Great opening win for Harrow

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What a busy day.   Super breakfast, both Chinese and English.   Boarded our beautiful little tour bus and headed to our training venue, the stunning Po King Village Astro.   Check out the view...

We were met by Happy Valley AA Technical Director Raymond Kwong.   Raymond welcomed us to Hong Kong and watched the training session.   Raymond's football contacts include Zinedine Zidane, Arsene Wegner, Ian Rush and John Barnes.   He has spent time coaching at Ajax and Derby County....  What a man.

Training was purposeful and helped get the journey out of tired legs before the afternoon match against Happy Valley AA U17.








Great facilities... all government owned.

On the hi-tech tour bus...











Back at the hotel after training, the boys went for a swim in the pool and had a good lunch to refuel.


The Match.   Harrow Vs Happy Valley AA U17
result:   Harrow 5 - 1 Happy Valley
scorers:   Tilk 2, Hutchison 2, Adejokun.
Man of the Match:   Peter Chadwick - Controlled the tempo of the game.   Simple, intelligent and skillful.   Never gave the ball away.


A great start to the match.   Dominating possession for the first 30 minutes Harrow went ahead through an excellent team goal expertly finished by Douglas Tilk. Harrow then extended their lead through through Tilk again after good work  from Joshua Adejokun down the right. We were on top and physically dominating the opposition until a mix-up at the back allowed Happy Valley back into the game with the softest of goals. Happy Valley visibly grew in confidence after this and finished the half as the better side.

Harrow came out for the second half keen to reassert their authority and were soon on the front foot again. Cianan Whelan and Waleed Alireza were particularly impressive and chances soon followed.  The third goal arrived courtesy of an outstanding finish from Pablo Hutchinson. He controlled the ball with his right foot, swivelled and buried a left foot shot from the edge of the penalty area. Harrow were now in total control and the fourth goal soon followed from a close-range header from Adejokun. The boys were enjoying themselves and rounded off proceedings with a second goal for Hutchinson.

Overall, an excellent effort from the Harrow team who managed to put rustiness and jet-lag behind them to record a comfortable win against skilful opposition.

After the match we went straight off to visit The Peak, the highest point on Hong Kong Island. We enjoyed magnificent views of the Hong Kong skyline.  This was followed by supper and shopping. There was even time on the way home to enjoy a lunar eclipse to round off a fantastic day.