The Lagos State Athletics Association says it will launch its Lagos Club Athletics Series on Wednesday in Lagos.
The association will also host the state’s athletics contingent to the 21st National Sports Festival which held last December in Asaba, Delta State.
This was made known to the public via a notice sent to athletics stakeholders and the media and signed by its secretary, Funmi Olusanya.
The Lagos Club Athletics Series is a competition designed for only athletics clubs across the country and it is partially patterned after World Athletics’ Wanda Diamond League where athletes score points in each of the legs/series.
The competition will take off with the opening leg on Sunday February 19 at the Sports Ground of Yabatech (Yaba College of Technology), Yaba, Lagos
The second leg will hold at Navy Town Ojo on April 15 while the University of Lagos Sports Ground will host the third series on May 6 with the final scheduled for Yabatech in June.
There will be prize money on offer at each leg of the series while overall winning club at the final will get #100,000,000.
Meanwhile, the state’s track and field team to the Delta 2022 National Sports Festival will also be hosted at the venue.
The team won two gold and three bronze medals.