The Bank of China Bauhinia Bowl Award is an annual award given to member secondary schools of the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Secondary Schools Regional Committee, Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation. The award was established to encourage participation in inter-school sports competitions organised by the Regional Committee. In the 2018–19 season, 265 secondary schools with over 6,000 teams and 44,000 students participated in the 17 sporting competitions organised by the Regional Committee. The BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl Award is sponsored by Bank of China Limited, previously by Omega. The trophy was previously known as the Omega Rose Bowl which dated back to 1965, but has been known as the BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl since the 2002–03 season.
Type of schools
The BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl Awards are awarded separately to boys' schools, girls' schools, and co-educational schools. They are divided into two sections. The BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl trophies are be awarded to schools achieving the best all-round performance from all sporting events organised by the Regional Committee during the year. A total of 10 trophies will be awarded each year: Champion, Second place, and Most Progressed for girls' and boys' schools, and the same with an extra third-place trophy for co-educational schools. The BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl Sportsboy/Sportsgirl of the Year statuette trophies are awarded to individuals who have contributed greatly to school sport in general and shown outstanding sporting ability during the year, with consideration given to sporting behaviour, character, and commitment to sport. Trophies are given to the Sportsboy and Girl of the year from single-sex boys' and girls' schools, and from co-ed schools. Scholarships are awarded by Bank of China. In case of doubt in classifying a member school to one of the above categories because of a special situation, the Regional Committee makes the final decision on classification. However, schools concerned are welcomed to express their views to the Regional Committee either by letter or presence at a Committee Meeting for this purpose.
The award
The award is divided into two sections:
Section One – BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl
Trophies will be awarded to schools achieving the best all-round performance from all sporting events organised by the Regional Committee each year. A total of 10 trophies will be awarded each year. The trophies are all follows:-
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Boys Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Boys Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl The Most Progressive Boys School – Boys Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Girls Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Girls Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl The Most Progressive Girls School – Girls Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl The Most Progressive Co-educational School – Co-educational Schools
In addition to the above awards, the following trophies will also be awarded commencing 2006 – 2007 season
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Boys' Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Girls Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl – Co-educational Schools
Section Two – BOCHK Bauhinia Bowl Sportsboy/Sportsgirl of the Year
These statuette trophies are awarded to the individual who has contributed greatly to his or her schools' sports in general and has shown outstanding ability in the field of sport during the year. In addition to good all-round achievement in sports, the candidate for the trophy must show a high standard of sportsmanship on and off the field. The candidate must have shown a willingness to help others, some kind of organising capacity, a sense of fair play and must be genuinely interested in furthering the spirit of competition and esprit-de-corps between member schools and Hong Kong Sports in general. Bank of China Limited has very generously offered a scholarship to each Sportsboy/Sportsgirl of the Year. The trophies for Sportsboy/Sportsgirl of the Year are as follows:
