2015 @takealot10s Attract Record Numbers
(Cape Town, 12 February 2015) The Word’s biggest tens Rugby tournament, the takealot.com Cape Town 10s took place on Friday, 6 February and Saturday, 7 February and proved to be the biggest sporting and social event of the year.
Attracting record attendance numbers, the event had it all, from a cameo performance by Stormers Captain and South African Rugby Player of the Year, Duane Vermeulen, who joined Kurt Darren for a special rendition of Kaptein, to a rugby debut by former Protea Captain Graeme Smith, Jack Parow stagediving and crowd surfing the massive beer tent to an exhilarating HAKA performance by the Sharp International Team led by Carlos Spencer and Christian Cullen.
Over 23 500 people streamed through the gates, contributing to the most successful event yet with increases of 42% in attendance, 90% in food and 40% in beer sales, smashing 37 tons of beer, 6 tons of food and an equilavent of 5km of strapping to keep them on the field of play. Thousands of spectators rubbed shoulders with Sporting Legends and Celebs and enjoyed memorable live performances by Good Luck, the Kiffness, Me & Mr Brown, Ard Matthews, Jack Parow and Kurt Darren to name but a few.
110 rugby teams and 40 netball teams from 11 local provinces and abroad competed in a two-day action packed tournament. It was indeed a festival of sport with teams partaking in over 500 matches and scoring 1,193 tries and 1,443 netball goals over the weekend. Crowd favourites, The Sharp International Team featuring Christian Cullen, Carlos Spencer and Graeme Smith walked away with the top honours in the Veteran’s League while the formidable Hamilton’s Rugby Club were winners in the Premier Rugby Division for the second year in a row. The feisty JAG Bullyproof netball side battled it out in a hotly contested Premier Netball Division and successfully saw off all competition, walking away with top bragging rights. Other highlights included the takealot.com celeb team led by Siv Ngesi, Jack Parow and Rob Van Vuuren going all the way to the final of the ‘Mainly here for the Beer’ Division and Jonah Lomu dropping in to support his former team mates.
“We would like to thank everyone who attended the 2015 takealot.com Cape Town 10s and for contributing to the massive success of this year’s event. From the International Legends who travelled so far, to our headline sponsor takealot.com who believed in our vision and supported us over the last eight months and all of the players, 10s would not be what it is today without your support”, explains Gerhardi Odendaal, takealot.com Cape Town 10s event director. ‘We are proud of what was achieved this year and will be back to make 2016 even bigger!”
Special thanks to sponsors and partners: talealot.com, Food Lovers Market, Seartec, Canterbury, Mango, Cape Royale, SAB, Vaseline, Shield, Ola, RiCharge, Uber, Distell , Chattels, GNC, Edward Snell, Coke a Cola, Mr Delivery, Mediclinic & Bok Radio.
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