School Programme

Jockey Club “Flying High” Sports Programme

Jockey Club “Flying High” Sports Programme – Olympic Journey, a 3-year programme, was launched in September 2021 with the donation of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. The programme, which will be implemented in 90 secondary schools, aims to promote Olympic values through sports-related games, identify students’ sports talent and improve their understanding of the sports industry and encourage them to join the industry through sports career talk.

Total number of beneficiary Schools

TBC

Total attendance (Times)

Aim

  1. To develop students’ interest in sports. 
  2. To provide sports training opportunities to students
  3. To provide opportunities for the students to explore students’ interest in sports and identify their athletic potential. 
  4. To help develop their exercise habit. 
  5. To promote the three values of Olympism. 
  6. To promote schools’ sports development 
  7. To provide career opportunities and training for the retiring or retired athletes, to pass on their expertise.

Programme Activities

Physical Fitness Test

Students will exercise through ten tests, including:

  1. Plank (core strength)
  2. Single-leg stance with eyes closed (balance)
  3. Standing long jump (lower body power)
  4. T test (Agility)
  5. 1-min squat thrust (full body strength)
  6. Handgrip (forearm strength)
  7. 9-min run (cardiorespiratory endurance)
  8. Pushup (upper body strength)
  9. 1-min situp (abdominal strength)
  10. Sit and reach (Posterior chain flexibility)

To evaluate their fitness level and match the sports according to their fitness level.

Olympic Educational Game

Through this game-based activity, we encourage students to participate in sports, enhance their fitness and interest in sports, educate them the values of Olympism and promote students’ physical and mental development.

Sports Trial

We also offer the trial for multiple sports to each school, such as football, Muay thai and sports climbing, so the students can have a taste of different sports, and explore their interest and potential in sports.

Sports Career-oriented Activities

The beneficiary schools could either choose the career-oriented fitness training to help students to be physically prepared or sports career talk to enhance students’ understanding about the industry, such as its structure and jobs.

Physical Fitness Training and Fitness Challenge Trial

Physical Fitness Training and Fitness Challenge trial will be provided to educate the proper way to perform different fitness exercises, follow a training programme to improve their fitness, and prepare for the Fitness Challenge Competition.

Briefing and Athlete Sharing

The coaches will provide briefing and sharing sessions to introduce the programme and share their athlete careers with the schools. 

Sports Training

Each school will receive one of the following forms of training: football, basketball, fencing, athletics, archery, rowing and Muay Thai, etc. Students can learn related knowledge, skills, and experience through systematic training from the coaches and they were encouraged to take part in external competition.

Olympic Sports Exhibition

The exhibition panels with information about Olympic Sports and related items, such as Hong Kong football team jersey and Olympic Torch and souvenirs, will be delivered to schools to promote the Olympic sports knowledge and arouse students’ interests in sports.

Inter-school Fitness Challenge Competition

Fitness Challenge Competition incorporated ten fitness exercises that challenge students’ fitness level. They will be required to complete the exercises with proper form and in right sequences in the shortest amount of time. The exercises include:

  1. Jumping Jack
  2. Squat
  3. Leg Raise
  4. Alternating Arm Raise
  5. Lunges
  6. Sit-up
  7. Plank to Push-up
  8. Single-leg Lateral Hop
  9. Mountain Climber
  10. Squat Thrust

Beneficiary Schools of Jockey Club
“Flying High”
Sports Programme

Bishop Hall Jubilee School
Buddhist Hung Sean Chau Memorial College
Buddhist Sum Heung Lam Memorial College
Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School
Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School
CCC Mong Man Wai College
Elegantia College
HKTA The Yuen Yuen Institute No.3 Secondary School
Hong Kong Sea School
Kowloon Technical School
Lock Tao Secondary School
Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School
Man Kiu College
Maryknoll Secondary School
New Asia Middle School
Queen Elizabeth School Old Students’ Association Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School
Rhenish Church Pang Hok Ko Memorial College
S.K.H Lam Kau Mow Secondary School
S.K.H St. Simon’s Lui Ming Choi Secondary School
S.K.H. St. Mary’s Church Mok Hing Yiu College
Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Secondary Section)
San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School
Sheung Shui Government Secondary School
St. Francis Xavier’s School, Tsuen Wan
Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
The Salvation Army William Booth Secondary School
The Yuen Yuen Institute MFBM Nei Ming Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial College
Toi Shan Association College
Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School
Yan Ping Industrial & Commercial Association Lee Lim Ming College

(in alphabetical order)