Sports LinkVenture
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Introduction
Sports LinkVenture, funded by Link REIT and organised by InspiringHK Sports Foundation, aims to help underprivileged youth establish an active lifestyle through providing them with unique experiences through engagement in mountain, water and urban sports. Participants will be able to challenge themselves, with an aim of enhancing their physical and mental well-being through engaging in these sports. Additionally, a 100KM cross-discipline city challenge will be held at the end of the programme to cultivate their team spirit. To give back to the society, the sporting hours accumulated in Sports LinkVenture will be converted into reusable foodware sets and be distributed to underprivileged families.
Beneficiaries
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KEY FEATURES
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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
- Experience all three types of sports in 20 hours
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KEY FEATURES
- Provides new and unique sports experiences to youths hoping for new challenges where they can step out of their comfort zone and explore Hong Kong’s mountains, seas and hidden urban sports places
- Incorporates sports outside of the traditional school sports team framework
- Allows underprivileged youths to experience sports that are relatively expensive and are not usually provided in schools
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Beginner Level: Three-in-one Sports Experience
- 160 youths begin their outdoor journey by participating in a mountain, urban and water sport, including ziplining, rock climbing, canoeing, skateboarding and more.
Cross-country Sports
eg. trail running, ziplining, rock climbing, rappelling
Water Sports
e.g. windsurfing, canoeing, SUP, dragon boat
Urban Sports
e.g. bouldering, skateboarding, roller skating, breaking
Intermediate Level: Advanced Training & Day Camp
Leveling up, 80 students are selected to participate in the intermediate class, with more intensive and longer duration training in one of the mountain, water or urban sports, preparing them for the final relay challenge.
Mountain Team – Trail Running
Water Team – Rowing
Urban Team – Cycling
Day Camp
Challenger Level: 100KM Cross-District Relay
The Link the City 100km Relay Challenge was successfully completed on 14 June. 56 students completed the relay challenge through trail running, rowing and cycling within 12 hours.
To encourage the public to join in and support the students’ relay challenge, a Community Carnival was held at the finish line at Lok Fu Place — where the public took part in a challenge themselves through AR treadmills, rowing machines, and indoor cycling bikes, eventually accumulating over 400km of distance. Moreover, the public were able to track and witness the students’ real-time progress and share the excitement of the relay challenge.
Giving Back to the Community
The 6,960 hours our students accumulated were converted into eco-friendly cutlery kits for 300 primary students from underprivileged communities. Students joined in as volunteers to give out the kits, giving back to the community.
