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Holi Party @ Upper Cheung Sha Beach – 20 March, 2016

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Happy Holi! Great fun afternoon at the Holi Party @ Upper Cheung Sha Beach on the 20 March, 2016.
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ MacPherson Stadium – 11 March, 2016

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor returned to Hong Kong at the MacPherson Stadium on the 11 March, 2016 thanks to YourMum. A packed venue enjoyed an evening of sonic delight.
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Women’s Rugby Grand Championship Finals Results 2016

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Grand Championship

Valley Black 12-10 Gai Wu Falcons
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 16:30

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National 15s WNL1-A: Grand Championship

City Sparkles 8-5 Valley Red
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 15:00

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National 15s WNL1-B: Grand Championship

HKCC 17-7 HK Scottish
@ KGV, Kick-off: 16:30

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National 10s: Grand Championship

Tin Shui Wai 5-10 Revolution SRC
@ Happy Valley, Kick-off: 16:30

Art Week: 21-27 March

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The art world focuses on Hong Kong next week with three exhibitions bring thousands of art pieces from emerging and established artists mainly across Asia.

One man’s art though is another’s trash and you’ll wonder exactly what the attraction of some pieces are – but there’s enough variety that you’ll probably find a few things to discus and enjoy.

Art Central
A contemporary art fair in the heart of Hong Kong at the Central Harbourfront 23-26 March 2016 (First Night 21 March) with over 100 exhibitors showcasing the next generation of talent alongside some of the most established contemporary galleries from across Asia and the globe.

Art Central
Date: 23-26 March 2016
Venue: Central Harbourfront
Tickets: $500, $230 from HKTicketing
More info:
23 & 24 March: Noon – 7pm
25 March: 11am – 7pm
26 March: 11am – 6pm

Art Basel
239 of the world’s leading Modern and contemporary art galleries display premier paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, prints, photography, film, video, and digital art by over 4,000 artists.

Art Basel
Date: 24–26 March 2016
Venue: HK Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets: $850-$150 from HKTicketing
More info:
24 March: 1- 9pm
25 March: 1 – 8pm
26 March: 11am – 6pm

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Asia Contemporary Art Show
Artworks from Asia and the world at the 8th edition of the Asia Contemporary Art Show, March 24 – 27 at the Conrad Hong Kong. Browse and buy original paintings, limited editions, sculpture and photography from some of the world’s most interesting and promising artists.

Asia Contemporary Art Show
Date: 24-27 March, 2016
Venue: 40/F-43/F, Conrad Hong Kong
Tickets: $220
More info:
25 March: 1 – 9pm ( 5- 9pm Friday ART Night)
26 March: 1 – 8pm
27 March: 11am – 6pm

Megabites: Goût de / Good France – 21 March

After a successful first event in 2015 the Alain Ducasse inspired Goût de France / Good France returns to tease and tantalise tastebuds globally. Organized by the French government with the intent to showcase the French way of life, regional produce, and France as a tourist destination. From Bangladesh to Fiji, Syria to Lettonia over 1,000 chefs on 5 continents are creating a menu to celebrate French gastronomy and joie de vivre on the 21 March.

Locally 22 restaurants are participating at a wide range of price points, with some menu offerings only available on the 21 March, while others are on offer all week. Some of the menu’s are online at www.goodfrance.com – although sadly the French government no longer seem to recognise Hong Kong as we’re lumped in with China.

Restaurant Akrame
G/F, 9B Ship Street, Wanchai
Tel: 2528 5068 http://akrame.com.hk/

Bibo
163 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
Tel: 2956 3188 www.bibo.hk

Brasserie on the Eighth
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
Tel: 2822 8803 http://www.conraddining.com/en/brasserie.html

Caprice
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 3196 8860 http://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining/restaurants/caprice/#

La Cabane Wine Bistro
62, Hollywood Road, Central
Tel: 2776 6070 http://lacabane.hk/

Chez Raymond de Paris
G/f, 183D, Po Tung Road, Sai Kung, N.T.
Tel: 6484 1400 www.chezraymonddeparis.com

Cococabana
Shek O Beach Bldg., Shek O
Tel: 2812 1826 http://toptables.com.hk/coco/

Epure
Shop 403, Level 4, Ocean Centre, Harbour City,Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 3185 8338 www.epure.hk

Fleur de Sel
Shop 2J, Po Foo Building, Foo Ming Street, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2805 6678 http://frenchcrepes.com.hk/fleur-de-sel/

Jules Bistro
King-Inn Mansion, 13-15 Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley
Tel: 2838 1115www.bistrojules.com

