Individual Student Honours

Outstanding student achievements in 2008-9

2008 Cambridge Brilliance Award
Leonard Marignier 10M2 received an award from University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) for being top in Hong Kong in IGCSE for the subject Foreign Language French.

Chess
Nicholas Ng 8J1 won the 1st runner up in his age group in the Hong Kong Association Blitz Chess Tournament in September 2008.

Chinese Speech
In Hong Kong Chinese Speech Festival, Mabel Lau 10N1 obtained the 3rd place, Henry Wu 11J1 and Sheryl Cheng 10N1 have been awarded in the 5th place. Among all the participants of SIS, 6 students received the certificate for Excellent Performance and 3 students received the Certificate for Good Performance.

Global Young Leaders Conference
Adrian Chao 13S1 attended GYLC, a leadership development conference in summer 2008.

Piano
Jeffrey Li 9T1 received Second Prize in advanced section of the "SWAYDER" Hong Kong Youth and Children Piano Competition 2008.

Violin
Carisse Chan 9A1 came 2nd in the violin concerto under 18 group as part of the Music Festival in HKSMSA, and there were 21 competitors.

Archery
In Inter-School HKSSF Archery Competition, Matthew Cheung 7T2 came 8th place in C Grade Boys Individual. Emily Lee 9N2, Jenny Moon 9J2 and Crystal Tam 9S1 came 5th place in C Grade Girls Team.

Matthew also won:

The Hong Kong Youth Indoor Archery Elimination Tournament in March 2009, he created a new Hong Kong record.
The Hong Kong Island Region Archery Competition, Scout Association of Hong Kong 2008
The 6th Scout Association of Hong Kong Archery Competition (Club Scout Section)
The 51st Sports Festival Archery Tournament (Age 12 or below)

Badminton
Jessica Cheng 11A1 won the Central and Western District Badminton Competition in her age group (women).

Golf
Nicholas Woolcott-Brown 11A2 and James Assarasakorn 11N1 won a gold medal at the ISSFHK Golf Pairs Championship in November 2008.

Michelle Cheung 9H1 came 5th overall and 3rd in her age group in the MacGregor Hong Kong Close Championship 2009 held in Discovery Bay in mid April. She carded 83 and 80. She also represented Hong Kong in China in May 2009 coming in 2nd with a 75 on both days.

HKAYP Gold Award 2008
Joyce Hon, Jade Siu, Alan Wong, Philip Ma (all recently graduated) received HKAYP Gold Award 2008.

Inline Hockey
Jeremy Fong 9J2 represented Hong Kong in the Junior Olympics and Junior World Championships in summer 2008.

He also represented Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Dragons Inline Hockey Team in November 2008.

Karate
Jeremy Ho 13H1 and his brother Donovan Ho 12M1 won:

The 2nd runner up in the 4th Korea Open Karatedo Championships in September 2008.
The 1st runner up in Hong Kong Karate Team Championships 2009 - Youth Team.

Jeremy also won the champion in the Hong Kong Youth Game Championships in August 2008.

Mini Rugby
Rosanna Wright 7N2 represented Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Mini Rugby Football Union and Colts Rugby International Tournament in October 2008.

William Feunteun 7N1, Brook Leung 7M2, Giacomo Lamplough 7M2, Scott Abbiss 7H2 and Matthew Worley 7H2 represented HKFC at the Bintang International Youth Rugby Tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Teams from China, Singapore, Arabian Gulf and Malaysia played in the U12 competition.

Netball
Jamie Ng 9N2 and Daveen Zhang were voted Captains of the C Grade and U14B Netball teams respectively.

Alex Holden 13T1 and Robyn Atkinson 12S2 were selected in the Hong Kong U21 Netball Squad. The girls will begin training for the 7th Asian Youth Games to be held in 2010.

Lizzie Stokes 13H2 and Alex Holden were selected to be members of the Hong Kong Women's National Netball Squad and participated in the Senior Women's Asian Games in June 2009.

Roller Skating
Jung Chan 7H2 won some prizes in 5 roller competitions in HK and China including champion of The 12th Hong Kong SAR Youth Roller Skating Championships (10000m and 3000m) in her age group.

