The Trackblazers Sports Academy in association with the Mumbai Suburban Athletics Association (MSDAA) will be orgainsing the inaugural ‘Tracknights’, a state-level athletic meet to be held under lights at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) synthetic athletics tracks on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2020.
(From left to right) Wiron Vaz, Vice-President, MSDAA, Firoz Ustad, co-founder Trackblazers, V. Govind Bala, Arthur Fernandes, Hon. Gen. Secretary, MSDAA and Chirag Patel, also co-founder Trackblazers, seen at the media briefing to announce the launch of the inaugural ‘Tracknights’.
This two-day athletics event is for the first-time ever being held under floodlights, this was announced a media conference on Thursday.
Addressing media persons, renowned coach V. Govind Balamj, mentor of Trackblazers said, “this is a very good initiative to conduct the meet under lights. This will encourage the young athletes, and the evening start will not hamper their studies. The students will not have to skip their classes as they meet is being held after their school and college classes. The cooler evening weather conditions will also ensure better performances which could result in better timings.”
Besides the lights the organizer, have set up electronic timing and distance measuring devices. There will also electronic scoreboards which will instantly display the results. All this will provide the athletes a feel of an international athletics event.
Competition will be held in about 77 track and field events for boys’ and girls’ in the under-8, under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16 and under-18 age categories. The organisers will also conduct mixed (boys and girls) relay team races.
The winners will be presented with medals, certificates and for the very first they will also receive cash awards.
Over 600 entries from 40 schools, colleges and clubs have already been received and the number of participants will increase as the MSDAA and Trackblazers are still receiving requests from athletes to take part in the two-day event. Athletes from Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburbs, Pune, Nashikh, Nagpur, Latur, Satara, Kolhapur to name a few will be seen vying for top podium finishes.
The meet on both days will commence from 5.00 pm onwards.