AFS Fezile Dabi Cross Country Running League

LEAGUE AFFILIATION AND ENTRIES

STEP 1: Affiliate club / school

Clubs / schools are required to affiliate with the league before athletes can enter to participate.
View the list of affiliated clubs to see if your club is already affiliated.
Clubs / schools with five or less athletes will not be required to pay an affiliation fee.
Clubs / school with 6 and more athletes will pay a once-off season affiliation fee of R500.
An athlete can only enter to participate in this league if the athlete's club / school is affiliated with the league.
Clubs / schools can affiliate and register athletes until 03 June 2026. No further affiliation and entries accepted after this date.

STEP 2: Enter athletes

Athletes are required to pre-register only once to participate in the league events.
View the list of registered athletes to confirm your entry.
Payment of R50 per athlete per league event is made on race day at registration to receive a race number.
Athletes can register to participate in the league until 03 June 2026. No further entries accepted after this date.
Athletes who compete in multiple categories / distances (Seniors, 2km Sprint) must register separately for each event.
No spreadsheets, handwritten entries, or telephonic entries will be accepted.

CLOSING DATE FOR LEAGUE AFFILIATION & ENTRIES

Clubs / schools who want to affiliate with this league must do so before the final entries closing date for league 4 on Wednesday 03 June 2026. The final date for athletes to pre-register for this league will also be Wednesday 03 June 2026. After this date no further affiliation and entries will be accepted for the remainder of the 2026 season of the AFS Fezile Dabi Cross Country Running League. Entries for leagues 1-4 will close on the Wednesday prior to the upcoming league. After entries for league 4 closed, it will no longer be possible to affiliate with, or enter athletes to participate in the upcoming league events thereafter.

LEAGUES DATES

Sa 02 May 2026 Entries close: 29 Apr 2026	League 1	DP De Villiers Stadium, Sasolburg
Sa 09 May 2026 Entries close: 06 May 2026	League 2	Koedoeslaagte, Parys
Sa 16 May 2026 Entries close: 13 May 2026	League 3	DP De Villiers Stadium, Sasolburg
Sa 06 Jun 2026 Entries close: 03 Jun 2026	League 4	Koedoeslaagte, Parys
Sa 11 Jul 2026 Entries close: 03 Jun 2026	League 5	DP De Villiers Stadium, Sasolburg
Sa 18 Jul 2026 Entries close: 03 Jun 2026	League 6	Koedoeslaagte, Parys
Sa 01 Aug 2026 Entries close: 03 Jun 2026	FezD District Championship (League 7)	Koedoeslaagte, Parys

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION EXPENSES

All clubs, schools and athletes participate in this league at their own expense.
All athletes will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements and expenses unless specifically stated otherwise.
Athletes should only confirm their participation in district, provincial, and national championship if they have the means to do so.
Please do not assume that the district or province will have the financial means or ability to provide the privilege of transport and accommodation for athletes.

SCHOOLS TAKE NOTE

Please take note of the difference between Schools Cross Country Running (SASA) and Athletics South Africa Cross Country Running (ASA). This league is an ASA league.
Scholars who want participate for their school in this ASA league can only do so if their school is affiliated as a club with ASA. All athletes must have a valid ASA license for this league.
Scholars of schools that are affiliated with both ASA and SASA may participate in both SASA and ASA Cross Country Running events.
ASA and SASA operate independently and there are significant differences between ASA and SASA qualification standards, team selection requirements, obligations, and liability.
Due to the differences between ASA and SASA, the achievements, results, and outcomes between them are not interchangeable for the purpose of qualification and team selection. Athletes must comply with the requirements and qualify for each federation independently.
An ASA-affiliated school is essentially an ASA club that is affiliated with the same name as the school.
It is for each school to decide whether, or not, to grant recognition and merit for scholars who participate in ASA events. Athletes must please confirm this with their schools to avoid disappointment.