Athletic Veterans of Hong Kong
Dear AVOHK runners, Good to know the captioned competition has been scheduled for 28 August. Please read carefully the event information attached. If you have reached the time standard, you are advised to submit your result via the link “Elite Race Application” below, HKAAA will approve and send you a
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Thank you to all of our runners who supported The Malcolm Phillips Age- Graded 5k recently. For the second time, the event was held as a virtual event on Bowen Road. After Malcolm’s brother, Graham, and his niece, Kathryn, took part in our 2021 event from England, we decided to
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AGM Due to current government restrictions, and the number of committee members who are currently overseas, the AVOHK Committee voted to hold a virtual AGM this year. In accordance with our constitution, our AGM will be held at 7pm on Wednesday, 15th June 2022, and formal notice will be sent
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As we head towards the summer, restrictions are slowly beginning to ease in Hong Kong and AVOHK are hard at work planning a season of racing. Our Races for 2022 While the Cap 599 Social Distancing Restrictions remain in place, it is very difficult to organise races and the exemption,
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When we invited Colin Whittington to share his Runner’s Story, we held our breath … Yep, Colin defines the word ‘Veteran’ in AVOHK! We actually heard that Netflix wants the rights to this Post as they’re considering adapting it for a series simply called “Whittington”. So here’s Colin in his
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HKAAA are in the process of applying for permission for 2 Track meets, The Hong Kong Athletics Trial 2022 on the 30 April- 1 May, and The Hong Kong Athletics Series 1 on the 7-8 May, both at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. Both of these meets are subject to The Home Affairs Bureau
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The 2022 World Masters Athletics Championships will be held in Tampere, Finland from June 29 – July 10. Hong Kong has a long and successful history at these events and it would be great if we could send a team again this year. With quarantine rules relaxing slightly, some of our
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In this feature, we introduce our AVOHK Committee Secretary, David Woo. And how better to do that than letting the man speak for himself. Much to the Committee’s surprise, it turns out that David is an avid blogger. Nothing interests him more than the review of running shoes. His shoe
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Our club has a diverse membership with runners from almost every corner of the globe. In our new column we will be looking at the stories behind the familiar faces of our members. In our first article we learn more about one of our 2022 Athletes of the Year, Evelyn Lim. It’s hard
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While all race plans are currently on hold due to the COVID-9 restrictions, now is a good time to catch up with admin and housekeeping in anticipation of the season opening up later in the year. As an AVOHK member, you may already know that you are entitled to discounted
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