Some ninety-three archers from 20 countries competed in last weekend’s 11th stage of the international remote archery competition in the 60X ISOL remote shoot competition.
In keeping with the WHO COVID-19 measures, