Sabah eye gold in lawn bowls
Published on: Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: The 16-member lawn bowls team who will carry the Sabah flag in the coming Sukma Games scheduled next month in Perak are all focused in their training and looking forward to bringing home gold medals."If everything goes well as planned in our training and during the actual competition, we are optimistically predicting to bring home at least two gold medals in the lawn bowl category," Sabah Lawn Bowls Association Deputy President Shuib Hashim said.He said the Sabah team comprising of eight male players and a similar number of lady players are undergoing rigid physical and mental training for several weeks now to ensure excellent performances during the national competitions.
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Briefing on the preparation activities of the team to former President Datuk Sari Suhut in a leading hotel here Monday, Shuib said the team is scheduled to leave for Labuan today (Wednesday) to undergo their final week-long training.He said the association is presently headed by its President Datuk Ladislaus Maluda who is very active and concerned on the preparations of the Sabah team."Myself will be the manager for the Sabah team and to be assisted by coaches Mohd Afendy Tan (Men), Sulaymaniyah Amit (Women), and officials Anne Apollonius and Sopian Buang," he said.The Sabah team are:
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(Men) - Muhammad Hafiz Fadaus Afendy Ran, Mohd Shafie and Murah, Mohammadin Shah Ridzuan Manis, Qwanlee Junaidih, MOHs Fahwaznie Sony Lawrence, Kelsey Zosmy, Edver Rivaldee Holiday, and Abd Manap Saujor.Women - Elvy Alfreda Justine, Nur Amirah Tan, Nurnajmi Janna Jali, Nurulhafizah Abdul Hanafi, Dgku Haalyn Suraya, Erani Alairin, Nurchaya Zaharia, and Jan Rowena.
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Sukma Games officially known as the 19th Sukma Games is a multi-sport event that will be held in Perak from September 14 to September 22, 2018.This will be Perak's second time to host the Sukma Games after hosting it for the first time in 1994.On May 15, 2015, during the Sukma executive committee meeting chaired by Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the committee jointly awarded Perak and Johor the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2020 Sukma Games respectively.The games committee led by Perak Menteri Besar Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir was formed to oversee the staging of the games.On May 29, 2016, the federal government allocated RM152 million to the Perak state government for organising the Games. This included RM20 million that was spent on renovation and repair works for some old sporting facilities such as Perak Stadium, Velodrome Rakyat and Stadium Indera Mulia, and the rebuilding of Ipoh City Council Swimming Complex.The organisers estimated that around 3,000 volunteers are needed to successfully host the games.On December 12 of last year, former Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced that weightlifting, sepaktakraw and taekwondo had been dropped from the list of 19 core sports as well as the games' sports list due to decline in performances, doping issues as well as power struggles within the associations, leaving only 16 core sports for the 2018 edition.This decision however, drew dissatisfaction from several sports councils across the country including Sarawak and the Federal Territory.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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