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APRIL HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB APRIL 2017 17 HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB IN APRIL HKFC GFI Rugby 10s 5th and 6th April HKFC Hockey 6s 15th and 16th April Taipan’s Rugby 22nd April b Apr 2017 30 22 44 GENERAL COMMITTEE President : Dermot Agnew Vice President : Fook Aun Chew Contents Vice President : Nick Hunsworth Vice President : Bobby Lawson Vice President : Iain Valentine Chairman : John Shanahan Hon. Secretary : Mike Wood The Thoughts of the Chairman ......................................2 Hon. Treasurer : Alan Morgan Constitutional Affairs : Jeff Lane From the Desk of Mark Pawley .....................................4 Development : Peter Crabtree Discipline : James Niehorster Photos from the Annual Staff Party ................................5 Membership : Maurice O’Brien Hockey Officer : Charles Poulton Lawn Bowls Officer : Mike Worth Food and Beverage promotions .....................................7 Rugby Officer : Ian Petersen Soccer Officer : Neil Jensen Squash ......................................................................18 Squash Officer : Malcolm Kerr Soccer .......................................................................21 MANAGEMENT General Manager : Mark Pawley Crusaders Soccer .......................................................21 Director of Operations : Tony Sealy Director of Food and Beverage : Dominique Artigolle Junior Soccer .............................................................22 Director of Finance : Ricky Chan Asst. Financial Controller : May Chang Executive Chef : Patrick Lau Rugby ........................................................................26 Facilities Manager : Evan Tao Membership Services Manager : Kerry Ogle Mini Rugby .................................................................30 Human Resources Manager : Angela Chan Executive Housekeeper : Tracy Tseung Hockey ......................................................................37 Lawn Bowls ................................................................42 Netball .......................................................................44 CLUB MAGAZINE Badminton .................................................................46 Monthly journal of the Hong Kong Football Club. Arranged by Karen Chan-Mulvenna. For information and requests for placement Tennis ........................................................................48 of advertisements in “Club” please call 2830 9503. The opinions expressed in the articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hong Kong Football Club or the General Golf ...........................................................................50 Committee. The Club reserves the right to edit and clarify all content. The copyright of all materials is held by the Hong Kong Football Club. Swimming and Triathlon ..............................................52 Movie and Book Library ..............................................53 Club Magazine Apr 2017 1 The Thoughts of the Chairman arch was, as usual a busy month at the Continuing on with more dates for your diary, the Club and despite the awful weather on Easter holidays are on 14th – 17th April, with the the 19th March, the Mini Rugby Festival HKFC Hockey Sixes Tournament being held on 15th was a great success. In April we have and 16th of the month. The traditional Taipan’s Day Ma full agenda. The Hong Kong Netball Association Rugby Match will be held on the 22nd April this year. League Grand Finals Day is on 1st April, with the The General Committee invited a number of Members Club Mini/Colts Rugby Awards Day following on the who sit on various Sub-committees and Section/DSA/ 2nd April. The Ching Ming Festival is on 4th April Society Committees to attend the HKFC Centenary immediately before heading into a very busy rugby Challenge Cup at the Jockey Club on the 8th March week with the HKFC GFI Rugby Tens on the 5th to thank them all for the voluntary work they do for and 6th April and the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Rugby John J Shanahan, the Club during the year. I think everyone thoroughly Chairman Sevens on 7th – 9th April. enjoyed this racing event, and some Members actually We always have a large number of Absent Members, won some money! reciprocal members, rugby competitors and other visitors On a final note, photographs of the Employees of the coming to Hong Kong for the rugby action, so the Year are shown below, well done to Eric, Jamaica Club will be very busy. Security will be stepped up so and Janet, and photos from the very successful please make sure that you meet your Guests at the front Annual Staff Party are on page 5. entrance of the Club to avoid the embarrassment of their being refused entry, and do have