Bowling: SBF to send Singapore's best bowlers to Asian Games

Bowlers will be picked on merit based on criteria to ensure fairness, federation clarifies

From left: 2014 Asian Games women's team gold medallists Shayna Ng, Cherie Tan, Joey Yeo, Jazreel Tan, New Hui Fen and Daphne Tan have been included in a nine-member training squad for this August's competition in Indonesia.
From left: 2014 Asian Games women's team gold medallists Shayna Ng, Cherie Tan, Joey Yeo, Jazreel Tan, New Hui Fen and Daphne Tan have been included in a nine-member training squad for this August's competition in Indonesia. ST FILE PHOTO
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The Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF) yesterday cleared the air about its selection policy for the Asian Games squad and decided that its best keglers will head to Indonesia in August.

SBF president Jessie Phua told The Straits Times: "Our council has met and after deliberating on feedback from coaches and bowlers, we agreed on keeping to what has served us well all these years.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 21, 2018, with the headline Bowling: SBF to send Singapore's best bowlers to Asian Games. Subscribe