17-5-2019

Hong Kong Team Captured One Silver and One Bronze at BISFed 2019 Hong Kong Boccia World Open

Hong Kong player LEUNG Yuk Wing and HO Yuen Kei captured a silver and a bronze medal respectively in the third competition day of BISFed 2019 Hong Kong Boccia World Open on 17 May.

BC4 player LEUNG Yuk Wing dispatched Brazilian Eliseu DOS SANTOS 4-1 in Individual quarter-finals and teammate LAU Wai Yan 4-2 in semi-finals. He trailed 0-4 heading to last end in finals facing Great Britain’s Stephen MCGUIRE and could not reverse the scoreline to end with a silver medal after losing 1-4.

LAU Wai Yan Vivian came across China’s Yuexiang GUANG in BC4 quarter-finals and took a 2-point lead in the first end before GUANG dominated the second end by scoring 5 points. It was titanic struggle in the third end as they both scored 1 point. LAU was in good form to force the game into tie-break by chasing 3 points in the fourth end and smashed away the challenge of GUANG in the extra end with better performance. However, she missed out on a medal as she was defeated by compatriot LEUNG Yuk Wing in semi-finals and lost to Croatia’s KOMAR 0-6 in bronze medal match.

Ho Yuen Kei first disappointed Australia’s Spencer COTIE with a 4-1 victory in BC3 Individual quarter-finals. She met Jamie MCCOWAN in a thrilling bronze medal match and won 3-1 to earn a bronze medal after losing to Patrick WILSON 2-1 from Great Britain in semi-finals.

Hong Kong’s BC1 athletes LEUNG Mei Yee and BC2 athletes Yeung Hiu Lam stopped at quarter-finals after losing to Malaysian and Japanese opponents respectively.

Team and pairs event will commence tomorrow (18 May). Public are welcome to watch the matches for free and support Hong Kong team at Ma On Shan Sports Centre. Latest news, competition results and live streaming will be available in event website (hk2019boccia.hkparalympic.org) or HKPC&SAPD Facebook page (www.facebook.com/HKPCSAPD).