THE 24th Sports Day of the Chinese YMCA College was held over two days early this month at the Sha Tin Sports Ground.
The two days were sunny and warm presenting ideal weather for some outstanding performances.
At the opening ceremony, principal Dr Ho Kwok-keung said the warmer weather was a blessing since there had been a two-week cold spell prior to the meet.
Representatives of the three Houses - Wisdom, Benevolence, Courage - then took the oath of sportsmanship.
Rivalry was keen throughout the two-day meet. Spectators and athletes kept up their enthusiasm and many records were broken. In the boys' Grade A 1,500 metres, Chan Kuz (Wisdom) and Chung Yat-ming (Benevolence) broke the record. The boys' Grade B 200 m were also broken by Cheung Ting-hoi (Wisdom) and Lam Wong-pui (Benevolence) while Tam Hoi-chiu (Benevolence) rewrote the record for the boys' Grade C 100 m.
For the girls, So Siu-han (Wisdom) put her name in the record book for the Grade A 400 m. In the 1,500 m, Siu Yuek-sze (Wisdom) came first and Cheung Chi-chun (Wisdom) was second, both breaking the record. The best performance was in the Grade C 800 m; Cheung Mei-yan (Benevolence), Wong Yuen-man (Benevolence) and Wong Hoi-wan (Benevolence) took the top three placings respectively, all re-writing the record.
