The two-day Walton 30th National Junior Athletics Championship begins today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium comprising more than 400 athletes from 64 districts, six divisions, BKSP and a number of educational boards. This edition, however, carries a different vibe as part of the event will be staged under lights for the very first time in the championship’s history.
To avoid the scorching heat the organisers have decided to break the day’s proceedings in two parts with the first part from 8:30am-11:30am and the second half from 4:00pm-7:00pm under lights.
For any new national record the Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) will award the athletes with a purse of Tk5,000 while the sponsors will also provide gift-hampers.
Bangladesh Olympics Association deputy secretary general Badal Roy will inaugurate the event as the chief guest.
In a press conference held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday, BAF general secretary Ibrahim Changish revealed the details. Walton additional directors AFM Iqbal bin Anwar Dawn and M Mahmudul Haque and BAF vice president Shah Alam were also present among others.