Nigeria is fast accommodating various kinds of sports which have not over the year become popular in the country; such of such sports includes bowling!. The sports of Bowling in Nigeria are being overseen by Nigeria Tenpin Bowling Federation who strives to make the game spring up as one of the populous games in Nigeria.

Bowling in Nigeria

Bowling initially was used only for recreation as it can be seen in some of the pubs and lounges in Lagos, Abuja and others but with the introduction of the sports in Nigeria, it is believed that the aspiring players who have an interest in the sports can make the country proud through fervent practice and total dedication.

Accordingly, the NTBF all through the years has been in touch with the sports commission and the ministry of sports to arrange bowling clinics for students, youths and adults in order to initiate the sport into the different state of the federation.

In 2010, for the first time; the NTBF successfully arranged the “Star of Nigeria got Talent bowling competition identification program which was the first step of the five years of the development program.

The target of this program is to know the potential bowlers and also to develop these bowlers as feeders for the National Squad.

A total number of 100 youth and adult bowlers were part of the program out of which 27 were recruited into the national squad 5 into the National Youth Development Program level A and level B respectively.



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