Hebe Jebes 2015 Issue JAN/FEB | Page 62

RACING HISTORIC BRONZE MEDAL WIN FOR HONG KONG Sailability Hong Kong wins bronze medal at the Para Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea. Foo Yuen Wai, aged 42, won the history-making medal in the 2.4mR sail racing event. He scored a remarkable first-ever for Hong Kong in the SAR’s first opportunity to compete in the Games. With only 12 months of training from a standing start, Foo Yuen Wai astonished not only the spectators but also fellow competitors with his ‘magnificent performance’. Displaying the Hong Kong Bauhinia flag across his chest, Foo Yuen Wai said humbly, “I am very proud. My family will be too when I can find time to tell them! I am so pleased for the whole team and of course for Sailability Hong Kong.” Founder and Chairman of Sailability Hong Kong, Mike Rawbone stated, “The Hong Kong Sailing Team are a credit not only to themselves but also to Hong Kong and sailing generally. No one knows the amount of effort each member has put in during the last 18 months of training. In my view, the whole team deserve a medal!” Rawbone added, with a tinge of understandable emotion, “My wife Kay and I—and in fact everyone connected with Sailability Hong Kong—are very proud of them all.” 為港贏得歷史性的銅牌 香港航能(Sailability Hong Kong)在韓國仁川舉行的殘疾亞運會中為香港贏得一面銅牌。 42歲的Foo Yuen Wai在 2.4mR小艇賽中贏取了歷史性