THE Philippine Bowling Federation (PBF) is looking to send the Philippine national bowling team abroad to train for the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in May 2022.
"I would like to send the team somewhere if it's going to be hard for us to train here," said PBF secretary general and Philippine bowling legend Bong Coo at the Philippine Sportswriters Association online forum on Tuesday.
"I hope we will get the budget for it. It's better for them to train abroad and be exposed to tournaments abroad."
Coo said that it is unlikely that there will be local tournaments in the first half of 2022 as the country continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
That being said, the four-time world champion bowler looks to send the national team, which bagged two bronze medals in the 2021 International Bowling Federation Super World Championships in Dubai which ended the Philippine bowling's 15-year medal drought, to Europe or the United States for training.
"I don't think for the next six months in 2022 there will be local tournaments here where they can join. I need to find tournaments for them in Europe. From what I heard, there will be a European tour in January," she said.
"Like Singapore and Malaysia, they join the pro tournament for women in America. That's why they're so good because their training is continuous."
Still, everything depends on whether or not the PBF will have a budget for it, she said.
"If we have little budget, maybe I can send some members of the team to Europe or US for training so they can be exposed in the competition and have their mental toughness exposed before the Southeast Asian Games," said Coo.
PH bowling team to train abroad to prepare for SEAG - The Manila Times
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