Youths Clinch National Championship Titles

National bowler Bernice Lim and youth bowler Tay Hui Chiang clinched the championship title after days of qualifying in this year's Singapore National Bowling Championship.


Tay Hui Chiang and Bernice Lim
Men & Women Champions for 41st Singapore National Bowling Championship


Bernice who is a triple gold medalist in the 2010 Asian Youth Tenping Bowling Championship missed the opportunity to represent Singapore in the Asian Games 2010. Bernice then channelled the disappointment on this lost opportunity to her performance in this competition where she ultimately won the title of Women's Open champion in the Singapore National Bowling Championship.

"As I did not qualify for the Asian Games women's team, this win certainly proved to show that my hard work has paid off and is definitely a confidence booster to me." Said Bernice. "My next aim is to qualify among the top 3 in the Chinese Taipei International Open next week."

Bernice had a smooth win over fellow bowler Teo Li Ying in the one-match roll-off and fnished with 204 pinfalls over Li Ying who bowled 191 pinfalls.

On the other hand, Tay Hui Chiang and Jaris Goh (student of Singapore Sports School) had to compete longer with Hui Chiang winning over Jaris in the first match with 206-175 and a tie of 181 in the second match. It was only in the ninth and tenth frame roll-off where Hui Chiang broke the tie with 43 pins over Jaris who bowled 28 pins.

"I was very nervous throughout the entire game and my coach had been trying to calm me down." Commented Hui Chiang. "All I did was to concentrate on every shot and not think of anything else."

"The training I received through SBF's National Development Squad Programme helps me to improve my game. I learnt the correct basics which is necessary for any bowler who wish to bowl well." Added Hui Chiang who is a bowler in SBF's National Development Squad Programme "AA" level.

Jaris Goh from Singapore Sports School and youth bowler Teo Li Ying were second while Vincent Lim representing ATBC and Clara Lau representing PBC were third.


Top 3 winners for Men and Women Open Division with Mr Lim Kok Hin of Canon Singapore and SBF Officials


The top 3 winners for the Men's and Women's Open divisions received their trophies from Mr Lim Kok Hin, Senior Director and General Manager, Business Imaging Solutions and Business Solutions Division, Canon Singapore.

Congraulations to all the winners for the 41st Singapore National Bowling Championship.

For full results of the 41st Singapore National Bowling Championship, please visit www.singaporebowling.org.sg.

Bowlers Return with Glory

Our bowling team at the 16th Asian Games received a warm welcome at the airport on 25 Nov afternoon by fellow bowlers, SBF officials and their beloved families and supporters, as well as media friends.



Awaiting for bowlers' arrival



Welcome home, bowlers!



Robin and Sam giving a warm welcome to our bowlers at the airport



Geraldine Ng receives a warm welcome by her family



Jazreel Tan with her father


Our bowling team did us proud, returning with a total of 1 Gold, 3 Silvers and 1 Bronze in the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 for Singapore.


Our Asian Games 2010 Bowling Team with SBF officials


Shayna Ng who bowled the first perfect game in this Asian Games came in second in the Women's Singles while compatriot New Hui Fen came in third in the same event. Shayna who was bowling with fellow team mates in the doubles and team events in the 2010 World Youth Championship emerged stronger in this Asian Games. Hui Fen, though young has proven to be an achiever when it comes to competition. Last year, she won 2 Golds and 2 Silvers in the 1st Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 where her first gold in the Girls Singles competition was the first gold medal for Singapore.


Shayna Ng and New Hui Fen celebrating their achievements in the Women's Singles competition

Veteran bowlers Remy Ong and Jason Yeong-Nathan continued to put on a strong fight to win the Silver medal in the Men's doubles competition despite missing out in the Men's Singles competition.


Jason Yeong-Nathan and Remy Ong with their silver medals

Our first and only Gold Medal came in after 2 stiff days of competition in the Women's Trios event where Cherie Tan, Shayna Ng and Geraldine Ng overcome the strong pressure and rivalry where they bowled a total of 3917 and finished ahead of Korea and China. Their ability to overcome pressure is commendable.

