- Supported by the Wynn Care Foundation, the 5th Hengqin Tinmuk Rowing Regatta fostered sports and cultural integration between Hengqin and Macau.
- Over 400 athletes from leading universities including Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Tsinghua took part at the Hengqin Tinmuk River.
Fully supported by the Wynn Care Foundation and organized by the Livelihood Affairs Bureau of In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, the 5th Hengqin Tinmuk Rowing Regatta concluded on 30 November.
This two-day event brought together 25 prestigious university rowing teams from both China and abroad, with more than 400 athletes participating. The lineup included teams from Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Tsinghua University, the University of Hong Kong, Chinese Culture University and Fu Jen Catholic University, among others.
The races took place along a 1,400-meter course on the Hengqin Tinmuk River, linking scenic areas on both banks and fully showcasing Hengqin’s modern urban landscape alongside the integration achievements of Macau and Hengqin.
According to the organizers, this year’s competition had an even more international roster, featuring new teams from the Université de Paris and the University of Western Australia for the first time. To promote youth exchanges across the Taiwan Strait, the organizers also specially invited the Chinese Culture University and Fu Jen Catholic University from Taiwan.
To welcome the participants, Wynn Care Foundation hosted a welcome dinner on 26 November at Wynn Palace, gathering nearly a hundred athletes from China and overseas to celebrate the occasion.
Linda Chen, President, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of Wynn Macau, Limited and Chairperson of the Wynn Care Foundation, stated that the Hengqin Tinmuk Rowing Regatta is a highly regarded rowing event.
She emphasized that through the collaboration between Wynn and various stakeholders in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone, the Foundation hopes to promote a distinctive sports brand representing the integration of Hengqin and Macau.
By supporting such major sporting events, Wynn aims to foster the internationalization of sports among Macau’s universities and encourage cross-strait sports exchange through the shared passion for rowing.
