King takes his Crown!

The course was a flurry of activity as the 16 000 strong crowd eagerly cheered home Louis the King whilst partaking in the success of the Intercontinental Village and the plentiful activities that were on offer. The culmination of the Triple Crown Polo Finish competition saw three extremely excited race goers each presented with the keys to their brand new VW Polo Vivo’s.

Seafood Paella, Balkan Burgers and traditional Italian cuisine were just some of what was on offer at the various food stalls that were put on by the 10 nationalities that partook in the Intercontinental Village. Each participating nationality nominated a charity and it was this pairing that drew one of the runners in the SA Derby for their share of R150 000, it was the Portuguese charity, Bienvenu Shelter who took first place and along with it R40 000.

The gorgeous Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss, 5fm’s Nicole da Silva and celebrated fashion designer JJ Schoeman were amongst the well healed who took in the palpable atmosphere that the day had to offer.

Organisers were clearly pleased with the success of the 2014 event, “It couldn’t have gone off better” commented Phumelela’s Marketing Manager Michael Varney, “what with Louis the King taking the Triple Crown, the enormous turnout and the increase in turnover of 20% year on year”