Archery Guyana hosts successful year-end indoor recurve competition

On Sunday November 4, Archery Guyana held its first of four 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, 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 follow:

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 December 2, 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 November, 11, 2018 at the Carifesta Sports Club Ground, Carifesta Avenue from 11:00 am.