11-08-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
‘All of China looking at us': Hong Kong tenpin bowlers reunite to chase Games gold
A former world champion will spearhead Hong Kong's challenge for tenpin bowling medals when the city hosts the sport's National Games mass participation event at Kai Tak Sports Park later this month.
Mak Cheuk-yin, who won the men's trios event at the 2017 World Championships in Las Vegas, is part of a Hong Kong team made up of nine former full national players and one current national youth player that will tackle the lanes at Top Bowl in Kai Tak Mall 2 from August 22 to 24.
Bowling is deemed a mass participation event for the National Games, and the event rules stipulate that no full-time athletes should take part in any such events.
Co-hosting the National Games with Guangdong and Macau, Hong Kong will be staging eight other sports, including fencing, track cycling, triathlon and rugby sevens, from November 9 to 21.
'We're just going to play with a normal mindset and not bear some must-win pressure any more,' said Mak, who last represented Hong Kong at the 2023 World Championships and has not been a full-time athlete for more than a year.
Hong Kong's bowling team at a roast pig cutting ceremony at Top Bowl in Kai Tak. Photo: Jonathan Wong
'There was so much pressure in the regional and international competitions I competed in before, such as the Asian Games,' said Mak, who won the trios world title in 2017 with Wu Siu-hong and Tseng Tak-hin.
