CUHK sports teams take home multiple wins in University Sports Federation competitions
16 April 2025
CUHK sports teams celebrated a string of victories in the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong’s competitions last month, clinching championship titles in athletics, dragon boat racing, volleyball and badminton, as well as three individual wins in sparring.
Over three weekends last month, CUHK teams demonstrated their competitive spirit in matchups against other universities across a range of sports. The athletic teams emerged triumphant, sweeping the women’s and men’s championships and the overall championship. Siu Kai-wing, studying for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education, shattered the men’s discus throw record and won the individual champion award.
The men’s volleyball team (purple shirts in top photo) defended their championship title by beating Baptist University 3-2. The women’s badminton team also clinched the championship in the final match against the Polytechnic University.
The dragon boat races brought more exciting news: both the women’s team and the mixed team came out on top while the men’s team finished as second runner-up, making CUHK the overall champion.
In taekwondo, the women’s team won second place and CUHK team finished as overall first runner-up. Three female students were each awarded individual sparring championships. Lam Oi-yau, a second-year higher diploma student in recreation and leisure management, triumphed in the bantamweight category; Hui Tsz-ming (IBBA/Year 4) won in featherweight; and Jacqueline Tsang Hiu-ying (MA in Translation/Year 1) excelled in lightweight.
