A team of 6 students and graduates from CityU representing Hong Kong won 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in the World University Woodball Championships (WUC) held in Taipei!

As a debutant in this competition, Tong Siu-lun (Department of Chinese and History, Year 2) surprised all and won the men’s single (stroke) event. “I just played as usual to maintain my best performance. I was glad that I could beat my Thai rival by one stroke less,” he recalled.

A winner of 3 medals, Chung Chui-ting (Applied Social Sciences, Year 4) said playing woodball had changed her a lot. “After joining the woodball team, I developed endurance in both academic studies and sports,” she shared.

Ms Winnie Wong Wan-sze, coach of the CityU woodball team, remarked that the game was an emerging sport in Hong Kong and Asia, and she was delighted to see CityU students winning medals in international competitions. “Even facing adversity, the athletes would still strike for their very best in a competition,” she said.

A team of 12 woodball players represented Hong Kong in the Championships held in October 2016, among which 6 athletes were CityU students or graduates. Other CityU representatives included Kwok Long-fung (Applied Social Sciences, Year 3), Chan Wing-yan (Applied Social Sciences, Year 4), Gloria Chan Po-wing (Electronic Engineering graduate) and Lam Wing-yee (Management Sciences graduate). They competed with university teams from Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

Tong Siu-lun and Kwok Long-fung win the 1st runner-up in the men’s double (fairway) and the gold medal in the men’s team (stroke).

CityU’s woodball team, established for 11 years, practices 3 times a week.