Awards and Recognition

The Support China Morning Post reports that local runner Steve Carr (not an AVOHK member for some inexplicable reason) set out in the last week of May to reprise the long-dead Stanley-to-Shataukok run. His effort was abortive in that he started in Tsimshatsui, not Stanley and got hung up in

Hong Kong had a team of 5 at the Singapore veterans’ meet June 10 and 11, including two from AVOHK: Shirley Wong and Mick Wong. Here is Shirley’s account of their adventures. The Singapore meet had all the usual track and field events except the steeple and pole vault, but

A few members spent the afternoon of Tuen Ng Festival at the Victoria AC’s veterans’ meet at Wanchai. The turnout overall was limited, as the Victoria club is not well known among vets and the meet was not well publicised. But it turns out that the Victoria club has been

Jeff Cheung As an amateur runner with a marathon personal best of 2:52, I have always wanted to challenge myself with track racing. When a local 10000m event was announced, I signed up despite inconsistent training, knowing the competition would be stiff. With a 10km best of 36 minutes, my

Connie Fong On April Fool’s Day morning, I took part in the 10000m race which was held at Wan Chai Sportsground. It was a special experience for a road runner. Is a 10000m track race the same as a 10K road race? All athletes have to run 25 laps of

Vaibhav Bhovarahan’s story My preparation for the race consisted of training in longer intervals than what I would usually do, such as 4-km intervals. Additionally, on Thursday [Jan 5] which I felt was my last opportunity to run fast, I aimed to run quite quickly, just over my race pace

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

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

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

At the 2021 AVOHK AGM held last night (17th June 2021) at Cafe 8.  John & Evelyn Fowler were awarded the 2020/21 AVOHK Male and Female Athlete of the Year by outgoing Chair, Colin Whittington.  Although there were no competitions held in the last 12 month’s we thought it very