Beach clean-ups, Spanish lessons and at-home workouts: Kowloon rugby players keep busy and fit during pandemic
- Captain Victoria Wong leads by example as Kowloon Rugby Club premiership squad members put spare time to good use as they stay fit and occupied
- New teammate Gabriela Przygodzki says she has found more time to train and work on her fitness, even with online teaching
For Victoria Wong Ching-hei, not being able to play rugby since February has given her some extra free time.
Wong, who works as an aircraft mechanic and plays fly-half for the DAC Management LLC Kowloon Rugby Club premiership squad, headed out to Sai Kung to put her spare time to good use.
“I have seen the huge amount of trash that is dumped in our oceans and washed ashore every day,” said Wong, who is the squad’s captain and has been playing rugby for nearly a decade.
“So some teammates and I followed a local group and went on a beach clean-up the other day and picked up 91 bags of trash. It was only a fraction of the total amount of trash, mostly plastic in our waters.”
With rugby expected to return November 7, Wong said the goal is to organise more clean-ups before season kicks off.
