{"id":19770,"date":"2018-06-26T09:47:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T07:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=19770"},"modified":"2018-06-26T09:47:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T07:47:14","slug":"totalsports-womens-race-announces-prize-purse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/totalsports-womens-race-announces-prize-purse\/","title":{"rendered":"Totalsports Women\u2019s Race announces Prize Purse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2018 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race (Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town) boasts a combined prize purse of R123\u00a0600.<\/p>\n

An annual Women\u2019s Day celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race encourages athletes to \u2018Run United\u2019 in three major cities in support of PinkDrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Totalsports Women\u2019s Race invites women to celebrate life and a healthy living by running united,\u201d says Agne du Plessis, Stillwater Sports:\u00a0 General Manager Road Running and Athletics.\u00a0 \u201cWe are excited to be able to offer an incentive to the more serious runners that would like to challenge themselves and possibly better their personal best finishing times.\u00a0 In 2018 each event will feature a prize purse to the value of R 41\u00a0200.\u00a0 Prize money will be allocated to the top 8 finishers in the Open Category with the winner taking home a whopping R10\u00a0000.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe top 8 runners in the Junior Category will also be awarded for their efforts,\u201d continues du Plessis.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve ensured that the top 3 finishers in the age categories 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+ will not go home empty-handed.\u00a0 We look forward to witnessing some exciting race in Durban (Sunday, 22 July 2018), Johannesburg and Cape Town (Thursday, 09 August 2018).\u00a0 Families and friends are invited to be part of the celebration and show support on the day.\u00a0 Be sure to visit the PinkDrive #Shop4Cancer to ensure that your dress code matches the event theme.\u201d<\/p>\n

To view the entire Prize Purse breakdown CLICK HERE<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Event Information<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>2018 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dates & Venues:<\/strong><\/td>\nSunday, 22 July 2018<\/td>\nDurban:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kings Park Athletics Track<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nThursday, 09 August 2018<\/td>\nJohannesburg:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nCape Town:\u00a0 <\/strong>Grand Parade, Cape Town CBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\n10km <\/strong>licensed runner<\/em><\/td>\nR120,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5km<\/strong><\/td>\nR80,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n10km Durban <\/strong>unlicensed runner<\/em><\/td>\nR140,00 (temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n10km Johannesburg\u00a0 <\/strong>unlicensed runner<\/em><\/td>\nR140.00 (temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10km Cape Town <\/strong>unlicensed <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>runner<\/em><\/td>\n

R155.00 (temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Each entrant will receive a fitted Event T-shirt, a finisher\u2019s bracelet and can look forward to an exhilarating live performance by a well-known South African artist.<\/p>\n

Enter online at www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charity Support<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The Totalsports Women\u2019s Race proudly supports PinkDrive, a Non-Profit Company (NPC) that is committed to improving breast cancer awareness, education, and providing and offering free services to the medically uninsured across South Africa. PinkDrive will be present at the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town offering FREE clinical breast examinations and educating on the importance of self- breast examinations.<\/p>\n

Facebook page:\u00a0 <\/strong>Women\u2019s Race<\/a> \/ The PinkDrive<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter:\u00a0 <\/strong>@womensrace <\/a>\/ @TotalsportsSA<\/a> \/ @thepinkdrive<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0 Totalsports_SA<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information on PinkDrive visit www.pinkdrive.co.za<\/a>.\u00a0 For further information or to enter the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race visit www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The 2018 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race (Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town) boasts a combined prize purse of R123\u00a0600. An annual Women\u2019s Day celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race encourages athletes to \u2018Run United\u2019 in three major cities in support of PinkDrive. \u201cThe Totalsports Women\u2019s Race invites women to celebrate life and a healthy living by running united,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}