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Thank you to all the runners that turned up bright and early for the final race of the 2025 AVOHK Reservoir Series held at 9am on Sun 9th Nov 2025 at Shing Mun Reservoir. The course is approx 7.6km with some demanding hills in the first 2.8km followed by a long stretch on the sandy winding catchment trail next to Shing Mun Reservoir. Today we were very fortunate to have Olympian (and AVOHK Member) Chris Wardlaw running the race. Chris ran for Australia in the 10km track and Marathon at the 1976 Olympics (Montreal) and the Marathon in the 1980 Olympics (Moscow). Leading the runners home and scoring a well earned victory was Vaibhav Bhoovarahan MO in 34 mins 45 secs, followed by two time winner Christopher Whitehead MO in 2nd place in 35 min 10 secs, with John Cove MO 3rd in 35 mins 35 secs. Leading the ladies home and scoring her well earned second victory in the series was Natasha Douin LO in a speedy 43 mins 4 secs, 2nd lady home was Margaret Chui L60 in 46 mins 35 sec and 3rd lady home was Lau Wai Hin LO in 47 min 1 sec. A big thank you to Phil Booth the Race and Series Director and all the wonderful AVOHK volunteers who made this race and the series happen.
Chris Wardlaw M75, had a good run finishing 40th overall. Chris very kindly agreed to present the overall 2025 Reservoir Series prizes.
Race 3 Shing Mun Results : Click Here
Overall 2025 Reservoir Series Results: Click Here
Here are some photo’s take during the race (Thanks Heidi): Click Here
And some more photo’s here (Thanks Evelyn): Click Here
Thank you to all the runners that turned out for Race 2 of the 2025 AVOHK Reservoir Series that was held at Aberdeen today 26th October 2025. The weather was glorious and as in Race 1 the Women started first at 0900 and the Men were started 3 minutes later. Christopher Whitehead MO led the runners home in a very speedy time on 51 mins 6 secs, followed by Vaibhav Bhoovarahan MO in 52 mins 15 secs and in 3rd place Robin Alam M45 in 52 mins 34 secs. Other mens age group results well worth mentioning was Rob Henderson M55 who was 5th overall in 53 mins 53 secs and 10th overall Eric To M65 in 1hr 2 mins 37 secs. Both winning their age groups. Justyna Rundle M45 led the women in 1hr 9 mins 2 secs and was 25th overall, followed by Mandy Pao W35 in 1hr 10 mins and in 3rd place overall was Yin Ai WO in 1hr 10 mins 18 secs. Outstanding runs by Margaret Chui W60 who was 5th Lady overall in 1hr 13 mins 49 secs and the ageless Susan Ko W75 who was 57th overall in 1hr 35mins 6 secs. A big thank you again to Race Director Phil Booth and the many AVOHK volunteers who made this race happen. Onto Race 3 and the final race of the series, which will be held at 0900 on Sun 9th Nov 2025 at the beautiful Shing Mun Reservoir.
Overall results: Click Here
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0900 9th Nov 2025 – Shing Mun Reservoir Map: (Click) Shing Mun Reservoir Map
The 2025 Hong Kong Cross Country Championships were held early morning at Fanling on Sun 12th Oct 2025. AVOHK entered a team (4 runners) in the Masters Ladies and the Masters Men team events. AVOHK also had some members competing as Indiviudals. The AVOHK Women’s team finished Ladies Masters Team runner up in their category. The AVOHK Ladies Team Members were: Elaine Hall, Angel Lo, Helene Boursier Neto and Liu Wai Hau. Fantastic result. Great individual results for Hannah Bainbridge, Elaine Hall and Kwok Wing Shing who won their age categories. Angel Lo and Liu Wai Hau who were 2nd in their Ladies age category and for the men, Eric To Hoi Lau 2nd and David Woo 3rd place were impressive in their age categories. More detailed results to follow. Well done to all those members that represented AVOHK today.
A last minute request from the authorities to start the runners in Batches. So at 9am on Sun 12th Oct 2025 the Ladies went first and 5 mins later the Men started. The runners made their way up the Hill past Parkview and into the Country Park and returning the same way. The course is estimated to be around 11.5km and challenging. Christopher Whitehead MO led the runners home in a very creditable time of 50 mins 43 secs and the first woman was Susy Walmsley W50 in 59 mins 18 secs. Some other notable results. Young Natasha Douin LO first in her category in 1hr 6 mins and 12 secs, Rod Henderson in the M55 category winner was 4th overall in 54 mins and our 2 ageless stalwarts of AVOHK, Susan Ko W75 winner in 1hr 30mins 34 secs and 87 years old John Fowler M80+ winner in 2hrs 3 mins and 25 secs. A big thank you to Race Director Phil Booth and the team of AVOHK volunteers who made the race a success. See you all at Aberdeen on Sun 26th Oct 2025.
Race Results : Click Here
Race Results by Category: Click Here
RACE 1 – BOWEN ROAD. RESULTS. CLICK HERE
RACE 2 – TAI TAM TUK – RESULTS. CLICK HERE
RACE 3 – WANCHAI GAP RESULTS. CLICK HERE
RACE 4 – SOUTH BAY RESULTS: CLICK HERE
OVERALL SERIES RESULTS: . CLICK HERE
On a very hot and humid morning, 235 runners set off for the 3rd race of the 2025 AVOHK 5K Series held over Wan Chai Gap and Black’s Link.. The most difficult of the four races. There is a steep climb after the start, rugged terrain in the middle and 700m of downhill to the finish. Chong See Yeung made light work of the course and came home in a very fast 17.19, with Wong Kai Lok 2nd in 18.54 and Sebastian Cotton M35 3rd in 19.00. Hannah Bainbridge W45 led the ladies home again in 22.35 with Chan Suk Ting W35 2nd lady home in 23.28 and 3rd lady was Amie Shuttleworth W40 just behind in 23.29. Good turnout from the runners and some very impressive performances. A big thank to Race Director Freeman Lee and the AVOHK Committee for putting on a wonderful race. A special shout out and thanks to Vicent and the Medal presentation team.
Click here for Race 3 Results: CLICK HERE
Click here for the Overall Results after Race 3: CLICK HERE
The race started at 8am sharp in warm and humid conditions and the 202 runners were sent on their way by AVOHK’s Phil Booth the Race MC. The course contains a long slow almost 1km climb. Michael Clark MJ17 a current GB Junior International athlete visiting from UK showed everyone a clean pair of heels and came home in a very fast 17.27, in 2nd place Ilias Tobback MJ15 in 18.59 and in 3rd place AVOHK’s Isaac Yuen M40 in 19.04. The First Lady home was AVOHK’s Hannah Bainbridge W45 in a very fast 22.43, closely followed by Connie Fang W45 in 22.59. Thank you to all the runners that turned up today and produced some wonderful performances. A big thank you also to Race Director Freeman Lee and all the AVOHK Volunteers who made this race happen. Click below for the results:
https://avohk.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AVOHK-5k-Series-2025-Tai-Tam-Tuk-Results.pdf
Overall After 2 Races:
https://avohk.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AVOHK-5k-Series-2025-Series-Results-after-Race-2.pdf
