Commending the setting up of first 10-Pin Bowling Sports Hub in Sarawak

We applaud the ini­tia­tive jointly undertaken by Ama­teur Ten­pin Bowl­ing As­so­ci­a­tion of Sarawak (Abas) and the Sarawak Sports Cor­po­ra­tion (SSC) in set­ting up a sports hub for 10-Pin bowl­ing which is timely and very much wel­comed.

I have mentioned to both parties that the sports hub will not only sup­port the Na­tional Sports Vi­sion 2030 but also fur­ther boost the de­vel­op­ment of the sport in the state. It is in­deed a won­der­ful pro­gramme be­cause it will sup­port the de­vel­op­ment of ten­pin bowl­ing in Sarawak and the col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween ABAS and SSC that will boost the stan­dard of the game to a higher level.

We take our hats off to ABAS for be­ing the first as­so­ci­a­tion in Sarawak to build a sports hub as part of their long-term strat­egy to de­velop the lo­cal ten­pin bowl­ing fra­ter­nity to a higher level. Apart from boost­ing the qual­ity of sports de­vel­op­ment in Sarawak, this pro­gramme will also cul­ti­vate our high per­for­mance eco-sys­tem.

The sports hub is also aimed to po­si­tion Sarawak as a sports pow­er­house with world class ser­vices backed by good fa­cil­i­ties, holis­tic train­ing and coach­ing pro­grammes through the col­lab­o­ra­tive ef­forts of SSC and ABAS. It has al­ways been our vi­sion for Sarawak to be­come the sports pow­er­house in the coun­try and this can be achieved with the solid sup­port from all lo­cal sports as­so­ci­a­tions.

To­gether, we can achieve such vi­sion and many sports as­so­ci­a­tions such as Abas had al­ready paved ways for our lo­cal ath­letes to reach the pin­na­cle of their sport­ing ca­reers.

The Asa­jaya as­sem­bly­man com­mended Abas for its vi­sion­ary lead­er­ship and the con­tin­u­ous sup­port from its mem­bers in mak­ing Sarawak proud in many ways such as in­clud­ing hav­ing the priv­i­lege to be an in­ter­na­tional part­ner to Asian Bowl­ing Fed­er­a­tion (ABF) and In­ter­na­tional Bowl­ing Fed­er­a­tion (IBF).

Through the part­ner­ship with ABF, Sarawak is able to host and or­gan­ise many in­ter­na­tional events for the past six years and in terms of com­pe­ti­tion venue, Me­galanes Sarawak which started oper­a­tions in 2016, had also es­tab­lished it­self as a premier bowl­ing cen­tre in Asia ac­cord­ing to ABF and World Bowl­ing.

Sarawak can also be another ideal train­ing ground for our own na­tional bowlers; backup team and na­tional youth in their prepa­ra­tions for the 2028 Olympic Games in the US, where ten­pin bowl­ing is an­tic­i­pated to be in­cluded. Hence, Abas can play its role in sup­port­ing Me­galanes Sarawak to at­tain in­ter­na­tional stan­dards and sta­tus while stay­ing in con­tention with other Asian coun­tries on bid­ding rights to host Asian and World Bowl­ing events.

Thus, by hav­ing the lat­est train­ing equip­ment and reg­u­lar soft­ware up­grades at Me­galanes Sarawak, such fa­cil­i­ties will at­tract in­ter­na­tional par­tic­i­pants not only for com­pe­ti­tions but also their elite ath­letes and youth teams for train­ing and coach­ing pro­gramme in Sarawak.