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HKU Sports - triple championship at USFHK games

02 Apr 2018

 

HKU University sports teams captured three championship victories at the annual sports games held by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong (USFHK) on local university campuses on March 24 and 25.

The USFHK Men's Handball Finals on March 24 (Saturday) afternoon started the weekend extravaganza. On home ground the HKU handball team felt the enthusiasm of its home fans and went into the lead by one point at the first half. Then PolyU, probably the tournament favorite, strung a few key goals together in the second half to take the lead. HKU fought back hard and made three important goals in the final 10 minutes of the game with the decisive winning point made in the final 7 seconds of the game for HKU to lift the crowd with a 23:22 victory over their strong rival PolyU. This is the first time that the HKU Men’s handball team have won the championship since handball was introduced as a regular event in the USFHK competition in 2006. 

On March 25 (Sunday), the Womens' Badminton Team also defeated a very talented City U team in the USFHK finals at Baptist University. It wasn’t all easy going for the HKU team, who won the first women's single, then lost the next single and first doubles match, putting HKU behind 2-1 in a best 3 out of 5 championships. The next HKU women's doubles team fought back hard after losing the first set and then tied up the head to head play with City U at 2 matches each. The final deciding match was a singles match up which went down to the wire, with HKU reigning victorious in the 4-hour battle with City U. The last time the women's team won this championship was 10 years ago in 2008.

Finally, the USFHK Karatedo Championship closed out the weekend on March 25 at the University of Science and Technology. With real fighting spirit the Women's Karate Team regained the Overall Women's Champion title, which they hadn't won since the 2012-2013 season, and in so doing broke City U's four-year title streak.

Dr. Michael Tse, Assistant Director of the Centre for Sports and Exercise was very proud of the athletes and the support the CSE team managers and coaches gave to the teams throughout the year, the dedication of the athletes and the incredible support from teammates and supporters at the events. He said: "The athletes and coaches showed a lot of dedication this year to their training and they are reaping the benefits of their hard work." Dr Tse added: "HKU Sports team managers, coaches, and supporters, helped encourage the athletes to fight with their best spirit to take home three USFHK Championships in one weekend."

For enquiries, please contact Ms Michelle Ng, Manager (Sports Teams), Centre for Sports and Exercise, tel: 2817 9846/ email: nhytsang@hku.hk; Ms Melanie Wan, Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office, tel: 2859 2600/ email: melwkwan@hku.hk.