Round The Island 2017 will be held on April 30 – May 1, 2017 (Sun-Mon). Other than the traditional 38km Round-The-Island Marathon, SJCAA YAC will continue to host the 10km Race for all alumni!
Date & Time:
Apr 30 (Sun) 23:00 : Opening Ceremony and Registration
May 1 (Mon) 01:00 : Start of Race
Categories:
I. 38km RTI Marathon (For both Current students and SJC Alumni)
Starting / Finishing Point: St. John’s College, 82 Pokfulam Road
II. 10km Race (Open to SJC Alumni only)
Starting Point: St. John’s College, 82 Pokfulam Road
Finishing Point: Java Road Playground, Quarry Bay
Application Deadline:
April 15, 2017 (23:59)
Enrollment Fee:
– HKD250 for Current undergraduate & postgraduate full time students
– HKD270 for SJC Alumni with SJCAA membership
– HKD300 for SJC Alumni without SJCAA membership and non-SJC runners
SJC Graduated Alumni can join SJCAA membership now with HKD 100 for 100 years of membership now.
The enrollment fee includes a RTI T-shirt, refreshments and drinks supplied at each checkpoint. Participants can decide whether to make extra donation.
This year the proceeds of RTI (Alumni part – either 10 km or 38 km) will go to “St. John’s Foundation”. You are encouraged to gather more donations from your friends/family to support St. John’s Foundation. For this purpose, a donation record form is attached for your action.
St. John’s Foundation has been supporting many projects for current St. Johnians since 2013, including scholarships for current students, Eco St John’s project like waste recycle, Aqua Aquila projects which provides purified drinking water and free water bottles to current St. Johnians, sponsorship for overseas study and choir trips for St. Johnians.
Online Application Forms and Details (please click the hyperlinks below):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9ziV1sZB3Y84V5oPWAPLOJ-NJZxcDkNdERnKol4VchLpW-w/viewform?c=0&w=1
Awards & Certificates:
– Men’s and ladies’ champions, 1st and 2nd runner-ups for 10km & 38km RTI Marathon will be awarded.
– Participants completing the race will receive Certificates of Achievement.
Aquila Runners Group was created in 2012 by alumni who graduated in early 2000s and has expanded from then on. It shares running information among St. John’s alumni who love running, and convenes alumni to participate in various running events. If you want to obtain more running information, find some St. John’s running buddies to prepare for RTI, or order a set of St. John’s professional running gear, do check out its Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/478952008790382)
For enquiries, please feel free to contact our SJCAA YAC ExCo Mr CHEUNG Hang-yiu (5190 1425 or cheunghangyiu@gmail.com).
Come join us in this annual event of Spirit of Aquila!