Atkins back home, makes donation to track clubs

Fri, Jan 21st 2011, 10:00 PM

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

AS he continues his return to the form that enabled him to win the men's 100 metres silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, Derrick Atkins came back home to make a contribution to some of the future athletes.

At a press conference yesterday in the VIP Lounge of the Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium, Atkins displayed the track outfits and tennis shores that will be presented to the Moores Island Track Club, Ricky Moxey Track Club in Exuma and his alma mater, CR Walker Secondary School.

Atkins, who turned 27 on January 5, said the equipment, worth about $1,500 each, is his way of giving back ...

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