The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in China, claiming the tropical country’s first Asian Winter Games medal with a victory in the men’s final against South Korea.

With curling finally getting full attention from the Philippines after the country's historic performance in the Harbin Asian Winter Games, it’s now time to focus on the next important thing for it to be sustained — funding.

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will seek financial support for the national men’s curling team following its historic win at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China. It was the Philippines’ and a Southeast Asian country’s first ever gold in the quadrennial Games.

Marc Pfister didn’t come all the way from Bern, Switzerland just to grab any medal of lesser value at the 9th Asian Winter Games. The Filipino-Swiss skip accomplished that

The gold medal won in the 9th Asian Winter Games is priceless but nevertheless, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) went from extremely appreciative to humbly generous by rewarding each member of the successful men’s curling team with cash incentives before flying back to Switzerland last Monday.

The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in Harbin, claiming the tropical nation’s first Asian Winter Games medal yesterday with a victory in the men’s final against South Korea. The team of Marc Pfister, Alan Frei, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister and alternate Benjo Delarmente took gold with a 5-3 win at Harbin Pingfang Curling Arena.

The historic and gold-winning Philippine men's curling team members at the Asian Winter Games stand to receive a P500,000 incentive each from the government. Under the Republic Act 10699, also known as the 'National Athletes and Coaches Benefits and Incentives Act',