Perbakin postpones SEA Games selection

Perbakin postpones SEA Games selection

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Shooting and Hunting Association
(Perbakin) decided to postpone its national selection for the
Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian (SEA) Games squad.

"The selection will take place in conjunction with the Timor
Air Gun Championships on June 2 and 3 in order to increase its
quality," Perbakin official in charge of SEA Games training Benny
Mamoto was quoted by Antara as saying over the weekend.

Perbakin will pick 22 athletes from 24 available in the
selection. The squad will comprise three athletes in each event
of women's trap, women's double trap, rapid fire pistol, men's
and women's air pistol and women's air rifle match. As for
women's prone and sport pistol there will be two athletes for
each.

Members of the Games team will join a centralized training
program at Cilodong, West Java, and Jakarta. They will undergo an
overseas tryout at the SEASA (Southeast Asian Shooting
Association) Championships in Bangkok in July.

Benny also said that three of the 27 shooters had submitted
their resignation letters in relation to the SEA Games training
program.

"They resigned because one of them had just got a job, another
has to join a job training program at her office and the other
has just delivered a baby," he said.

The three athletes are women's prone specialists Yasmiri Arub
and Laksmi Slamet and double trap specialist Titin Indahwati.

Four other athletes insisted on joining the decentralized
training program in their respective areas. The athletes were
Edsam Kaplale and Oni Rajaloa of East Java, Bari Agustini of Riau
and Yohana Lawalata of Bali.

"They are allowed to train in their respective hometowns
although they should have joined the whole team here. But
Perbakin wants to accommodate their wish for their own good. So
far, they have trained in Jakarta for only a week before a
championship." (yan)