Women's Trios (Cherie Tan, Geraldine Ng, Shayna Ng) with CDM Mr Low Teo Ping and Mrs Jessie Phua



Celebration with the Team

Though our bowling team missed out medals in the team competition, Cherie Tan, Shayna Ng and Jason Yeong-Nathan who qualified to the Masters shouldered the responsibility to add more medals to the team. The two days of qualifying had been tough but nonetheless challenging. Cherie Tan ultimately came in third in the Women's Masters and proceeded to the stepladder finals to challenge the top 2 bowlers from Korea, the country with the strongest medal count in this year's Asian Games.

Cherie had a smooth win over Choi Jin A of Korea with 266-191 where she then proceeded to bowl against top seed Hwang Sang Ok. Cherie had a close fight against her competitor over 2 games and finished off second after Hwang Sang Ok with a close score of 472-482.


Cherie Tan with her silver medal in the Women's Masters

"Our bowlers had consistently fought hard throughout the competition. Bowlers such as Cherie who is competing in this Asian Games the second time has proven that her training over the past 4 years is showing the results." Said National Head Coach William Woo.

Congratulations to our Team for their achievements!

38th Penang Pesta International Bowling Championships

National Assistant Head Coach Eugene Yong will be leading a team of 6 youth bowlers to debut in the 38th Penang Pesta International Bowling Championships from 16 - 23 December 2010 at Sunshine Square, Bayan Baru, Penang.

This team of youth bowlers comprises of Marcus Seah, Jason Lim, Danish Ramlan, Felicia Teo, Calista Tan and Michaela Oehler. Of these six bowlers, four of them (except Danish Ramlan and Calista Tan) are new members to our development squad who only joined this year.

This is the first time this team of bowlers will represent SingaporeBowling at an overseas championship and we are confident they will maximise this opportunity to perform in this upcoming competition.

Wishing them Good luck and high scores!

11th Chinese Taipei International Open

A team of 8 national and youth bowlers led by Gold medalist in the 2010 Asian Youth Championship Bernice Lim and Silver medalist in 1st Asian Youth Games Justin Lim Chun Liang will be competing in the 11th Chinese Taipei International Open from 26 Nov to 5 Dec 2010 at the Asian Olympic Bowling Alley in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei.


National bowlers - Justin Lim and Bernice Lim aiming for a good show in upcoming competition

The remaining competing bowlers are youth bowlers Justin Lim Chia Loong, Ng Chiew Pang, Fok Ka Wai, Tan Yan Ling,Gina Lim and Teo Liying.

Competing against bowlers from Asia's bowling powerhouses including host country Chinese Taipei, this event provides the opportunity for our bowlers to benchmark their skills in competing for the highest honours.

Apart from the title contention, bowlers stand the opportunity to win the attractive high game award and prize money in this annual championship.

Wishing them good luck and high scores!

"Dad, Let's Bowl!"

Parenting is a lifelong process requiring active participation from both parents and father's involvement in parenting had proven to have distinctive benefits to a child's development. To support MCYS's DADs for Life programme, SingaporeBowling launches the Father & Child Fun Bowl to promote father and child bonding.

The Father & Child Fun Bowl, organised by SingaporeBowling is introduced to schools onboard the DADs for Life programme. Under this sports programme, the father and child team gets to learn the basic bowling techniques in the bowling clinic conducted by a SBF-registered coach prior to the fun bowl for the participants.

On lane training by coach

Father and child start fun bowl

"This is a wonderful programme. All our participants enjoyed the bowling session very much as we felt it helped us (fathers) to bond better with our child." Commented Mr Ben Tan on behalf of the Parents Support Group of Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School.
 

Participants and other family members

This is a half-day programme which will end in March 2011 and is expected to attract more than 380 participants after the 4 rounds. To date, five schools had participated in this programme held in September and November 2010 and will end with the participation from 2 more schools.

