Archery Guyana completes PVC bow-making seminar with School of the Nations
As it continues to advance the sport of archery’s development in Guyana, Archery Guyana conducted a three-day PVC bow-making seminar with School of the Nations over Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, and February 5, 2022. This was in keeping with an agreement to jump-start archery in the school, since they formed the first school archery club in the country in August 2021.
The participation and enthusiasm from the students and parents were overwhelming and heartening. They were excited to learn how a simple PVC pipe could be transformed into a bow capable of teaching the sport of Olympic recurve archery. This is the same type of bow-building seminar that was conducted with Archery Guyana by World Archery Americas Coach Diego Torres in 2015.
Archery Guyana’s Nicholas Hing giving School of the Nations’ Director Pamela O’ Toole a look at the PVC bow
The seminar was conducted by Archery Guyana Head Coach Nicholas Hing with the assistance of School of the Nations Physical Education teacher Kenrick Cheeks and Mathematics and Physics teacher Stefan Farier, who also documented the event with video photography and interviews for the school.
At the end of the seminar, the students were introduced to the actual use of the bow as they were taught the basics of archery.
The school’s archery club will now organise practice days and times with their student members, and Archery Guyana’s coaches will help with their development in the sport.
