WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990
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FSD ATHLETIC TEAM RETURNS
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ATHLETIC TEAM RETURNED ΤΟ HONG KONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING AFTER WINNING A TOTAL OF 61 MEDALS IN THE FIRST WORLD FIREFIGHTERS GAMES IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, HELD BETWEEN APRIL 23 AND 27.
MEDALS IN 10 EVENTS INCLUDING
THE TEAM OBTAINED 29 GOLD SWIMMING, TABLE TENNIS, BADMINTON, SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, CROSS COUNTRY RUN, TRACK AND FIELD, MARATHON, HALF MARATHON AND SNOOKER. THE BASKETBALL TEAM GOT A BRONZE MEDAL.
THE MOST OUTSTANDING RESULTS WERE ACHIEVED IN SWIMMING, IN WHICH MEMBERS SCORED A TOTAL OF 30 MEDALS INCUDING 15 GOLD, EIGHT SILVER AND SEVEN BRONZE.
THE TABLE TENNIS AND BADMINTON PLAYERS OBTAINED A TOTAL OF SIX GOLD, FOUR SILVER AND FOUR BRONZE MEDALS.
IN THE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS, MEMBERS TOOK AWAY TWO GOLD, TWO SILVER AND THREE BRONZE MEDALS.
IN THE SOCCER EVENTS, HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES TEAM WON THE GOLD MEDAL WITH A TOTAL SCORE OF 21 GOALS AFTER BEATING WELLINGTON 6 TO 0, AUCKLAND 2 TO 0, SOLOMON ISLANDS 3 TO 0, BERMUDA 3 TO O AND CROOKWELL (AUSTRALIA) 1 TO 0 IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS. IN THE FINAL, THE TEAM BEAT SOLOMON ISLANDS 6 TO 0.
IN SNOOKER INDIVIDUAL, HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE GOT THE GOLD
MEDAL AFTER ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST RECORD OF 49 SCORES.
THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPORTS AND WELFARE CLUB SENT A 68-MEMBER DELEGATION TO TAKE PART IN THE GAMES WHICH WAS HOSTED BY THE NEW ZEALAND FIRE SERVICES SPORTS COUNCIL.
THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HEADQUARTERS), MR PETER CHEUNG.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAMES IS FRIENDSHIP, FRATERNITY AND COMPETITION AMONG FIREFIGHTERS IN THE WORLD.
THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ATHLETIC TEAM ARE AS FOLLOWS:
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
BASKETBALL
I
1
1
CROSS COUNTRY
1
1
SWIMMING
15
8
7
30
/VOLLEYBALL
1
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