HONG KONG—The management team of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association remained unchanged for the second year in a row when all the officers were re-elected at the Annual General Meeting on Monday, Sept 10.
The only position being challenged was the Vice President – International however the application was withdrawn before the commencement of the AGM.
President Vincent Cheung will serve his 20th term to lead the association and his top priorities this year will be the formulation of a longer-term strategy to get the Hong Kong squad ready for the 2024 World Bowls Championship, an event scheduled to hold in Hong Kong.
“After World Bowls awarded us the hosting right of the event last year we have held initial discussions within the team to see how we can build a stronger team for it,” said Cheung.
According to the plan tabled by the current VP-International, the High Performance Panel has proposed to suspend the current points based system to allow the selectors to identify those bowlers who are both talented enough and committed enough to play for Hong Kong in the next few years leading up to the World Championships.
Once a pool of eligible players were identified, the selection process will start. This will involve the monitoring of their performance in domestic league and competition, trials and most importantly attitude assessment. Those qualified will form the backbone of the squad in the next few years.
During the same period, HKLBA will also revamp the coaching set-up for the Hong Kong team. With the newly approved funding, they will look to employ overseas coaching experts to further strengthen the squad.
The other focus of the year will be to continue pushing forward the Bowls Academy Program for the education sector, which aims at increasing the bowls population from the younger generation and expanding the base for selection of Hong Kong squad.
This week in Lawn Bowls
The Premier League will continue this Saturday (Sept 15) at 2:30pm at all greens in Hong Kong.Officers at the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association
President Mr. Vincent CHEUNGVice President – Development Mr. Heron LAU
Vice President – National League Mr. Cyril LEUNG
Vice President – National Championships Mr. Warren KWOK
Vice President – International Mr. Glyn DAVIES
Vice President – Technical Mr. Claudius LAM
Hon. Secretary Ms. Sandy SIT
Assistant Hon. Secretary Mr. David TSE
Hon. Treasurer Mr. Mike WORTH
