Competition intense at first segment of 2018 Outdoor Archery Championships

Archery Guyana’s first segment of the 2018 Outdoor Archery Championships sponsored by Infotrans Guyana Inc. was held on Sunday November, 11, 2018, at the Carifesta Sports Club Ground with 15 archers competing in the ranking rounds of Men, Women and Junior Women classes.

The official competition started after the opening ceremony with remarks from President Mohamed Khan and reminders for the day from Head Coach Nicholas Hing.

The Action started at 12:00h after the official equipment checks, practice rounds and sighting-in for competitors were completed.

Competitors were classed as: Individual Women, Individual Junior Women and Individual Men all shooting a 300 ranking round (a 300 round is 30 arrows shot with a possibility of scoring all 10s).

Excitement was in the air and the competition was intense as everyone braved the blistering heat trying to gain top scores against each other whilst battling with the wind.

The ladies and Junior women started off the Individual categories followed by the Men’s individual and the Mixed teams (Round 1)

Results:

RANKING ROUND RESULTS – INDIVIDUAL

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL

1^st place – Narda Mohamed                        160 points

2^nd place – Shereeda Yusuf                           81 points

3^rd place – Samira Duncan                            64 points

4^th place – Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon            47 points

JUNIOR WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL

1^st place – Talitha Kissoon                             70 points

2^nd place – Jessica Callender                          57 points

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL

1^st place – Sean Duncan                               211 points

2^nd place – Nicholas Hing                               191 points

3^rd place – Anand Mangra                              186 points

4^th place – Ryan McKinnon                             167 points

5^th place – Umasankar Madray                      148 points 

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

Seven mixed teams contested for the top (4) four spots, as the excitement grew.

The first four mixed teams will move on to the semi-finals and finals to be held on December 16 at the Carifesta Sports Club Ground, Carifesta Avenue from 11:00 am.

RANKING ROUND RESULTS – MIXED TEAM (ROUND 1)

1^st place – Narda Mohamed & Robert Singh                         177 points

2^nd place – Ryan McKinnon & Talitha Kissoon                       151 points

3^rd place – Umasankar Madray & Shereeda Yusuf                 147 points

4^th place – Anand Mangra & Samira Duncan                         122 points