                                                   times while pivoting on the second foot. The
                                                                          second foot may be lifted but the player must throw
i) Step with the second foot in any direction, lift the                  or shoot before regrounding it
        landing foot and throw or shoot before the landing          iii) Jump from both feet onto one foot but must throw
        foot is regrounded                                                or shoot before regrounding the second foot
 ii) While pivoting on the landing foot, step with the              iv) Step with one foot then jump but must throw the
        second foot in any direction one or more times.                   ball or shoot before regrounding either foot.
        The landing foot may be lifted but the player must
        throw or shoot before regrounding it                      SANCTION: Free pass
  iii) Jump from the landing foot onto the second foot
        and jump again but must throw the ball or shoot           9.6.3 Other Foot Movement
        before regrounding either foot
   iv) Step with the second foot and jump but must throw         A player in possesion of the ball may not:
        the ball or shoot before regrounding either foot.         
                                                                  i) Drag or slide the landing foot
SANCTION: Free pass                                               ii) Hop on either foot
                                                                   iii) Jump from both feet and land on both feet while
                                                                         still in possession of the ball

                                                                  SANCTION: Free Pass

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SQUASH

     Squash Tour to Kuala Lumpur
     - by Chris Evans

     A
                  fter initially discussing the possibility of a Squash section
                  tour to India, we eventually decided to let the new Tour
                  organiser (me) walk before trying to run and settled on
                  something a little more local to us in the form of Kuala
                  Lumpur. A total of 18 people (kids included) signed up
     and we arranged to play two matches with reciprocal clubs, one versus
     Raintree and the other versus Royal Selangor.

     We set off on the early flight on Friday morning. After arriving at the
     airport several of the more important members of the tour went off to
     the business lounge while the rest of us were left to wander aimlessly
     round the airport or do some duty free shopping.

     Upon arrival in KL we were met by our bus driver and taken on the
     45 minute journey to our not-your-usual-tour-hotel, the Ritz Carlton,
     where one of the members of the tour party met the new love of his
     life in the shape of the concierge. Lunch was duly arranged at a curry
     restaurant nearby and nicely filled the gap between our arrival and the
     time we had to set off for our first match. As it was the beginning of
     Ramadan and reasonably close to sunset we decided to set off in plenty
     of time….or so we thought. The 5km journey took close to 90 minutes,
     nearly half an hour longer than Google Map predicts someone would
     take to walk there.

     We arrived to find our semi KL resident, Phil, already halfway through
     his match and got ourselves changed and ready as fast as possible. A
     promising start of two wins and a lead in the other quickly turned
     and we eventually went down to a convincing defeat. That, however,
     was not the end of our squash for the night. Raintree has two jumbo
     doubles courts and see themselves as a jumbo doubles club. We were
     duly schooled in the game but thoroughly enjoyed, trying our best. After
     that it was on to the food and drinks put on by our very friendly hosts
     before seeing how many people we could fit into a taxi (answer: 9) for
     our significantly shorter cab ride back to the hotel where we extended
     the evening into the early hours at the hotel “bar” (described by Dog as a
     thoroughfare which served drinks).

     Saturday started with a city tour with our very knowledgeable tour guide
     when we visited Batu Caves (lots of thieving monkeys), the new palace
     (closed), Independence Square (right next to our next opponents) and
     finally a photo opportunity of the Petronas Towers. Fun fact: did you
     know one of the towers tilts at 7 degrees?

     A quick lunch followed near to the hotel before a bit of a chance for some
     rest before we headed back to Independence Square for our next match
     against Royal Selangor. On the walk to the courts we chanced upon a
     nice looking bar where we were stopping to take a team photo and a few
     members went in to have a look around. Something strange was said
     to Claire and it was shortly after that we noticed the sign: “Ladies and
     children below 18 are not allowed.” Not very #TimesUp that’s for sure!

                                                               “cutting the piglet”

                                                                                         >>>>>
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SQUASH

As tour organizer, this match was my biggest
worry and rightly so, it turned out. My
counterpart was adamant he was going to
provide us with the toughest opposition that
he could as “my friend says you are the best
squash team in Hong Kong” and none of my
protestations about that were taken seriously.
I can only assume his friend confused us
with Kowloon Cricket Club (winners of HK
Division 1) and not a social touring side from
HKCC made up of mainly Division 6-8 and
below. We proceeded to take an absolute
hammering, only Chad and Ellie coming
close, before Wilson saved us from the dreaded
whitewash with an excellent victory.

Off to the bar where our generous hosts
provided a nice curry and even got the
microphones out for a little presentation
before we made our way back to the hotel and
repeated the steps of the previous night in the
thoroughfare/bar.

The final part of the tour was Sunday lunch
at, of all places, a pork restaurant where myself
and Ellie were invited to cut the full piglet
into pieces with, believe it or not, a plate. Our
waiter explained to us the background of why
they do this and, suffice to say, it culminates in
the cutter dropping the plate into a bucket so
it smashes. They then make a wish for health
or wealth. For the record, we ate the 68,022nd
piglet that they had sold since opening around
a decade earlier.

Thanks to all who made the effort to come
along and I look forward to organising next
year’s tour. Suggestions welcome!

