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Honorary President

Karl Kwok

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Council & Committees

The HKSF is controlled by a Council who are volunteers and are elected from Individual Members, major Yacht Clubs and Associations in Hong Kong. The Council consists of the Officers, Individual Council Members, Club Representatives and Association Representatives, representing a broad spectrum of interests of the sailing community. Below is the list of Council Members effective from 20th December 2023.

HKSF COUNCIL MEMBERS

Cheung Mei Han

PRESIDENT

Ben Chong

VICE PRESIDENT

David Fan

VICE PRESIDENT

Peter Backe

VICE PRESIDENT

Raymond Wu

HONORARY TREASURER

Ian Fleming

Representative of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

James Barker

Representative of Aberdeen Boat Club

Bridget Chan

Representative of Hebe Haven Yacht Club

Kay Rawbone

Representative of Sailability Hong Kong

Peter Davies

Representative of HKODA

Chun Hang Amis Wong

Individual Member

Oz Wilde

Representative of Hong Kong Laser Class Association

David Thiry

Representative of 9er Class Association, Hong Kong, China

Simon Leung

Representative of Jockey Club Ti-I College

Kevin Lewis

Individual Member

Alexandra Chan

Individual Member

Alain Choi

Individual Member

Walder Ip

Individual Member

Tom Sheppard

Individual Member

Manson Ma

Individual Member

Lucy Jane Sutro

Individual Member

HKSF COMMITTEES & MEMBERS

The HKSF council set up various committees and working groups to manage tasks in different aspects regarding the sport, supporting the general development of sailing as a whole.

Below is the list of established committees/working groups. For the complete Profile and Terms of Reference of each committee, please refer to HKSF Committee Booklet :

Finance Committee

The members of the Finance Committee in 2025 are:

Raymond Wu (Chair)
Ben Chong
David Fan
Doris Leung
Joseph Chu

Grassroot and Sailing Pathway Committee

The members of the Grassroot and Sailing Pathway Committee in 2025 are:

Cheung Mei Han (Chair)
Alexandra Chan
Kelvin Lau
Simon Leung
Kay Rawbone
Raymond Wu
Stanley Tse

High Performance Committee

The HKSF Council decided to set up the High Performance Committee (HPC) in March 2019 with the tasks of:

enhancing Hong Kong sailors’ level of performance at international competitions
achieving and maintaining Sailing’s Tier A status at Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI).

Members of the High Performance Committee in 2025:

Peter Backe (Chair),
Cheung Mei Han
Kevin Lewis

Judge and Umpire Committee

The members of the Judge and Umpire Committee in 2025 are:

David Fan (Chair)
Tom Sheppard
Ben Harding
Lesley Anderson
Howie Suen
Peter Davies
Felix Kong
Vicky Chan

Match and Team Racing Committee

The members of the Match and Team Racing Committee in 2025 are:

David Fan (Chair)
James Barker
Bot Vart
Herman Wong
Simon Leung
Alain Choi

Promotion and Communication Committee

The members of the Promotion and Communication Committee in 2025 are:

David Fan (Chair)
Ben Chong
Michelle Kwan
Vivian Ngan
Kevin Lewis
Walder Ip
Manson Ma

Race Management Committee

The main objectives of the Race Management Committee are:

to support member clubs and organisations in respect of race management training
to develop, support and certify race officers within Hong Kong
to maintain the training and testing programs for certification
to assist communication between the members clubs and associations and the HKSF recognised Race Officers

The members of the Hong Kong Race Management Committee in 2025 are:

Lucy Sutro (Chair)
Bonnie Cheng (NRO)
Inge Strompf-Jepsen (NRO)
Barry Truhol (NRO/RHKYC rep)
Alex Johnstone (ABC rep)
Frances Hurley (HHYC rep)

Racing Rules and Appeals Committee

The members of the Racing Rules and Appeals Committee in 2025 are:

Peter Davies (RHKYC) (chair)
John Berry (ABC)
Tom Sheppard (RHKYC)
Ben Harding (RHKYC)
David Campbell (HHYC)
Walder Ip (RHKYC)
Mick McCool (RHKYC)

Please see our RULES & APPEALS PAGE for more information on when & how to Appeal.

Selection Committee

The Selection Committee aims to evaluate, amend and propose HKSF selection guidelines, if and when directed by Council to do so, covering Class selections to World Sailing events and World Sailing sanctioned events with limited entries (if entries exceed places available) where entries need to be endorsed and submitted by HKSF.

Members of the Selection Committee 2025: