Next week\u2019s Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championship make available a rare opportunity for school athletes to get World Athletics recognition for their performances as the organisers have come in the event to be listed as a \u2018F\u2019 category event recognized by the world governing body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the first time the flagship event organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletics Association (SLSAA) has been registered to get World Athletics recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSir John Tarbat Senior Championship will be staged as a \u2018F\u2019 category event. We have made the essential arrangements through Sri Lanka Athletics to stage the event as a \u2018F\u2019 category event,\u201d a senior official of SLSAA said in an interview with \u2018The Island\u2019 yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Junior National Athletics Championship lead by Sri Lanka Athletics, All Island Schools Games Athletics Championship conducted by the Ministry of Education and the Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championship are the three major track and field events conducted for juniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year the All-Island Schools Games Athletics Championship was staged as an \u2018F\u2019 category event flagging the way for school athletes to earn World Athletics rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Junior National Championship and the All-Island Schools Games Athletics Championship were the only local events to have been registered as World Athletics \u2018F\u2019 class track and field events so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghis year\u2019s Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championship will get underway at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Thiron Gamage, the secretary of the SLSAA, the four-day event is expected to attract close to 4000 school athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are still in the process of receiving entries. We are still receiving entries by post. By morning we had registered over 3250 athletes. We expect the numbers to increase during the next few days as some of the entries are still in the post,\u201d said Gamage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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