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Enrollment

1. Read Details Carefully

  • Before enrollment, please kindly read Race Details and Rules & Regulations carefully.
  • Participants should be in good health. Please consult your doctor before enrollment if one has any illness such as heart disease, respiratory system disease (e.g. asthma) or bone injury, etc. For participant aged over 70 years old, please kindly provide certificate of consultation.
  • The Organizer reserves the rights to disqualify any participant from the race who provide incorrect personal information in the enrollment

2. Enrollment

  • Enrollment deadline is 28 February 2020 (Postal application based on postmark date; online enrollment closed at 6pm).

​Please send enrollment form once only to avoid duplication.

i. Online Enrollment
(Highly Recommend)

Enroll Online NOW

Online enrollment system allows participants to enter an email address of organization representative, to facilitate mass enrollment of schools / corporate / organizations.

OR

ii. Enroll by Post

Download Form

Please complete the application form and submit by post to the Organizer. Mailing address: 23/F, Wofoo Commercial Building, 574-576 Nathan Road, Kln, HK (address to “Hong Kong Water Race” on the envelope).

3. Successful Registration

  • After receiving the participant information, the Organizer will notify participants via an email, indicating completion of registration.
  • Teams have to check if members could receive the email, and please mark the “Registration Number” on the system page or in the email.

  • When enrollment quota is full, all applications completed registration will be put on the waiting list.

4. Payment

  • Participation fee is HKD150 per team. For teams which choose to receive Official T-shirts, participation fee will be HKD200 per team.
  • ​Except applications on the waiting list, teams should submit payment within 3 working days after completion of registration with the following method.

i. Bank Transfer

Please deposit or transfer the fee to “Wofoo Social Enterprises Ltd.” Bank Account
(HSBC: 534-090204-003)

Please be reminded to keep the deposit slip, and write down the “registration number”, entry category, and name of team leader on the slip.

OR

ii. Cheque

Please make the cheque payable to “Wofoo Social Enterprises Ltd.”

Please write down the “registration number”, entry category, and name of team leader on the slip.

Promissory note will not be accepted.

5. Enrollment Confirmation

  • After receiving payment, participants will be notified via email with their “Team Number”. Please quote this for all enquiries afterwards.
  • The Organizer will update racer list regularly.

  • In case of any change or update of team member list, team category or other team information, please follow the arrangements below:
– Start of Enrollment – 28 Feb 2020: Teams shall immediately inform the Secretariat.
– 29 Feb – 31 Mar 2020: Teams will be charged HK$100 per transaction.
– On or after 1 Apr 2020: No change will be allowed. Team intending to do so is still allowed to
participate in the game but will not be eligible for the awards.
  • Fees are non-refundable; no refund will be made in the following cases:
– Enrollment is accepted and confirmed
– Update of team information is accepted
– Souvenirs are confirmed
– Cancellation of event before or during the race due to severe weather or unexpected circumstances

FAQs

Event Details
Eligibility
Enrollment and Payment
Personal Information
  • 01. When and Where will "Hong Kong Water Race 2021" be held?

    “Hong Kong Water Race 2021” will be held in 2021, please follow our Facebook page for latest information.

  • 02. Is there luggage storage service in the race venue?

    Sorry and luggage storage service is not provided. Teams are reminded to be aware of personal belongings, and run at their own risk of loss.

  • 03. Is the race covered by any insurance?

    Public Liability Insurance is covered by the Organizer. Participants are advised to take up their own personal or other insurance policies separately, if necessary.

  • 01. On which day age is counted, the date of enrollment or the event?

    Age is counted at the date of the event (TBC).

  • 02. Could I join two different teams at the same time?

    Participant is NOT allowed join two different teams simultaneously. Please immediately inform us by email or post to update the team member list if you encounter the above situation.

  • 03. For Corporate Category, what is the definition of corporate / organization"?

    “Corporate” refers to a business in Hong Kong which has applied for business registration, while “government department” refers to government bureaux, departments and related organisations in the structure.

    Non-governmental or uniform groups are also eligible should they fulfil one of these requirements:

    Registered under the Societies Ordinance, or

    – Registered under the Companies Ordinance, or

    – Formed by statute, or

    – Registered on the list of approved charitable institutions or trusts of a public character

    Team member must submit a verification letter which is endorsed by the corporate, organizations or government department.

