6.1 To ensure that South African athletes are exposed to international competitions at youth, junior and senior level, ASA cover all expenses of all athletes in the team, e.g. clothing, travel, accommodation and per diems for the duration of the championships.
6.2 The ASA Youth Team is currently listed no.1 in the world on the medal tally
6.3 The ASA Junior Team is currently listed no.6 in the world on the medal tally
6.4 The ASA Senior Team is currently listed no.3 in the world on the medal tally
7. ASA is one of a few countries in the world that send representative teams to all IAAF World Championships, and CAA African Championships at youth, junior and senior level.
8. ASA cater for all disciplines of athletics, Track and Field, Road Running, Off-Road Running and ultra-distance. Most countries in the world cater for only some of the disciplines in athletics.
9. ASA Coaches serve as head coaches in countries such as Germany, India and many African Countries.
10. ASA National Coaches are used as facilitators/instructors in coaching courses by many countries in the world
11. ASA Technical Officials serve as Referees and Chief Judges in many international competitions.
12. ASA Leaders and Administrators are serving on many structures at African and IAAF level
13. Many countries in the world are now seeking guidance from ASA as to how to develop athletics in their countries
14. Many countries send their athletes to participate in South African events, and/or send them to training camps in South Africa to prepare for the Olympic Games
15. ASA have Squads of more than 300 athletes at senior, junior and youth level in preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games and 2024 Olympic Games
16. ASA expose annually, more than 2 000 000 athletes at the various levels of competitions to a network of more than 1500 IAAF/ASA certified competitions. Collectively, the ASA Development Programme is one of the largest, and one of the most effective programmes in the world.
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Class or category |
Summary of amount spent by ASA: 2017 – 2019 |
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2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Total |
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International events |
Youth, junior and senior |
3,035,364 |
5,548,643 |
2,887,882 |
11,471,889 |
National and provincial events |
Youth, junior and senior |
3,384,983 |
3,080,247 |
2,232,364 |
8,697,594 |
Skills development |
National Symposiums/ Workshops for Athletes, Coaches, Officials, Administrators and educational material |
2,303,293 |
2,393,780 |
2,056,780 |
6,753,853 |
Total |
26,923,336 |