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Unus Alladin

Hong Kong's top track and field athletes will be vying for training grants worth a total of $100,000 in the season-long Watson's Athletic King Championships, which start with the first round next month.

 The most dominant male athlete in any track and field event will receive $20,000 in training grants.

 The top female athlete will receive $15,000 while the top men's and women's junior athletes will collect $6,000 each.

 Points will be tallied at the end of the fourth and final round of the competition in October.

 The first round of the competition kicks off on February 8 at the Wan Chai Sports Ground.

 The other rounds are scheduled on the weekends of April 18 and 19 and May 10, also at the Wan Chai Sports Ground.

 Grants will be awarded to the top three athletes in the men's and women's opens and the top five athletes in both the men's junior and women's junior competitions.

 Athletes breaking Hong Kong records will earn extra points and extra training grants. Senior records will be worth $2,000 while junior records will be worth $1,000.

 Edmond Tsui, director and general manager of sponsors Watson's Water, said he hoped local athletes would be encouraged to strive for better results by competing in the meets.

 'Athletics has become the most fundamental sport of all sports forms,' said Tsui.

 'We anticipate that the event will become an important arena for local athletes striving to do their best and setting new records.

 'We hope the event will arouse public attention and that local athletes will strive for higher standards.'  Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association senior vice-chairman Eric Lee said he hoped the event would improve local standards.

 'We want to arouse more local youngsters to take up athletics while providing a chance for them to share their spirit of accomplishment through this programme,' he said.



$100,000 reward for top athletes