Philippines Takes Domicile Province Squad Honors At Subaru Palm Challenge 2019


The Philippine squad had a potent showing at the Last Palm Standing – the 18th Subaru Palm Challenge, bagging the Country Team honors inward the procedure cheers to a combined fourth dimension of 424 hours too 54 minutes.

The 2019 team, consisting of Donn Marc Pantaleon, Carlo Talahib, Isaah Locsin, Mark Guballa, Cyrus Corpuz, Lordgie Vallente Reggie Purugganan, Nikko Paolo Blancada, Filmark Bernante, too Joaquin Ireneo Fabros battled the intense oestrus too humidity inward Ngee Ann City, Singapore. The squad started potent initially, standing consummate afterward the origin 24 hours (the solely province to produce so). It was solely on Day ii when the squad started falling victim to Singapore’s unrelenting climate.

Joaquin Ireneo Fabros was the terminal Filipino standing too for that, he’s declared as the Country Winner champion as well.

For their collective efforts, the Philippine Team amassed plenty combined fourth dimension to walk away from Singapore with the championship of Country Team honors too with that, SGD 10,000 ( P 342,000) which volition hold upward divided as with the contestants. Fabros gets an additional SGD 1,000 ( P 34,200) for beingness the terminal Filipino standing with a fourth dimension of 64 hours too 51 minutes.

In the destination though, it was Thai Siripong Toosadee who took the overall crown afterward 76 hours too 55 minutes too five seconds. The 41-year quondam too six-time Subaru Palm Challenge veteran vanquish Vietnamese Luu Van Quoc. With that, Toosadee brings abode a brand-new Subaru Forester 2.0i-L as good as the championship of Asian Winner too Thailand Country Winner.

After 4 days of battling fatigue too enduring high humidity nether the scorching Sun too a curt piece of pelting on the terminal day, Toosadee was visibly emotional when he was crowned the winner.