Sidney the bowling icon passes away

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The wake will be held at Hall 18, 1st Floor Nirvana Memorial Centre, Jalan 1/116A, Off Jalan Sungei Besi, Sungei Besi, 57100, Kuala Lumpur on 4th and 5th June, 2019 from 3pm to 10pm daily. Burial will follow soon after 6th June 2019 at 12pm.

MALAYSIAN TENPIN BOWLING CONGRESS (MTBC) former secretary-general, Sidney Tung passed away yesterday in Petaling Jaya.

Sidney, who turned 74 on Jan 6, was an iconic figure for the sports of bowling, where he played a key role together with MTBC president Datuk Dr P. S, Nathan, from turning bowling which was regarded as a parlour sports to be recognised as an excellence sports and accepted into schools and became a family game.

An architectural designer and draftsman, Sidney was full of passion for the game and was the founder of Persatuan Tenpin Bowling Kuala Lumpur in 1976.

He has held many important posts in bowling which include being assistant secretary of MTBC  from 1978 to 1984, secretary-general of MTBC  from 1980-to 2003, Sport manager of 1998 Commonwealth Games and  (1996-1998), CEO of 2003 World Tenpin Bowling Championship to name a few.

At the international level he was  secretary of World Tenpin Bowling Association Asian Zone (now known as Asian Bowling Federation) 1994-1996, Member of ABF Tournament & Technical Committee (1997-2004), member of FIQ Membership Committee (1995-2003), deputy secretary-general WTBA  (1999-2003), WTBA Tournament Committee (1999-2003), WTBA World Ranking Committee (1999-2003) and WTBA Marketing Committee (1999-2003)
Positions he held in international organisations include Vice-president Asian Bowling Federation, vice-president Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling
Federation, ABF chairman statistic & award recognition committee, ABF Tour Ltd board member.
He was also an International official in following championships:
Technical delegate: East Asian Games, China (1993), Asian Youth
Championship, HK (1993), Hiroshima Asian Games, Japan (1994), East Asian
Games, South Korea (1995), AMF Bowling World Cup, Kobe (1998)
 Jury of appeal: World Youth Championship, HK (1996), SEA Games, Jakarta
(1997), SEA Games, Brunei (1999), Asian Championship, Doha (2000)
 Tournament Director: SEA Games, KL (1989), 1st WTTC, KL (1994), Asian
Youth Championship, KL (1996), Commonwealth Games, KL (1998)
 Tournament manager: SEA Games, Penang (2001), World Championship KL
(2003)
 Team manager: SEA Games (1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995), FIQ Asian
Championships (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998), FIQ World
Championships (1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999), Asian Games (1986), AMF
Bowling World Cup (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).

Among the awards he received are PPN (Pingat Pangkuan Negara) from Yang Di Pertuan Agong (1990), AMN (Pingat Ahli Mangku Negara ) from Yang Di Pertuan Agong (1999), FIQ Silver Pin Award for outstanding contribution (1999).

His most cherished award the World Bowling Writers (WBW) awarded
him the Mort Luby Jr Distinguished Service Award for 2003.
The award was given for his tireless efforts in promoting
bowling worldwide.
Sidney is best remembered for calling the media in the late 70s and 80s from wherever he was to give them the latest results as he knew many considered bowling a parlour sport.
 Today bowling is covered widely by all local major newspapers as the
conception of the game has changed and is recognised as a competitive
sport.
Sidney had hoped to see bowling in Olympics.

Sdiney was a fatherly figure to Malaysian bowlers and many owe it to him for their rise in the game.

Sidney was popularly known as "Uncle Sidney' among the bowlers.
Rest in peace dear Sidney.