African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships Explained

The African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships is an annual international long-distance road running competition over the half marathon distance (21.1 km) between Southern African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). It was established in 2000,^[1] and is one of three regional half marathon championships organised by the CAA, alongside the North and East African Half Marathon Championships.^{[2] [3]}

The competition is one of three senior athletics championships organised for the Southern region, alongside the main African Southern Region Athletics Championships and the African Southern Region Cross Country Championships (both held in odd-numbered years)^{[4] [5]}

A Southern African Marathon Championship was contested in 1989.^[6]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Nations	Athletes
1	2000		Botswana
2	2001		Zambia
3	2002		Mauritius
4	2003		Namibia
5	2004		Zimbabwe	10 October		[7]
6	2005		Seychelles	5 November		[8]
7	2006		Mozambique	24 September		[9] [10]
8	2007		Lesotho	22 September		[11]
9	2008	?
10	2009		Comoros	12 April		[12] [13] [14]
11	2010		Malawi	September		[15] [16] [17]
12	2011		Swaziland	24 September		[18] [19]
13	2012	?
14	2013	?
15	2014		Namibia	4 October		[20]
16	2015	?	Lesotho	26 September		[21] [22]
17	2016		Madagascar	4 September		[23]
18	2017		Namibia	16 September		[24]
19	2018		South Africa	28 July		[25]
20	2019		South Africa	27 July		[26]

• The 2005 edition was held on a short course.^[1]

Champions

Year	Men's individual	Men's team	Women's individual	Women's team
2000
2001		?		?
2002		?		?
2003		?		?
2004				?
2005				?

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asrc.htm African Southern Region Championships
2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecafc.htm East African Championships
3. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/nafc.htm North African Championships
4. [Mark Ouma|Ouma, Mark]
5. http://www.africathle.com/2019/07/06/caa-southern-region-championships-reduit-mauritius-5-6-07-2019/ CAA Southern Region championships, Reduit (Mauritius) 5-6/07/2019
6. https://more.arrs.run/race/69480 Southern African Marathon Championships 1989
7. https://more.arrs.run/race/61788 African Southern Region Championship 2004
8. https://more.arrs.run/race/74494 Southern African Championships 2005
9. https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/sa-to-send-team-to-iaaf-world-20km-champs-561535 SA to send team to IAAF World 20km Champs
10. https://more.arrs.run/race/85697 Southern Africa Championships 2006
11. https://more.arrs.run/race/96666 Southern African Championships 2007
12. https://www.sascoc.co.za/2009/04/15/coolboy-conquers-comores/ Coolboy conquers Comores
13. https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/427/34917.html SA Athletes reign supreme in Comoros
14. https://more.arrs.run/race/121060 Southern Africa Championship 2009
15. http://www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za/newsletter/Preview.aspx?newsid=756 Nedbank Green Dream team runners win Southern region 21.1km championships in Malawi
16. https://www.sascoc.co.za/2010/09/16/van-blerk-prepares-to-take-on-the-world/ Irvette prepares for China
17. https://www.sascoc.co.za/2010/09/14/nzima-van-blerk-do-the-double-in-malawi/ SA duo do the double
18. https://www.athletics.africa/a/articles/6/2011/10/04/namibias_naigambo_wins_gold_at_caa_sr_half_marathon_in_swaziland.html Namibia's Naigambo wins gold at CAA SR Half Marathon in Swaziland
19. https://www.dut.ac.za/press_release/dut_athlete_to_represent_south_africa_in_southern_region_half_marathon_championship/ DUT ATHLETE TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA IN SOUTHERN REGION HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP
20. https://allafrica.com/stories/201409290703.html Namibia: Regional Half Marathon Champs On
21. http://www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za/News/DisplayNewsItem.aspx?niid=53109 Nedbank Running Club helps Team SA win Team Title at Southern Region Half Marathon Championships
22. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/citypress/20150920/281973196448633 CityPress
23. http://bolandathletics.com/sitefiles/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Circular-42-of-ASA-2016-SOUTHERN-REGION-HALF-MARATHON-CHAMPIONSHIPS-2016-RESULTS.pdf Southern Region Half Marathon Championships 2016, Results
24. http://www.africathle.com/2017/09/18/southern-africa-half-marathon-championships-karibib-namibia-16092017/ Southern Africa half-marathon championships, Karibib (Namibia) 16/09/2017
25. https://www.facebook.com/1660894007461450/posts/road-running-stars-all-ready-for-asa-half-marathon-championships-in-pethe-countr/2083692398514940/ ROAD RUNNING STARS ALL READY FOR ASA HALF-MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PE
26. http://www.backtrack.co.za/asa-half-marathon-championships-review/ ASA Half Marathon Championships Review