24-5-2019

Key Development Sports Youth Elementary Opens for Enrollment

To open up opportunities for persons with impairments and recruit potential athletes in a variety of targeted sports, the Association is going to organize a series of Key Development Sports Youth Elementary for youth with different types of physical impairments between July and August this year. The courses cover Para badminton, Para table tennis and wheelchair fencing. Details are as follows.

Sport	Venue	Date	Time	Session	Quota
Para badminton	Kowloon Cricket Club (10 Cox's Road, Kowloon, H.K.)	15/7/2019 - 22/8/2019 (MON & THU)	12:00pm- 2:00pm	12	15
Para table tennis	Hong Kong Sports Institute (25 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, N.T., HK)	17/7/2019 - 23/8/2019 (WED & FRI)	4:00pm- 6:00pm	12	15
Wheelchair fencing		16/7/2019 - 23/8/2019 (TUE & FRI)	2:00pm- 4:00pm	12	15

The courses open for enrollment now and for members who are interested to join, please click here to download the application and health declaration form (Chinese version only). Completed forms should be submitted to the Secretariat on or before 30 June (Sunday). For any enquiries, please contact Mr. Tang (Development Officer) or Ms. Leung (Programme Assistant) on 2602 7968.

Remarks:

1. Participants must be members of the Association.

2. Participants must be persons with physical impairments aged between 8-25.

3. The three Para sports are more suitable for people with following impairments (for reference only).

a.Spinal Cord Injury b.Poliomyelitis c.Amputee d.Cerebral Palsy

e.Short Stature (e.g. Dwarfism) (For Para badminton & Para table tennis)