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As we have seen Hong Kong Academy’s academic curriculum expand and its student community grow, so too have we seen enormous growth in the opportunities for students to participate in sports and co-curricular activities — particularly since the recent move to the new Sai Kung campus.


Since the relocation, participation in Aſter School Activities (ASAs) has grown dramatically from just over 100 students at the Kennedy Town campus to well over 450 students at present. The broad range of


activities, available four aſternoons a week, includes language studies, music education and a variety of sports. The development in our participating primary school students, both socially and kinaesthetically, is very exciting to see!


The Secondary School has also seen rapid growth, and with this has come greater opportunities for students to be involved in a wider range of sports. HKA now participates in the International School Sports Federation of Hong Kong (ISSFHK) league on a regular basis, which offers three seasons split over the course of the year. In Season 1, HKA participates in Volleyball, Swimming and Cross Country. In Season 2, Basketball, and in Season 3, Athletics and U20 Football. These leagues offer opportunities both for students who have a lot of experience with a particular sport and for those who are new to the sport. Along with a healthy competition against other international schools, these sports have fostered strong friendships, sportsmanship, cooperation and respect for other students and schools. The introduction of Swimming and Cross Country this year has further cemented the sports program at HKA, allowing students to partake in individual competition whilst representing their school.


In addition to the local ISSFHK league, HKA’s student athletes participate in both the Southern China International Schools Athletics Conference (SCISAC) and the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS) conferences. For these conferences, students take on supplementary training and travel for competitions. Whereas ISSFHK gives all students the opportunity to enjoy sport regardless of ability, ACAMIS and SCISAC offer a more rigorous level of competition. HKA students have played well in all conferences, and the results show it! Over the past year a number of our teams have been crowned champions or runners up; HKA’s Under 20 Girls Team has won three of its last four ACAMIS events in Volleyball and Soccer.


At HKA, sport is also for the whole family! In January 2014, HKA began its Weekend Sports programme with parent and community training sessions on Friday nights and Saturday mornings. These parent-led and parent-supported training sessions are fun, effective and great for team-building! In the Weekend Sports programme, we see HKA’s long tradition of parent support for the school combined with sport and with our fantastic new campus.


BY AARON COOK


It is great to see the growth and development of the sporting programme at HKA and I hope to see this continue over the next few years, with the possibility of some exciting new events to be added to our sporting programme and calendar.


SPORTS @ HKA


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