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25 Nov, 2006 Times News Network
BANGALORE: Sana is just out of her teens. And she is itching to beat her mother in tenpin bowling. However, she will admit that it will not be an easy task as her mom, Sabeena Saleem, is a four-time national champion.
Both Sabeena, 38, and Sana, 20, are part of the Indian team which will take part in the Asian Games beginning in Doha next week. They probably would have watched the 15th Asiad on television had the Tenpin Bowling Federation of India (TBFI) not taken the initiative to participate in the Games at no cost to the government.
"We're all aiming for a medal in the Games, but it will be tough.We've had proper training for just a month," Sabeena told the Sunday Times of India. The 12-member Indian team (six women) trained over two sessions for one month under the guidance of Malaysian Lee Poh Choong at the Amoeba Bowling Centre, Bangalore.
"It is tough to practise daily.We end up paying Rs 500 a day and we need to train five days a week," said Sabeena.
But she admits that the cost of playing a game has come down from what it was in 1999 when tenpin bowling was introduced in Chennai.
"Then we'd to pay 150-200 per game. Now professional bowlers (there are about 100 in Chennai) are charged Rs 50 per game," said Sabeena, who has trained under six foreign coaches.
The love for the sport has passed through the genes and Sabeena's daughter Sana is determined to make it big one day.
"First, I want to beat my mom. Then I want to win medals for my country," said Sana, a final-year fine arts student of Stella Maris College (Chennai).
"Tenpin bowling looks very simple for the viewer, but it is not. After undergoing training for the last one month, I'm really serious to make it big," said Sana. At the moment, she is on her mom's trail.
25 Nov, 2006 Times News Network
BANGALORE: Sana is just out of her teens. And she is itching to beat her mother in tenpin bowling. However, she will admit that it will not be an easy task as her mom, Sabeena Saleem, is a four-time national champion.
Both Sabeena, 38, and Sana, 20, are part of the Indian team which will take part in the Asian Games beginning in Doha next week. They probably would have watched the 15th Asiad on television had the Tenpin Bowling Federation of India (TBFI) not taken the initiative to participate in the Games at no cost to the government.
"We're all aiming for a medal in the Games, but it will be tough.We've had proper training for just a month," Sabeena told the Sunday Times of India. The 12-member Indian team (six women) trained over two sessions for one month under the guidance of Malaysian Lee Poh Choong at the Amoeba Bowling Centre, Bangalore.
"It is tough to practise daily.We end up paying Rs 500 a day and we need to train five days a week," said Sabeena.
But she admits that the cost of playing a game has come down from what it was in 1999 when tenpin bowling was introduced in Chennai.
"Then we'd to pay 150-200 per game. Now professional bowlers (there are about 100 in Chennai) are charged Rs 50 per game," said Sabeena, who has trained under six foreign coaches.
The love for the sport has passed through the genes and Sabeena's daughter Sana is determined to make it big one day.
"First, I want to beat my mom. Then I want to win medals for my country," said Sana, a final-year fine arts student of Stella Maris College (Chennai).
"Tenpin bowling looks very simple for the viewer, but it is not. After undergoing training for the last one month, I'm really serious to make it big," said Sana. At the moment, she is on her mom's trail.
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