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Dignified departure Of Datuk Shalin Zulkifli - Saturday, 09 Jan 2021

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A sobbing Shalin as she reflects on her long years with the national bowling team at a press conference. Shalin Zulkifli insists she still has what it takes to realise her unfulfilled life-long dream of becoming a Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour (PWBA) champion. If all goes well, the 42-year-old is set to head to the US in April to compete the full season there. For the new season, the PWBA Tour has lined up 12 tournaments until August which includes two majors namely the USBC Queens and US Women’s Open. The three-time world champion Shalin believes by competing week in, week out there would help her adapt to the environment and subsequently bowl consistent enough to challenge for honours. “The past few years, we went there on ad-hoc basis and would play in only three to four tournaments, ” said Shalin after a press conference to announce her decision to leave the national team yesterday. “I think it makes a lot of difference for me to give it a shot at bowling the entire...
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Malaysian tenpin bowling queen and former world champion Datuk Shalin Zulkifli has officially resigned from the national team.

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Malaysian tenpin bowling queen and former world champion Shalin Zulkifli has officially bowed out from the national team, Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress (MTBC) secretary-general Maradona Chok confirmed today.  He said Shalin, 42, who had an astonishing 28-year career with a total of 74 medals at the senior stage, handed her resignation letter through national head coach Holloway Cheah this morning. "She has officially resigned from the national squad, she has announced her retirement, I think she will hold a media conference very soon. "Well she has hinted in the past that it's about time she retired, she also said she is looking at the future but never she told the actual date (of retirement), so it was still a bit of a surprise she announced it today," he told Bernama, today. Maradona said retirement has been playing on her mind for a long time and MTBC accepts the decision with an open heart. He said MTBC as the parent body would also continue to support Shalin...
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How to Bowl Strikes, How to Curve, Hook, and Spin a Bowling Ball, and How to Shoot a 300!

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Some people think bowling is easy. But that simply is not true, bowling, in reality, is one of the most difficult sports in the world. That is unless you know what you are doing. When is the last time you went bowling? Were you embarrassed in front of your friends about how bad you are? If you answered yes, or want to get better at bowling, keep reading. First off, you need to know some bowling lingo. Wet means the lanes are oily, this means the ball won't hook or curve quite as much. The opposite of wet is dry, so the ball hooks more. The pocket is the gap between the one and three pin for right handed people, and between one and two for lefties. The pocket is where you want your ball to hit in order to get a strike. Carry is the pins actions that knock down other pins. You want lots of carry! How to hook, curve and spin the bowling ball: It is fairly simple. All you need to do is have sideways rotation on the ball. If you are right handed, you want the rotation going count...
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Bowling Tips

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Let's face it, whether you are a beginner or whether you have bowled before, the first time most of us ever remember seeing someone bowl strikes we wanted to learn how to do that. While picking up a 7-10 split takes tremendous skill, people would rather bowl strikes simply because of the amazing sense of accomplishment that you get from that familiar sound of all the pins being knocked over. So let us look at all the steps that you need to have in place before you can bowl strikes. Step 1: The first thing to do is to make sure that you use your right foot. If you are right handed be sure to start with your right foot. If you are a lefty be sure to start with your left foot. If you start off on the wrong foot you run the risk of being off balance and you will be more concerned about staying upright than with your attempt to bowl strikes. Step 2: The moment you start moving forward it is important you focus on your shoulder corresponding with the foul line. If you move or...
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Bowling women's trio strike Malaysia's first gold at Asian Games - 2018

Malaysia’s wait for a first gold medal at the Asian Games is over in Indonesia! Bowlers Esther Cheah, Syaidatul Afifah Badrul Hamidi and Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman blazed the lanes in the women’s trios event to emerge as the winners when they amassed 4,326 pin falls to beat Taiwan’s Pan Yu-fen, Chou Chia-chen and Tsai Hsin-yi by 71 pins at the Jakabaring Bowling Center in Palembang on Wednesday. Singapore’s Joey Yeo, Daphne Tan and Bernice Lim claimed bronze on 4,250. The other Malaysian team comprising Shalin Zulkifli, Sin Li Jane and Natasha Roslan, who led after the second game, fought hard but settled for fourth with 4,144 pinfalls. It’s Esther third Asiad gold after winning two titles at the 2006 Doha Games while it’s a first for Syaidatul and Siti Safiyah. Malaysia have won the event only once in Asian Games through Shalin, Shirley Chow and Lydia Kwah at the 1994 Hiroshima Games.   Head coach Holloway Cheah was ecstatic with the win. “I want to thank my ...
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Datuk Shalin Zulkifli always gives her best at bowling

As the light shines down the bowling alley, Shalin Zulkifli swings her bowling arm out and back. The audience roared their approval as she strikes; her ball hitting all 10 bowling pins. It’s the end of just another workday for the Malaysian professional 10-pin bowler. At the recent SEA Games 2017, the veteran reaffirmed her status as the most decorated bowler in the history of the series. The 39-year-old stunned everyone by winning three golds in trios (with Sin Li Jane and Esther Cheah), team (Li Jane, Esther, Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman, Natasha Roslan and Syaidatul Afifah Badrul Hamidi) and Masters, to extend her career record to the 20-gold mark in eight Games appearances. She also won bronze in the singles and silver with Alex Liew in the mixed doubles. Shalin got the ball rolling on her debut at the 1993 Singapore Games, followed by two in Jakarta 1997; five in Brunei 1999; four in Kuala Lumpur 2001; three in Korat 2007; and one in Singapore 2015. She’s n...
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ABF Tour Thailand podium winners - 2016

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