Sepak takraw duo finds success in teqball with Asian Youth Video games bronze

Having gone solely so far as the district meet in sepak takraw, Pangasinan’s Nicole Tabucol and Crystal Cariño get their break in teqball as they ship a bronze for the Philippines within the Asian Youth Video games

SAKHIR, Bahrain – By no means within the wildest goals of Nicole Tabucol and Crystal Cariño that they’d win a medal in a contest as large because the Asian Youth Video games.

In any case, the pair from Pangasinan have gone solely so far as the district meet in sepak takraw.

However Tabucol and Cariño bought their break in teqball as they earned bronze within the ladies’ doubles division following a nail-biting 10-12, 12-10, 14-12 win over dwelling bets Rawan Abdulaziz and Fatima Albanna on the Exhibition World Bahrain right here on Thursday, October 23. 

“I used to be not anticipating that we might win something as a result of I knew our opponents have been robust,” mentioned Tabucol in Filipino.

Cariño, 15, and Tabucol, 17, have been initially sepak takraw gamers for the Ranao Nationwide Excessive Faculty. 

They made the change to teqball after they have been referred to educate George Balanay, who was on the lookout for new expertise to coach within the comparatively younger sport that was invented in 2014 and combines ideas of soccer, sepak takraw, and tennis.

In teqball, gamers are allowed to hit the ball with any a part of their our bodies besides the arms and palms as they commerce assaults on a curved desk. 

Contemplating teqball is an unusual sport within the Philippines, Tabucol admitted she didn’t assume a lot about the place the game would take her and Cariño.

“I didn’t count on that we might go to a different nation for the Asian Youth Video games,” mentioned Tabucol.

With a chance so as to add to the Philippines’ medal haul and make their buddies and households at dwelling proud, the Filipina duo refused to let the prospect slip away.

Going through defeat because the Bahrainis moved on the cusp of the medal at 11-10 within the deciding set, Tabucol and Cariño dug deep as they turned the tides with a 4-1 ending run.

Cariño delivered the successful assault as she niftily tapped the ball that bounced off their opponents’ aspect twice, permitting the Filipinas to finish the payback win after they have been swept by the identical Bahraini foes within the group stage. 

It was a mixture of reduction, pleasure, and pleasure for Tabucol and Cariño that they broke into tears after the match and hugged Balanay. 

“We have been nervous after which after we knew we received, we have been overjoyed. [We cried] tears of pleasure,” mentioned Tabucol. – Rappler.com