Payne classic will serve as CARIFTA qualifier

Next year's local track and field season is set to get going in late January with the 15th edition of the Joseph Payne Memorial Athletics Classic. The discus and javelin field events will start the ball rolling on January 24, under lights at the Coleridge and Parry School from 5 p.m. This precedes the next day's full schedule of track and field events at the Usain Bolt Complex, which includes the 5k run set for 5 p.m. Opened to all clubs, schools and independent athletes, for the first time it will be a qualifier for the CARIFTA Games, having been sanctioned by the Athletics Association of Barbados. The organiser of the Classic, Charles Walcott, says this is an important move as our young athletes need more competition. Added to this year's track events will be a mixed relay and as we hear from meet Director Wendy Barrow-Smith, there will also be an expansion of the age groups. Subscribe to CBC News: cbcbarbados Connect with the CBC News Barbados Website: https://www.cbc.bb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CBCNews.bb/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcnewsbarb... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBCBARBADOS #CBCTV8 #CBCNewsNight #ThisIsWhoWeAre