ISF student Marco Lau of 6 Fire recently won a gold and silver medal in the World Junior Wushu Championships on behalf of Hong Kong. It was held in Antalya, Turkey. More than 400 athletes from Turkey, China, Iran and other 54 countries participated in this competition. This is the highest achievement in sports since our school was founded over 10 years ago. it is also the highest honor in martial arts for youth.

Marco loves martial arts, and have been an integral part of the ISF Wushu team.   In 2009, he was recommended by the school to join the Hong Kong martial arts training team. After five years of effort, he represented Hong Kong by participating an international competition and has achieved such excellent results. This is great honor for Hong Kong, but also a source of great pride for ISF. Congratulations to Marco!

ISF Wushu Team

Sunday, February 16, 2014 was definitely a remarkable day for the ISF Sport Climbing Team. Navia Zhang (Grade 4 Xiao) took home the Champion in the Girl’s Age 10-11 division while Joanne Tang (Grade 3 Xiao) was the 2nd runner-up in the Girl’s Age 6-9 division in the Sport Climbing Competition 2014. This is the second year ISF students participated in the Sport Climbing Competition. The team has taken a big leap forward in both the team size and results. This year we have nine students in the team compared to just three last year.

We believe ‘one reaps what he sows’ as we all put in extra training time (three days more) to prepare for this competition. We witnessed the concentration, cool headedness and perseverance shown by our students during the event. In general, all the team members did very well and their results are above average. In the Boys’ Division, two students ranked 4th in their age group. Our teammates were very supportive, they cheered for each other at the competition. Team spirit was high amongst the climbing team.

Lastly, we would like to thank our Sport Climbing coaches Angel, Dandy and Megan who provided training to our team at the Shek Kip Mei Climbing Wall without charge. Thank you to our parents who are very supportive of this sport, and the school for sponsoring the competition entry fee.

We hope more students will take up the challenge and draw great satisfaction from rock climbing in the future.

(The competition was organized by the China Hong Kong Mountaineering and Climbing Union, subvented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department & Co-organized by the Education Bureau.)

(Contributed by Mr. Tom Yau, Experiential Learning Programs Coordinator)

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