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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1984

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ATHLETIC TRAINING SCHEME TO START SOON

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10-MONTH ATHLETIC TRAINING SCHEME FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND WILL START NEXT MONTH.

SOME 3 000 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHEME WHICH IS AIMED AT IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL TRACK AND FIELD STARS.

KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OUTSTANDING ATHLETIC SCHEME, IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL, WITH SAN MIGUEL AS THE SPONSOR.

THE RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE RSS, MR LEE SHEK-YUE, DESCRIBED THE SCHEME AS A MAJOR EVENT FOR THE DISTRICT.

+IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME WITH VARIOUS TRAINING SESSIONS AND PERSONAL EVALUATION OF PROGRESS AND RECORDS TO ENSURE THAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE UNDERGONE CONTINUOUS TRAINING BEFORE TAKING PART IN COMPETITIONS,+ MR LEE SAID.

THOSE WITH GOOD RESULTS WILL BE AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF MERIT.

TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED FOR 100 AND 800-METRE RUNS, LONG JUMP, HIGH JUMP, SHOT PUT AND AEROBIC EXERCISES.

PARTICIPANTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO SIX GROUPS ACCORDING TO THEIR AGES AND SEX.

MR LEE SAID THAT FOLLOWING INTENSIVE TRAINING, THE TOP 10 FROM EACH GROUP WILL MEET IN OPEN COMPETITIONS EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT IRON MAN+ AND +IRON WOMAN+ TITLES.

+BESIDES GETTING A TROPHY, THE CHAMPION OF EACH GROUP WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR ADVANCED TRAINING AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE,+ HE SAID.

THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE TRAINING SCHEME WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 1 AT THE ABERDEEN SPORTS GROUND WHERE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WILL GIVE A DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS TRACK-AND-FIELD EVENTS.

APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE SCHEME ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RSS ABERDEEN OFFICE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF SHOP 3, SITE 5 OF ABERDEEN CENTRE, NAM NING STREET.

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