Lawn bowlers from Wah Yan College, Hong Kong had a battle on their hands against crowd favourites St Stephen's Girls' College in the final of the Inter-Schools Lawn Bowls Competition at the Ap Lei Chau Sports Centre on Sunday.
But the Wah Yan team's experience paid off, with the boys' team defeating St Stephen's girls 8-1 after five ends were played to decide the winner. Wah Yan captain Adrian Yau Tze-fung said the team's goal was to make the final.
'We made it two years ago and we came fourth last year - both years we were defeated by Wah Yan Kowloon boys. The girls had great crowd support today but we had the confidence to win,' Adrian said.
Sixteen mixed teams were vying for the title, with defending champions Wah Yan College, Kowloon fielding two teams in their bid for a third consecutive win.
But Wah Yan's Team A were eliminated by Wan Yan College, Hong Kong in the semi-final. Its Team B, led by Aaron Koo Shin-jee, were knocked out by St Stephen's Team A.
The St Stephen's teams were playing in the competition for the first time and all players - except their Form Six leader Angel So Ka-he - are new to the sport. In fact, they only started learning to play lawn bowls in February. But the girls advanced to the final on Sunday evening to give the Wah Yan, Hong Kong boys a run for their money.
