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The Hong Kong Jockey Membership presents its warmest congratulations to the Hong Kong China Rugby on the success of the Hong Kong Sevens, the final to be held at Hong Kong Stadium.
On final Sunday, Membership Chairman Michael Lee was honoured to current the Girls’s Bowl to Nice Britain and to affix HKSAR Chief Govt John Lee and different friends for the presentation of the Males’s Cup to event winner – New Zealand.
Over the previous 30 years, Hong Kong Stadium has been the enduring house of the Hong Kong Sevens, not least since its redevelopment by The Hong Kong Jockey Membership in 1992. In 2015, the Membership partnered with the Authorities of the HKSAR to reconstruct the stadium’s turf pitch, facilitating its internet hosting of worldwide sporting occasions.
For the third consecutive yr, the Membership was the Official Group Associate of the Hong Kong Sevens. So far, some 30,000 individuals of various ages, talents and backgrounds have loved the enjoyable of sports activities, together with rugby, via a collection of Jockey Membership Sevens Group Programmes, culminating in a collection of occasions through the Hong Kong Sevens itself.
This yr’s Jockey Membership Sevens Group Programmes kicked off in mid-March with the Jockey Membership Sport for All Carnival and Jockey Membership Elite Athletes Sharing Session: No Boundaries for Sports activities. Ten native elite athletes from the fields of rugby, horse racing, soccer, skateboarding, triathlon and sport climbing shared their private experiences with college students and on-line audiences. Below the theme of resilience, well-being and inclusion, the carnival attracted greater than 1,000 younger individuals to strive completely different sports activities similar to rugby, soccer, biking, rope skipping, bouldering, and skateboarding.
In the course of the three-day Hong Kong Sevens, younger gamers from native rugby golf equipment showcased their expertise within the Jockey Membership Rugby Mini Showcase. In the meantime, via the Jockey Membership Sevens Faculty Tour and the Jockey Membership Sevens Group Expertise, college students and underprivileged teams, together with senior residents and other people with disabilities, skilled the joy of world-class rugby. Members of the Membership’s CARE@hkjc Volunteer Crew additionally lent a hand, accompanying the visually impaired and college students to benefit from the competitors in addition to offering face portray providers.
The Membership’s assist for the Hong Kong Sevens, like all of its charity donations, is made potential by its distinctive built-in enterprise mannequin via which racing and wagering generate tax contributions, charity assist and employment alternatives for the group.
