Jointly founded by the Macao Sport Development Board and the Macao China Bowling Association, Macao Youth Bowling School held its 1st Recruitment and Selection Day at the Bowling Centre on 19th June. The purpose of the academy is to develop and promote the bowling sport in Macao, to cultivate the young players and encourage them to make good use of their spare time to participate more in sport exercises and to strengthen their body. The potential young trainees were enrolled to receive long-term and systematic training so as to cultivate talents for the future development of bowling sport.
For this term, the recruitment targets were Macao residents born between 1997 and 2003. Over 100 youths signed up and many parents appeared at the heart-warming scene to cheer on their sons and daughters. A team of coaches assessed the applicants on their aptitudes including stamina, sense of orientation and coordination and selected a batch of qualified and potential young trainees for further training.
This year, a total of 72 students were recruited. According to their age, the students would be assigned into groups - Childhood Group A, Childhood Group B and Adolescent Group; and undertake a 6-month training program conducted by a team of experienced coaches entrusted by the Macao China Bowling Association.
