Rain Interrupted re-Start to Season

Lawn Bowls—Premier League

In the first game of the second half of the Premier League season, the two HK Football Club teams in first division played against each other. The leader HKFC-A won their “away” game 2-6 and opened the gap to 10 points at the top. Photo shows HKFC-A bowler Terry Kung (third from left) excitingly celebrating a great shot from his skip Terry Cheung (not in photo) when their team came from behind to beat their clubmates. Mike Worth

HONG KONG—Heavy rain interrupted around half of the Premier League games on the first day of the second half of the season last weekend, September 1.

After a two-month break and when all teams are hunger for games, only 37 of the 73 scheduled matches on the 10th week took place over the weekend.  The only game played in the men’s division one was at the indoor greens of Hong Kong Football Club when the leader HKFC-A played their clubmates in HKFC-B.