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The United Services Recreation Club (USRC) (Chinese: 三軍會; lit. 'three armed-forces club') is a club located on Gun Club Hill Barracks site at Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Originally it was a British colonial establishment but now is a property of the People's Liberation Army after they took over the barracks on 1 July 1997.
USRC Tigers (三軍會猛虎欖球會) is a rugby union club based in King's Park, Hong Kong. It arose from the merger between Kai Tak Tigers and DeA Flamingo Rugby Football Club in 1990 to become "DeA Tigers". In 2014, DeA Tigers associated with the United Services Recreation Club (USRC) to become "USRC Tigers".
The road was laid out after 1901 and named after William Julius Gascoigne, [2] Commander British Troops in China and Hong Kong from 1898–1903. It was reported in 1908 that "All the roads on the [Kowloon] peninsula are wide and lined with trees, and two in particular—Robinson Road [today's Nathan Road] and Gascoigne Road—are noticeable by reason of their width" and "Gascoigne Road, which ...
USRC may refer to: United Services Recreation Club, Hong Kong, a social and sports club USRC Tigers RFC, a rugby union club; Union Station Rail Corridor, the former Toronto Terminals Railway trackage; United States Revenue Cutter Service
The Hong Kong Premiership is the highest level of domestic competition for rugby union clubs in Hong Kong organised ... USRC Tigers RFC: 1978 Kowloon City: King's ...
A long-standing part of Hong Kong's military history, the Gun Club Hill Barracks arose out of the need to house soldiers on the Kowloon Peninsula following the cession of the area under the 1863 Treaty of Tientsin following the Second Opium War. The British were in need of additional military facilities and had begun scouting sites on the ...
The South China Tigers is a professional rugby union team from Hong Kong that plays in the Global Rapid Rugby competition. [1] The team was launched in 2018 to participate in the inaugural Global Rapid Rugby season. [2] For the naming of the team, South China tigers are considered as the most distinctive of all tiger subspecies.
Hong Kong Scottish: 6 Hugo Stiles August 17, 1996 (aged 21) Valley: 7 BK: Cado Lee December 27, 1991 (aged 26) USRC Tigers: 8 BK: Max Denmark August 11, 1999 (aged 18) Hong Kong FC: 9 BK: Jamie Hood November 13, 1986 (aged 31) Hong Kong FC: 10 Eric Kwok May 7, 1995 (aged 23) USRC Tigers: 11 BK: Ben Rimene