Illustration by Rene Elevera
Krizziah Tabora had very little clue that she would be making history for the country.
Never bothering to check the running scores of the 53rd QubicaAMF World Cup in Mexico, Tabora simply kept crashing pins one roll after the other until the crowd reactions in the gallery made her realize she was way ahead.
Tabora had beaten favorite Siti Safiyah of Malaysia, 236-191, in the finals to become the latest toast of the sport in the country that produced perhaps bowling’s greatest ever: four-time World Cup winner Paeng Nepomuceno.
With Tabora’s victory, the Philippines now has eight World Cup titles.
“It has been a good year for me. Our ladies’ team took bronze in the Southeast Asian Games and then we got silver in the Asian Indoor Games. But this is by far our best,” a web report quoted Tabora as saying.