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<\/a>Norman So<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Hop_Step & Jump<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Table Tennis<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Tennis<\/p><\/div>\n
COMPETITION<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0I attended WYK from 1961 to 1969, P6 to F7.\u00a0 Compared to the 2 primary schools I was enrolled in, the school work was not too heavy, leaving time for extra curricula activities.\u00a0 Perhaps WYK administration had that in mind: to provide a balanced program of studies and activities.<\/p>\n For me, and many students, sport was an integral part of life in WYK, whether you played just for fun or in matches between classes, houses or against other schools.<\/p>\n Football (soccer), table tennis, track and field, tennis, swimming meets and basketball were the principal sports in those days, in that general order of popularity.\u00a0 I played football and tennis, as well as ran the 400m for WYK.\u00a0 My table tennis was good in primary school but I did not play much in WYK.\u00a0 Thinking back now, it must be because there were too many good table tennis players.\u00a0 I wanted to win, and was inevitably drawn to the games that I had a chance to be at the top, at least inside the school.<\/p>\n Competition is a dominant part of sports.\u00a0 Whenever scores are being kept, winners and losers are identified.<\/p>\n At WYK, the teachers did not overemphasize winning.\u00a0 Fair play and humility were valued.\u00a0 The Physical Training (PT) classes, Football classes and games before and after school exemplified this.\u00a0 A game was going to start, and you wanted to join and just play.\u00a0 Enjoy.<\/p>\n Competition became intense as you got to the more organized after-school games, then to interclass, onto inter-house and finally at the inter-school level.\u00a0 I won many medals inside the school and just two for WYK at intercollegiate.<\/p>\n The desire to win is natural.\u00a0 It is similar to the urge for humans to excel in what they do, whether it is the search for food, literature, scientific research, commerce or warfare.<\/p>\n To compete in sports is different in some aspects: it is simpler, with more clarity and arguably purer in nature.\u00a0 At WYK, I played hundreds of games, ran the tracks a few times, winning more often than losing.<\/p>\n But it was not until I was in Form 5 that I came to realise that while I enjoyed winning, I learned a lot more when I lost.\u00a0 The winning was great.\u00a0 But the losing went much deeper: dealing with failure, I learned many things.\u00a0 Courage and character could be built.<\/p>\n Tim and Raymond<\/p><\/div>\n Recently I met up with Raymond Chan (73) for dinner.\u00a0 He went to WYK after I had left.\u00a0 He played football in Windsor, Ontario and was a top player amongst all the schools in the city. \u00a0There is no question that he is a leader on the field.<\/p>\n During dinner, we inevitably turned to football.\u00a0 He said,\u201d I have never gone to a match that I didn\u2019t think I could win\u201d in Chinese.<\/p>\n I plan to interview him soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sporting Life at WYK II By Tim Kwan (67) COMPETITION \u00a0I attended WYK from 1961 to 1969, P6 to F7.\u00a0 Compared to the 2 primary schools I was enrolled in, the school work was not too heavy, leaving time … Continue reading <\/a>