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

1^st place – Umasankar Madray    225 points

2^nd place – Anand Mangra                             198 points

3^rd place – Sean Duncan                 174 points

4^th place – Ryan McKinnon                           164 points

5^th place – Latchman Singh                          89 points

6^th place – Mohamed Khan                          82 points

7^th place – Jeewanram Persaud 80 points

8^th place – Nicholas Hing                               76 points

ADULT FEMALE INDIVIDUAL

1^st place – Samira Duncan                            104 points

2^nd place – Narda Mohamed                       101 points

3^rd place – Shereeda Yusuf                          65 points

4^th place – Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon   29 points

YOUTH FEMALE INDIVIDUAL

1^st place – Talitha Kissoon                            102 points

2^nd place – Jessica Callender       21 points

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

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

2^nd place – Umasankar Madray & Nicholas Hing              123 points

3^rd place – Jeewanram Persaud & Talitha Kissoon                       93 points

4^th place – Ryan McKinnon & Shereeda Yusuf                 91 points

5^th place – Anand Mangra & Jessica Callender                 73 points

6^th place – Samira Duncan & Mohamed Khan                  73 points

7^th 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:

1^st place – Anand Mangra & Jessica Callender               126 POINTS

2^nd place – Ryan McKinnon & Shereeda Yusuf                121 points

3^rd place – Samira Duncan & Mohamed Khan                  92 points

4^TH place- Latchman Singh & Narda Mohamed                69 points

The Part 2 of the Indoor Championships will be held on Sunday 2^nd 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 11^th 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 1^st part of the Indoor Recurve 2018 Championships