your membership card John J Shanahan, on hand if/when asked to show it! I would also ask you Chairman to show some forebearance in the food and beverage outlets during busy periods, as the Staff will be working flat out to cater for the increased demand. Staff Employees HKFC Staff Employees of the Year of the Year Leader of the Year – Supervisor of the Year – Employee of the Year – Eric Ho (Purchasing) Jamaica Ang (Sports) Janet Chan (F&B) 2 Apr 2017 Club Magazine Apr 2017 3 From the Desk of Mark Pawley s the Chairman has noted we expect to a great menu to go with some great wines on the night, be extremely busy during Rugby Week so please do book early to avoid any disappointment! so please do bear with us in the Food For Whisky lovers why not try out the Whisky Flight and Beverage Outlets if you are party to promotion in the Chairman’s Bar where you can try out anyA delays in service. Please also note the summary some very interesting looking whiskies from Japan, of Opening Hours of the F&B Outlets, and what is Taiwan and India. Don’t forget too, the Afternoon Tea being provided during Rugby Week is on page 14 of promotion in the Chairman’s Bar available daily from the magazine. 3pm to 6pm. Many congratulations are in order to our Staff In the Coffee Shop we have the Buy 3 get one Free Employees of the Year who are pictured on the All You Can Eat BBQ promotion available Friday Mark Pawley, Chairman’s page and who were presented with their General Manager and Saturday evenings throughout the month, and in respective awards at the Staff Party. Well done to the Sportsman’s Bar we have the popular Carvery Eric, Jamaica and Janet and also well done to all the Weekend promotion— available every Friday from 6pm other Staff members who received nominations for the to 10pm and every Saturday and Sunday from 11.45am Employee of the Year awards throughout the last 12 to 2.30pm and 6pm to 9pm. On top of this there will months period. also be a Burger Bonanza promotion throughout the Food and Beverage during the month, outwith Rugby month. So, come down and watch a Super 18’s rugby Week, could well centre on our Easter Celebrations match or an England Premier League game and treat — please see page 7 where we have outlined what yourself to a Burger or a nice roast dinner! we are going to be doing from Good Friday through to And, finally a date not to be forgotten next month is Easter Monday. Mother’s Day on Sunday 14th May. Notwithstanding, on the wine front we have the I look forward to seeing you all at the Club! Australian 5 Stars Wine Dinner on Friday 21st April where all the wines on offer on the night are from 5 Star Mark Pawley, wineries in Australia, namely Hay Shed Hill, Juniper General Manager Estate and Paringa Estate. Chef Patrick has put together POXY CHICKEN New book by Club Member Frank Wingate Former Club soccer player Frank Wingate has reduced his remarkable experiences of the 21 years he lived in Hong Kong to a personal history in book form entitled, “Poxy Chicken” with so many aspects of Hong Kong life which we have all shared with him including lives as Football Club Members. He was of course a school teacher, journalist, public relations executive and finally entrepreneur, and so treats us to his trials and tribulations with life here on matters as disparate as education, politics, business, night life, and specific difficulties such as the plight of domestic helpers’ existence, media exposure, the Chinese written and spoken language, and accommodation struggles in getting and sustaining reasonable housing. And of course soccer life at Football Club undercurrents everything. This eloquently written book is reinforced with photographs which for some will present rich nostalgia. A copy of the book is now available for lending at the Club Library. 4 Apr 2017 HKFC Annual Staff Party Club Magazine Apr 2017 5 Please register for either events by filling out a booking form available at the 1/F Sports Desk or download it from the HKFC website at www.hkfc.com.hk 6 Apr 2017 Club Magazine Apr 2017 7 RESTAURANT’S VIP ROOM For Sale CORPORATE SUBSCRIBERSHIPS Plan Your Private Dinner Gathering at the The HKFC is currently offering 50 Corporate RESTAURANT’S VIP ROOM Subscriberships for sale, at a price of HK$3.3m each, to help fund the future renovation of the Situated at the far end of the Restaurant, the VIP Room is HKFC. an ideal choice for any private gathering. On purchase of a Corporate Subscribership a Whether you’re looking to host a private dinner for 12, company becomes a Corporate Member and or a larger social gathering of 30, the Restaurant’s VIP is entitled to nominate an individual and their Room offers the flexibility for any occasion. The room can immediate family to enjoy the benefits of be partitioned as a larger or a smaller space depending membership of the