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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1984

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ROWERS INVITED TO DRAGON BOAT RACE

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ENROLMENT FOR THIS YEAR'S DRAGON BOAT RACE IN TAI PO WILL BE FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) UNTIL APRIL 27.

THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF 50 TEAMS, AND EACH TEAM WILL HAVE 27 MEMBERS COMPRISING A PADDLING CREW OF 24, A DRUMMER, A GONG-BEATER AND A STEERSMAN.

TEN TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN EACH OF FIVE PRELIMINARY HEATS, AND THE FIRST TWO WINNERS OF EACH HEAT WILL ENTER THE FINAL.

THIS YEAR'S RACE, TO BE HELD ON TUEN NG FESTIVAL (JUNE 4), WILL COVER 1 000 METRES ALONG THE MAIN DAM OF THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICES OF THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND MUST BE RETURNED BY APRIL 27 WITH AN ENTRY FEE OF $500.

LATER.

TRAINING SESSIONS WILL BE ARRANGED FOR PARTICIPATING TEAMS

FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AT A COST OF $232 000, THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISING THE LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES, TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE AT 0-656266 OR THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT 0-6577111.

MARATHON TO BE STAGED IN TAI PO ****

A NINE-KILOMETRE MARATHON WILL BE HELD IN TAI PO IN LATE APRIL.

THE RUN, TO BE HELD ON APRIL 29 (SUNDAY), IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT ABOUT 1 000 PEOPLE.

IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD.

THE MARATHON WILL START AT THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AREA.

PARTICIPANTS, WHO MUST BE OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE, WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE 19 DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE AND THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY DIALLING 0-657711, EXT 137, OR 0-6568661.

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