Table Tennis
Allison Margo Fok 8H2 won two silver medals in the Eastern District Age-Group Table Tennis Competition in November 2008.Allison and her team (South China Athletic Association, SCAA), won the Girls Team (Division C) title in the Hong Kong Youth Table Tennis Championships.

Windsurfing
Gabriel Bretell 10N2 participated in the Hong Kong Open in November 2008.

Dominic Bretell 12T1 is currently a scholarship athlete of Hong Kong Sports Institute in Windsurfing and he participated in the following championships in December 2008:

RS:X Asian Championships in Thailand
RS:X Youth World Championships in Thailand
Hong Kong Open

Women's Cricket
Ishitaa Gidwani 12T2 represented Hong Kong in the Women's Cricket team, she helped HK win 3-0 against a touring women's team from Japan in October 2008.

Ishitaa's recently captained the senior ladies club team for first time and they won. She made the headlines on the Hong Kong Cricket Association Web Site.

Ishitaa also represented Hong Kong to compete against eleven other Asian countries in the inaugural ACG Girls’ U19 Cricket Tournament in December 2008.

Outstanding student achievements in 2007-8

Stars in Peter Pan
Julian Sewell stars in Peter Pan touring Taiwan in March and April.

Hong Kong National Rugby Team
Edmund Rolston 13J1 represents Hong Kong adult side against Taiwan and scores on his debut in January.

Gold HKFYP Awards
Juliette Brettell, Alison Chan, Philip Chow, Eugene Lui, Esther Wong, and Kevin Yu (All ex Year 13 students) have receive their Gold HKFYP awards from our Chief Executive of the HKSAR at a ceremony in January.

Hong Kong Open Windurfing Championships 2007
Gabriel Brettell 9N2 and Dominic Brettell 11T1 have been selected to participate in the Hong Kong Open Windsurfing Championships in Stanley from 4th to 10th December 2007.

Hong Kong China Karatedo Team
Jeremy Ho 12H1 has been selected to represent Hong Kong in the Hong Kong China Karatedo Team. He participated in the 5th Junior and Cadet World Karate Championships 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey on October 19th to 22nd. Also, on the 9th to 11th November, he participated in the Third Korea Open International Karatedo Championships that were held in Jeju, Korea and made to the final round of the competition.

World Debating Championships
Nicky Gordon 12T2 has been chosen to represent Hong Kong in the World Debating Championships in Germany in March.

Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Cosmo Ng 13A1 and Niall Rowark 13J1 have been selected by the HKRFU for the Hong Kong SAR Under 20 Development Squad to tour Singapore from 15th November to 18th November.

The Asian Cricket Council U-15 Elite Cup Tournament
Tom Holden 10A1 has been selected to represent Hong Kong China at the Asian Cricket Council U-15 Elite Cup Tournament to be held from 24th November to 4th December 2007 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Hong Kong Under 20 National Rugby Team
The following boys have been selected for the Hong Kong Under 20 National Rugby Team: Andrew Bridle 13A2, Cosmo Ng 13A1, Edmund Rolston 13J1 and Niall Rowark 13J1.

Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation Ltd
Ashley Cooper 12M2, Maya Gilboa 10H1, Fiona Gourlay-Grant 13M2 and Tatum Summers 11N2 are selected to perform in the Swire Island East "Urban Dance Festival" during December 2007.

Musical Tour of Peter Pan to Kuala Lumpur
Julian Sewell 7J1 is selected to perform in the tour during November 2007.

People to People Student Ambassadors
Tin Yan Lee 8J1 and Flora Liu 8M1 have been selected as Student Ambassadors with the People to People program.

The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Junior Mathematical Olympiad
Ronald Yip 9T2 and Alex Cooke 8J2 both achieved a distinction and a bronze medal.

Kenneth Chan 9S2 and Taichiro Fukui 9T2 received participation certificates.

Windsurfing
Dominic Brettell 11T1, a scholarship athlete in Windsurfing, has been selected to participate in the "Techno 293 World Championships" in Formentera, Spain in 28 August to 9 September 2007.

Cricket
Ishitaa Gidwani 11T2, a representative in Hong Kong Women's Cricket Team, took 2 wickets vs China's women team in July 2007.