Water Sports Centres

Notice

21 March 2025
Uploading Water Sports Sailing Hours
The SmartPLAY system under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will introduce a new function of “uploading water sports sailing hours” on 24 March 2025. Those registered as SmartPLAY users may upload their sailing hours as recorded in the Water Sports Activity Logbook through My SmartPLAY app or the SmartPLAY webpage.
For the convenience of users, the Department will roll out this function in 2 phases:

Phase	Roll-out date	Period of the sailing hours covered
1	From now to 31 December 2025	The sailing hours between 2020 and 2025
2	From 1 January 2026	All the sailing hours recorded so far

For enquiries, please contact the staff of water sports centres.

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21 March 2025
“On-the-spot Enrolment” Arrangements for Water Sports Activities
The “on-the-spot enrolment” arrangements will be adjusted from 1 April 2025 onwards as follows:

• If participants are absent or late for 30 minutes or more on “the first day of the event” ^(Note), their places will be filled by on-the-spot stand-by applicants on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Participants of multiple-day programmes who will be absent or late for 30 minutes or more on “the first day of the event” ^(Note) must submit a written application to the concerned centre at least two working days prior to the commencement of the programme. However, the participants may only submit one such application to the same centre within a period of 90 days. If such an application is approved by the Department, the “on-the-spot enrolment” arrangements will not be applicable.
• Venue managers / duty officers in charge may cancel or suspend the “on-the-spot enrolment” arrangements at any time on operational grounds or in the light of special circumstances.
• In case there are no on-the-spot applicants to fill the vacant places, the concerned centre may, at discretion, consider allowing those participants who are late for 30 minutes or more to take part in the rest of the programme, without compromising the principle of avoiding disruptions to the programme.

(Note) If the first day of a multiple-day programme has to be cancelled due to inclement weather, the subsequent day will be deemed the first day of the programme. All programme dates as announced by the Department via My SmartPLAY App, the SmartPLAY webpage or smart self-service stations will prevail.

For enquiries, please contact the staff of water sports centres.

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15 August 2022
Additional Notes for Enrolment in Training Programmes of Water Sports Centres
This additional notes will take effect from 1 October 2022 and details of which are as follows:

Participants of the training programmes of water sports centres are required to produce the original copies of valid qualifications and activity log books in the first lessons for inspection by the Department’s staff/coaches, as proof that they have obtained the certificates/qualifications and gained the required hours of navigation before payment. In case of non-compliance, the participants and their accompanying carers will be disqualified from the training programmes in question, and the fees will not be refunded. Those disqualified must not participate again in the programmes by means of on-the-spot enrolment. In case of no on-the-spot applicants, the centres may, at their discretion, allow the disqualified participants to attend the rest of the programmes, provided that it does not cause disruption to the normal operation of the programmes.

For enquiries, please contact the staff of water sports centres. 

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