Fun outing at the lanes turns out to be right up Fan Yew’s alley

PETALING JAYA: Tsen Fan Yew (pic) always had a fascination for bowling lanes as a kid.

It all started when his father Tsen King Hiung brought him to the bowling alleys in Kuching, Sarawak, at the age of nine, for fun and realised that he had potential for the sport.

He joined the Cemerlang Sarawak Training Programme and has never looked back since then.

He was also part of several training programmes with the state team and now, the 20-year-old is in the national youth set-up, hopeful of breaking into the elite team one day.

“When I was young, my parents used to bring me to bowl for fun. They saw I had the potential and encouraged me to join the training programme. I just loved it and kept going,” said Fan Yew.

“Now I am with the national youth set-up and hope to make a big impact one day with the national team.

“It started as an interest but now it is a passion. I have made it a full-time thing for me. But I will also pursue my studies soon but one that’s connected to what I do. I want to pursue sports science next year.”

But first, he wants to make his father King Hiung proud by doing well in the International Junior All-Stars Bowling Championship at the Sunway Megalanes in Petaling Jaya.

Fan Yew is on the right track as he remained first in the first round qualification after scoring 1,517 pins and is virtually assured for the second round.

“I’m glad to qualify for the boys Open category and hope to make the second round. I’m also aiming to do well in the Gen Z category and hopefully, I can reach the stepladder finals,” he added.