The High Panters (THP) is a Singapore run crew that was founded in 2012 when the founders Eugen and Kenneth signed up to do an urban obstacle course race and wanted to raise awareness and funds for lesser privileged communities, using running as a platform to do so. The name comes from a time when the founders played rugby together in high school, and after training one evening pulled their shorts up high to their waists and performed the Haka. There is a professional rugby club called The Otago Highlanders, and combining the two, the name The High Panters was born. The High Panters’s primary focus is to build community – within our own group, the local running community, and communities in need.