World Cup winner Tabora is Prima Bowler of the Year
NATIONAL bowler Krizziah Tabora was named the female Bowler of the Year while Kenneth Chua grabbed his third consecutive male Bowler of the Year title recently in the Team Prima 25th Anniversary entitled the Great Gatsby Party at the Blue Leaf Filipinos Event Place in Parañaque City.
The 26-year-old former Miriam College student was the run away winner in the award after winning the last year’s prestigious Bowling World Cup title putting her on the level of Filipino bowling legends Paeng Nepomuceno and Bong Coo.
“This is another award that I will treasure and be proud of for the rest of my life. And 2017 turned out the best year of my life because after winning the World Cup, people recognized me here in abroad,” said Tabora, who already clinched her fifth Prima Pasta athlete of the year honor.
“The Filipinos abroad, they even threw party for me and asked to have pictures with me. They kept saying that, they are so proud of me. It’s very fulfilling knowing that I brought pride to our country. Also, I gained more friends in social media and in person,” she added.
Chua, 26, captured last year the first Philippine Bowling Federation (PBF) Philippine International Open, TBAM Open Masters and Philippine Seniors Open Championship titles, while settling for a silver medal in the Asian Indoors and Martial Arts Games.
Those achievements were enough to snare his fourth overall Bowler of the Year award during the annual event organized by Team Prima chairman Alexander Lim.
Ivan Malig and Daphne Custodio won the male and female junior Bowler of the Year awards, respectively. Clarice Estrellado and Stephen Diwa copped the Most Improved Bowler citation, while the Bowler of the Year for Cebu/Davao winners were Dianne Galendez and Heber Alqueza.
Other Prima athletes awardees in other sports last year were Aires Montilla (Female Badminton Player of the Year); Gregg Paz (Male Badminton Player of the Year); Lanz Zafra (Jr. Badminton Player of the Year); Ghiselle Bautista (Jr. Badminton Player of the Year) and Eboy Farr (Cyclist of the Year).
The Photographer of the Year was Cha Pagdilao and Wacky Baniqued was the Multisport Athlete of the Year.