Hong Kong Lacrosse Open: city's women optimistic of making final despite youthful squad
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Gemini Fan Tak-kwan said 'the mix of some veteran and younger players' should do the job, even though the hosts – who were runners-up last year – will also be without prolific scorer Sally Tang Yi-ting, who is out injured.
'We have a younger team this year, with some players coming up through the ranks,' Fan said. 'We have three players from last year's Under-20 World Championships making the senior team.
'Eleven of our 25 players played in the regional qualifiers [for next year's World Championships] at the start of this year.'
With Tang out of the equation, Woo Ka-yu will be sharing the leadership role with co-captain Steffi Sze.
Woo Ka-yu (in white) will be Hong Kong co-captain with Steffi Sze. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
'Woo and Lam Wing-yi have been to two World Championships with the team,' Fan said. 'We restarted only in March after the qualifiers [in January]; we haven't been training together for a long time.
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