Bowling team to train despite disagreement

Bowling team to train despite disagreement

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's 19th SEA Games bowling team have
agreed to continue training despite a disagreement with their
team manager.

The 10 athletes agreed to continue their program in a meeting
with Games training director Djoko Pramono on Monday.

They said Sunday that they would submit a petition to the
bowling team manager because of disagreements at the training
center.

On the team are Poppy Tambis, Lie Yu Cam, Colin Linggawan,
Oyke Wayong, David Sitorus, Donto Nurachman, Gatot Nugroho, Ira
Chandra, Yani Ruzgar and Lily Suhaeni.

"All matters relating to the petition letter have been handed
over to Pak Djoko, and we will continue training for the SEA
Games," Poppy said, as quoted by Antara.

Poppy, who was a bronze medalist at the 18th SEA Games in
Chiang Mai, Thailand, did not want to reveal the petition's
contents.

But Djoko said the conflict was a result of miscommunication
between the athletes and team manager Sugeng Suryadi.

"I am confident that the conflict will be settled once I meet
with the Indonesian Bowling Association chairman on Tuesday," he
said.

"Our focus is now on the SEA Games and all matters should be
finalized as soon as possible, not only bowling's problems but
also those of other sports," Djoko said.

Women's soccer

Djoko has also received complaints from the women's soccer
team who reported that they were having to training in the rain.

He said he had tried hard to arrange for the women to train at
Kuningan stadium.

"What can I do, the Games organizer decided that the women
should train at Pajajaran stadium in Bogor in the rain," he said.

Djoko, however, said they should make the most of this
opportunity in case it rained during the competition.

"I only want you (athletes) to take care of your health."

Trial matches

Indonesian Soccer Association tournament director Dali Tahir
said Monday that it was not certain whether the SEA Games men's
soccer team would still hold trial matches with foreign teams.

"There are still some problems which have to be discussed
about bringing in foreign teams, including the Tanzanian team
which is scheduled to arrive here next week," he said.

As for the Tanzanian team, Dali said the association would
lobby for the original plan to go ahead.

"We will hold a meeting on Wednesday about the plan to bring
in the Tanzanian team," Dali said.

The association had earlier planned to hold a number of
competitions between the national team and teams from the United
Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zealand, Oman and Tanzania.

UAE and Australia said they could not play in Indonesia while
New Zealand, Oman and Tanzania have yet to decide. (lnt)