The Willie Williams Athletics Championship which is one of the oldest athletics competitions in Ghana seventh edition, comes up on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at the Legon Sports Stadium in Accra from 8.30am to 5pm.
The brainchild of James Thompson, a former athlete who was nurtured and groomed by the late Willie Williams, the competition has unearth great talents in athletics like Benjamin Azamati, the current national record holder in the 100m, he is the winner of the 100m in the first edition of the competition in 2018,
Solomon Hammond was winner of the 100m in the second edition, Rasheed Saminu and James Dadzie came first and second positions in the third edition, these athletes are now based in the United States of America (USA) and they are the current athletes running in the 4x100m for Ghana.
According to James Thompson Anlaaminge who is also the organizer of the Tizza Football Gala, and the yet to come off Tizza Marathon, the some athletics clubs have registered for the competition.
The current SWAG male athlete of the year Edwin Gadayi, the 2020 Olympian Sarfo Ansah, the Ghana Armed Forces team, a team from the Ashanti Region, the University of Ghana and many others as well as individuals athletes have all registered to participate on Saturday 8th of February, 2025.
The Paa Willie Williams Athletics Meet has been added to the calendar of Ghana Athletics and it is the first competition on the Ghana Athletics calendar.
He expressed that the electronic timer and all facilities and equipment will be made available for athletes to record the best times of the year.