{"id":8483,"date":"2017-07-26T08:40:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T06:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=8483"},"modified":"2017-07-26T08:40:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T06:40:06","slug":"mango-teams-up-with-the-totalsports-womens-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/mango-teams-up-with-the-totalsports-womens-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mango teams up with the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stillwater Sports, one of South Africa\u2019s leading Sports Marketing Agencies, is proud to welcome Mango Airlines, South Africa\u2019s first true Low Cost Carrier, as the official airline partner of the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race.<\/p>\n<p>A popular women\u2019s day celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race encourages entrants from three major cities (Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town) to #RunForLife in support of PinkDrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMango strives to make air travel affordable, convenient and enjoyable for its Guests,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe are proud to team up with this award winning airline.\u00a0 As part of our partnership agreement, all Totalsports Women\u2019s Race entrants will be able to fly with Mango SA at a discounted rate.\u00a0 This is exciting news for runners that would like to take part in more than one Totalsports Women\u2019s Race (Durban and Johannesburg or Durban and Cape Town).\u00a0 Together with Mango and our remaining sponsors we look forward to welcoming thousands of runners to the start line in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Pumla Luhabe, General Manager: Commercial \/ Mango, the Mango brand is passionate, adventurous, youthful, vibrant, energetic and full of life.\u00a0 \u201cAs we recognized these traits in the women that participate in the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race, we saw it fitting to support and help push the boundaries of what women can achieve \u2013 all aimed at adding value to our Guests\u2019 flying experience.\u00a0 This race encourages women to \u201cRun For Life\u201d, run for the thousands of women who are, have and will be affected by breast cancer.\u00a0 As one of our social responsibility programme focuses, we are passionate about supporting initiatives in this sector across the country.\u00a0 We are proud to be involved with the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race and look forward to accompanying runners on their journey to the start line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Event Information<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>2017 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race<\/p>\n<p>The action of the 2017 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race got underway in Durban on Sunday, 16 July 2017.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South African<\/a> middle- and long-distance runner, Mapaseka Makhanya was unstoppable in the 10km race claiming gold in a lightning fast time of 34:30.\u00a0 \u00a0Lebogang Phalula came in second, with Loveness Madziva rounding off the podium.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Next Up<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The Totalsports Women\u2019s Race heads to Johannesburg and Cape Town.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"404\">Wednesday, 09 August 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"404\"><strong>Johannesburg:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"404\"><strong>Cape Town:\u00a0 <\/strong>Grand Parade, Cape Town CBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"404\"><strong>10km <\/strong><em>licensed runner <\/em>\/ R120,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"404\"><strong>5km<\/strong>:\u00a0 R80,00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"404\"><strong>10km <\/strong><em>unlicensed runner <\/em>\/ R140.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Each entrant will receive a magnificent fitted Nike t-shirt, an exclusive finisher\u2019s bracelet, on-route entertainment and an exhilarating live performance by a well-known South African artist.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Prize Purse<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The 2017 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race boasts an impressive combined prize purse of R123\u00a0600 for Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.<strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>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.\u00a0 PinkDrive will be present at the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race offering FREE clinical breast examinations and educating on the importance of self- breast examinations.\u00a0 Visit PinkDrive\u2019s \u201cShop4Cancer\u201d, show support and \u201cRun For Life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Live Entertainment<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>After completing either the 5km or 10km Totalsports Women\u2019s Race runners and walkers in Johannesburg can look forward to a lively performance from South African hip hop record producer and musician, Anatii.\u00a0 Capetonians will be treated to a spectacular performance by one of SA\u2019s most prominent music producers and DJs, Sketchy Bongo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like our Facebook page: \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/FlyMangoSA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FlyMangoSA<\/a><strong> \/ <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womensrace\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Race <\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePinkDrive\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The PinkDrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter: \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flymangosa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FlyMangoSA<\/a>\u00a0<strong> \/ <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womensrace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@womensrace<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/totalsportssa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TotalsportsSA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thepinkdrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thepinkdrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/flymangosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>flymangosa<strong> \/ <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Totalsports_SA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Totalsports_SA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Mango visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flymango.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.flymango.com<\/a> For further information on the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalsportswomensrace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>ISSUED BY:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newsportmediatv\/?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Newsport Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ON BEHALF OF: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womensrace\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Totalsports Women\u2019s Race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stillwater Sports, one of South Africa\u2019s leading Sports Marketing Agencies, is proud to welcome Mango Airlines, South Africa\u2019s first true Low Cost Carrier, as the official airline partner of the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race. A popular women\u2019s day celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race encourages entrants from three major cities (Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town) to #RunForLife [&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":[1206],"tags":[2793,2683,2736,2735],"class_list":["post-8483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release","tag-mango-airlines","tag-stillwater-sports","tag-totalsports","tag-totalsports-womens-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8483","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=8483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}