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Oxfam Trailwalker 2017 – Open Team Application starts on 9 May
Last year, more than 5,100 Oxfam Trailwalkers helped raise about HK$34 million to support Oxfam’s development projects, emergency relief programmes and advocacy work around the world. Thank you for your invaluable contribution!
This year’s Oxfam Trailwalker will be held on 17 – 19 November, 2017 (Friday – Sunday). The trail starts at Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung and finishes at Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Tai Tong Holiday Camp in Yuen Long. Oxfam will accept 540 teams for the Open Team Category. Start times and quotas are as follows:
| Start Time
(17 Nov) |
Team
Number |
Quota | Team Category | Qualifications |
| 8:30 am | 8001 – 8180 | 180 | Elite Team* | Teams must have their team slots confirmed before applying to this category. Teams should have at least three members who have finished Oxfam Trailwalker events within 24 hours at least ONCE in the past three years (i.e. 2014, 2015 and 2016). |
| 9:30 am | 0001 – 0300 | 300 | Special Team | Teams raised HK$32,000 or above for Oxfam Trailwalker 2016. (As there will be more than 300 qualifying teams, some special teams will have to start at 11:00 am.) |
| 11:00 am | 0301 – 0580 | 280 | a. Special Team
b. Pledge Team
c. Sponsors & Supporting Org. Team |
a. Teams raised HK$32,000 or above for Oxfam Trailwalker 2016.
b. Any team making a pledge of HK$72,000 or more to Oxfam Trailwalker 2017 can apply for this category (quota: 50 teams). For details, please contact Oxfam.
c. Teams from sponsoring companies and supporting organisations. |
| 12:30 pm | 0581 – 0850 | 270 | Open Team | Open for application from 9 – 24 May. Teams will be allocated by ballot on 5 June. Please visit the Oxfam Trailwalker website for more details. |
| 2:00 pm | 0851 – 1120 | 270 |
*New team category: Both Super Trailwalker and 24-hour teams have been combined into one category and are now called Elite Teams. These teams’ start time will remain 8:30 am.
Note: An Oxfam Super Trailwalker Certificate will be awarded to teams when all four members complete the entire route within 18 hours regardless of team category.
Open Team Applications will be accepted from 10:00am on 9 May to 6:00pm on 24 May (Hong Kong time). Please note that the system might be overloaded and may be slower during this period. Please be patient and try again later or contact us for assistance. Please also note that the system will time out every 30 minutes. To avoid disruption and unnecessary delay, please prepare all required information (i.e. team leader / team members’ personal details and credit card details) before applying online.
Applicants can apply online* and pay the application fee (HK$120) by credit card or Union Pay. Application forms can be found here or at Oxfam Hong Kong’s office beginning 9 May.