Event organizer, Stillwater Sports, is inviting all Durban residents to join a fun ‘City Clean Up’ on Saturday, 9 July 2022 in the build up to one of Durban’s most iconic mass participating road races, the 5th annual Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K that will hit the streets of Durban on Sunday, 10 July 2022.
“We are excited to invite all Durban residents to join us for a fun City Clean Up on Saturday (09 July) as we prepare for Sunday’s race,” says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports and Founder of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series. “We love our host cities and are proud to play our part in keeping them clean and getting them race ready. The City Clean Up is a great way to get the community involved and we would like to invite all Durbanites to join in on the fun on Saturday. If you have not yet done so, enter the 2022 event and enjoy the fruit of your hard work on Sunday as we #RunForDurban at the 2022 Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K.”
“The City Clean Up is a fantastic initiative that grants the Durban community the opportunity to help keep our wonderful city clean,” says Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad. “We are proud to play our part by providing refuse bags and gloves for all who attend the City Clean Up. We have also arranged for the collection of the filled bags post Clean Up.”
JOIN THE CITY CLEAN UP: The Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K City Clean Up will take place on Saturday 09 July 2022 between 08:00 – 10:00. Residents that would like to join in on the fun and make a change can meet the event team at Absa Durban City, 291 Anton Lembede Street, Durban.
EVENT INFORMATION: Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K
Date: Sunday 10 July 2022
Entry Fee:
Standard (Licensed): R235.00
Gold Package (Licensed): R900.00
Temporary Licence: R50.00
EXCITING NEWS: Entries will be accepted at Race Pack Collection!
Race Pack Collection:
Venue: The Globe, Suncoast
Date and Time:
• Thursday, 07 July 2022: 09:00 – 19:00
• Friday, 08 July 2022: 09:00 – 19:00
• Saturday, 09 July 2022: 09:00 – 14:00
Charity Support: When entering the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K online entrants can choose to support five local
charities: 1. LIV Village, 2. TREE (Training and Resources in Early Education), 3. Durban & Coast SPCA, 4. iThemba Lethu and
5. Reach For A Dream Foundation (RFAD).
WIN a Chery Tiggo 4 Pro Urban at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K: All runners (and walkers) that enter the 2022 Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K will stand a chance to win a stunning Chery Tiggo 4 Pro Urban vehicle on event day. To be in the running to win the vehicle you must enter the event, collect your race number and be on the start line.
#RunForDurban Campaign: Durban has been hard hit not only by the pandemic, but by riots and now severe flooding. Headline partners, Absa, PUMA, DHL, as well as the event itself have each committed to giving back R1 for every 1km run and/or walked at the 2022 Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K on Sunday 10 July. Just by entering the Durban event, each runner and/or walker will ensure that R40 is donated towards those that have been affected by the floods. The funds raised will be used to purchase non-perishable food items, shoes, clothing and blankets.
Exciting Time-Based Incentive Scheme: Stillwater Sports, the organisers of Africa’s leading road running series, the
Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series, have announced an exciting time-based incentive scheme that will reward SA’s elite runners on
a sliding-scale at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K on Sunday 10 July 2022. To view the complete SA Elite Athlete Incentive breakdown, please visit https://bit.ly/2022D10KEliteAthleteIncentives
2022 Prize Purse Breakdown: To view the 2022 Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K Prize Purse breakdown, visit https://bit.ly/2022RYCPrizePurseBreakdown
Facebook: @Durban10k
Instagram: @Durban10k
Hashtag: #RunForDurban #RunYourCity #AbsaRunYourCity
Websites: www.durban10k.com
About Absa
Absa Group is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups.
Absa Group offers an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management and insurance.
Absa operates in fourteen countries. The Group owns majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (Absa Bank Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia and has insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia. Absa also has representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, and securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States.
For further information about Absa Group Limited, please visit www.absa.africa
About the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series
A proudly South African mass participation road running series, the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series has been revolutionizing the sport since 2015. A road running celebration like no other, the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series comprises three unique events namely the Absa RUN YOUR CITY CAPE TOWN 10K (launched in 2015), the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K (launched in 2017) and the Absa RUN YOUR CITY JOBURG 10K (launched in 2016).
A diverse road running series, the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series integrates businesses, families, investment in community, world class achievement and fun for all participants.
For further information please visit https://runyourcityseries.com/
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