Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation/Archery Guyana Successfully Completes Qualifier’s Archery Competition At The Indigenous Heritage Games 2016

The Qualifier Outdoor Archery on Saturday 17thSeptember, 2016, on the second day of the Indigenous Heritage Games 2016 at the Everest Sports Ground, Eve Leary, Georgetown saw 86 (eighty-six) competitors participating from all parts of Guyana.

Mr. Nicholas Hing, Chairman of the Archery Committee, Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) gave an Overview as to the Rules under which the Competition was conducted, in accordance with World Archery Foundation, to which the GSSF is affiliated.

Archers shot in groups of five and because of the time frame and the high number of competitors, the Qualifiers comprised an end of six arrows. There was a time limit of four minutes for each athlete to shoot six arrows.

Mr. Hing went on to highlight that safety is the paramount consideration of the Foundation and that only athletes who were shooting are allowed on the shooting lime. The other competitors must stay at the waiting Line. The distance was 20 metres and the signals for shooting were explained to the eagerly awaiting crowd.

There are 3 different whistle commands: 2 whistle blasts – Archers walk to the shooting line. 1 whistle blast – Archers commence shooting, and 3 whistle blasts – Archers stop shooting and walk to targets to check scores and collect arrows.

The Honourable Minister Valerie Garrido-Lowe, Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs led the Archers off in their quest to qualify and secure a spot in the Finals scheduled to take place on Sunday 18th September, 2016. Trophies will be up for grabs for Overall 1-3 in Men’s Senior, Women’s Senior and Juniors Categories.

At the end of an exciting afternoon, the Foundation released the Results of the Qualifiers as follows:

Men’s Senior

NAME POINTS County
Sean Duncan 38 Region 4 – Pattensen
Randy Arjune 28 Region 4 – Prospect
Nicholas Hing 25 Region 4 – South Ruimveldt Park
Eric Hing 19 Region 4 – South Ruimveldt Park
Ryan McKinnon 17 Region 4 – Courida Park
Mike Abrams 12 Region 4 – La Penitence
Joel Jonas 12 Region 10 – Muritaro
Shamie Bernard 12 Region 4 – St. Cuthbert’s Mission
Anand Mangra 12 Region 4 – Eccles
Lawrence Gomes 8 Region 8 – Paramakatoi
Carl Perreira 8 Region 8 – Mahdia
Esee Lewis 7 Region 9 – Shulinab
Roy Shuman 6 Region 4 – St. Cuthbert’s Mission
John Andrews 4 Region 4 – St. Cuthbert’s Mission
Ramaldo Wilson 4 Region 2 – Bethany
Graham Atkinson 3 Region 1 – Moruca
Marco Mohamed 3 Region 5 – Moraikobai
Winston Baird 2 Region 8 – Campbelltown
Aaron DeFreitas 1 Region 1 – Laluni Village
Oswald Hussein 1 Region 4 – St. Cuthbert’s Mission

Women’s Senior

NAME POINTS County
Samira Duncan 27 Region 4 – Pattensen
Narda Mohamed 18 Region 4 – Robb Street
Pamela Williams 8 Region 4 – St. Cuthbert’s Mission
Liza Thomas 6 Region 8 – Paramakatoi
Shearlyn Duncan 2 Region 4 – Pattensen

Juniors

NAME POINTS County
Aliyah Gordon 11 Region 4 – Georgetown
Shamara Duncan 7 Region 4 – Pattensen
Garville Daniels 3 Region 9 – Annai
Michael Hing 2 Region 4 – South Ruimveldt Park

In photos below:

Minister Valerie Garrido-Lowe takes aim at the Indigenous Heritage Archery Competition 2016:

Members of GSSF/Archery Guyana at the Qualifiers of Indigenous Heritage Games 2016: Mr. Nicholas Hing (Chair of Archery Committee) is second from right.

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