Archery Guyana’s inaugural Youth Championship deemed a success
Archery Guyana recently held its inaugural Youth Championship at the National Gymnasium which was deemed a success. The youths exceeded all expectations and won the hearts of the audience.
The ranking rounds were a resounding success with the highest score being 395 held by Saifullah Gani from ProArchers Guyana in the men’s category. The women were not far behind, Saifullah’s sister, 10-year-old Fatima Gani, also from ProArchers Guyana, held a score of 301.
Several of the successful youth archers alongside Archery Guyana officials
The match play events began in the Barebow Division with the finalists in their respective categories Men’s U-18 and Women’s U-18. In Men’s U-18, Saifullah Gani captured the gold against Daniel Elliot, of Qayyim Archery, who received silver, and Muhsin Wazidali, also of Qayyim, won bronze.
In the Women’s U-18, Fatima Gani won gold in a nail-biting one-arrow shoot-off against Summayyah Karim, of Qayyim Archery, who won silver and Stephanie McTurk of Nations Archery Club copped the bronze medal.
At the presentation ceremony after the event, President of Archery Guyana, Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon thanked the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport; Subject Minister Charles Ramson Jr, the National Sports Commission and Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, for their usual kind support of the sport, as well as the beverage sponsor Guyana Beverages Inc for its tremendous support.
A look at the action in Archery Guyana’s inaugural Youth Championship
The Archery Guyana President also went on to thank the judges, Ryan McKinnon and Robert Singh, for their efficiency and professionalism throughout the competition. She also extended thanks to the Chair of the Tech Committee, Saeed Karim.
President Persaud-McKinnon announced the results and together with the Chair of Competitions Committee, Jeewanram Persaud and Vice Chair of Competitions Committee Mr. Umasankar Madray, presented the medals. Participation medals were also presented to each and every participant.
The final results are as follows:
