Conquering All Odds

Our bowling team returns on 21 January 2011 from the 21st Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship with 1 gold and 2 bronzes, exceeding our medal target. National bowlers Daphne Tan and Bernice Lim clinched gold in the women's doubles and our women's team came in third in the women's team-of-five competition. Bernice added the second bronze in the Women's All-Events.


Women's Doubles Medalists - Daphne Tan & Bernice Lim



Singapore's women's team in third position

"Despite feeling the pressure during the competition, Daphne and I decided to focus on the process which helped us to clinch the gold medal during the doubles event." Said Bernice Lim. "We are happy to achieve the goals we set before the championship."

Although this is the first time Bernice and Daphne partnered each other in a bowling champioship, the bond between the girls was strong.

"We used random thoughts to keep the pressure down during the competition. Both Bernice and I made some small talks to help calm ourselves down." Added Daphne Tan.

Despite not being selected to represent Singapore in the last Asian Games in Guangzhou, Daphne and Bernice felt this win proved their hard work has shown good results. In addition, both girls credit the peaking programme which helped to create stronger bonding between them and other team mates from the development squad.


Singapore's 21st Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship Team


" We are thankful to the support rendered by SingaporeBowling, the support from our Sponsors and that of our coaching team including our consultants. It is with all your support that helped us in their achievements." Added Daphne and Bernice. "Although we missed the medal opportunity during the women's masters this time, we are confident our hard work will eventually pay off and we will strive hard for future competitions."

Despite being Asian gold medalists, Daphne and Bernice are mindful not to be complacent but to continue to improve their games and win more for Singapore.

Our heartiest congratulations to the team and let's wish them all the best.