Out & About: What You've Been Up To! (May Issue)

AT THE INTERNATIONAL BEACH TENNIS TOURNAMENT

The Hong Kong leg of the ITF Beach Tennis World Tour took place on Tai Pak Wan from April 4 to 6 with top players from 28 countries competing for US$4,000 in prize money. Maksimilians Niklass Andersons of Latvia and Sergey Gvardeitsev of Malta won the men’s doubles, while Eri Homma and Erina Otsuka of Japan triumphed in the women’s final.

AT THE EASTER EGG HUNT AND CARNIVAL

Tai Pak Wan was packed out on April 18 and 19 for the eighteenth edition of the annual Discovery Bay Easter Egg Hunt and Carnival. Children aged three to 10 years had a blast searching for colourful Easter eggs hidden along the shore. There was also an Easter Carnival with giant bouncy inflatables and game booths at DB Plaza.

AT DB RUNNERS’ BACKYARD ULTRA

DB Runners (www.drbrunners.com) organised a backyard ultra race on April 19 with 22 participants doing twice hourly loops around DB North, until there was only one person left ‘standing’. The winner was local pole instructor Loïc Le Jannou, who perfectly executed his strategy of power hiking/ running, completing 13 laps (over 87km). Thanks go to Bayside Dental, a fantastic supporter of community events, who allowed the runners to use their terrace as basecamp.