{"id":30545,"date":"2019-07-09T18:06:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=30545"},"modified":"2019-07-09T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T16:06:31","slug":"entries-open-for-the-twizza-super-school-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/athletics\/entries-open-for-the-twizza-super-school-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Entries open for the Twizza Super School Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entries are open for the inaugural Twizza Super School Series that will take place on Thursday 19 September 2019 at the Bestmed Tuks Athletics Stadium (Regional Qualifier) and on Saturday 05 October 2019 at the Green Point Athletics Stadium (Regional Qualifier) before culminating on Saturday 01 February 2020 at the Bestmed Tuks Athletics Stadium with the Grand Finale. The Twizza Super School Series has one clear goal in mind \u2013 to crown SA\u2019s best athletics school!\u00a0 There can be only ONE WINNER!\u00a0 This school will take home the BIGGEST TROPHY in SA SCHOOL SPORT and bragging rights for one year! \u201cWe are excited to open entries for the much anticipated Twizza Super School Series,\u201d says Ajee Valentine, Twizza National Sponsorship Manager.\u00a0 \u201cWith the goal of crowning South Africa\u2019s best athletics school, the Twizza Super School Series is guaranteed to be fast paced and action-packed.\u00a0 SA\u2019s future track &amp; field stars will have their moment to face healthy competition, while representing their schools at a premium track &amp; field meeting.\u00a0 In addition to exciting track &amp; field action at the Grand Finale, selected performing arts groups from the Top 40 qualifying schools will also #TasteTheMoment when they perform live.\u00a0 The groups and schools will be rewarded with exciting prizes compliments of Twizza.\u00a0 We cannot wait to make memories with the schools, scholars and parents.\u00a0 Come #TasteTheMoment at the Twizza Super School Series.\u201d <strong><u>EVENT INFORMATION<\/u><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 Twizza Super School Series<\/strong> <u>Entry Requirements<\/u>:\u00a0 Each school will be required to enter a team of 15 athletes across two age groups U\/16 and U\/19. <a href=\"https:\/\/superschoolseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Categories will include:<\/a>\u00a0 Girls Competition, Boys Competition and Mixed Competition. <a href=\"https:\/\/superschoolseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Each team needs to account for the following:<\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>A team consists of 15 athletes<\/li>\r\n<li>Each athlete can participate in a maximum of x2 individual events<\/li>\r\n<li>No more than x2 athletes per event in an age group<\/li>\r\n<li>There must be at least x5 athletes per age group<\/li>\r\n<li>2x entries into Sprint Event<\/li>\r\n<li>2x entries into Middle Distance Event<\/li>\r\n<li>2x entries into Jump Event<\/li>\r\n<li>1x entry into Throw Event<\/li>\r\n<li>1x entry into Hurdles Event<\/li>\r\n<li>1x team coach<\/li>\r\n<li>1xteam manager<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><strong><em><u>Regional Qualifiers &amp; Qualifying Provinces:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<table width=\"690\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"217\"><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"76\"><strong>Area:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"150\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"246\"><strong>Qualifying Provinces:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"217\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thursday, 19 September 2019<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"76\">Pretoria<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"150\">Bestmed Tuks Athletics Stadium<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"246\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Free State, Guateng, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West (Northern Cape).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"217\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, 05 October 2019<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"76\">Cape Town<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"150\">Green Point Athletics Stadium<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"246\">Eastern Cape &amp; Western Cape<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><em>All <\/em><em>schools are invited to enter the Regional Qualifiers. <\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><em>Schools will be competing against each other. <\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><em>A points system will identify the Top 40 schools. <\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><em>The Top 40 schools will go through to the Grand Finale.<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong><em><u>Grand Finale<\/u><\/em><\/strong><em><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/em><\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"227\"><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"95\"><strong>Area:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"198\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"227\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, 01 February 2020<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"95\">Pretoria<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"198\">Bestmed Tuks Athletics Stadium<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><strong>ENTER NOW!\u00a0 <\/strong>Entry for competing schools is <strong>free of charge<\/strong>.\u00a0 Team Managers download the Entry Form from the Event Website.\u00a0 Send the completed entry form to <u>INFO@SUPERSCHOOLSERIES.COM<\/u> <u>Events that can be entered will include<\/u>:\u00a0 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, short hurdles, long hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot-put, discus and javelin for age groups 16 &amp; 19. <strong><em><u>EXCITING NEWS<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>: <\/em><\/strong>Adding to the excitement, the <strong>Twizza Super School Series Grand Finale <\/strong>will boast an energetic cultural element with live performances from performing arts groups that stem from the Top 40 qualifying schools.\u00a0 In addition to performing for a large audience, the groups and schools can look forward to taking home exciting prizes compliments of Twizza. <em>The mechanics of the selection process will be released at a later stage<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SuperSchoolSeries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/SuperSchoolSeries<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/superschoolseries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.superschoolseries.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/superschoolseries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SuperSchoolSeries<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong><em>About Twizza:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><em>A proudly South African <\/em><em>carbonated soft drink, Twizza was created in 2003.\u00a0 We pride ourselves on providing the consumer with an authentic taste experience that rivals the global brands.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entries are open for the inaugural Twizza Super School Series that will take place on Thursday 19 September 2019 at the Bestmed Tuks Athletics Stadium (Regional Qualifier) and on Saturday 05 October 2019 at the Green Point Athletics Stadium (Regional Qualifier) before culminating on Saturday 01 February 2020 at the Bestmed Tuks Athletics Stadium with [&hellip;]<\/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":[3435],"tags":[4088,3951,4060],"class_list":["post-30545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics","tag-sa-school-sport","tag-twizza","tag-twizza-super-school-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545","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=30545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}