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This is the list of ride, run and other events:

 

Gauteng
• Berge en Dale Classic
• Bobbies road race
• Dis-Chem Half
• Dis-Chem Ride for Sight
• Hyundai Rock the RUN
• MERRELL Autumn Night Run
• Moonchaser Night Trail Run Series
• Pirates Half
• Serengeti Classic Road Race
• Tyger Valley Mountain Bike Challenge
• Value Logistics Fast One
• Toyota Half
• Emperors Palace Classic
• MERRELL Autumn Run
• Northern Challenge
• Bonitas City2City
• Discovery 702 Walk the Talk
• Highveld Winter Trail Series
• Jacaranda Spring Walk
• MERRELL Spring Night and Day Runs
• Rand Water Race for Victory
• SPAR Womens Challenge
• Value Logistics Ou Voetpad 10 Miler
• Beast of the East
• Diamond Dash Trail
• Ekurhuleni 5150
• Engen Cycle Challenge
• Hedianga Beast Trail Run
• KIA Night MTB Series
• Liquifruit half
• 94.7 Cycle Challenge
• 94.7 Mountain Bike
• RAC Tough One
 
KwaZulu-Natal
• Kearsney Striders Half
• NOSA Hillcrest Marathon
• Witness Maritzburg City Marathon
• aQuelle Tour Durban
• Comrades Marathon
• Discovery ECR Big Walk
• Molweni Trail
• N3TC Arthur Cresswell Memorial
• Powerade Sardine Marathon
• SPAR Womens Challenge Maritzburg
• Dargle Trails
• Engen Cycle Challenge
• Hypersure Toti 69er Cycle Challenge
• Jeep Hill 2 Hill
• SPAR Womens Challenge Durban
• The Capital Climb
• Waterfall SuperSPAR Forest 10
• Amashova Durban Classic
• Msunduzi Road Challenge
• Sani Stagger
 
Western Province
• Bay City Cycle Tour
• Cape Argus
• Cape Argus MTB
• Knysna Trail Run
• Weskus Marathon
• Porcupine Ridge MTB
• Classic Enduro
• Discovery ITU Championships
• Hex Valley Autumn Splendour
• MERRELL Outeniqua Traverse
• Two Oceans Marathon
• Two Oceans Trail
• Safari Half
• Tru-Cape MTB Funride
• Cape Town Marathon
• Houtkapper Trail Run
• MERRELL Spring Night Series
• Knysna Forest Marathon
• Salomon Featherbed Trail
• Wolseley MTB Challenge
• PPA Cycle Tour
• Engen Cycle Challenge Paarl
• Fair Cape MTB
• Hermanus MTB Challenge
• Java MTB Challenge
• Matroosberg Trail
• 94.5Kfm Gun Run
 
Other
• Daily Dispatch Spar Cycle Tour
• Discovery Surfers Challenge
• Iron Man 70.3 South Africa
• Long Tom Ultra
• The Herald VW Cycle Tour
• The Wild Dog Extreme 50
• Cradle Mayhem Stage Trail
• Loskop Marathon
• Iron Man South Africa
• Nedbank Save the Rhino MTB
• Sondela Bela Bela MTB Challenge
• SPAR Womens Challenge PE
• Uplands MTB Classic
• Bela Bela 5150
• Bestmed Jock Cycle Classique
• Bestmed Lost City MTB
• Cara Cara MTB
• Dullstroom Winter Festival Trail
• Lucky Star Marathon
• NumNum trail challenge
• Powerade Lost City Cycle Classic 2013
• Rhino Run
• Waterberg Toyota Lindani MTB Classic
• Bestmed Jacaranda Satellite Classic
• Eleven Global Sun City Triathlon
• Highveld Summer Trail Series
• Mangaung OFM Classic 2013
• Mangaung OFM MTB Classic 2013
• MERRELL Hobbit Trail Run
• Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge
• Sondela Super Classic
 
Page from 2015 brochure attached.TeamVitalityPage.pdf
 
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This is the list of ride, run and other events:

 

