2006/2007 – 6th Asian Winter Games – ChangChun

2006/2007 – 6th Asian Winter Games – ChangChun

Date: 28 Jan – 4 Feb 2007
Venue: ChangChun, China

Performance of Hong Kong

The 6th Asian Winter Games was held from 28 January to 4 February 2007 in Changchun, China. The theme of the 6th CAWG is Asian Winter Games, Charming Changchun Hong Kong Delegation, with a total of 26 athletes, had participated in 3 sports out of 10 sports, namely: Ice Hockey (23 male athletes), Figure Skating (1 male athlete) and Short Track Speed Skating (2 female athletes). The 43-member delegation including Headquarters Officials, Team Managers and Coaches was the largest ever Hong Kong Delegation for the Asian Winter Games.
 The overall results of the Hong Kong Delegation to the 6th Asian Winter Games are tabled as follows:-

Sports Athlete/Team Event Result / Position
Ice Hockey Hong Kong Men’s Ice Hockey Team Men’s Ice Hockey 10th / 11

The development of the winter sports in Hong Kong is still in the starting stage. Due to the geographic constraints, Hong Kong can only focus on the development of ice sports rather than the snow sports. In the Asian region, there are five strong teams in winter sports, namely China, Japan, Korea, DPR Korea and Kazakhstan. In the events of short track speed skating and figure skating, Hong Kong is in the second tier with other close competitors such as Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Chinese Taipei.

In comparing with the Asian counterparts, Hong Kong is a very small place with limited resources for winter sports development. Under this difficult situation, it is encouraging to see Hong Kong to defeat DPR Korea and Kazakhstan to achieve 7th position in Women’s 1500m short track speed skating, which, was our best ever result achieved in the Asian Winter Games. It is no doubt a good sign for the future development of winter sports in Hong Kong.

Dear Members,
The 6th Asian Winter Game will be held Changchun, China from January 28 to February 4, 2007.
HongKong Ice Hockey Association is going to send the Men’s team for the ice hockey competition. The selection of players will start in September by the authorized coaches and Executive Committee of HKIHA.  Any HKIHA members who fulfill the following requirements are interest in participating the Game, please send your application by email or fax to our office not later than 25th August, 2006.
For application, the members should be:
  1. HKSAR passport holder (must)
  2. Age: over 18 years
  3. Respect team manager and coaching staffs
  4. A good team player, good role model for other players, good self-control
  5. Have good and positive attitude, listen to the coaches and team manager
  6. Participate the local on-ice and off-ice training provide by HKIHA (schedule will be provided later)
  7. Participate the overseas training provided by HKIHA (schedule should be provided later)
Try out sessions & interviews will be held to determine your enrollment with the team.  Final decision will be determined by HKIHA.
Tentative Schedule for selection of members:
Deadline for registration:   25 August, 2006
Try out sessions:  9:15-10:45 pm on every Saturday in September 2006 at Sky Rink Dragon Centre
Official Local training:  9:15-10:45 pm every Saturday at Sky Rink Dragon Centre conduct by David Saunders and Kin Ng
Christmas overseas training:  December 2006, details will be provided later
Pre-competition enhance training:  January 2007, details to be provided later
To Register, please fax your HKID card, HKSAR passport and China Entry Permit (回鄉證) to 2504 8191.
Should you have any query, please feel free to contact us.