Youths hope to emulate San San

Hong Kong: Young windsurfers Cheng Hing-lun and Chan Hoi-shuen will leave tonight for a two-week training stint in Europe, hoping to repeat the success of their predecessors Sam Wong Tak-sum and Lee Lai-shan.

The two Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) scholarship athletes, accompanied by HKSI head coach Rene Appel, will spend the next 16 days in a training camp in Medemblik, Holland, where they will also take part in the SPA Regatta - the biggest Olympic class competition.

'Sam and San San went for the same training camp seven years ago and it was their first overseas trip,' said Appel. 'Of course I would be happy to see Cheng and Chan achieve the same degree of success as their predecessors but it's too early to say anything.'