Rower Fenella Ng Gar-loc will put a troubled buildup behind her and attempt to claim Hong Kong's fourth gold medal of the Asian Games when she takes to the water for this morning's lightweight singles final. Ng's preparations since arriving in Thailand with the rest of the Hong Kong rowing squad were summed up in one word by national coach Chris Perry yesterday: terrible. Bad weather and stormy waters wreaked havoc with training schedules and of eight practice sessions planned at the Mabprachan Reservoir venue, only three went ahead as scheduled. Among all the teams taking part in the rowing events, a total of 10 boats were sunk by waves and choppy weather during training. Perry was yesterday keeping his fingers firmly crossed that the fine weather of the past 48 hours continues for the remainder of the week. 'If the weather stays fine then she has got a very good chance of a medal in both the lightweight and heavyweight categories,' Perry said. As a precaution, Hong Kong's boats have been customised in order to keep overspill into the boat to a minimum. 'We've tried to build up the sides of her boat to stop water from splashing in if conditions do turn nasty,' Perry added. Weather permitting, today's lightweight single sculls straight final is likely to be a duel for gold between Ng and China's Ou Shaoyan . The mainland rower is causing more than a few ripples of concern in the Hong Kong camp because so little is known about her. Neither Perry nor Ng have seen her race in single sculls competition and have not been able to discover any background regarding her fastest times in the event. All they do know is that Ou finished fourth in the women's doubles at the World Championships, making her the highest placed Asian in the Cologne regatta earlier this year. 'We've never seen her but the fact that she did so well in the World Championships indicates that she is a top-class rower. 'Although we know so little about her, I'd say that she probably has a slight edge over us at the moment, because she's seen Fenella race single sculls and we haven't seen her,' Perry said. Perry said Ou would also benefit from a favourable draw in the lanes. Ou has been placed in lane six, close to the bank, while Ng is in lane one, near the middle of the lake. 'Ou will be able to hear the support while Fenella will be out on her own. 'Also there's the element that if the weather does get a bit rough, Ou will have a little bit more protection,' Perry added. Ng will also race in tomorrow's heavyweight final after qualifying comfortably through Wednesday's heats. Hong Kong rowers will appear in two other finals today, with Michael Tse Ga-duk racing in the men's heavyweight class and Lo Sing-yan and Lui Kam-chui racing in the heavyweight doubles. Hong Kong's men's beach volleyball team of Chow Kwok-wai and Kwan Wing-sang suffered their second defeat yesterday to put them out of contention. They lost 10-15 to Cambodia's Mut Savet and Um Sok at Pattaya Park.