The 66-year-old is set to head to Doha, Qatar, to play in the masters division of the IBSF world snooker championships.
That may seem a natural pathway for a three-time national champion and two-time world championship player to take.
It becomes more impressive, however, when you consider Kwok’s past appearances at the event were in 1978 and 1984.
Indeed, it was only in the past few years that he got back into playing, having taken a break of more than 30 years to focus on his family and career after his second world championship.
Having retired last year and returned to Dunedin after 15 years in Philadelphia and Hamilton, he now had plenty of time to practise.
That was helping him on his way and while not quite the player he used to be, he was not ready to slow down.
"As far as I’m concerned I look at it from the perspective, just because you get older, it doesn’t mean you can’t achieve," he said.
"So I’ll just keep on going, I’ll know when the time is [to stop].
"Performance will start dropping away and things like that and then you say to yourself it’s time to step back a bit, not necessarily give up, but you know, not be into it so seriously."
Ranked fifth in New Zealand, Kwok would play against the world’s best over-40 players, many of whom were of a very high-standard.
He was no stranger to facing highly touted players.
At the 1978 world championships in Malta he placed ninth, a tournament which featured future world champion Joe Johnson.
Six years later, in Dublin, he played one of the best in Stephen Hendry, then aged 15.
Kwok also won national titles in 1976, 1982 and 1983.He began playing because his father owned a snooker room at the old exchange.
His brother Glen was a good player — also a national champion. He became self-trained as he tried to become good enough to beat him.
He said the standard of play remained high in New Zealand, pointing to Neil Walley, Gary Hale and Ian Muir as being exceptional locally based players.
The lack of a genuine facility was the biggest road block at present. The local association folded about 25 years ago.
"I’d like to get the thing going again, but we need a venue, we really need six to eight tables to be able to run tournaments.
"So that’s a stumbling block at the moment.
"Pool’s in a good space at the moment in Dunedin, we’ve got a couple of good centres here where a lot of people go, but we need something for snooker now."
Having enjoyed the sport since being back into it, he was planning to keep going with it, repeating his mantra from earlier.
"I try to keep myself fit and again, just because you’re getting old doesn’t mean you can’t achieve.
"That’s probably one for the older fellows around town that are thinking about giving up sport of any kind.
"If you can still play you should still play, it’s as simple as that."
