Marathon 2017 Appeal Letter

A decade of the sweat of brow has helped us raise over $7 million to support sports and brotherhood development in the two Wah Yans. Your generosity had enabled our Schools to provide professional training to help students improve their physiques, mental strength and pursue new heights in different sport. Just to name a few, more than 20 sports teams are now competing in Division One of the Inter-School competitions and open events, and some young Wahyanites were named Outstanding … Continue reading “Marathon 2017 Appeal Letter”

A decade of the sweat of brow has helped us raise over $7 million to support sports and brotherhood development in the two Wah Yans. Your generosity had enabled our Schools to provide professional training to help students improve their physiques, mental strength and pursue new heights in different sport. Just to name a few, more than 20 sports teams are now competing in Division One of the Inter-School competitions and open events, and some young Wahyanites were named Outstanding and Rising Athletes in 2015.

We are therefore appealing to you to continue to support our Marathon Campaign in 2017, with a view to raising HK$1 million for sports development in the Schools. Because of immense competition, we have only got 100­200 group enrolment places in the Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Marathon in 2017.

Date: Sunday, 12th February 2017
Race: 10km Run 4, starting 7:45am
Venue: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Training: Two training camps will be provided by adidas: Saturday, 5 November 2016 @14:30hrs & Saturday, 21 January 2017 @1430hrs Student Activities Centre, Wah Yan College, Kowloon

The enrolment procedure for alumni and friends of Wah Yan:

Please complete and return the enrolment form enclosed (together with the donation form, if any) to Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, 281 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong together with the payment cheque on or before 21st September 2016.

All of you are also encouraged to enroll online at hkmarathon.com on 14 – 28 September 2016 and send us your online registration information and donations (if any) on or before 7th November 2016.

Confirmation of enrolment is subject to acceptance of the HKAAA, the organizer of the Hong Kong Marathon 2017.

As usual, each student and parent enrolled will be entitled to a limited edition of 10th Anniversary team tee sponsored by adidas. All alumni and friends can get the team tee by a donation of $200 each (maximum 2 tees per donor).

Please call Monty Fong on 9092 9433 if you need more information.

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