1. This competition is organised by Totalsports (registration number 1988/007302/07) a subsidiary of The Foschini Group Limited (“TFG”).
2. In these terms and conditions, “Promoter” means a person, who directly or indirectly promotes, sponsors, organises or conducts this competition, or for whose benefit this competition is promoted, sponsored, organised or conducted, which includes TFG, and adidas South Africa.
3. No director, member, partner, employee, agent of, or consultant to the Promoter or any other person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the Promoter, their advertising agencies, or their spouses, life partners, parents, children, brothers, sisters, business partners or associates, may enter this competition. This also applies to a person who is a supplier of goods or services in connection with this competition.
4. This competition will run from 08 – 21 December 2025.
5. Closing date for entries is midnight on 21 December 2025. Promoter is not responsible for unsuccessful attempts to enter and no late entries will be accepted.
6. Multiple submissions will be accepted. Each entry will need to be an individual comment. Multiple tags in a single comment will be counted as one entry.
7. All participants must be South African residents, 18 years or older. Should you be selected as the winner & you do not reside in South Africa, your entry will be null & void & a new winner will be selected.
8. By entering this competition, a participant is confirming their compliance with and indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
9. Should the law or any authority terminate this competition, no notice of termination shall be required. In such event, all participants waive any rights and acknowledge that they shall have no claim, of any nature whatsoever against Promoter, its directors, agents or employees and sponsors as a result of the termination. Further, Promoter reserves the right to vary, postpone, suspend or cancel this competition and any prizes which have not yet been drawn, or any aspect thereof, without notice at any time and for any reason whatsoever that Promoter deems is reasonable at the time.
10. By entering this competition, you agree and understand that you may win a prize and that there is no guarantee that you will win a prize.
11. HOW TO ENTER:
a. Follow @totalsports_SA & on Instagram
b. Comment on the competition post, telling us “Why you want to run the 2026 Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon & which distance you’d enter.”
c. Tag your running partner
d. Share the competition post to your stories, tagging @totalsports_
12. All entries will be subject to moderation. Promoter has absolute discretion to accept or reject any entry and to remove any entry already accepted without giving reasons for the decision. Promoter may refuse to consider any entry for the following reasons:
a. Images shared include any profanity or inappropriate images
b. Images and results are found to be ‘stolen’ or ‘taken’ from other competitions or entrants and used as your own
13. The decision of Promoter as to the finalists is final and there will be no correspondence entered into.
14. By submitting an entry, entrants & nominee grant the rights to Promoter the use of the photograph and/or image and/or the comment / nomination copy for the purpose of advertising, trade, or promotion without further notice, permission, compensation or consideration in any and all media, in perpetuity.
15. Two winners will be drawn from all qualifying entries:
a. One x 21.1km Half-marathon entries
b. One x 56km Ultra- Marathon entries
Each winner will receive an entry for themselves & the person they have nominated in the selected winning entry.
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16. Winner & their nominee acknowledge they must submit their entry, using the voucher codes before or on 31 DECEMBER 2025. Failure to register by this time, your entry will be forfeited & neither Totalsports or Two Oceans Marathon will honour a new voucher.
17. Winner & their nominee acknowledge that their entry does not include travel or accommodation to or from Cape Town to participate.
18. Winner & their nominee of the 21.1km entries acknowledge they are required to provide or purchase a temporary license.
19. Winner & their nominee are still required to provide:
a. A completed profile via www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
b. HALF MARATHON: A 2025 club license number. Medical information on your profile.
c. ULTRA MARATHON: Complete a qualifying 42.2km race result of under 5 hours, regardless of nationality or Blue Number Club status (by 1 March 2026). Club registration & 2025 provincial license number. Medical information on your profile.
20. Prizes may not be used to substitute your entry. If the winner or nominee have already entered & paid for the 2026 Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon, you cannot substitute your entry & re-enter using this entry. Prizes are not transferable, may not be deferred or exchangeable for cash or otherwise. In the event of the event details changing or any reason beyond the promoter’s control, the promoter will endeavor to re-schedule the elements of the prize as practicable or substitute the prizes of equal value.
21. If any taxes, levies, duties or any charges whatsoever are levied on a prize by any competent authority, the finalists will be liable for these, and the prize value will not be increased to compensate for such charges.
22. To the extent that a license (e.g. driver’s license) or permission (e.g. by a parent/guardian) is required in order to advance in the competition or accept or use a prize, the finalist or winner as the case may be must produce such license or permission for inspection by Promoter prior to advancing in the competition or receiving the prize. If any finalist or the winner does not or is unable to do so, his / her place in the competition and the prize will be forfeited and a substitute will be drawn under the same terms and conditions.
23. The Promoter may request the winner to agree in writing to endorse, promote or advertise any of its goods or services. The winner will not unreasonably withhold his/her consent.
24. The winner’s name, profile, photos, voice, sound effects and/or caricatures (“personal information”) may be published on the various websites and social media platforms of the Promoter and the competition sponsors, as the competition is of such a nature that the winner’s personal information must be published. The winner grants permission for the use of their name and photographs/image in any advertising and promotional material for this competition. The winner agrees that he/she will not be entitled to any payment, compensation or royalties for such publication and holds harmless, releases and discharges the Promoter and the above-mentioned social media platforms from any claims, demands and/or causes of action the winner or any person/entity acting on their behalf may have by reason of their consent.
25. This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Instagram, X (previously Twitter) or any other social media platform and participants acknowledge that they are providing information to the Promoter and its agents only and not to the social media platforms. All participants release these social media platforms from all liabilities and claims arising out of or in connection with this competition and these terms and conditions.
26. It may be necessary for certain third party benefit providers to process the finalists’ and/or winner’s personal information to enable them to provide their services to the entrants and/or winners. By entering this competition and making use of any benefits, participants agree to this.
27. Participants unconditionally and irrevocably indemnify and holds harmless Promoter and its successors, employees, officers, suppliers, contractors, agents, consultants, directors and shareholders against all and any losses, claims, proceedings, actions, damages, (direct, consequential or otherwise), liability, demands, expenses, legal costs (on an attorney and own client basis), medical costs or other costs howsoever arising out of, based upon, or in connection with (directly or indirectly) the participants participation in the competition, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
28. Failure to comply with these terms and conditions or the terms of acceptance of a prize by a finalist or the winner will be deemed to be a rejection of the prize and the participant will then be disqualified from receiving the prize.
29. If a participant contravenes these rules, the participant may, in Promoter’s discretion, be disqualified from the competition.
30. Income taxes relating to the prizes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the prize winners.
31. The laws of the Republic of South Africa govern this competition.
32. Promoter reserves the right to cancel or alter any aspect of the competition at any time at its sole discretion without liability.
33. Participants in the competition understand and agree that in order to offer the competition; Promoter must collect and use personal information about participants.
34. The personal information supplied by participants when entering this competition will be used by Promoter in accordance with its Privacy Statement, which can be viewed at www.tfglimited.co.za.
35. These terms and conditions are subject to change according to the Promoter’s discretion.
