1st All Nigerian Athletics Masters Tourney Holds, May

The Nigerian Athletics
Masters (NAM) has fixed May for the first All Nigerian Athletics Masters Championships scheduled for Lagos among its other activities for 2017.
The Secretary of NAM, Uruemu Adu, made the disclosure to newsmen yesterday in Lagos.
The 10th African Masters Athletics Championships scheduled for August 23 to August 27 in Abidjan, Cote d’Iviore, is among the activities highlighted by NAM for the year.
Tidesports gathered that Nigeria’s 16 athletes won 30 gold, six silver and three bronze medals at the last championships in Limbe, Cameroun.
Adu appealed for support from corporate organisations and individuals to sponsor the athletes to conquer the African region.
The African Masters Championships is a qualifier for the World Athletics Masters.
It also promotes interaction of veteran athletes on the African continent and develops African Masters champions who can compete globally in accordance with the IAAF Rules. (NAN)