Chinatown Badminton Laneway Club POP-UP, Chinese Cultural Corner & Move8 Walk-a-Hunt at Sydney Streets Haymarket

Mechanics: In collaboration with Badminton NSW, the AFT International Sports Fitness Festival brings you BADMINTON! Come and try! Smash, hit and aim for the farthest basket on the opposite side of the net. Participants will experience fast shuttles fed by a machine, all you’ll need to do is to aim to hit and land the shuttle over the net into the basket to win prizes! The furthest and smallest basket contains the top prize. Other baskets contain smaller prizes with mystery prizes in the baskets right below the net. Ready to smash it?!

Chinese Cultural Corner

Chinese Cultural Corner @ Sydney Streets Haymarket welcomes all visitors to learn about legendary tales behind the meaning of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, celebrated for over 3,000 years across various cultures in East and Southeast Asia. Storytelling sessions in English, Mandarin and Cantonese will be held every hour at 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm in front of Sussex Centre on Dixon Street and there will also be digital colouring sheets for kids.

Topo’tea invites tea lovers to sample their selections of Australian Chinese teas, or you could taste mooncakes and lots of other delightful cuisines in Chinatown. The activities are organised by volunteers from the Chinatown Action Committee, a collective of community stakeholders, NFPs, business & property owners in Sydney Chinatown, who have been actively engaging with representatives of the City of Sydney to discuss the improvements for the Haymarket and Sydney Chinatown revitalisation plans.

When: 21 September 2024 between 11am – 4pm
Where: Sussex Centre, Dixon Street, Haymarket
Cost: Free
RSVP: https://linktr.ee/chinatownactioncommittee

The Move8 Walk-a-Hunt @ Sydney Streets Haymarket is a destination-focused in-person and virtual reality experience that gets participants unravelling clues while accomplishing missions along the route. It’s fun and it’s free for individuals. Corporate groups are invited to take up the Fit for Good Pledge, where up to 20 co-workers can come together for a memorable team building experience while supporting local businesses in Chinatown. The 3KM route has eight checkpoints located in the Haymarket precinct and it starts and ends at the Community Bank Darling Square. In addition to the walk and in partnership with Badminton NSW, participants will be challenged to a badminton game in a laneway in Chinatown. Who knows what could transpire? Could there be hidden athletic talents we uncover in Chinatown for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics?

Those at home can also join in the fun by watching a 360° video and following the route. The AFT International Sports Fitness Festival is a regional Asia Pacific public health initiative by independent media group, A Fitness Today (AFT) and is conceptualised from lived experiences by the founders of impact media group, Go International Group Dotcom with the Community Bank Darling Square as a community partner.

When: 21 September 2024 between 11am – 5pm
Where: Community Bank Darling Square and various locations throughout Haymarket
Cost: Free for individuals to walk at their own pace / A$2,500 for corporate team building groups of 20 pax includes lunch at a local establishment
RSVP: https://www.sportsfitnessfestival.com/rsvp