The Hong Kong Rowing Team has participated in the 2022 Asian Rowing Championships & Asian Junior Rowing Championships from 29 Nov to 4 Dec at Ban Chang, Rayong, Thailand. Chiu Hin Chun, a student of Master of Social Sciences in Sports Coaching and Management at EdUHK and Rio Olympian, won his first gold medal in Lightweight Men’s single sculls. In addition, the pair, Lam San Tung and Wong Wai Chun won the gold medals in Men’s Coxless pair while Leung Wing Wun obtained the silver medal in Women’s Lightweight single sculls. Three of the above rowing elite student-athletes are studying in Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) Programme.

From Thailand Open Track and Field Championships held on 28 November 2022, Ko Ho Long, the student in Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Physical Education), has won the gold medal of Long Jump event and he has achieved his new Personal Best (PB) with a leap of 7.87m.

The EdUHK’s 1st Basketball Challenge was successfully held from 29/11/2022 to 30/11/2022, there were over 100 students and staff participating in this competition. The organizers are the HPE department and the Sports council. The committee members are Kwok Sin Yi (Second major PE year3), Siu Choi Lam (PE year1) and Cheng Tsz Kwan (PE year1).

Refer to the post in EdUHK’s Facebook, EdUHK elite athlete graduates celebrated their graduation with President Professor Stephen Cheung on the second day of the EdUHK graduation ceremony organised by Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, EDUHK. After having their photos taken to mark this special occasion, the new graduates played table tennis with the President.

The two elite athlete-students of the Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) Programme, Chung Yat Long and Fung Ching Hei with their team players won a bronze medal of Team Event in FISU World University Squash Championships 2022, while Chung Yat Long also finished the Men’s Individual Event in sixth place. They were selected as a member of the University of Sports Federation of Hong Kong (USFHK) Squash Team to represent Hong Kong, China and EdUHK in the tournament, which was held in Cairo, Egypt from 10 to 13 November 2022.

The Department of Health and Physical Education (HPE) successfully held two online seminars themed on inclusive Physical Education and Adapted Physical Activity, i.e., “Movement and Visual Impairment: Reflections on a Decade of Work” and “Researching Inclusion as a Subjective Experience in Physical Education”, on 7 & 14 November 2022 respectively.

Following the victory of WTT Feeder Otocec 2022, Doo Hoi Kem, the elite athlete student (Table Tennis) in Bachelor of Health Education (Honors) programme, has won the champion of Women’s Doubles with her partner Zhu Chengzhu in WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022 organized at Solvenia on 6 November 2022. They have overcome the Sweden pairs - Linda Bergstrom／Christina Kallberg in three games of the final match, with the score 11-7, 11-8, 11-6.

Between August and November 2022, four Year 2 students of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Physical Education) under the Sports Council from the Education University of Hong Kong participated in 10 lessons of “Street Fitness for the Elderly”. The activities aimed to enhance the physical fitness of the elderly through exercise and help the elderly develop the habit of exercising.

Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) has invited EdUHK Registry and Department Health and Physical Education for a working meeting held on 13 October 2022. With the launch of the Student-Athlete Learning Support and Admission Scheme (SALSA) by the University Grants Committee (UGC) in 2022, the meeting aims to maintain close communication between HKSI and EdUHK to exchange views on providing better support and explore more collaborations on the elite athletes for their dual career pathway. Both institutes have gained more understanding on the needs of student-athletes in sport and academic development, which can benefit the enhancement of the study programmes and all-rounded support scheme.

教大健康與體育學系及香港輕（氣）排球總會於上周末 (10月8日及9日)合辦「香港輕排球賽」，更首設「殘疾人士坐地輕排」組別，吸引肢體殘疾人士及健全人士一起參賽。本校健康及體育學系學士及碩士課程學生都有參與其中，是全球首個坐地輕排球比賽。

The 3rd Asia Bowls Championship for the Disabled 2022 took place in Johor, Malaysia from 24 September to 2 October. All twelve members of Hong Kong Squad Team won the medals, with three gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze in total. Kwok Wing Calvin, the student of Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) Programme , is one of the team member and won a silver medal in Male Individual Class B4.