Venue : The Hong Kong Football Club squash Courts – 1st floor.
Date : Saturday 20th November, 2010

Keep your eye on the ball, Hongkongers! Preparations are underway for the city's most fun and fantastical squash fixture -- the ever-wacky, ultra-merry and big-hearted Wing Ding Squash Tournament.

The unconventional, annual charity event collects hundreds of thousands of dollars for needy neighbors with funds being raised through public donations, auction items and entrance fees.

This year's Wing Ding is planned for Saturday, November 20, at the Hong Kong Football Club Squash Courts. There, 14 ten-player teams will don outrageous costumes while facing a full day of wild and demanding squash.

The twist? Every contestant must play for nearly 40 straight minutes as they constantly dart off to a new court and go up against a different challenger when each game ends.

Also, each team gains extra points for wearing inventive costumes. Last year, it wasn't strange to see a Santa impersonator taking on a grass-skirted opponent and then challenging a pantyhose-clad cross-dresser or a shameless soul in a revealing unitard.

The top-flight, rib-tickling tourney, now in its 12 th year, started as a way to celebrate the life of Kam-Wing “Wing” Yuen, an inspirational, physically disabled Urban Council Squash Centre employee who passed away in 1998. A lot of money has been raised in Wing's honour throughout the years.

Since 2003, the Wing Ding has gathered an astounding HK$ 1,687,122 for charity -- with HK$ 1,653,122 of that amount going to Operation Santa Claus, the local holiday appeal overseen by the South China Morning Post and RTHK.

Last year's gathering garnered a whopping HK$ 534,844 for underprivileged Hongkongers. Organizers, though, are counting on fellow Wing Dingers to contribute even more money this year.

Our record speaks for itself but we can speak with a louder voice by digging deeper and encouraging our family, friends and colleagues to support the event through donations.

"Through the memory of Wing and in his honour, we can help to make some seemingly impossible dreams come true this Christmas," said Wing Ding coordinator Tim Everest. “It is my hope and one that I hope you can share with me, to give something back to some of those less fortunate folk at the other end of the social scale.”

Anyone wishing to donate money or an auction item is asked to contact Everest at tim@hk.polargrp.com .

The event, which begins at 11 am on November 20th, please come along to support your team mates. Please visit the official Wing Ding website for further information: www.wingding.hk

Tim Everest and the fellow Wing Dingers
Tel: Mobile: 9104 6383 / Office: 2331 3896 / Alternative mobile: 9182 8299