Team Apo clinches back-to-back victory on San Juanico Bridge; Team Tamaraw gets rolled off
Posted on November 10, 2008
Team Apo clinches back-to-back victory on San Juanico Bridge; Team
Tamaraw gets rolled off
The sun was shining once more for the racers as they made their way
through Leg 4, the halfway point of the “Ready-Get Set-RORO!” DBP
Interisland Race.
It was early morning in when the teams were released from the
Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) regional branch in Tacloban
with their first clue to guide them: the bridge that connects the
provinces of Samar and Leyte.
The San Juanico Bridge is a 2.16-km suspension bridge stretching from
Tacloban City, Leyte to the Sta. Rita, Samar over the San Juanico
Strait. A 10-minute drive from Tacloban, the bridge is also accessible
via public transportation such as jeepney, bus, or tricycle.
Teams then used local tricycles to get to the bridge, where their next
clue instructed them to cross the bridge on foot to get to the bridge
on the other side.
Team Apo, composed of schoolmates Cams Lozano and Kynz Flores, with
celebrity teammate Beatriz Saw, made a strong finish as they secured a
second victory to follow their Leg 3 win.
“We were the first team to be released this morning, and we took
advantage of that, we weren’t even completely sure of our destination
but a tricycle happened to pass by and we just hoped in,” recounts
Cams.
“I never thought that I would be walking across the San Juanico bridge
the first time I saw it, but we were determined to reach the pit stop,
so I just took in the sights along the way,” says celebrity teammate
Beatriz Saw, who even stopped to talk to fans in a passing car. “I
asked them to drive next to me while I was sprinting to distract
myself from the exhaustion that was setting in.”
Kynz reports that their main rule is to put no pressure on themselves.
“We make sure we’re having fun. We have more races to run until we
reach the finish line.”
Meanwhile, Team Tamaraw, with brother and sister duo Rayn and Tina Yu
and celebrity teammate Arron Villaflor, was the last team to hit the
pit stop, and were thus eliminated from the race.
“Early on in the race, we agreed on two things: no one gets hurt, and
no one gives up,” says Arron. “We were released last and the lost time
really took its toll, but we finished our last leg, and we’re not
disappointed.”
Before the 4th leg, stormy weather left the teams stranded for most of
the day on the port in Bogo, Cebu, waiting for the Coast Guard to give
clearance for passage. Fortunately, the brand new Super Shuttle Ferry,
the only RORO vessel plying the missionary route from Bogo, Cebu to
Palompon, Leyte, played the gracious host to the teams until it set
off for its maiden voyage as soon as the weather cleared up past
midnight.
While on the ferry, teams battled it out in the clockstopper
challenge, where teams had to finish 9 pieces of the local delicacy
pintos, and paint their faces with ethnic patterns before heading to
the pit stop. Team Lapu-Lapu, with Edz Saguin, Toni Cañeda and Ketchup
Eusebio emerged on top, but no teams were eliminated.
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