Are You the Fittest in the City? Find out at This Year’s Turf Games in Cape Town!

Cape Town fitness lovers, get ready to put your body to the test this December in the ultimate active challenge. Legendary European functional fitness competition, Turf Games is coming to South Africa and you’re invited to join in on the action.

Turf Games has earned a reputation as Europe’s number one functional fitness competition, and this year, the leading fitness brand has partnered with HSBC CPT SVNS for a weekend of rugby, fitness, and fun over the weekend of the 9th and 10th of December 2023.

The inclusive, team-based functional fitness competition is a gruelling showcase of strength, power, speed, and determination and offers the chance for athletes and fitness lovers to compete in a challenge like no other.

Having started in London in 2018, Turf Games now host competitions all over the world including Dubai, Sydney, Gold Coast, London, Dublin and more. With more than 10,000 athletes having taken part in a Turf Games competition in 2023 alone, the Turf Games team says they are buzzing to get to South Africa and finish off the year in style!

It’s the fitness competition you’ve been waiting for, so gear up and get ready for the best weekend of fitness you have ever had!

How does Turf Games work?

Taking place at Green Point Cricket Club, Turf Games is an accessible functional fitness event, with mixed teams of men and women participating in completing a series of workouts. Unlike many CrossFit competitions, the workout tests programmed at this functional fitness-focused competition are all built around teamwork. Teams are encouraged to figure out how to use their team’s strengths and weaknesses to maximise their team score — all whilst having fun!

The core of the Turf Games workouts are based on key factors including strength, conditioning and power. The organisers say they don’t programme any high-skilled gymnastics or complex Olympic lifting movements to ensure the games stay accessible to a wide range of everyday athletes wanting to join in on the event. According to the Turf Games website; “you won’t be seeing any handstands, muscle ups, overhead squats, max barbell 1RM snatches — just good old fashioned hard work and determination.”

 

 

 

 

 

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The workouts are designed to be fun, challenging and rewarding all at the same time. If you’ve been training at the gym this year, it’s time to put all that hard graft into practice on the Turf surrounded by Cape Town’s fitness community.

Who enters a Turf Games?

The Turf Games Cape Town event will have 3 divisions to choose from, teams can select which division they enter based on their team members’ level of fitness, and why you’re wanting to take part. All over the world, Turf Games has people entering from local HIIT studios, F45 studios, and functional fitness gyms, all the way to CrossFit boxes. The games offer something for a range of fitness levels and competitive athletes.

If you’re still unsure which division to enter you can visit the Turf Games website to check out a guide on movement standards and figure out the most appropriate division to enter.

Teams will comprise of 4 athletes and must be made up of 2 male and 2 female athletes with teams competing in Everyday, Intermediate, and Elite divisions. Saturday 9th of December will see heats starting from 9am until 5pm with Everyday, Intermediate, and Elite teams competing. Sunday will see heats start from 9am until 2.30pm with only Intermediate, and Elite teams competing.

What’s more, there are prizes to be won for the winning teams! The winning teams from the Intermediate and Everyday divisions will win a partner prize pack each.

Prizes for Elite teams are as follows:
1st – R20,000
2nd – R15,000
3rd – R7,500

What workouts can we expect at Turf Games?

Over the weekend, Everyday division teams will compete on Saturday only with 4 workouts across the day. Elite and Intermediate divisions teams will compete on Saturday and Sunday, working their way through 6 workouts across the two days, with plenty of opportunities to move up (or down) the leaderboard and a chance to stand atop the podium. Workouts will be released on Monday the 27th of November to allow athletes time to come up with their game plan for each workout

Equipment for the event will be top-of-the-range gym and fitness equipment. For Turf Games Cape Town, the organisers have announced a partnership with Rebel Elite Fitness for the 2023 event, who will be supplying all the equipment as well as the Concept2 machines across the weekend.

HSBC CPT SVNS: Rugby & fitness come together

Even better news, all athletes who sign up to take part in the Turf Games Cape Town will also receive guaranteed seats in the main stadium to catch all the HSBC SVNS CPT action! Your HSBC SVNS ticket is included in your entry price on your competing day to watch all the HSBC SVNS rugby action all day in between your workouts and then into the early evening.

Turf Games athletes will be competing in the games at Green Point Cricket Club and will have full walking access to the nearby Cape Town Stadium where the HSBC SVNS will be taking place.

Event Details

Dates: Saturday 9th December and Sunday 10th December 2023

Location: Green Point Cricket Club – 111 Vlei Rd, Green Point, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa.

Entry details:

HSBC SVNS Rugby Stadium Ticket included – TURF + SVNS – All athletes who sign up will also get tickets to the main stadium on your competing day – valued at R350 per day to watch all the HSBC SVNS action.

Team entry costs are as follows:

Everyday Teams – R4,600 (4 athletes @ R1,150 / athlete)
Intermediate + Elite Teams – R5,600 (4 athletes @ R1,400 / athlete)

*Team entry is non-refundable unless the event date is changed or the event is cancelled

Team entries can be bought online via the Turf Games website. To buy your team entry click here.

For more details visit the Turf Games website here and follow Turf Games on Instagram for updates.