Peak24 – 9 May, 2015

24 Hour Race

The Peak24 is a long-distance relay event to raise money for the 24 Hour Race, a Hong Kong-founded, international youth charity inspiring students in five countries to join the movement to eradicate modern slavery. www.24hourrace.org

Teams of 5 people to compete in one of two distance challenges. Team members will run around Lugard Road (3.4km) one at time, tagging-in their teammates to run as they see fit.

The Challenges:

Peak24 – 81.8km (9 hour cut-off time)
The “sore-legs-Sunday” event, 24 laps of Lugard Road
Test your collective endurance and determination

Peak Marathon – 42.2 km (4.5 hour cut-off time)
The “brag about your marathon time” event, 12.4 laps on Lugard Road
A new twist on the classic distance – push your team toward its fastest ever marathon

Registration closes on the 24th April 2015 – sign-up at www.peak24.org.

The 24 hour Race – Peak24
When: 8am – 6pm 9th May 2015
Where: Lugard Road, The Peak, Hong Kong
Sign-up: www.peak24.org.

Soccer Sevens @ HK Football Club – 29-31 May, 2015

Atletico Madrid

Reigning Spanish champions Atletico Madrid will make their tournament debut at this year’s Soccer Sevens, which will be held at Hong Kong Football Club from May 29-31.

Atletico, Spain’s third-best supported club after Real Madrid and Barcelona, will be the first Spanish club to compete in the annual seven-a-side tournament, which will mark its 16th edition in May – a year after Atletico clinched their 10th La Liga title.

Emilio Gutiérrez, Director of the club’s Academy and Expansion, said: “Atletico Madrid is proud to be the first Spanish side to compete at the Soccer Sevens, which has a strong reputation. We can see that many great teams have won the event and each year there are famous clubs competing, so we’ll just do our best and hope to entertain the fans with our style of football. We are sure that this tournament will be also a great platform to promote the Atletico Madrid brand all over the Asian market, which is a strategic area in the international expansion process of our club.”

Stoke City will also make their tournament debut at this years tournament, when ‘The Potters’ will be one of five English Premier League clubs participating.

West Ham United, boasting one of England’s most successful academies, will compete for the first time since 2012, while five-time champions Aston Villa and recent winners Newcastle United and Leicester City return from last year’s 16-team Main competition.

Villa (2011), Newcastle (2012) and Leicester (2013) have won three of the last four editions of the international seven-a-side-tournament, which each year includes youth teams from Premier League clubs.

Tony Bratsanos, Chairman of the Soccer Sevens Organising Committee, said: “The Soccer Sevens has always had a strong presence from the Premier League, so we’re delighted that Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Leicester City are continuing their participation and will be bidding to lift the Cup again. We’re excited that West Ham will be coming back after a brief break, as they were a very popular side when they played here, and we’re also proud that we were able to secure Stoke City for their tournament debut. Stoke are enjoying a fine season and will be a welcome addition to the Main competition.”

English clubs have won 10 of the 15 editions of the tournament since its inauguration in 1999. Aston Villa have won a record five times (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010), while Blackburn Rovers (1999), Arsenal (2001), Newcastle (2012), Leicester (2013) and Manchester City (2014) are the other English clubs to have lifted the Cup.

Hong Kong clubs Kitchee (2011) and Instant Dict (2000), Japan’s Urawa Reds (2005, 2006) and Scottish giants Celtic (2009) are the tournament’s only non-English champions.

The remaining sides in this year’s 16-team Main competition and teams competing in the over-35 Masters tournament will be confirmed soon.

Future stars who have competed in the Main competition include Gabby Agbonlahor, Glen Johnson, Marc Albrighton, David Bentley, Anton Ferdinand, Sammy Ameobi, Shaun Maloney, Jack Grealish and Rolando Aarons.

The Masters tournament has featured former England internationals Peter Beardsley, John Barnes, Chris Waddle, Teddy Sheringham, Des Walker, Andy Cole and Matt Le Tissier, German legends Jurgen Klinsmann and Pierre Littbarski, Finnish icon Jari Litmanen, Dutch great Aron Winter and former France winger Didier Six.

Soccer Sevens
When: 29-31 May, 2015
Where: HK Football Club
Tickets: HK$160 per day or HK$300 for a two-day pass

Image: Atletico Madrid

STOP PRESS: Volvo Ocean Race – Dongfeng Race Team breaks mast, crew safe

dongfeng mast break

Volvo Ocean Race can confirm that China’s entry, Dongfeng Race Team, broke its mast early on Monday (GMT, March 30) but fortunately nobody has been injured and there is no immediate danger to the crew.

The incident happened 240 nautical miles west of Cape Horn at 0315 UTC on Monday, in the final hours of the night onboard Dongfeng.

The crew reported that the mast broke above the third spreader. They are not planning to continue racing on this leg and are heading towards Ushuaia, Argentina, under their own sail.

Reached via Inmarsat, a disappointed Caudrelier said “I’m gutted. As you’ve seen from the position reports we have been on purpose backed off a bit, not attacking in any way. The mast broke without warning, in about 30 knots of wind. We are unable to sail safely on starboard tack, but we are able to make reasonable speed on port tack. We will head towards Ushuaia and assess our options for getting to Itajai”

The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) is aware of the situation and is on standby to help if necessary.

Watch the video of the mast breaking here

Hong Kong Sevens 2015 – Sunday

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Hong Kong Sevens 2015 – Saturday

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Saturday at the HK Sevens, the South Stand is ‘full’ at 8:35am. Let the rugby begin…

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Hong Kong Sevens 2015 – Friday

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The 40th Anniversary Hong Kong Sevens kicks-off
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Hong Kong Women’s 7s 2015 – Awards Dinner

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After two days of great rugby, teams, officials, organisers and volunteers gathered to celebrate a wonderful tournament and present the trophies. Canada, playing some sparkling rugby, emerged victorious in the Cup Final in front of 40,000 fans at the HK Stadium.

The new Ruth Mitchell Player of the Tournament trophy was presented to Aggie Poon Pak Yan. The Hong Kong player was not only the tournaments top points scorer she also made the most tackles.
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Happy Birthday
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Hong Kong Women’s Sevens 2015 @ HK Football Cub – 27 March, 2015

Hong Kong Women’s Sevens 2015 @ HK Football Cub – 27 March, 2015

Second day’s play from the HK Football Club

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