On the move: Celebrating the Olympic spirit
On the move
As excitement for the Olympics grows, join us in experiencing the joy of sports! Our JC Fit City programme ensures active lifestyle is accessible to individuals from diverse backgrounds, abilities, or circumstances, encouraging sports for all.
Promoting Sports Development
The Club is dedicated to fostering an energetic and vibrant Hong Kong, where everyone's life can be improved through sports. From promoting community sports to supporting international sporting events, we aim to make it easier for everyone to enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle and cultivate an ongoing interest in sports.
Our "JC Fit City" programme ensures active lifestyle is accessible to all individuals regardless of their background or abilities. Through citywide iconic sports events and a wide range of low-entry-barrier sports activities, we connect and enable everyone to enjoy sports, encouraging the public to integrate sports and exercise into their daily lives. Click here to find out more.
The Club also rewards the winners of today and supports the champions of tomorrow. We believe that successes should be recognised and incentivised, as they help strengthen the spirit and ambition of athletes. We are delighted to support the Hong Kong Sport Institute by sponsoring the Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme, expanding the scope by providing cash incentives for Hong Kong, China medallists at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, Asian Para Games, FISU World University Games, National Games and National Para Games, as well as their respective winter Games. Cash rewards will also be awarded to athletes finishing in fourth to eighth places in the Olympics and Paralympics in recognition of their achievements.
This support for elite athletes builds on the Club’s many decades of backing sporting excellence in Hong Kong, dating back to the 1970s development of the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Hong Kong’s elite athletes are certain to give the community many more great stories and achievements at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Club is proud to stand together with them as they do so.
HELPING HONG KONG’S ATHLETES – PEOPLE STORIES
From an Olympics spectator to Hong Kong’s first equestrian eventing competitor
Taking Hong Kong horsemanship to the world
50 years of training racing talents
A fitness space for the homeless
Jumping in at the deep end: Water fun for SEN children
A Football Hope
MILESTONES
1982
Development of the Hong Kong Sports Institute
The Hong Kong Sports Institute (formerly Jubilee Sports Centre), the bedrock of Hong Kong’s sporting excellence that trains the city’s top athletes, was established with Club funding.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Sports Institute
1992
Establishing The Hong Kong Jockey Club Elite Athletes Fund
The Club stepped in to support elite athletic development in Hong Kong by establishing a long-term trust fund.
Each year, the fund helps over 2,000 elite athletes to pursue sporting excellence.
2008
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
The Club is honoured as “Outstanding Contributor, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Equestrian Events” for its provision of world-class facilities and professional services.
2013
Jockey Club Sports Building
How could an old athlete’s hostel be better used?
The Club answered this question by redeveloping a former athletes’ hostel into a multi-purpose elite training and coaching centre.
The new building includes a 20,000 square foot indoor venue specifically for Paralympic and junior elite athlete programmes, helping to widen access to elite training in Hong Kong.
2016 - 2018
Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme
The Club was the proud sponsor of the Hong Kong Sports Institute’s Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme, helping over 218 Hong Kong athletes.
The Scheme was awarded to medallists of six major games, including the 2016 Rio Olympic games, with 25 Hong Kong athletes receiving awards.
2016 - 2023
Jockey Club Continuing Coach Education Programme
Knowing that sporting greats can never achieve success on their own, since 2016 the Club has supported the Jockey Club Coach Education Programme.
The programme ensures quality, internationally benchmarked coaching is available at all levels of sports in Hong Kong.
Since its inception, over 99,000 participants have benefitted from the programme.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Sports Institute
2018 - 2024
Sports Legacy Scheme – Jockey Club “Flying High” Sports Programme
This programme supported 90 local secondary schools in first 3 years to engage with elite athletes, helping promote understanding of Olympic values to students, build their fitness level, and increase their knowledge of potential careers in sports. The programme has reached 180 secondary schools so far, and provides career opportunities and training for retiring or retired athletes to share their expertise.
2021 - 2024
Club-supported Sports Science and Research Funding Scheme
The Club has provided a major boost to elite sports development by strengthening research and development of elite sports in Hong Kong.
The Club-funded Sports Science and Research Funding Scheme helps upgrade sports-tech and equipment, support advancements in sports medicine, and prepare Hong Kong’s elite athletes for regional and international sporting events.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Sports Institute
2023 - 2025
Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme
To recognise and incentivise elite athletes in Hong Kong, the Club is once again sponsoring the Hong Kong Sports Institute’s Jockey Club Athlete Incentive Awards Scheme.
Through the Club’s expanded support, the scheme will increase the awards available to elite athletes, as well as expand the number of sporting competitions that the scheme applies to.
2023 - 2026
Jockey Club Sports PLUS Elite Athletes Community Programme
This new programme will bring Hong Kong’s elite athletes into the community, directly engaging the public through community sporting events and initiatives.
Through the programme, athletes will share their personal stories with the public to promote, educate and share insightful experiences of being a full-time athlete.
Photo Credit: Hong Kong Sports Institute
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