Junior squash team wins 3 medals at the Asian Junior Squash Championships
Hong Kong junior squash team won 2 gold and 1 silver medals at the Asian Junior Squash Championships held on 3-10 February 2007 in Hong Kong.
Au Wing-chi won for Hong Kong the second girls' singles title at the tournament since Chiu Wing-yin first won the title in 1997. It was also the first time two Hong Kong squash players had made it to the final.
Athlete
Event
Medal
Au Wing-chi
Girls' singles
Gold medal
Chan Ho-ling
Girls' singles
Silver medal
Au Wing-chi, Chan Ho-ling
Chiu Ka-kei, Leung Shin-nga
Girls' team
Gold medal
Second left: Chan Ho-ling; Third left: Leung Shin-nga Second right: Chiu Ka-kei; Third right: Au Wing-chi
Table tennis women's pair wins a bronze medal at the ITTF Pro Tour Croatian Open
Hong Kong table tennis players Lau Sui-fei and Lin Ling won a bronze medal in the women's doubles event at the ITTF Pro Tour Croatian Open held on 16-20 January 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Table tennis team wins 2 medals at the ITTF Pro Tour Slovenian Open
Hong Kong table tennis team won a silver and a bronze medal at the ITTF Pro Tour Slovenian Open held on 23-27 January 2007 in Velenje, Slovenia.
Athlete
Event
Medal
Ko Lai-chak, Li Ching
Men's doubles
Silver medal
Li Ching
Men's singles
Bronze medal
From left: Li Ching, Ko Lai-chak
Junior table tennis team wins 3 medals at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival
The Hong Kong junior table tennis team won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival held on 17-21 January in Sydney, Australia.
Athlete
Event
Medal
Ng Wing-nam
Women's singles
Bronze medal
Lee Ho-ching, Ng Wing-nam
Women's doubles
Silver medal
Lee Ho-ching, Ng Wing-nam
Women's team
Bronze medal
Team members.
From left: Cheng Chor-fung, Lee Ho-ching, Ng Wing-nam
First from right: Chiu Chung-hei
Elite results roundup (15 December 2006 ˇV 14 January 2007)
Name
Event
Position / No. of Entries
Cycling
11th Tour of South China Seas
Tang Wang-yip
Individual finals
2nd/ 84
(25/12/2006, Hong Kong/ China /Macau)
Chan Chun-hing
General team classification
2nd/ 18
Cheung King-wai
Lam Kai-tsun
Tang Wang-yip
Wong Kam-po
Wu Kin-san
Squash
British Junior Open 2007
Liu Tsz-ling
Girls' under 17 singles
5th/ 64
(2/1/2007, Sheffield)
Chan Ho-ling
Girls' under 19 singles
5th/ 38
Leung Shin-nga
7th/ 38
New references at the Sports Information Centre (SIC)
Cycling for triathletes: endurance
(Call no.: GV1060.73 .B67 2006)
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