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HAJAT Malaysia memanafaatkan kelebihan di tempat sendiri dalam edisi kelima Kejohanan Bowling Komanwel di Sunway Mega Lanes sepanjang minggu lalu berkecai apabila dipintas Singapura dan England untuk pendahulu keseluruhan.

Kejayaan menamatkan saingan di tempat ketiga dengan dua pingat emas, tiga perak dan tiga gangsa boleh dianggap memuaskan dari segi bilangan pingat apatah lagi kesemua wakil negara iaitu Adrian Ang, Zulmazran Zulkifli, Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman dan Zandra Aziela Ibrahim Hakimi (gambar) tidak pulang tangan kosong.

Begitupun, selepas bermula cemerlang dengan Zulmazran dan Siti Safiyah membawa pulang dua emas dalam acara perseorangan, mereka bagaikan hilang punca untuk mengekalkan momentum dan sebaliknya, pemain Singapura dan England menunjukkan belang sebenar.
“Ia satu pencapaian memuaskan biarpun masih banyak ruang untuk diperbaiki,” kata penolong jurulatih, Ben Heng ketika diminta mengulas pencapaian anak buahnya.

Meskipun Adrian boleh dianggap paling konsisten di kejohanan itu diikuti Zulmazran, atlet wanita pula gagal meningkatkan tahap permainan dan hakikat itu turut diakui Ben Heng yang mahukan atlet wanita diberikan lebih tumpuan selepas ini.

Atlet negara dilihat mengambil masa mengukuhkan rentak permainan selain menanti hingga ke game terakhir untuk mencetuskan kejutan.

Beralih kepada soal penganjuran, masih ada yang perlu diperbaiki meskipun Kongres Tenpin Bowling Malaysia (MTBC) selaku tuan rumah sudah melakukan yang terbaik sebagai penganjur kejohanan, memandangkan hanya 13 daripada 71 negara Komanwel menyertainya.

Kejohanan diilhamkan Persekutuan Tenpin Bowling Komanwel (CTBF) selepas satu-satunya penyertaan bowling di Sukan Komanwel Kuala Lumpur 1998 dilihat belum cukup kuat untuk menarik perhatian negara Komanwel lain.
Dengan status sukan itu yang kini dinaikkan ke kategori dua dan berpeluang menyertai kembali Sukan Komanwel 2018, edisi berikutnya diharap mampu meraih perhatian negara Komanwel untuk memeriahkan sukan yang kini sudah menjadi keluarga Sukan Sea dan Sukan Asia.

Sama ada Gold Coast, Australia dan Hambantota, Sri Lanka terpilih sebagai tuan rumah pada edisi 2018 November ini, siapa tahu penyenaraian bowling ke Sukan Komanwel mampu menjadi batu loncatan untuk berada dalam senarai Sukan Olimpik pula.



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