Also as part of the Centenary, we became the first founding member of the HKCA's Junior Development Trust, with a contribution of $100.000. A bat presented by David Gower to mark the occasion has pride of place in our Centenary Bar.
The Club has also made an important contribution to the development of the 6-a-side game in Hong Kong. The first 6-a-side Tournament on record in Hong Kong was at HKCC's Chater Road Ground on December 23, 1961 and was won by Craigengower. Club Life member, George Hong Choy was then Secretary of the Cricket League, and another member, Mr. Kuruneru, donated the six tankards to the winners. Shortly before the ground was lost to cricket, C.C.C. inaugurated it's annual invitational 6-a-side Competition. It was won by Centaurs. The Tournament is now an established and very popular fixture and provides a good day's entertainment for many teams and spectators.
In the early 1980's, the Club embarked on the first of five tours to the West Country of England, in 1990 to South Africa (as the Dragonboks), and in 1994 celebrated our Centenary by being the first team to go to Shanghai since 1948, and in doing so made the international press. In 1996, the venue was Zimbabwe. In 2000, we set out for the Tour de France, which the team returned as "Les Invincibles". We celebrated Singapore Cricket Club's 150th anniversary with a weekend tour to Singapore in 2002. And in 2004, at the height of the Lord of the Rings mania, we made a lasting impression in Middle Earth with the Woolly Jumper tour of New Zealand.
Between 1991 and 1996, with Dr. Louis Hsu as President, the Club continued to keep the early cricketing traditions alive and made a major contribution to the development of cricket in Hong Kong, especially for juniors. Since 1996, under Paul Tam's guidance, support for the game and the traditions of the past have remained steadfast.
