{"id":21612,"date":"2013-08-02T00:37:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-african-sports-icons-headline-gsport-trust\/"},"modified":"2013-08-02T00:37:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T22:37:29","slug":"south-african-sports-icons-headline-gsport-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-african-sports-icons-headline-gsport-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"South African sports icons headline gsport trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=11970\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11970\" alt=\"200808gsport_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/30c36_200808gsport_logo.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a>Leading women\u2019s sports initiative gsport is set to re-launch as seven eminent women make the pledge to raise the profile of women\u2019s sport in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The formation of the gsport Trust comes as the initiative celebrates its seventh birthday after its launch on August 1, 2006, with the aim of telling the story of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-30.0,25.0spn=10.0,10.0q=-30.0,25.0 (South%20Africa)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">South African<\/a> women in sport, and raising their profiles to encourage greater sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>The esteemed women who join founders Kass Naidoo and Ryk Meiring on the gsport Trust are international swimming icon Penny Heyns, running legend <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/andreas-runs-into-athletics-spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elana Meyer<\/a>, netball icon Hazel Gumede, world leader in visual performance, Dr. Sherylle Calder, leading woman in sports media, Lebo Mabena, and youth influencing icon and media personality, Anele Mdoda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cgsport has been run as a voluntary association for seven years, and we are excited at the evolution of gsport as it continues to raise the profile of our women in sport,\u201d said Naidoo.<\/p>\n<p>gsport can be reached at:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gsport.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/gsport.co.za<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsport4girls\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsport4girls<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gsport4girls\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/gsport4girls<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/bb24d_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading women\u2019s sports initiative gsport is set to re-launch as seven eminent women make the pledge to raise the profile of women\u2019s sport in South Africa. 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