More Photos can be found in the gallery
section of hkccsquash.com

                                                                                      HKCC and Raintree

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SQUASH

                            HKFC Masters Squash Open and
                           Hong Kong Squash Championships
                                                   - by Brian Dixon

     HKFC Masters Squash Open                                           Brian Lau booked his semi-finals spot after a close quarter-
     Friday 1st June to Sunday 3rd June:                                finals. The quarter-finals was a 5 setter with most games
                                                                        requiring a tie-break. Hugh Dyus made it two tournament
     Well done to the HKCC Squash section members who                   wins in consecutive weekends. He cruised into and
     trekked down the hill to represent us at the HKFC                  through the finals without dropping a single game in his
     Masters Squash Open. Out of the five HKCC members                  division.
     who took part, we had three finish in podium position
     in their categories. Our two third place players were                  Congratulations to all who took part
     Rod Andrews and Ellie Sackett. Both did well in tough
     categories. As expected, Hugh Dyus dominated his                             in both competitions.
     category early, cruising through the first two matches, but
     had to work hard in two 5 setters before he could take the
     number 1 spot.

     Hong Kong Squash Championships
     27th May to 16th June:

     We had over half a dozen HKCC players sign up
     for the Hong Kong Squash Championships and our
     representatives did very well.

     On the ladies side we had two quarter-finalists in the
     Women’s A division and a finalist in the Women’s B
     division.

     Angie Lau who entered the competition unseeded went
     out of the Women’s A quarter-finals to the number 2
     seed and Monique Hui (also unseeded) was squeezed out
     of a semi-finals spot after a very tight 5 setter. Tatum
     Long (unseeded) had a very strong tournament in the
     Women’s B division getting all the way to the finals before
     eventually losing out to the number 2 seed.

     On the Men’s side we had some excellent results in the
     Masters divisions with a semi-finalist and a division
     winner.

                                                                               The unbeatable Hugh Dyus with Ellie Sackett

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SQUASH

           Squash Angels Tournament - September 2018
                                         - by Charmaine Kwok

A
               fter last year’s success, the HKCC Squash            There is also a fun social event planned on Saturday night
               Section will be hosting the second Squash            for tournament participants and guests. We will put aside
               Angels Tournament. September 7-9, 2018.              our competitive nature and meet with fellow players,
               Ellie and Charmaine – former and current             organisers and ambassadors over food and drinks.
               HKCC Ladies Squash Captains are the
founders and event organisers. The event is a unique and            Finals will be held on Sunday afternoon followed by a
first class annual women’s squash tournament providing              prize presentation. If you’re interested in participating or
some great competition for Hong Kong’s female players.              helping with the event, please contact Ellie or Charmaine
                                                                    at info@squashangels.com
The event is held in conjunction with Women’s Squash
Week 2018, a celebration for women squash players.                  Ladies can signup at squashangels.com
Women’s Squash Week began in 2008 as a US Squash-
backed initiative, and aims to motivate women to get
on the squash court to reap both the fitness and social
benefits of the sport.

Not only will this tournament allow players to get back
into squash after a summer break by competing in a
tournament setting against players of a comparable level, it
will also be a great chance to catch up with fellow squash
enthusiasts.

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TENNIS

         Tennis League News

         HKTA Summer Evening League 2018:
         The HKTA Summer Evening League commenced in April and to date HKCC teams have all performed very well.
         The Men’s A+(1) team remains undefeated and on course for a Home semi final, and both our Ladies’ A+ and Men’s B
         teams have only lost one match so far.
         C’mon teams, let’s turn up the heat for a strong finish to the season! Full results as of 8 June are as follows:
         - Men’s A+(1)           5 wins 0 losses with 3 matches remaining
         - Men’s A+(2)           0 wins  5 losses  with 5 matches remaining
         - Men’s B               4 wins 1 loss with 2 matches remaining
         - Men’s D               3 wins 4 losses with 1 match remaining
         - Men’s E               0 wins 5 losses with 5 matches remaining
         - Ladies A+             7 wins 1 loss with 3 matches remaining
         - Ladies A              3 wins 4 losses with 1 match remaining
         - Ladies B              4 wins 2 losses with 6 matches remaining

         HKTA Veterans League                                                       HKLTL 2018/19 News
         Presentation                                                               The 2018-2019 season of the HK Ladies Tennis
                                                                                    League will commence in September, so no doubt
         Friday 15 June                                                             all ladies involved have commenced their summer
         Congratulations to our Veteran                                             training programmes in preparation for next
         Mens 80+ Div 1 Team who finished                                           season .
         Runners Up this year after winning                                         HKCC will field teams in the following divisions:
         the league for four consecutive                                            - Premier
         seasons. The Annual dinner and prize                                       - Division 1
         presentation ceremony was held at                                          - Division 3
         the The Graces Restaurant in Kwun                                          - Division 5
         Tong, Kowloon. HKCC Tennis
                                                                                    Best wishes to all players involved
         Convenor Phil Lung was on deck to
                                                                                    and may the coming season bring lovely
         receive the trophies on behalf of the
                                                                                    weather, great tennis and of course a touch of
         team and an enjoyable night was had
                                                                                    silverware back to the Club!!
         by all.

         French Open Social Tennis Day vs LRC
         Saturday 26 May 2018
         The French Open Social vs LRC was held on Saturday 26 May 2018 at the LRC in conjunction with the second Grand
         Slam event of 2018 – The French Open. Played in fantastic summer conditions, a field of 24 competitors enjoyed 5 rounds
         of time based doubles and mixed doubles play on the synthetic clay courts. Many thanks to LRC for their hospitality and
         we look forward to participating in this event for many years to come. Congratulations to the following players:

         French Open Group 1
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