Action Asia - February-March 2018

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— March/April 2018

THE SECOND PLACE LOCAL MALE

Hui Ho Tat, and top local female Cheung Man

Yee from the MSIG HK 50 – the first race of the

Action Asia Development Programme – have

claimed overall champion and second place

THE FIRST WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY SAW

Hong Kong’s temperature plummeting to single

digits with a frost warning overnight, adding

an extra edge to the Aberdeen Boat Club &

Beneteau Four Peaks Race.

Sponsored by Beneteau and Simpson

Marine, this annual two-day multisport race

saw 19 teams and over 160 participants compete

in three divisions, sailing and running across

iconic peaks of Hong Kong, including Lantau

Peak, Mt Stenhouse, Violet Hill, Ma On Shan

and Tung Lung Chau.

Lantau Peak and Ma On Shan were

dominated by runners from Red Kite II. Nicholas

Meillassoux and Arnaud Carcel completed the

former in 1 hour 20 minutes 13 seconds, and

Meillassoux and Jacques Clot running the latter

in 1 hour 35 minutes.

The ever-tricky Mt Stenhouse was completed

in 1 hour 32 minutes 53 seconds by Christophe

Renoul and Edward Tanner from Avant Garde.

The fastest runners for Violet Hill were Martin

Boudailiez and Quentin Bourbotte from

Andiamo; and for Tung Lung Chau, Peter Smyth

and David Bulbeck.

The race started at 10:35a.m. on the Saturday

with the first boat finishing at 5:22a.m. the next

day – just under 18 hours.

Minnie the Moocher, Daydream and Lisa

Elaine took line honours in Division A-IRC,

Division A-HKPN and Division B-HKPN

respectively.

HONG KONG SAILING & RUNNING

Come hill or high water

THAILAND TRAIL RUNNING

Encouraging the next generation

woman respectively in the second race of the

programme: the MSIG Thailand Action Asia 50

on December 17, 2017.

The two top Hong Kong-born runners

were invited to the Chiang Mai race in the Doi

Inthanon National Park, also known as the Roof

of Thailand for its highest peak in the country.

It was Hui’s first time to join an overseas

trail race, which he completed in 6 hours 48

minutes and 58 seconds. “I was deeply honoured

and pleased to be the Hong Kong representative

joining this amazing event with such a satisfying

result and I will definitely train harder and aim

higher!” he said afterwards.

Retained the top woman title after the three

qualifying races, Cheung was surprised with her

result in the 54-km Woman’s category, “ I didn’t

expect much regarding the MSIG Action Asia

Development Programme ranking, as I didn’t

perform very well in MSIG Lantau 50, so I am so

glad and happy with the latest result!”

The Development Programme is the first of

its kind for local Hong Kong trail runners, which

offers the highest-ranked local male and female

runners of the four-race series, a five-month

training course ahead of the Skyrunning World

Championships in Europe.

PHOTO: WAN TSE/SIMPSON MARINE