Johannesburg reaches full capacity again; waitlist registration is now in place

The finish line at the 2019 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge will feature a capacity crowd of 15,000 participants on Thursday, March 28.

The 2019 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge at the Wanderers Club has reached full capacity of entrants and can no longer guarantee new company registrations.

Johannesburg is the only event in the Corporate Challenge Series to sell out each year of its existence, that will be the case again in March. This year’s event is scheduled for Thursday, March 28 with a 6:30 p.m. start at the Wanderers Club.

Companies that have not secured registration are encouraged to submit a request to be placed on the waitlist.  If companies that have reserved entries do not meet their projected numbers timeously, additional allocations may be made available.

Contact Johannesburg@jpmorganchasecc.com or 087 097 0011 with any questions.

Last April 5, the Corporate Challenge featured a capacity crowd of 14,000 entrants from 323 companies, with 11 entering 250 or more employees.  Investec led the way with 706 total entrants, followed by PwC (501), Standard Bank (457), Liberty (430), KPMG (412), Smollan (348), Deloitte (301), Ernst & Young (301), Rand Merchant Bank (300), ABSA Corporate and Investment Bank (250), and Stanlib (250).

Implats (men), Sibanye-Stillwater (women) and Investec (mixed) were the first-place teams in last year’s race and have earned invitations to the 2019 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Championship, date and location to be announced in due course. 

The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge in Johannesburg will serve as a benefit and awareness-builder for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. This will mark the sixth consecutive year of this partnership.

“Sport is a unifying factor in our country, and at Laureus it is the heartbeat of what we are,” said Brett Graham, Executive Director for Laureus Sport for Good Foundation South Africa. “Being able to showcase our programs and our athletes at the Corporate Challenge every year is exceptionally valuable to our overall marketing efforts.”

The Corporate Challenge debuted in Johannesburg in March 2004, with a crowd of 6,144 runners and walkers.  That was full capacity at the time, with the permit for runners growing incrementally to the current capacity. Johannesburg is the only event in the Corporate Challenge Series to sell out each year of its existence.  That will be the case again in March.

Johannesburg is one of 13 cities represented in the 2019 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series, owned by J.P. Morgan and celebrating its 43^rd year of continual operation.