Metropolitain
G/F 46 High Street, Sai Ying Pun
Tel: 6271 6102 www.french-creations.com/metropolitain

Otto Restaurant & Bar
16-17/F, L’hart, 487-489 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2893 8617 www.facebook.com/OttoRestaurantAndBar

Petrus
Island Shangri-La, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central
Tel: 2820 8590 www.shangri-la.com/hongkong/islandshangrila/dining/restaurants/restaurant-petrus/

Pierre
5 Connaught Road, Central
Tel: 2825 4001 www.mandarinoriental.com/hongkong/fine-dining/pierre

Privé
Rua dos Viscondes de Paco de Arcos, Macau
Tel: +853 8861 7241 www.sofitelmacau.com/en/prive

Rive and the Deck
310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2839 3327 www.parklane.com.hk/riva-and-the-deck

La Saison by Jacques Barnachon
2/F, The Cameron, 33 Cameron Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
Tel: 2789 8000 www.lasaisonbyjb.com

Serge et Le Phoque
G/F, Shop B2, 3 Wanchai Road, Wanchai
Tel: 5465 2000 www.facebook.com/Serge-et-le-phoque

Spoon by Alain Ducasse
InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon
Tel: 2313 2256
https://hongkong-ic.intercontinental.com/dining/spoon.php

Stan Café
Shop 505, 5/F, Camel Road, Stanley
Tel: 2324 9008 www.stancafe.hk

La Table de Patrick
6/F Cheung Hing Commercial Building, 37-43 Cochrane Street, Central
Tel: 2541 1401 www.chezpatrick.hk

Le bistro Winebeast
G/F & 1/F Tai Yip Building, 141 Thomson Road, Wanchai
Tel: 2782 6689 www.wine-beast.com/le-bistro

HK Cricket Match Reports: Saturday 12 March, 2016

Saturday Championship – 12 March 2016

Saturday Championship Division 1

KCC Saracens v HKCC Witherers
At Hong Kong Cricket Club, KCC Saracens crushed HKCC Witherers to put themselves on top of the points table.

It was a very short game as Tanveer Ahmed picked up 4/17 in a devastating opening spell that saw Witherers slump to 6/14 after electing to bat first upon winning the toss. Extras (35) were by far the biggest contributor to the Witherers score of 74 all out in 24.5 overs with only two HKCC batsmen reaching double figures.

Saracens had little bother in knocking off the runs with Simandeep Singh’s unbeaten 24 enough to see them home in less than 15 overs.
At HKCC: HKCC Witherers 74 in 24.5 overs lost to KCC Saracens 2/75 from 14.4 overs by seven wickets.

KCC Crusaders v KCC Tartars
Runs were a little easier to come by at Kowloon Cricket Club where KCC Crusaders enhanced their prospects of staying in the top flight with a bonus-point victory over rivals KCC Tartars.

Crusaders won the toss and elected to bowl first and they restricted Tartars to 4/50 in the early stages with Aditya Kanthan picking up all four wickets in a spell of 4/14 off seven overs. Afzaal Haider (38) and Kalhan Challu (41*) provided some resistance later on as Tartars finished their innings on 7/146 from 35 overs.

Crusaders lost two early wickets but an unbroken third wicket partnership of 138 between Ravi Sujanani (70*) and Ashley Caddy (62*) got them home in 27.1 overs.
At KCC: KCC Tartars 7/146 from 35 overs lost to KCC Crusaders 2/147 from 27.1 overs by eight wickets.

Saturday Championship Division 2

SCC Lancers v Laguna Gully
At Mission Road, SCC Lancers beat Laguna Gully by four wickets in a game dominated by two batsmen.

Laguna Gully opted to bat first after winning the toss and they scored 178 in 33.4 overs with Shekhar Sharma top scoring with 81. Rahul Tonapi had a great day with the ball for SCC Lancers as he claimed 5/24 from 3.4 overs.

In reply, Soma Nair carried his team home with a fine unbeaten 76 as SCC Lancers eased to victory in 31.5 overs. For Laguna Gully, Ali Shabaz was the pick of the bowlers with 3/32 from his seven over spell.
At Mission Road: Laguna Gully 178 from 33.4 overs lost to SCC Lancers 6/179 from 31.5 overs by four wickets.

Taipans CC v HKU CC
At PKVR Park, Taipans CC continued their unrelenting charge to the Division 2 title with a narrow victory over a determined HKU CC team.

