PETALING JAYA: National bowler Adrian Ang is hoping for bowling centres to come back to life again after the sport took the biggest hit due to closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The sounds of pins crashing have been replaced with eerie silence for months.
Adrian said the bowlers had been patiently waiting for the centres to open and hopes the government would look into their plight.
The good news for Adrian and Co is that there are some positive signs as the government has relaxed some of their rules for different groups under the phase one starting today.
“The bowlers have been kept waiting for a long time. It will be close to two years soon as we have not competed in any tournaments. And the training has stopped too,” said the 33-year-old Adrian.
“The long wait has taught us to be extremely patient. It’s frustrating because we can’t train but we know we can’t train because of our safety too. It’s not an easy situation.
“We can’t be selfish at this time as safety comes first. But we hope that proper guidelines will be put in place so that we can train under a safe environment.”
Adrian hopes that all involved in the bowling centres would be vaccinated so that they could start operations with the approval of the higher authority.
“All the elite bowlers have been vaccinated and efforts are made to get the bowling centre workers to do the same. Ultimately, we want a safe place where we can resume our activities again,” he added.
Earlier, all the bowling centres have appealed to the government to re-look into the opening of their premises throughout the country as they should not be categorised under contact sports.
While sports like tennis, badminton, football and hockey have been given the greenlight to train, bowling centres have been closed for three months now and most of them are running at a loss.
