Guyanese Shereeda Yusuf champions World Archery America’s Logo Competition

Shereeda Yusuf has shone a positive light on Guyana on the International Archery stage by winning a World Archery Americas’ Gender Equity Committee Logo competition.
The Gender Equity Committee sought to commemorate International Woman’s Day (March 8) with the competition, which was said to have received a large number of creative entries from across the Americas.
While the participants were applauded for their beautiful submissions by the Panel, it was the WAA’s Gender Equity Committee Chair Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon who detailed that there were several judging criteria to ascertain the best Logo for the Committee.
The criteria included the artists’ ability to encompass promoting archery as a sport for everyone, such as men and women in the Americas. Further, the Logo design was required to express equity, archery, inclusion, the Americas, all together under one depiction.
In this regard, the Panel unanimously decided upon the winner of what would be the international entity’s future logo, which uses similar colours of WAA to show the linkage.
According to the Panel, the winning logo easily met all the criteria. It is composed of a map of the Americas overlayed by layer circular design of four arrows and bow to depicting the diversity but oneness in the Americas. There is a tiny hand-print in multi-colour as a dot on the “i” to not just add artistic flare, but to demonstrate that everyone is entitled to be treated the same, regardless of origin, race, creed, ethnicity or personal circumstance: reiterating the theme “We are one”.
As such, WAA Gender Equity Committee proudly announced that the winner of the Logo Competition is Shereeda Yusuf from Guyana, who was thereby awarded bragging rights for what will become a familiar logo to be used across the Americas.
In addition, a presentation will be made to her from World Archery Americas of a US$100.00 monetary prize.
Upon receiving the great news, Yusuf indicated she was “shocked and happy” that her humble effort was so well received.
President of Archery Guyana, Mohamed Khan, expressed delight at this news, stating that he is enthused at the women putting Guyana on the world stage, and he extended congratulations to Yusuf.