NSC/Archery Guyana’s Independence Indoor Open Shoot 2022: Persaud takes gold in men’s Recurve & Barebow
…Duncan and Boodhoo take gold in separate divisions for the women
…Youths also walk away with gold medals
Archery Guyana’s Inaugural Open Competition, sponsored by the National Sports Commission, came to its climax last Saturday night at the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) ground in the final night of the Barebow Division.
The winners and officials after the medal ceremony
The week-long competition commenced on Monday, May 23, 2022 with the ranking rounds for the Barebow Division, wherein all participants from Archery Guyana and The Archery Guild shot to achieve their best scores. Competing in the Youth Men’s category was Antuwan Lamazon. In the Youth Women’s category was Amara Nandan. In the Barebow Women’s category were Lisa Khan, Roshini Boodhoo and Tifanny Ramdayal. And in the Barebow Men’s category were Sean Duncan, Jeewanram Persaud, Saeed Karim, Fabian Ramdatt and Kenrick Cheeks.
The youths Lamazon and Nandan automatically medalled, since they were the only ones in their respective categories. For the Women, Lisa Khan came out on top against Roshini Boodhoo, followed by Tifanny Ramdayal. And Sean Duncan, who topped off the Men, was followed by Persaud, Khan, Ramdatt and Cheeks.
Action continued on Tuesday with the men’s and women’s Recurve ranking rounds. Sean Duncan again topped this category, with Jeewanram Persaud being just 17 points behind him. Umasankar Madray followed them, with Ruel Douglas and Fabian Ramdatt trailing behind.
Only 2 women recurve competitors shot, and Samira Duncan topped the ranking against Roshini Boodhoo. Duncan took gold and Boodhoo took silver automatically.
In the men’s elimination matches, Sean Duncan gained a bye straight to the gold medal match from his ranking scores, leaving the other men to battle it out to the finals. Persaud beat Karim 6-3 out of 5 sets in match 1, while Madray beat Ramdatt 6-0 in 3 straight sets in match 2. Persaud and Madray then battled in the bronze medal match, and Persaud defeated Madray in 3 straight sets of 6-0 to go on to the gold medal match against Duncan. Madray gained the bronze.
It was tense a match between Duncan and Persaud, with partisan family members and friends cheering them on, but Duncan succumbed to pressure as Persaud eventually gained the upper hand with a 6-2 victory in 4 sets.
Last Saturday, the Barebow finals brought the competition to its close with the women’s and men’s Barebow medal matches. The ladies started off the shooting with Roshini Boodhoo and Tifanny Ramdayal. Boodhoo made light work of Ramdayal in three straight sets, to win 6-0 and move on to the gold medal match against Lisa Khan, whose ranking points put her through to the gold medal match.
A focused Boodhoo, determined to take the gold, made light work of Khan with another 3 straight sets of 6-0, leaving Khan with the silver and Ramdayal with bronze.
Competition in the men’s game was up next, and Persaud and Ramdatt opposed each other in match 1. Persaud quickly shot a straight 6-point win against Ramdatt, while Karim went up against Cheeks in the 2nd match and also shot 6 straight points to beat Cheeks, moving on to the bronze medal match against Persaud. The younger Karim seemed no match for Persaud, and was beaten 6-0 to go up against Duncan for the gold medal.
The final match was much more exciting, as Duncan and Persaud battled it out. They shot 5 sets, and Duncan seemed confident as he took the first set, but Persaud took the next 2 sets, and Duncan then won the 4th. Duncan didn’t seem to be there mentally, and a determined Persaud took the 5th set to gain the first 6 points and the win.
The Presentation Ceremony was then hosted, at which time National Judge Ryan McKinnon announced the winners and gave remarks. Congratulations were expressed on behalf of Director of Sport Steve Ninvalle on the hosting of this inaugural event, and all archers were congratulated for their participation.
The Judges for the competition were: Director of Shooting, Nicholas Hing; Line Judge Ryan McKinnon, and Target Judge Dr Ricardo Stuart.
Archery Guyana wishes to thank the Muslim Youth Organization for their generosity in allowing the use of their facility; the National Sports Commission for their sponsorship, Guyana Beverages Inc., International Business Services, and all those who came and supported.
