社區推廣 - 大埔 Community Outreach Taipo
08/12/2019

曲棍球是一種非觸碰式隊制運動，可以鍛鍊身體靈活性、手腳協調性、個人忍耐力、意志力和體能等。有利於培養刻苦耐勞的精神，以及團隊合作精神。

曲棍球有接近一百五十年歷史。自1928年起成為恒常奧運比賽項目。香港曲棍球總會成立於1933年，每年舉辦本地不同組別的曲棍球聯賽和盃賽，以及派隊參加大型國際賽事(如亞運會等)，經過近年蓬勃的發展，近三千男女子球員參加每周的聯賽或盃賽。

青少年方面，現時中學聯賽有大概四十支校隊。我們亦在各區球會及校隊發掘新星，徵召入我們的青年代表隊，進行每周集訓，備戰國際賽和海外訓練營。

此外，我們目前有約二十個青苗曲棍球會(包括小學校隊)，超過八百個十二歲以下的小朋友參加每年的各個青苗曲棍球賽事。

自去年開始，香港曲棍球總會和大埔體育會合作，在大埔區推廣這項運動。目前，大埔巨人曲棍球隊已有接近六十名球員，參加每周的訓練，並且在成立一年內參加的賽事獲得好成績。

Hockey is a non-contact team sport that can help improve children’s body coordination, agility, endurance, and fitness. It can also enable children to work with one another and develop team spirit.  

With about 150 years of history, hockey has become part of the Olympic program since 1928. Established in 1933, the Hong Kong Hockey Association is the governing body of the local league and tournaments and sends national teams to international competitions.  Currently, we have about 3000 active players in the local league and 800 children (in their clubs or primary school teams) participating in mini hockey tournaments.  For youth players, there are about 40 schools teams participating in the school league. 

From time to time, our scouting team would look for talented players from school and club teams and draft them into the junior national squad for weekly training program in preparation for international competitions and overseas training trips.

Since last year, the Hong Kong Hockey Association has partnered with Tai Po Sports Association and introduced the sport in Tai Po. The Taipo Hockey Titans team, with close to 60 players, already achieved good results in tournaments within one year from being set up.