Surf Ski World Championship Organizers Seeking Over $600,000 From Government

Organizers will seek around HK$5M ($644,587) from the government's major sports event fund "to pay for next year’s surf skiing International Canoe Federation Ocean Racing World Championships," which will be held in Hong Kong for the first time in Nov. '17, according to Andrew Mullen of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. This weekend’s Dragon Run, which "takes places over around 22-23km of water between Clearwater Bay and Stanley, has long been a fixture on the World Surfski Series" since it began in '07. But with half of the HK$300,000 ($38,675) donated by Hong Kong-based fund manager and ski surfer Patrick Maloney being used for this year’s Dragon Run, the Hong Kong Canoe Union "will soon submit an application for government funding." The 2017 World Championships will take place over the weekend of Nov. 25-26 alongside the Asian Championships, "with both events including men’s and women’s races" (SCMP, 11/10).