Gauteng
• Berge en Dale Classic
• Bobbies road race
• Dis-Chem Half
• Dis-Chem Ride for Sight
• Hyundai Rock the RUN
• MERRELL Autumn Night Run
• Moonchaser Night Trail Run Series
• Pirates Half
• Serengeti Classic Road Race
• Tyger Valley Mountain Bike Challenge
• Value Logistics Fast One
• Toyota Half
• Emperors Palace Classic
• MERRELL Autumn Run
• Northern Challenge
• Bonitas City2City
• Discovery 702 Walk the Talk
• Highveld Winter Trail Series
• Jacaranda Spring Walk
• MERRELL Spring Night and Day Runs
• Rand Water Race for Victory
• SPAR Womens Challenge
• Value Logistics Ou Voetpad 10 Miler
• Beast of the East
• Diamond Dash Trail
• Ekurhuleni 5150
• Engen Cycle Challenge
• Hedianga Beast Trail Run
• KIA Night MTB Series
• Liquifruit half
• 94.7 Cycle Challenge
• 94.7 Mountain Bike
• RAC Tough One
 
KwaZulu-Natal
• Kearsney Striders Half
• NOSA Hillcrest Marathon
• Witness Maritzburg City Marathon
• aQuelle Tour Durban
• Comrades Marathon
• Discovery ECR Big Walk
• Molweni Trail
• N3TC Arthur Cresswell Memorial
• Powerade Sardine Marathon
• SPAR Womens Challenge Maritzburg
• Dargle Trails
• Engen Cycle Challenge
• Hypersure Toti 69er Cycle Challenge
• Jeep Hill 2 Hill
• SPAR Womens Challenge Durban
• The Capital Climb
• Waterfall SuperSPAR Forest 10
• Amashova Durban Classic
• Msunduzi Road Challenge
• Sani Stagger
 
Western Province
• Bay City Cycle Tour
• Cape Argus
• Cape Argus MTB
• Knysna Trail Run
• Weskus Marathon
• Porcupine Ridge MTB
• Classic Enduro
• Discovery ITU Championships
• Hex Valley Autumn Splendour
• MERRELL Outeniqua Traverse
• Two Oceans Marathon
• Two Oceans Trail
• Safari Half
• Tru-Cape MTB Funride
• Cape Town Marathon
• Houtkapper Trail Run
• MERRELL Spring Night Series
• Knysna Forest Marathon
• Salomon Featherbed Trail
• Wolseley MTB Challenge
• PPA Cycle Tour
• Engen Cycle Challenge Paarl
• Fair Cape MTB
• Hermanus MTB Challenge
• Java MTB Challenge
• Matroosberg Trail
• 94.5Kfm Gun Run
 
Other
• Daily Dispatch Spar Cycle Tour
• Discovery Surfers Challenge
• Iron Man 70.3 South Africa
• Long Tom Ultra
• The Herald VW Cycle Tour
• The Wild Dog Extreme 50
• Cradle Mayhem Stage Trail
• Loskop Marathon
• Iron Man South Africa
• Nedbank Save the Rhino MTB
• Sondela Bela Bela MTB Challenge
• SPAR Womens Challenge PE
• Uplands MTB Classic
• Bela Bela 5150
• Bestmed Jock Cycle Classique
• Bestmed Lost City MTB
• Cara Cara MTB
• Dullstroom Winter Festival Trail
• Lucky Star Marathon
• NumNum trail challenge
• Powerade Lost City Cycle Classic 2013
• Rhino Run
• Waterberg Toyota Lindani MTB Classic
• Bestmed Jacaranda Satellite Classic
• Eleven Global Sun City Triathlon
• Highveld Summer Trail Series
• Mangaung OFM Classic 2013
• Mangaung OFM MTB Classic 2013
• MERRELL Hobbit Trail Run
• Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge
• Sondela Super Classic
 
Page from 2015 brochure attached.attachicon.gifTeamVitalityPage.pdf

 

Bleak that they are missing so many rides in WC. No Stellenbosch cycle tour, very little MTB events and no LBL events.

 

Lame, come now discovery.

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You have to spend R3000 per quarter before you qualify to get up to 50% of your entry fees paid back.

 

So that's more than 10 standard cycle races in 3 months before you qualify, assuming R250-R300 per event.

 

There aren't even 10 qualifying cycle races in Gauteng on the list between January and March, so you'll have to enter races in other provinces or take up running, or do an expensive event just to qualify for the first quarter.

 

I suspect know there will be a lot of normal cyclists thinking they're going to get money back, and will be terribly disappointed.

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You have to spend R3000 per quarter before you qualify to get up to 50% of your entry fees paid back.

 

So that's more than 10 standard cycle races in 3 months before you qualify, assuming R250-R300 per event.