Taipans elected to bat first after winning the toss and they amassed a total of 8/230 from their 35 overs with Gurjinder Singh (56), Jagmeet Brar (31), Rishi Srivastava (30) and Zeeshan Haider (38) all making useful contributions. Haroon Bashir was the pick of the bowlers for HKU claiming 3/39 from his seven overs.

HKU made a spirited reply with Ashutosh Balasaria (47) and Chamila Panduwawala (36) the top scorers but HKU could not quite do enough to overhaul the Taipans’ score and their innings finished 30 runs short at 9/200.
At PKVR Park: Taipan CC 8/230 from 35 overs beat HKU CC 9/200 from 35 overs by 30 runs.

HK Cricket Match Reports: Sunday 13 March, 2016

Sunday Championship – 13th March 2016

HKCA Dragons v HKCC Wanderers
The HKCA Dragons returned to Hong Kong Cricket Club this week but they couldn’t make the most of a promising start against HKCC Wanderers.

HKCC Wanderers won the toss and elected to bowl first. Although they captured an early wicket, the Dragons’ batsmen managed to keep the Wanderers bowling attack at bay. Skipper Damien Yee and James Chan put together a second wicket of 89 runs that lifted Dragons to 1/97 when Yee fell for a well-struck 55. Chan fell shortly after for 34 after which the Dragons batting fell way and they were all out for 144. Harry Ledger cleaned up the tail to finish with figures of 3/6 from 3.5 overs.

The Wanderers opening pair put on 67 runs for the first wicket before Craig Johnstone was out for 30. Stuart Tohill (62*) and Harry Bailey (29*) concluded proceedings with an unbroken stand of 81 for the second wicket with the chase wrapped up in the 19th over.
At HKCC: HKCA Dragons 144 from 46.5 overs lost to HKCC Wanderers 1/148 from 18.1 overs by nine wickets.

SLCC v DLSWCC
Rain brought about an earlier conclusion to the match at Mission Road after which Headwin Tritons SLCC were declared the winners over DLSWCC JKN thanks to a superior run-rate.

DLSWCC JKN opted to bat first after winning the toss but they were in early trouble at 3/8 thanks to three early strikes by Aizaz Butt. Anas Khan held the DLSWCC JKN’s innings together with a solid 60 but his was a lone hand and they were eventually all out for 157 in the 38th over. Aziz Butt finished with 3/44 from ten overs while Mukhtar Ahmed mopped up the tail-enders to finish with 3/15 from 5.2 overs.

The SLCC reply got off to a shaky start as they lost two early wickets however, a partnership of 78 between Khizar Hayat (46) and Akbar Khan (35) got them to 111 when the third wicket fell. Shortly afterwards, there was a short break for rain before the players got back on the field although there was no adjustment to the target score. At 4/128 after 28.4 overs, conditions deteriorated again and the players left the field for the last time. The umpires quickly calculated the run-rates and SLCC were declared the winners; earning themselves a bonus point in the process.
At Mission Road: DLSWCC JKN 157 from 37.2 overs lost to Headwin Tritons SLCC 4/128 from 28.4 overs by superior run-rate

HK Cricket Match Report: Women’s Twenty20 Cup – 13 March 2016

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Women’s Twenty20 Cup – 13 March 2016

CCC Fung Wong v USRC
In the first match of the day, CCC Fung Wong’s Kary Chan made the highest score in the competition this season with 132 not out in a total of 0/204 against USRC.

In reply, the USRC women, batted out their 20 overs and finished on 6/73 with Sweta top scoring with 14.
At PKVR Reservoir: CCC Fung Wong 0/204 from 20 overs beat USRC 6/73 from 20 overs by 131 runs.

DLSWCC Wasps v HKCC Willow Wielders
A couple of rain interruptions affected the second match of the day between DLSWCC Wasps and HKCC Willow Wielders.

A delayed start saw the match reduced to 19 overs per side after which DLSWCC Wasps batted first and scored 8/146. Shanzeen Shahzad top scored with 35 while Manpreet Kaur and Jaswinder Kaur scored 34 and 24 respectively. Marina Lamplough was the best of the HKCC bowlers with figures of 4/29 from her four over spell.

Another rain break between innings saw the HKCC Willow Wielders target reduced to 115 from 15 overs. The Willow Wielders had little trouble reaching the revised target thanks to unbeaten knocks of 61 by Mariko Hill and 39 by Marina Lamplough.
At PKVR Reservoir: DLSWCC Wasps 8/146 from 19 overs lost to HKCC Willow Wielders (target reduced to 115 from 15 overs) 1/116 from 13.4 overs by nine wickets.

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