Abdu Wasike
20 July 2011
Namboole — Manning of the newly acquired electronic timing devices will be placed in the hands of local athletics body, UAF, officials after completion of training sessions tomorrow.
German technocrats Karen Scholaz, Klaus Scholaz and Frank Neuer are in the country to train over 12 Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) officials on how to operate the gadgets. The training started at Namboole stadium on Monday and ends tomorrow. UAF in May received electronic timing devices worth Shs60m from the Germany government.
The gadgets came with a wind screen vane, start gun and a camera which can take 2000 pictures per click. “We want Uganda Athletics Federation to be able to run their own competitions and develop athletes with the help of this electronic system,” Gunter Lange, the Ugandan-based German sports development expert said at Namboole yesterday.
There is no need to hire foreign manpower to handle the gadgets, which will be used during the National Championships starting Friday at Namboole, Lange suggested. UAF has been hiring the gadgets from Kenya to run competitions here.
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