 

There aren't even 10 qualifying cycle races in Gauteng on the list between January and March, so you'll have to enter races in other provinces or take up running, or do an expensive event just to qualify for the first quarter.

 

I suspect know there will be a lot of normal cyclists thinking they're going to get money back, and will be terribly disappointed.

Where did u read that? I understood it that u can only claim 50% back of R3000 per quarter, R3000 being the maximum for entry expenditures per quarter. ..

am I mistaken?

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You have to spend R3000 per quarter before you qualify to get up to 50% of your entry fees paid back.

 

So that's more than 10 standard cycle races in 3 months before you qualify, assuming R250-R300 per event.

 

There aren't even 10 qualifying cycle races in Gauteng on the list between January and March, so you'll have to enter races in other provinces or take up running, or do an expensive event just to qualify for the first quarter.

 

I suspect know there will be a lot of normal cyclists thinking they're going to get money back, and will be terribly disappointed.

You could enter an event in another province and then sell entry to someone else. Still make some moola

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Where did u read that? I understood it that u can only claim 50% back of R3000 per quarter, R3000 being the maximum for entry expenditures per quarter. ..

am I mistaken?

That is how I read it... 50% back on races entries up to expenditure of R3000 per quarter

 

So a maximum of R1500 back per quarter... If you spend R4000 in one quarter, you will only get R1500 back

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That is how I read it... 50% back on races entries up to expenditure of R3000 per quarter

 

So a maximum of R1500 back per quarter... If you spend R4000 in one quarter, you will only get R1500 back

Yeah that's what I thought...
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You have to spend R3000 per quarter before you qualify to get up to 50% of your entry fees paid back.

 

So that's more than 10 standard cycle races in 3 months before you qualify, assuming R250-R300 per event.

 

There aren't even 10 qualifying cycle races in Gauteng on the list between January and March, so you'll have to enter races in other provinces or take up running, or do an expensive event just to qualify for the first quarter.

 

I suspect know there will be a lot of normal cyclists thinking they're going to get money back, and will be terribly disappointed.

Wrong. It's how the others have it. If you just ride one race, and you're enlisted for this benefit, you get 50% of it back subject to a max of R1,500 back per quarter.

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Where did u read that? I understood it that u can only claim 50% back of R3000 per quarter, R3000 being the maximum for entry expenditures per quarter. ..

am I mistaken?

Where did I read it?

On the brochure.

"Qualifying spend for cash back of R3000 per quarter"

You could enter an event in another province and then sell entry to someone else. Still make some moola

I think you would need to complete the event to qualify. That would be too easy.

That is how I read it... 50% back on races entries up to expenditure of R3000 per quarter

 

So a maximum of R1500 back per quarter... If you spend R4000 in one quarter, you will only get R1500 back

Yeah that's what I thought...

Maybe I'm wrong, in which case I'll apologise upfront, like right now Edited by geraldm24
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So its does not come out of my savings? So then where is the catch? Do they pay CSA for my licence fees in their R600 startup fee?

Nope. Not from MSA. From Vitality themselves. Nothing to do with savings and /or med aid.

 

Catch is that if you don't use it you don't get cash back.

 

And yes. CSA license for (I'd imagine) a recreational license. And kit.

 

Don't underestimate the amount Discovery will save as a result of reduced lapse rates thanks to this benefit. Even for a 1% reduction in lapse ratios, and a few 1,000 more vitality points. That small uptick in retention has a HUUUUGE effect on their bottom line

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Where did I read it?

On the brochure.

"Qualifying spend for cash back of R3000 per quarter"

I think you would need to complete the event to qualify. That would be to easy.

 

Maybe I'm wrong, in which case I'll apologise upfront.

You are wrong. Max spend that will qualify for a discount is R3000 per quarter.

 

I'll confirm that in the morning though. I'll agree that the wording is vague, but that's the way it was explained at the launch and in suvsubsequent training sessions.

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You are wrong. Max spend that will qualify for a discount is R3000 per quarter.

 

I'll confirm that in the morning though. I'll agree that the wording is vague, but that's the way it was explained at the launch and in suvsubsequent training sessions.

As I mentioned above, I'll apologise if I'm wrong.

 

I just interpreted it that way.

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As I mentioned above, I'll apologise if I'm wrong.

 

I just interpreted it that way.

I can see why you did. Discovery have a history of wording it similar to that though, but normally : "max qualifying spend of xx xx per quarter" as in the case of healthy food

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