{"id":70834,"date":"2026-07-23T00:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70834"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:16:05","slug":"commonwealth-games-2026-singapore-lawn-bowlers-gear-up-for-first-indoor-challenge-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70834","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games 2026: Singapore lawn bowlers gear up for first indoor challenge in Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Through the Games, the team<\/span> ho<span>pes to dispel th<\/span>e perception\u00a0<span>that lawn bowling is simply an old person\u2019s sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cIt\u2019s (not) just rolling a ball. It\u2019s very tactical and you need the stamina (to play) under the sun, under the rain,\u201d said Tiong, who is 38.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Kimpton said increasing the visibility of the sport is crucial, as<\/span> lawn bowling\u00a0<span>requires dedicated greens, which are difficult to develop in land-scarce Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The sport is currently being introduced to students through schools and learn-to-play programmes run by local clubs, using modified versions\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<span>lightweight bowls and portable mats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The team hopes more people will eventually<\/span> progress t<span>o the full version of the sport played on grass greens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cWe are hoping in the future, perhaps with a covered green, we can get more people involved, rain or shine, (it would be) less strenuous (than) hours under the sun,\u201d said Tiong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><span>Cheer on Team Singapore at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games from 24 July to 3 August and catch all the action live or on-demand on mewatch. Follow Mediacorp Sports on <\/span><\/em><em><span>YouTube<\/span><\/em><em><span>, \u00a0<\/span><\/em><em><span>TikTok<\/span><\/em><em><span>, <\/span><\/em><em><span>Instagram<\/span><\/em><em><span>\u00a0and <\/span><\/em><em><span>Facebook<\/span><\/em><em><span>\u00a0for the latest updates and trending content!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/singapore-lawn-bowlers-indoor-challenge-glasgow-6270506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the Games, the team hopes to dispel the perception\u00a0that lawn bowling is simply an old person\u2019s sport. \u201cIt\u2019s (not) just rolling a ball. It\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--TUDIHJdC--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/07\/22\/serena_tiong.png?itok=s4Vc1SHP","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26976,250,23685,321,4616,26977,2700,26975,22],"class_list":["post-70834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-bowlers","tag-challenge","tag-commonwealth","tag-games","tag-gear","tag-glasgow","tag-indoor","tag-lawn","tag-singapore","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}