Balram, Ali among winners in ProArchers tournament

Seven archers walked away with gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Enterprise Community Centre Ground on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
ProArchers Guyana facilitated an archery competition, open to the general public, at the Grand Family Fun Day and Cultural Show hosted by the Enterprise Progressive Youth Organisation. There were live performances by Tony Cuttz and Vicadi Singh and many other attractions.
The archery competition saw 17 archers competing in the adult, junior and cadet categories for males and females. The results were as follows:

Adult Male
Anil Balram – 1st Place (Gold Medal)
Mehandra Chatargum – 2nd Place (Silver Medal)
Shafeek Hiraman – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)

Adult Female
Shanna Ali – 1st Place (Gold Medal)
Tasleema Morgan – 2nd Place (Silver Medal)
Jessica Callender – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)

Junior Male
Ryidwan Mahase – 1st Place (Gold Medal)

Cadet Male
Samanyu Kotehal Gowdara – 1st Place (Gold Medal)
Hitesh Sachin Persaud – 2nd Place (Silver Medal)
Asjad Warsi – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)
The competition lasted for about six hours, with each archer shooting five ends of six arrows each.
The archers all shot for the coveted gold medals, with Jairam Rampersaud and Yvette Barrow almost making it to the top three, but they had to settle for number four after Mehandra Chatargum and Shafeek Hiraman used the last few ends to make up for the shortfall and Tasleema Morgan and Jessica Callender came back to win the silver and bronze, respectively.
The battle among the cadets in the first two ends saw Hitesh Persaud almost copping the gold but Samanyu Gowdara went ahead and got consistent bulleyes and took away the gold easily after the fourth end.
There were no competitors against Ryidwan Mahase in the junior category and therefore, he easily got away with the gold medal after shooting his five ends.
ProArchers Guyana would like to express its thanks and appreciation to Bishram Kuppen, Permanent Secretary of the Labour Ministry, and Suresh Singh, Director of Youth of the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry, for presenting the winners with medals, trophies and certificates. Thanks also to all those who participated and the Enterprise Progressive Youth Organisation for hosting the successful event.
ProArchers Guyana is an archery club that is operated by two World Archery certified Level 1 Archery Coaches, Anand Mangra and Narda Mohamed Mangra. The club takes part in archery classes, outreach activities, voluntary sessions, etc, to promote archery locally and internationally. They train usually at the Guyana National Stadium and have been at several events of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to introduce archery to the general public.