World Archery Barbados successfully complete 3-day coaching stint
– Local archers better equipped for competitions
Archery Guyana broke new grounds last weekend when four Level 2 Archery coaches from Barbados provided local archers with three days of Olympic Archery coaching intended to raise their skill levels and prepare them for indoor and outdoor competitions, both nationally and internationally.
After an afternoon of knowledge sharing and fun at the Carifesta Sports Complex, (from left standing) Samira Duncan, Nicholas Hing, Dwayne Grovesnor, Michael Abrams, Ronald Field, Randy Arjune, Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Thomas Field and Narda Mohamed and Anand Mangra (sitting at left) and Sean Duncan capture the moment
Father and son Duo, Thomas and Ronald Field, Rebecca Wiltshire and Guyanese-born Dwayne Grovesnor arrived on Friday, November 3, and immediately got down to business. They opened with an afternoon session at the National Gymnasium on Friday then had a follow-up session the next day at the same venue. Sunday afternoon, the coaches took to the outdoors with a powerful session at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground on Carifesta Avenue.
World Archery Barbados Archers-Ron Field with whistle, and shooting from left Thomas Field, Rebecca Wiltshire and Dwayne Grovesnor at Friday’s evening session at the national Gymnasium
The sessions at the National Gymnasium were intended to prepare archers to practice and compete in
the Indoor Archery arena, while the Carifesta Ground session was intended to prepare for Outdoor
Archery training and competition, adjusting to distance, wind, rain, temperature and other such conditions.
The coaches, Thomas and Ronald Field, and Grovesnor were also presented with Archery Guyana’s Shirts as a small token of gratitude and appreciation at the end of Sunday’s training session, at which they demonstrated shooting at the 70-meter distance with their Olympic equipment. Seventy meters is the official Olympic distance shot by all archers in the Olympics.
Nicholas Hing (left) presents Ronald Field with gifts on behalf of Archery Guyana. Also in picture are (from left) Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Thomas Field and Dwayne Grovesnor
All of Archery Guyana’s archers who participated in the 3-day training course conducted by the expert coaches are now richer in the knowledge of preparation and participation in the sport of Olympic Archery, especially with emphasis on Safety with regard to the rules of the World Archery Federation.
Archery Guyana wishes to express their gratitude to Director of Sport Christopher Jones and the National Sports Commission (NSC) for making the National Gymnasium available for use on Friday and Saturday. Special thanks are also extended again to the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport (CY&S) for their continued support of Archery and use of the Carifesta Sports Club Ground for the usual practice and training sessions.
