ARCHERY GUYANA hosts SUCCESSFUL YEAR-END INDOOR RECURVE COMPETITION

On Sunday November 4, Archery Guyana held its first of 4 competitions to end the year with its 2018 Championships at the National Gymnasium. The indoor recurve competition began with 14 competitors in the ranking rounds of adult male, adult female and youth female categories vying for top spots.

After the Opening Ceremony and remarks by President of Archery Guyana, Mr. Mohamed Khan, the action began at 11:00am with 8 men in the Adult Male Individual category shooting in the 300 ranking round, followed by the Ladies in the Adult Female Individual and Youth Female Individual categories also shooting in their ranking round of 300 (a ranking round of 300 is where an archer shoots 30 arrows with a possibility of scoring all 10s).

After the Individual rounds were finished, athletes were paired for the mixed team ranking rounds, with the highest scoring male paired with lowest scoring female and vice-versa.

RESULTS SO FAR ARE AS FOLLOWS:

RANKING ROUND RESULTS – INDIVIDUAL

ADULT MALE INDIVIDUAL

1st place – Umasankar Madray    225 points

2nd place – Anand Mangra                             198 points

3rd place – Sean Duncan                 174 points

4th place – Ryan McKinnon                           164 points

5th place – Latchman Singh                          89 points

6th place – Mohamed Khan                          82 points

7th place – Jeewanram Persaud 80 points

8th place – Nicholas Hing                               76 points

 

ADULT FEMALE INDIVIDUAL

1st place – Samira Duncan                            104 points

2nd place – Narda Mohamed                       101 points

3rd place – Shereeda Yusuf                          65 points

4th place – Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon   29 points

 

YOUTH FEMALE INDIVIDUAL

1st place – Talitha Kissoon                            102 points

2nd place – Jessica Callender       21 points

 

In the first round of Team Shooting, the results were as follows:

1st place – Sean Duncan & Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon     137 points

2nd place – Umasankar Madray & Nicholas Hing              123 points

3rd place – Jeewanram Persaud & Talitha Kissoon                       93 points

4th place – Ryan McKinnon & Shereeda Yusuf                 91 points

5th place – Anand Mangra & Jessica Callender                 73 points

6th place – Samira Duncan & Mohamed Khan                  73 points

7th place – Latchman Singh & Narda Mohamed                63 points

 

The top 3 Scoring Teams moved on to the Eliminations Rounds and all the other Teams got a chance to battle it out for a final spot in the Elimination Round. The Results were as follows:

1st place – Anand Mangra & Jessica Callender               126 POINTS

2nd place – Ryan McKinnon & Shereeda Yusuf                121 points

3rd place – Samira Duncan & Mohamed Khan                  92 points

4TH place- Latchman Singh & Narda Mohamed                69 points

 

The Part 2 of the Indoor Championships will be held on Sunday 2nd December, 2018 when the 4 Teams will compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Semi-Finals and Finals.

The next event (the outdoor recurve competition) will be held on Sunday 11th November, 2018 at the Carifesta Sports Club Ground, Carifesta Avenue from 11:00 am.

Archery Guyana would like to thank the National Sports Commission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport for their kind permission for the use of the National Gymnasium and Carifesta Ground.

 

 

In photo below: Participants pose for a picture after the 1st part of the Indoor Recurve 2018 Championships

 

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