Hong Kong Lacrosse Open: city's women optimistic of making final despite youthful squad
The head coach of the city's women's team was confident her squad would reach at least the final of this week's Hong Kong Lacrosse Open despite fielding a younger group of players this year.
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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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