New Year Fun Run 1999 | |
 NTS fun run champion Inspector S C Barker crossing the finish line |  First runner up Police Constable Cheung Chi-wai |
 Runners and run staff with senior officers |  Deputy Regional Commander NTS Mak Man-poon presenting second runner up Chief Inspector McNicol with a prize in the Mess after the run |
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THE fourth NTS Officers' Mess New
Year Fun Run (to help all interested Mess members get rid of their Lunar Festival flab) took
place on March 12. The three-mile run was won again this year by Inspector S C Barker
(Traffic NTS) in a blazing 18:57 ¡Ð cutting more than half-a-minute off his winning time of 19:36 last
year.
PC Cheung Chi-wai (Police Tactical Unit 'F' came second in 19:10; followed by Chief Inspector I F McNicol (Emergency Unit NTS) in 19:37, and Detective Police Constable Ngo Chi-lun (Regional Crime Unit NTS) in a respectable time of 22:41. Prizes were presented afterwards in the Mess by Deputy Regional Commander NTS Chief Superintendent Mak Man-poon. |  Senior Inspector Sin Chai-ching, OC Tsuen Wan MAG |
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 Orienteering champs Steve Holmes and Lam Hon-keung at the starting |
THE Police Orienteering Club
Championships were held in damp and misty conditions at Yuen Tun, near Sham Tseng on
Saturday March 13. More than 80 competitors took part in the event which included a
cross-country competition for the Paddy Birney Memorial Trophy, as well as two classes of
score events.
ITB Systems Analyst Steve Holmes and acting Sergeant Lam Hon-keung of Police Tactical Unit Headquarters were runaway winners of the Paddy Birney Trophy, finishing the tough course covering some difficult terrain in just under 78 minutes. |
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Winners of the score event were Sergeant Hui Ngai-sang and Police Constable Chan Chi-ho of Emergency Unit Kowloon East, with the team of Police Constable Ma Wing-kwong and Ip Lap-chi of PTU HQ taking the first prize in the novice event. Paddy Birney Memorial Trophy (Cross-country) First place: Steve Holmes (Information Technology Branch), Lam Hon-keung (PTU HQ) Second place: Ngai Chi-yuen and Liu Man-wai (Police Training School) Third place: Leung Yat and Lai Cheuk-wah (PTU HQ) | |
Winners in the following categories were: Central District in Team (Major Unit) event; Emergency Unit Hong Kong Island in Team (Minor Unit) event; Open won by PC Keung Wing-key of Wan Chai District; Senior Police Constable Ko Fuk-ming of CDIST took the Senior category; PTU 'E' Sergeant Chan Chi-keung took the Veteran I race, with Sergeant Station Lo Wai-keung of Eastern District winning the Veteran II; and Personal Secretary II Chan Sui-yi of CDIST winning the Ladies event. |
To cover the costs of the event, all non-Compaints and Internal Investigations Branch entrants are required to pay an entry fee of $15. Those interested may register and make their payment to Training and Staff Relations Officers or equivalent on or before April 12. Enquiries to Senior Inspector Lui Kam-ho or Woman Senior Inspector Pang Mei-ling of CAPO HKI at 2574-4304 and 2574-4268. |
WANT to live a long and healthy life; regain some of your youth; get your weight back down and look fitter and feel healthier? What sport were you good at when you were still at school? Were you fast? Did you do well at sprinting? Did you have the strength and willpower to run long distances? Could you throw a ball further then most people? Could you jump higher than your friends? Would you like to try running one marathon; an experience of a life-time? If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, then let us help you achieve your goal. Membership of the Police Athletics Club is free. You will be given a membership card, free running shorts and singlet ¡Ð and enjoy a discount on sports wear from a popular sporting goods company. The Police Athletics Club is a full, voting member Club of the Hong Kong Amateur Athletics Association. As such, our members can use any Urban Council sports stadium facilities throughout Hong Kong. The Police Athletics Club will pay entrance fees for club members to join in any Hong Kong athletics running event such as the reservoir cross-country series organised by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. We will even send a team (all club members welcome) to the annual Macau Marathon. And we regularly pay for club members to compete in Hong Kong-wide athletics meetings organised by the HKAAA. If you want to join the Police Athletics Club fax the following form to Senior Inspector, Human Resources Development Team, Police Training School Carol Cheng Mei-lin: 2814-1783.
I would like to be a member of the Police Athletics Club.
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