This is another community programme organised by SingaporeBowling in support of our national community initiatives.

Let Your Dreams Take Flight

To bowl the perfect game may prove to be a challenge for some, it is nonetheless the first step for National bowler Remy Ong.

Remy started bowling since young and had continued to put in hours and hours of training on the lanes to pursue his dream, that is, to be a World Champion. Remy achieved his dream as a World Champion in 2006 and also won 3 golds in the 2002 Asian Games in Korea.

Speaking to a group of business professionals during the Canon Business Technology Show on 28 & 29 October 2010 at The Capella, Sentosa, Remy shared how he overcome difficulties which includes the need to balance his training and competitions with his personal life in his dream pursuit.

While bowling may be a sport he enjoyed as a hobby and a career, Remy also enjoyed other activities such as cycling and fishing while balancing a tight daily regime of bowling training and competitions to find time to engage in other personal past times.



Remy sharing on his ambition pursuit

Over the 2-day event showcase, Remy who is also Canon's sports ambassador inspired many with how they can be successful in their career and yet continue to pursue their lifelong ambition and hobbies, leveraging on business technologies at work.

At the end of his talk on each of the two days, 2 lucky winners walked away with a bowling pin autographed by Remy as a momento.

Emerging Stronger after Debut

Though our team of youth girls who debut at the 24th Asian Intercity Bowling Championships did not return with any medal, the experience through their participation had proven to be a valuable learning experience. Competing against other keglers from the regional bowling powerhouses such as Daegu and Pasay, this championship provided them the opportunity to benchmark their bowling skills.


Team photo of youth team
From left to right: Kristel Oh, Oriana Tay, Nur Azri, Ilma Nur Jannah

Silver medalist in the 1st Asian Youth Games (Singapore) Ilma Nur Jannah and two other team mates, Kristel Oh and Oriana Tay secured themselves a place in the Masters Finals after competing in the Singles, Doubles and Team events. Kristel, Ilma and Oriana came in 8th, 12th and 13th respectively and were among the top 16 to advance to the Masters Final. Though they were knocked out after the first round of the Masters, they put up a strong performance throughout the championship.

In the Singles competition, Oriana Tay was 10th with 1164 pinfalls over 6 games while Kristel Oh, Ilma Nur Jannah and Nur Azri came in 11th, 17th and 31st with 1158, 1114 and 955 pinfalls respectively.

During the Doubles, duo Oriana Tay and Kristel Oh was 5th while duo Ilma Nur Janna and Nur Azri came in 10th while our team came in 5th with a total of 4365 pinfalls after competing over 2 blocks of 3 games.


With the experience gained in this regional championship and past events, our youth girls will  compete in the annual Singapore National Bowling Championship against other bowlers.

Bowl Towards a Healthier Life

As part of our community outreach programme, SingaporeBowling is one of the key sports featured in the 2010 Chong Pang Community Day on 31 Oct 2010 morning at Yishun Road.

Graced by Minister K Shanmugam, Minister for Law & Second Minister for Home Affairs, Advisor to Chong Pang GROs, this event attracted more than 5000 residents where they learned about the important role they get to play to help ensure a safer community and learn more about healthy living through sports participation and healthier food choices.

During the portable lane showcase, our youth bowlers also joined in this event and shared bowling tips with the residents. Residents, young and old, regardless of gender tried out bowling on the lane and had an enjoyable time.

SBF youth bowlers helping residents to get started with bowling

Apart from the physical involvement in the SportsZone, residents also learnt about sports injuries prevention and management and exhibitions through the exhibition display at the venue.


During the event, Minister Shanmugam also visited our bowling lane showcase. As an appreciation to the support by SingaporeBowling in this event, Mr Amas Tan, Council Member and Head (Sports for All) received the appreciation plaque from Minister Shanmugam on behalf of SingaporeBowling.



Minister Shanmugam visiting the Bowling Zone