Youth Girls to Debut in Asian Intercity Bowling Championship

Silver Medalist in the 1st Asian Youth Games Singapore, Ilma Nur Jannah and 3 other bowlers Oriana Tay, Kristel Oh and Nur Azri will debut in the 24th Asian Intercity Bowling Championships in Pasay City, Philippines from 5 - 10 Nov 2010.

Members in this young team have their individual achievements from their past participation in the various bowling championships. Oriana topped both the Under-18 and Youth Girls Masters in this year's Singapore International Open while Kristel came in first in the 8th Indonesia Open Youth Girls Under-21 Masters. Nur Azri was part of the champion team in the National Age Group Championships U-18 division.




Team Photo
(From L to R: Nur Azri, Oriana Tay, Ilma Nur Janna and Kristel Oh)

Our bowlers will compete in the Women's Open Division in the Singles, Doubles and Team of Four format consisting of 6 games each. The top 16 players from each division will advance to the Masters Final where they will compete in 4 rounds based on head to head matches, with the highest rank player in each round meeting the lower rank player, second highest player meeting the second lower player and so on. Each match will be played in the best of 3 games (when 2 games are won, the match is over).

Eighteen member cities which include Chinese Taipei, Saipan, Malaysia and Korea will be competing in this year's championship which will provide our youth bowlers a challenging ground to compete amongst other bowlers.

Let's wish our bowlers all the best and high scores!

Veteran to Lead Asian Games Bowling Team

Triple gold medalist Remy Ong will be leading the Men’s team in the upcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou. Joining him are fellow bowlers Jason Yeong-Nathan, Basil Low, Mark Wong, Benjamin Lim and Ng Tiac Pin.

Asian Games 2010 Men's Bowling Team

The Women’s team will be led by world champion Jasmine Yeong-Nathan and AYG double gold medalist New Hui Fen. The remaining team members comprise of Jazreel Tan, Shayna Ng, Cherie Tan and Geraldine Ng.

Asian Games 2010 Women's Bowling Team

Jason and Basil who won the 15^th Asian Games Men’s Trios Silver and 1^st Asian Youth Games Boys Masters Gold respectively are no strangers to competitions of such stature. Though the Men’s team also includes younger team members, they too have their individual achievements in other bowling championships which include the 2008 World Youth Championship and the 21^st Asian Intercity Bowling Championship. With their combined strength, the men’s team does not lack any luster in their quest to win.

The Women’s team is also set to compete for the highest honor in this Asian Games. With their past achievements in the various prominent bowling championships which include the World Youth Championship 2010 and World Women’s Championship 2009, they are in good stride to perform in the upcoming Asian Games.

Mrs Jessie Phua, President of SingaporeBowling said, “Some of our bowlers may be young, but they have the drive and motivation to excel. I am confident they will put in their best performance and do us proud.”

The team is now in the final lap of their peaking programme which includes training under the simulated competition environment.

Daphne finished 6th in World Cup

Daphne Tan might have missed the World Cup honours this year, however, her second attempt in this bowling championship had not been futile.

Daphne managed to overcome all challenges posed by many other international bowlers in this annual bowling championship, competing amongst many prominent international keglers including Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of USA, Fiona Banks of England, Wendy Chai of Malaysia and Ann-Maree Putney of Australia.

To be able to qualify for the quarter finals for only the top 8 bowlers in the division is no small feat. Daphne managed to keep up with her game over the 3 days of 16 qualifying games and another 8 games after the first cut of the top 24 bowlers, where she secured a spot in the quarter finals, opened to only the top 8 keglers.



Daphne Tan competing in Toulon

After the quarter finals, Daphne came in 6^th with a total of 6756 pinfalls. Though she did not managed to secure the top 3 spots, her second participation in this year’s QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup had proven to be a vast improvement from her first participation in 2007.

Jonathan Ang who represented Singapore in the Men’s division finished on the 45^th position. Though Jonathan missed the cut to the top 24 in the Men’s division, this is his first participation in competitions of such stature.

Jonathan Ang and Daphne Tan competing in this year's QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup

Both Daphne and Jonathan were selected after an internal selection trial where both of them emerged tops.  Their participation this year had proven to provide both bowlers the opportunity to measure themselves against renowned international rivals.

Women can do it too!

No chance to try out bowling at a bowling centre? This is not an excuse. SingaporeBowling brought out our mobile bowling lane to Toa Payoh HDB Hub on 30 & 31 October 2010 to promote bowling as one of the initiatives under Singapore Sports Council, Women & Sports Group to encourage more women to engage in sports.

