Name Vincent Wong Wing-chun
School HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No 2 Secondary School
Grade Form Six
Sports Volleyball, handball
Achievements
Vincent, 17, nicknamed Ar Chuk ('bamboo' in Cantonese, because he is tall - 1.95m - and slim), is a middle hitter on Hong Kong's youth volleyball squad. He also plays for Wah Ching, a Division A1 team in the Hong Kong Volleyball League. He was a member of Hong Kong's victorious 19-or-under team at the All China Secondary Schools Students' Volleyball Championships in Zhangzhou, Fujian, in August and part of the 16-or-under team at last year's championships in Chifeng , Inner Mongolia.
He captained his Tai Po school's volleyball team to second place at the Tai Po and Northern District Inter-School competition. They lost in the quarter-finals to eventual runners-up La Salle College, Kowloon, at the All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Tournament. He also plays handball for his school.
Soundbite
'I was playing terribly when I was in Form One and Two,' Vincent says. 'But last year, I learned some better skills when on a young athletes training scheme with the New Territories East team. As a result, I was lucky to be selected for Hong Kong's 16-and-under squad.