TUCKED AWAY in a corner behind the Indoor Games Hall at Choi Hung Road Park, the Inter-School Beach Volleyball Championships reached a stormy climax when Eric Cheng Wai-ho of Pui Ching Middle School pummelled the winning spike under ominous skies on Sunday.
It was a fairytale ending for the 19-year-old who earlier in the day had helped his club side Tak Ming win the Division One Indoor Volleyball Championship final at Hung Hom Bay.
Pui Ching were denied a unique double as CCC Ming Kei College came out tops in the girls' final.
Wai-ho - or 'Little Ho' to friends - sped across town after a gruelling four-set battle in Hung Hom, arriving just in time for the school title decider with Diocesan Boys' School (DBS).
With the adrenalin still pumping, he and partner Lau Chun-yiu stole the first set 23-21 over the indoor volleyball joint champions.
But the DBS pair, Hong Kong youth team player Chan King-pong and Jeremy Teoh, were in no mood to capitulate. Inspired play by King-pong helped DBS take the second set 21-11 - and at that stage they looked sure champions.