In this women outreach programme, more than 1000 female participants tried out bowling over the two days on the mobile bowling lane. For those who have never tried bowling before, they received bowling tips from our youth bowlers present at the event. During the roadshow, SingaporeBowling also promoted the Learn-to-Bowl programme to encourage ladies to sign up for this bowling clinic.




Youth bowler Oriana Tay explaining the Learn-to-Bowl Programme

 This programme, to be held in Jan 2011, consists of a bowling clinic where participants will learn about basic physical game and handling the spare systems at games. It will end with leisure bowling where participants get to apply the techniques through leisure bowling with the assistance of bowlers. To sign up for this programme, participants just need to get a partner (with one being a female participant) and pre-register by Jan 2011. This bowling clinic will be conducted on a weekend morning and conducted by a SBF-qualified coach.

For more information on the Learn-to-Bowl programme, please visit our website at http://www.singaporebowling.org.sg

Team Spirit and Support are Vital for Success

The bowling centre was filled with zest and cheers as bowlers were preparing for the Collegiate League Masters on 14 October evening at Orchid Bowl E!Hub.  Prior to the Masters Final for the Collegiate League 2010 was the prize presentation for the Overall Team awards where Team Temasek 1, Team Republic 1 and Team SP 1 came in top 3 after 15 weeks of competition.

Team Temasek 1 with Mr Sam Ho of SingaporeBowling

Although this year’s collegiate league had attracted only 16 teams, the support among the teams was not lacking in any way. Bowlers who did not qualify for the Masters Final turned up to support their team mates competing in the finals and also to be present to receive the team awards.

Oriana Tay, 17 of Team Temasek 1 commented, “Our team set a target before the competition where we want to be first and we are happy to achieve it. Although I did not have the opportunity to train with my team mates due to studies and my regular training with SingaporeBowling, it is the team spirit and support from my team mates that makes me feel I’m with them. This helped me to put in my best during the league.”

Oriana who is currently studying in Temasek Polytechnic received the school’s scholarship which is awarded to students with good results in both academic studies and sports. She believes her participation with Temasek Polytechnic’s bowling team will continue to encourage youths like her to continue to bowl while pursuing their studies prior to joining the workforce.

In the Masters final, Clara Lim of Republic Polytechnic came in first with 1604 pinfalls over 8-game while Oriana Tay and Diana Koh of NUS followed in the second and third positions respectively with 1559 and 1540 pinfalls. Although Oriana did not manage to clinch the Girls Masters championship title as set out, her relentless pursuit towards the best performance is commendable.

For the Boys Masters, Travis Tay and Leonard Leong, both from NTU came in first and second with Travis winning with a mere 2-pinfall difference with 1682 and 1680 pinfalls. Surein of Republic Polytechnic was third with 1625 pinfalls.

The collegiate league is an annual bowling competition organized by SingaporeBowling to provide a cordial competition platform for like-minded youths with an interest in bowling and promoting sportsmanship among one another.

An Afternoon with their Bowling Idols

7 October 2010 is a memorable day for our BOWLinks bowlers as they had the opportunity to meet up with our national and youth bowlers. These bowlers were greeted by our team at NSRCC Bowling Centre where they had the chance to obtain their autograph on the souvenirs and take photographs with their bowling idols.


Bowlers also obtained valuable bowling tips from our national and youth bowlers before and during the game as they commenced their bi-monthly bowling competition. Present on the day include Remy Ong, Jason Yeong-Nathan, Basil Low, Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, New Hui Fen, Cherie Tan and 9 other bowlers.

National bowler, Remy Ong providing bowling tips to bowlers

Joining in the October’s BOWLinks bi-monthly challenge includes participants from APSN Katong, Handicap Welfare Association, Down Syndrome Association as well as representatives from new participating organizations, namely the Delta Senior School (DSA) and Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH).


A total of 11 teams competed in the October series with APSN Katong Team 2/HWA 1, HSA Team 1 and APSN Katong Team 1 coming in as the top 3 teams.

Strong turnout at the October 2011 BOWLinks bi-monthly challenge

BOWLinks is SingaporeBowling’s community project that started in 2005 to allow children and adults from the special schools and associations to enjoy a balance of life, through bowling as a recreational activity outside their school/work and home. Besides coming together to compete in a friendly format, these participants also have the opportunity to meet up with our national and development squad bowlers and obtain bowling tips with them. This also serves as a platform for our bowlers to contribute back to the society.


The next BOWLinks bi-monthly challenge will be held on 11 November 2010 at NSRCC Bowling Centre. Stay tune for more event updates.