LSAA rewards Deji Tinubu Classics winners, unveils programmes

The Lagos State Athletics Association has unveiled programmes and activities for next year, including grassroots competitions for schools and elite championships to promote and elevate the standard of the sport.

Speaking at the press conference held at William Carew Street, Anthony Village, Lagos, Chairman of the association, Solomon Alao, expressed the commitment of the LSAA board to ensure the growth of athletics with the developmental agenda of the Lagos State Sports Commission.

The media parley was held to award winners of the maiden edition of the Deji Tinubu Lagos Athletics Club Series held last year at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex, with clubs across the country participating in the highly successful championships.

The biannual event was dominated by clubs from Lagos and Ogun States.
Agroterra Athletics Academy finished tops to claim the sum of N1,000,000, while Udo-Obong Athletics Club Academy and Eagle Sight Academy came second and third and got N600,000 and N400,000, respectively.

Alao stated that the DT Lagos Athletics Classics, instituted by the association to celebrate the legacy of Late Deji Tinubu, will hold next year, and the premier event will be held in phases, with senior athletes and top-performing talents from clubs in the state competing.
While looking forward to an exciting and well-packaged second edition of the Deji Tinubu Athletics Classics, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Yemisi Tinubu, stated that the association was delighted to finally reward the clubs and their athletes following the fiercely contested debut championship.
Tinubu applauded the LSAA Chairman, Dr. Alao, for his efforts and immense support towards the DT Athletics Classics and other programs of the association.

The LSAA also confirmed the new technical department with substantive appointments of personalities into substantive positions.

The revamped and highly fortified technical department is headed by Otegbeye Adefunlola Olufunke, with Abiodun Ibrahim as the Performance Director and Billy Disu as the Programme Director.

The school sports games scheduled for next year hope to discover and nurture new athletic talents across Lagos State. The Games will be held twice a year, creating consistent opportunities for student-athletes to develop their skills and be recognised.