ASA gets sponsorship from Twizza
Twizza title sponsor for the youth track and field championships.
ATHLETICS South Africa, ASA, has announced that they have secured a title sponsor for their youth track and field championships.
The much-needed sponsorship, Twizza, will be utilised during ASA u-18 and u-20 Track and Field Championship. The championship will be held from March 28 to 30 at the Dal Josaphat Stadium, Paarl.
Twizza, a proclaimed soft drink, will be the title sponsor for the next three years.
“We are excited to welcome Twizza as the title sponsor of the Youth and Junior Championships,” said Aleck Skhosana, the president of ASA.
“The standard of South African athletics has shown tremendous improvement at both the junior and senior levels over recent years. With the support of a title sponsor it allows us to host a world class championship where South Africa’s junior track and field stars can shine, taking their talent to the next level.”
Ajee Valentine, Twizza’s national sponsorship manager said, “Twizza is South Africa’s first official proudly South African carbonated soft drink. We are exceptionally proud to be the title sponsor of the Twizza ASA u-18 and u-20 Track and Field championship. Track and Field is the flagship of world athletics, where SA boasts immense talent at both the junior and senior level. The championship provides us with an excellent platform to support Track and Field, while creating awareness of the Twizza brand and product. We want consumers, including athletes and supporters, to experience Twizza’s great taste and quality.”
Youth athletics in South Africa provides the basis for senior athletics and as Skhosana said, “We are in a good space at this stage with our athletes and are competing on a high level with the best in the world. We are hoping to move up and stay in the top 10 places with our youth in 2019.”
The success of this championship was proven through the performances of South Africa’s athletes at the last World u-18 championships in Nairobi in 2017, with five gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals. At the IAAF World u-20 Championships Tampere 2018, South Africa finished sixth overall despite being on three golds with USA, Ethiopia and Great Britain, all of whom had more silver.
In 2017 South Africa took gold and silver in the men’s 100m through Tshenolo Lemao and Retshidisitswe Mlenga. In a history making race, the roles were reversed in the 200m.
In the men’s and women’s 400m hurdles Sokwakhana Zazini and Zeney van der Walt and Breyton Poole in the high jump won gold medals. In 2018, Zazini and van der Walt, added to their gold medal tally at the World u-20 championship, with shot putter Kyle Blignaut also taking gold.
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