Jacqueline Lai won a gold medal in the 2009 National Showjumping Championship

Jacqueline Lai won a gold medal in the 2009 National Showjumping Championship

<br/><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><font face="Times New Roman"><place wst="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Hong Kong</span></place><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"> Equestrian Federation<p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 新細明體; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">香港馬術總會</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p></p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #444444; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none;"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span></p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To HKEF members:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">
                        </span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">&nbsp;<p></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Friday, September 11, 2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br/><br/><u>Hong Kong Jockey Club's Junior Equestrian Team member is HK's first national champion</u><br/><br/><br/>Outjumping more than 20 competitors from different provinces and cities in China, 18-year-old Jacqueline Lai won a gold medal in the 2009 National Showjumping Championship last weekend to become Hong Kong's first national champion rider.<br/><br/>Organised by the Chinese Equestrian Association, the Showjumping Championships were held in <city wst="on"><place wst="on">Beijing</place></city> from 4 to 6 September.&nbsp; Lai, a member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Junior Equestrian Team, was the SAR's only entrant in the championship, contesting an individual jumping event over fences of <chmetcnv wst="on" unitname="m" sourcevalue="1.4" hasspace="False" negative="False" numbertype="1" tcsc="0">1.4m</chmetcnv> high.&nbsp; She finished with two clear rounds, beating 25 other riders from such strong teams as <state wst="on">Guangdong</state>, <city wst="on">Shanghai</city> and Xinjiang,<br/><br/>Lai is in good form after finishing training in <country-region wst="on"><place wst="on">Germany</place></country-region> in August.&nbsp; She will continue to train in <city wst="on">Beijing</city> in the coming weeks, in preparation for the 11th National Games to be held in <place wst="on"><city wst="on">Jinan</city>, <state wst="on">Shandong</state></place> Province, in October.&nbsp; There she will team up with Samantha Lam, Patrick Lam and Kenneth Cheng, all of whom represented <place wst="on">Hong Kong</place> in the equestrian events of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.&nbsp; The four riders will form a <place wst="on">Hong Kong</place> team bidding for both team and individual medals in the Jumping events of the National Games.<br/><br/>At the end of 2008, the Club committed further funding to sponsor the Hong Kong Jockey Club Equestrian Team.&nbsp; Its current members are Samantha Lam, Patrick Lam, Kenneth Cheng and Gaelle Tong.&nbsp; The Club's funding also covers the establishment of a new HKJC Junior Equestrian Team, which is recruiting talented local young riders aged 12 to 18 and offering them professional equestrian training.&nbsp; These initiatives are aimed at promoting equestrian sport in <place wst="on">Hong Kong</place> and carrying forward the Olympic legacy.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy;"><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy;"><font face="Times New Roman">Photo :&nbsp; HKJC Junior Equestrian Team member Jacqueline Lai has become the National Equestrian Jumping Champion at the age of just 18.<p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy;"><p><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"><place wst="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy;">Hong Kong</span></place><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy;"> Equestrian Federation<p></p></span></font></p>

Jacqueline Lai won a gold medal in the 2009 National Showjumping Championship

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