National Indoor Archery Championships off to exciting start

The 2022 National Indoor Archery Championships commenced on Monday, November 7, at the National Gymnasium with lots of excitement. The competition is being contested by more clubs this year, since the 2 newest clubs to be officially associated with the federation, The Archery Guild and ProArchers Guyana, along with School of the Nations’ Archery Club have increased the numbers for a more exciting tournament.

Women’s Archery action at the National Gymnasium

The ranking rounds for the Barebow Division were completed on Monday with the Men U18, Women U18 and Women, and Tuesday with the Men all vying for the top spots.
The next round will be in the Recurve Division, which would be run off on Thursday at 5pm at the same venue. This will see all categories of contestants shooting: Women U18, Women, Men U18, Men; while on Friday the elimination matches for the Men & Women Barebow, Men U18 & Women U18 Barebow, and Men Recurve will take place.
Finals for all divisions would be held on Saturday from 1:00pm. Below are the ranking scores from the first 2 days of competition:
Ranking scores and places
Monday 7th November
Men Barebow U-18
1. Christian Craigen 371
2. Alistair Cedarry 225
3. Antuwan Lamazon 197
4. Nicholas Sukdeo 174
5. Luzigue Stanley 76

Women Barebow U-18
1. Malaika Bynoe 188
2. Khatiffa Fraser 175
3. Stephanie McTurk 86
4. Amara Nandan 65

Women Barebow
1. Roshini Boodhoo 269
2. Tifanny Ramdayal 205
3. Harshita Chatterjee 153
4. Karin Toppin 149
5. Bibi Saleema Salim 148
6. Onica Jones-Alleyne 144
7. Julie-Ann Williams 143

Tuesday 8th November
Men Barebow
Jeewanram Persaud 594
Mehandra Chatargum 511
Vishal Manbode 476
Muhammad Zamaluddin 476
Sean Duncan 388
Nicholas Hing 361
Saeed Karim 344
Naresh Sukhu 298
Shayne Pearson 292
Fabian Ramdatt 163
Afzal Karim 150
Courtlee Rodrigues 132
Kenrick Cheeks 121
Anil Balram 104