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September 18, 2016 HKJU Badminton Fun Day and Gala Dinner

We are pleased to report that the 2016 Hong Kong Joint Universities Badminton Fun Day and Gala Dinner was held successfully on September 18. Around 300 members of seven Alumni Association enjoyed the event with lots of exercise and fun. This year, the seven Alumni Associations were divided into 2 groups for competition. Group A (Red Group) consisted of CU, HKU and LNU, while Group B (White Group) consisted of PU, BU, CHU and SYU. After 105 badminton matches in the first round, second round and final round, and three fun games including Hula Hoop, Ping Pong Relay and Shuttle Cock, the White Group won the overall champion and the Hong Kong Cup in a very close competition.
A gala dinner was held immediately after the competition. The atmosphere of the dinner was fabulous. The singing and dancing performance from seven Alumni Associations, and the lucky draw with the Grand Prize of a iPad Air 2 donated by our President Dennis Au Yeung, were highlights of the evening.
We would like to share with you some interesting information/statistics:
1. The competition was so close, it went down to the wire and was decided by the 105th match (the last badminton match, Men’s Double 2, Team A5 Amos Tin (CU), K. Ho (CU) vs. Team B4 Peter Kwok (BU), Ernest Lee (PU) with the scores of 22:20 won by team B4.

2.First round – Group A won 41 matches and Group B won 49 matches. Teams A1, A5, B2 and B4 advanced to the second round

Second round – Team A5 defeated Team A1 by 3:2 and Team B4 took care of Team B2 by 3:2

Final round – Team B4 edged out Team A5 by 3:2

3. HKJU Badminton Top 10:

3.1) A total of 100 players (30 women and 70 men) participated
3.2) Oldest player is over 70 years of age
3.3) Youngest player – “Every Player”
3.4) A total of 105 matches, 90 matches in the first round, 10 matches in the second round and 5 matches in the final, all done in 4 hours.
3.5) Shortest duration of a match is 5 minutes
3.6) Longest duration of a match is 22 minutes – Men’s Doubles 1 – (A4 Sam Tang (CU), Joannes Tsang (HKU) vs. B5 Thomas Yeung (BU), Brian Kwan (SYU))
3.7) Second longest duration of a match is 19 minutes – Mixed Doubles (A2 Kimmy Chau (HKU), Albert To (HKU) vs. B3 Betty Chan (PU), Johnny Leung (PU))
3.8) Most lopsided score is 21:0
3.9) Top score is 26:24 – Men’s Doubles 1 – (A4 Sam Tang (CU), Joannes Tsang (HKU) vs. B5 Thomas Yeung (BU), Brian Kwan (SYU) won by B5)
3.10) Second top score – 25:23 – Mixed Doubles (A2 Kimmy Chau (HKU), Albert To (HKU) vs. B3 Betty Chan (PU), Johnny Leung (PU) won by B3)

The hosting Alumni Association in coming year will be Baptist U. We are looking forward to your continue participation and support in the HKJU events.

Reported by HK Pong and Romeo Au


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