Archery Guyana successfully host first of 4 competitions

Archery Guyana shot off the indoor Recurve competition — first of their 4 competitions — this past Sunday as they prepare to end 2018 with championships being held at the National Gymnasium.
This competition began with 14 competitors in the ranking rounds of Adult Male, Adult Female and Youth Female categories vying for top spots.
At the opening ceremony, remarks were made by President of Archery Guyana, Mohamed Khan, who officially opened the event with action shooting off from 11:00h.
Eight archers competed 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 the lowest scoring female, and vice-versa. The top 3 scoring teams were then pushed on to the elimination rounds, and all the other teams were given opportunity to battle it out for a final spot in the elimination rounds.
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 0– will be held on Sunday 11th November, 2018 at the Carifesta Sports Club Ground from 11:00 am.
Archery Guyana hereby thanks 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.

Ranking Round results
Adult Male Individual
1st – Umasankar Madray – 225 points
2nd – Anand Mangra – 198 points
3rd – Sean Duncan – 174 points
4th – Ryan McKinnon – 164 points
5th – Latchman Singh – 89 points
6th – Mohamed Khan -82 points
7th – Jeewanram Persaud – 80 points
8th – Nicholas Hing – 76 points

Adult Female Individual
1st – Samira Duncan – 104 points
2nd – Narda Mohamed – 101 points
3rd – Shereeda Yusuf – 65 points
4th – Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon – 29 points

Youth Female Individual
1st – Talitha Kissoon – 102 points
2nd – Jessica Callender – 21 points

First Round Team Shooting
1st – Sean Duncan & Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon – 137 points
2nd – Umasankar Madray & Nicholas Hing – 123 points
3rd – Jeewanram Persaud & Talitha Kissoon – 93 points
4th – Ryan McKinnon & Shereeda Yusuf – 91 points
5th Anand Mangra & Jessica Callender – 73 points
6th – Samira Duncan & Mohamed Khan – 73 points
7th – Latchman Singh & Narda Mohamed – 63 points