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Beverly Wright

OPEN WATER COMPETITION RESULTS The Hong Kong Open Water Swimming Competition Series (Part 3) was held in Tai Mel Tuk on Sunday 4th January. HWI-SCA entered two of our Elite Long Distance Swimmers to race in this meet, who both achieved great results! The competition was held in rather cold weather (13 degrees Celsius), and their ability to persevere was truly admirable. Special congratulations to both Medalists Wong Yik Man Mike: 3.3Km event: 43”08”6�� Sin Chin Ting Keith: 5Km event 59’09”6�� And the 1500m event Rank 2nd�� Coaches hope that...

Beverly Wright

Dear HWI Swim Team Parents Happy New Year - hope everyone has enjoyed the Christmas and New Year holidays. Please note: 1. Jan- Feb Invoices for team training are delayed and will be sent out in the next few days 2. Stroke Camp Butterfly - Sunday Jan 11th 3.30pm- still a few spaces left - look on Events page or email me if you are interested to join 3. SPRINT MEET - also on Sunday Jan 11th 5.30pm - a few days left to sign up - sign up on...

Beverly Wright

DIVISION 1 (part 2) Short Course SUNDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2025 VICTORIA PARK SWIMMING POOL Since this competition fell during the Christmas school holiday, there were not many SCAA swimmers. Everyone who participated achieved excellent results. Special congratulations to the following Medalist Tran Isobel Anh Gia 50m Breaststroke �� The following athletes achieved Top 8 results Tran Isobel Anh Gia 200m Backstroke 5th Whittington Ryan 200m Backstroke 5th Lee Jia Jun Jody George 100m Butterfly 8th Kor Pak Yin 200m Backstroke 8th Ethan Muller 400m Freestyle 5th Girls 4*200m Freestyle Relay...

Beverly Wright

Wishing all our Team Swimmers and their families a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Keep training if and when you can! Happy holidays and safe journey to everyone travelling. Bev and the HWI coaching team.

Beverly Wright

DIVISION 3 (part 1) Saturday 20th December SHING MUN VALLEY Report This is first of the HKGSA Short Course Division 3 meets in the 2025-26 season. HWI-SCA had many swimmers competing, even though the Xmas school holiday period had begun. Our swimmers achieved some impressive results in a very big field and packed events. Special congratulations to the following Medalists; Yu Mary Avalyn 50m Breaststroke �� Bardiya Tulip 50m Butterfly �� The following athletes achieved Top 8 results Saunders Alicia Elizabeth 50m Breaststroke 7th Fung Tsz Hin Kirby 50m Breaststroke...

Beverly Wright

Ilithya Knecht at French Short Course Junior Championships in Angers/France from 10.-14.12.25 Congratulations to HWI/SCA Performance Squad swimmer Ilythia Knecht (14 yrs.) on winning a Silver medal in the 50 m backstroke at the recent French Short Course Youth Championship in Angers. Ilithya participated in 5 events at the French Championships and made it into the fastest 8. for finals in all events she participated in. Well done Ilithya! 100 m Freestyle Heats: 59.31 - 7th Finals: 59.13 - 8th 50 m Backstroke Heats: 30.12 - 2nd Finals: 29.78 -...

Beverly Wright

HWI STROKE CAMP SERIES - BREASTSTROKE Sunday December 14th - SCAA - 3.30-5pm The Breaststroke Camp was the 4th in this season of HWI Stroke Camps Swimmers enjoyed especially the attendance and coaching from Adam Chillingworh (HKG and SCAA National and International Breaststroke champion) giving special tips and expert guidance! Thank you to Coaches Chui, Jericho and Zento who ran the camp, and guided the swimmers through video analysis of their Breaststroke. Next camp will be on Butterfly - on Sunday 11th January 2026.

Beverly Wright

RBSC Team Report: Our team made a spectacular showing at the Bangkok RBSC meet on November 29th-30th, with a total of 31 swimmers (20 girls and 11 boys) competing in a highly competitive field. Virat Sudharsan shined brightly, earning the title of overall Individual Champion in the 11-12 year old boys' category, while Cesar Nunes proudly claimed 2nd runner-up in the same division. Emily Dormond captured 2nd runner-up in the 11-12 year old girls, and Megan Wong secured 2nd runner-up for the 13-14 year old girls. A BIG shout out...

Beverly Wright

CASA SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23RD SHING MUN VALLEY Report from attending Coach: Chui Wai Chun HWI-SCA sent a strong team to race at this meet. Since it is also a team competition, the total points of the team will be calculated. All the swimmers performed very well – total team points will be announced later! Special congratulations to the following Medalists: Koh Li Wen Ashley: 100m Butterfly ��100m IM��50m Butterfly ��100m Freestyle �� Wong Yik Yan Sean: 100m Backstroke ��50m Backstroke ��100m Freestyle ��100m IM�� Tran Isobel...

Beverly Wright

LATEST NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL GAMES! Monday 17th November On the last day of the swimming events: Siobhan Haughey captures 2 x Bronze medals for Hong Kong in her ‘fun’ events! During the last final session of the 8 days long swim competition Siobhan Haughey secured 2 bronze medals within 5 minutes of each other!! Her 50 m Breaststroke time was 30.71 and shortly after she swam the 50 m Freestyle in a times of 24.84! In the SCMP report of today, Siobhan stressed the importance of all the swimmers...