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Two Oceans Marathon Beneficiary Applications are OPEN
The Two Oceans Marathon (TOM) NPC is pleased to announce that community-based organisations may now apply for project funding as part of TOM’s annual support of their programmes and social impact projects. The funding is made directly possible by donations from runners who voluntarily elect to financially contribute to the Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI) […]
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We end the year on a high note – by acknowledging the selflessness of the runners below who chose to donate either their T-shirt, parking fee refund or medal engraving refund to one of our Official Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI) 2020 charity partners, or to TOMI itself. The value of parking and medal engraving […]
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Parking and/or Medal Engraving Refunds Close 31 August
If you’re a TOM 2020 Entrant who purchased medal engraving and/or parking, you would have received a mail from us on 1 June 2020, followed by a reminder email on 18 June 2020. We would now like to complete the process of issuing refunds for your parking and/or medal engraving purchases for the #TOM2020 event. Kindly […]
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An Outline of the Costs Incurred for TOM 2020
The annual direct financial budget of the 2020 Two Oceans was R30m. This excluded indirect sponsorship and value-in-kind contributions. Following the cancellation of TOM 2020, we received only 3% of the expected sponsorship income. With the loss of R15 million in sponsorships, it was projected that prior to cancellation, there would be a R4 million […]
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Your Questions Answered: TOM 2020 Cancellation and T-shirts
Dear Runners, 2020 is proving to be a year of great sacrifices and losses for our country and also for you, the runners who have suffered many disappointments with news of the cancellation of all major running events for the next few months. The national lockdown brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has been one […]
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By Manfred Seidler Would we see the defending duo Bong’musa Mthembu and Gerda Steyn make all other athletes wait until 2021 to taste TOM Ultra victory? That was the question on everyone’s lips in the run up to TOM 2020. While it may have been a bit of a smile and a dance – at […]
