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The male and female champions of the annual Bun Scrambling Competition, the finale of the Cheung Chau Jiao Festival, were decided after an exciting contest held early this morning (May 15) at the soccer pitch of Pak Tai Temple Playground, Cheung Chau.
The event attracted more than 1 000 spectators to experience the thrilling atmosphere of the competition. They witnessed 12 finalists scrambling up the bun tower to snatch as many buns as they could within a three-minute time limit to vie for the championships.
Apart from the fierce individual race, there was also an invitation relay in which three teams from Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Macau competed against local teams from Cheung Chau.
The results are as follows:
Individual contest Result
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Men
Championship: Yip Kin-man 1029 marks
First runner-up: Kwok Chun-yin 979 marks
Second runner-up: Kwok Ka-ming 885 marks
Women
Championship: Wong Ka-yan 438 marks
Winner of "Full Pockets of Lucky Buns":
Kwok Chun-yin (Number of buns grabbed: 131)
Invitation relay Result
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Championship:
Cheung Chau Sai Wan 3 minutes and 3 seconds
Ma Sing Temple
Management Association
First runner-up:
HK & KLN Floating 3 minutes and 10 seconds
Fishermen Welfare
Promotion Association
Cheung Chau Branch
Second runner-up:
Clube de Escalada 3 minutes and 19 seconds
Guia Macau
Ends/Sunday, May 15, 2016
Issued at HKT 01:19
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