  • 04. For Student Category, what is the definition of "teaching staff"?

    Teaching staffs should be the staff of Hong Kong full-time school, and they must submit a verification letter.

  • 05. For Student Category, must the students or teaching staff be from the same school?

    Students or teaching staff of the same team could be from different schools.

    * Students of tertiary education are welcome to participate “Corporate & Group Category”.

  • 06. For Family Category, what is the definition of "family kinship"?

    Members should have blood relationship. However, it is not required to be one adult and one child.

  • 01. The enrollment system is shut down, and I cannot enroll. What should I do?

    Please call 3651-5263 during working hours.

  • 02. Why couldn't I receive the email from the Organizer?

    Emails might be considered as SPAM and is in the junk mailbox. Please check the related mailbox. At your convenience in receiving our emails, please also mark “Hong Kong Race Secretariat” (waterracehk@wse.hk) as Safe Senders List.

    If no email is received after checking, please ask your team members if they have the emails. This is because the email address is invalid or written wrong for individual participants. Please immediately inform us by email to update the information if you encounter the above situation.

    A Registration Completion email will be sent per team after the participant information is received. While an enrollment confirmation email will be sent per team after the deposit or cheque is received. If participating team could not receive any email, please call 3651-5219 during working hours, or send email to waterracehk@wse.hk.

  • 03. If I forgot to submit my payment over 3 working days after completion of registration, what should I do?

    If deposit slip or cheque is not received within 3 working days after completion of registration (based on postmark date), the application will be temporarily put on hold without further notice. You may immediately finish the payment to reinstate the eligibility.

    During the time the application is put on hold, the quota will be given priority on teams in the waiting list.

  • 04. If I lost the deposit slip, what should I do?

    If you have photographed the deposit slip for record, the Organizer accepts the deposit slip photo under the exercise of discretion.

    You may also submit the monthly statement. The BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER and the AMOUNT TRANSFERING, which shows the fee deposited into the Organizer’s bank account, must be clearly shown in the statement. Due to security reason, you may cover the middle three digits of your back account number.

    Please be reminded to write down the “registration number”, entry category, and name of team leader on the deposit slip photo or the monthly statement.

  • 05. Could I make the payment with credit card?

    The Organizer does not accept payment by credit card. Please refer to the following payment method: bank transfer or cheque (Click HERE for details).

  • 06. Could I pay cash at the Organizer's office?

    The Organizer does not accept payment by cash. Please refer to the following payment method: bank transfer or cheque (Click HERE for details).

  • 07. Could I request for any receipt?

    Teams could request for receipt, which will be sent by mail with one month after event.

  • 08. Could I request re-fund should I am absent from the Race, or the Race is cancelled?

    Fees are non-refundable; no refund will be made in the following cases:

    – Enrollment is accepted and confirmed

    – Update of team information is accepted

    – Souvenirs are confirmed

    – Cancellation of event before or during the race due to severe weather or unexpected circumstances

  • 01. If I have submitted wrong participating information, and now would like to change the information, what should I do?

    In case of any change or update of team member list, team category or other team information, please follow the arrangements below:

    – Start of Enrollment – (TBC): Teams shall immediately inform the Secretariat 

    – TBC: Teams will be charged HK$100 per transaction.

    – On or after TBC: No change will be allowed. Team intending to do so is still allowed to participate in the game but will not be eligible for the awards.

  • 02. If one of the team members is not able to attend the race after enrollment, what should I do?

    If the absence of participant is known beforehand, please immediately inform us by email and follow the arrangements below, in order to update the team member list:

    – Start of Enrollment – TBC: Teams shall immediately inform the Secretariat

    – TBC: Teams will be charged HK$100 per transaction.

    – On or after TBC: No change will be allowed. Team intending to do so is still allowed to participate in the game but will not be eligible for the awards.

    If there is absence of teammates on the date of event, the team is still allowed to participate in the game but will not be eligible for the awards.

  • 03. If I forgot the participating information, what should I do?

    Please check the “Enrollment Confirmation Email” sent by the Organizer.