Philippine Embassy team places second in Non-Ambassadors Division at Singapore's 25th Ambassadors' Cup

A four-member Philippine Embassy team secured 2nd place in the Non-Ambassadors Division of the 25th Ambassadors' Cup, a sailing event held at Changi Sailing Club on October 31 with forty boats and twenty-five foreign missions.

A four-member team from the Philippine Embassy in Singapore secured 2nd place in the Non-Ambassadors Division of the 25th Ambassadors' Cup, the embassy said in a press release dated November 2, 2026. The sailing event was held on Saturday, October 31, at Changi Sailing Club and was jointly organized by the Embassy of Panama and the club.

Thailand won the Non-Ambassadors Division, while Panama placed first in the Ambassadors Division. According to the embassy, this year's edition brought together forty sailing boats, with twenty-five foreign missions taking part in a day of friendly competition.

The Philippine crew

The embassy congratulated the following team members:

• Second Secretary and Consul Teddy Edmund T. Pavon, team lead
• Atty Marianne Gail Bernardes, his spouse
• Ronaldo Reyes of the Migrant Workers Office-Singapore
• CPO Ronaldo C. Caudilla of the Office of Defense and Armed Forces Attaché-Singapore

The embassy described the Philippine Embassy as a regular participant in the annual event.

A silver jubilee regatta

Changi Sailing Club, which hosts the cup, says the 2026 edition marked the event's Silver Jubilee. Panama's Ambassador to Singapore, Sebastian Breton Perez, returned as President of the 2026 Ambassadors' Cup.

The club says the cup began in 1999 under the leadership of the late Tony Siddique and has grown into Singapore's premier sailing-social event, bringing together ambassadors, diplomats, sailors and friends from around the world. The embassy calls it one of the largest sporting events in Singapore's diplomatic community.

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