“Some of the students are from boules and bocce and they performed really well during the training, probably because of the similarity between these sports,” said Lam, who is the Coaching Director at the HKLBA and heads up a panel that deals with any coaching matters.
As the coach’s coach, Lam was the ideal person to introduce bowls to world boules champion Guo Xiaomin and Wang Mei during the training sessions. Lam believes they represent the future of lawn bowls in China.
“Both mentally and physically they possess the stability required for the sport. They are as good as those representing China now, if not better.
“What they need is more training on the technical and tactical side of the game.
“It seems that they are enjoying enormous success in the sports they have been doing, so I don’t know whether they will shift to lawn bowls or not. But no matter what, this is a good start to getting improved lawn bowls awareness in the mainland’s sport scene,” Lam concluded.
After the training all participants immediately joined bowlers from Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao to compete in the 2012 National Provincial Cities, Hong Kong & Macau Lawn Bowls Championship.
The tournament consisted of 28 teams and after a tense competition, the trophy was won by Hong Kong’s Lawn Bowls Training Centre, with the runners-up being Tuen Mun Sports Association.
Zhejiang Industry & Trade Vocational College, the team Guo and Wang represents, finished at a reputable fifth.
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