Nice attempt George to get people talking about team selection...your getting good at this.
Seriously, the guys in Hong Kong bowled their way into going to the WTC..thats FIQ world team cup, not the Brunswick World team challenge
So that team deserves the right to go and play in Denmark.
The ladies get in because Korea never go and they had qualified (don't know why they would be a great chance) so good luck to them.
Problem is that the trip is costly and players will be paying a large subsidy.
Denmark is a minimum $2200 airfare, accomm is $200 per night for 6 nights.
I'ts $3000 plus per player times 12 plus coaches, managers. Do the math, that's 48,000 dollars. ASC funding will cover some costs but until we become a commonwealth or olympic sport, our sports men and women are going to have to pay. To put it plainly, many countries that have qualified in their Zone have pulled out. Even for many Asian Zone countries with heavy government funding, Denmark is seen to be to expensive to go.
the current team members will have first right of going then I'm sure it will be open to selection to youth and senior training squad members who are interested. With the exception of a couple of bowlers I imagine that most would take the opportunity to go to play in this special event.
As far as the World FIQ team selection goes, that event is not until Sept. 2003...........it's a bit early George to get worked up about it now, isn't it?
AF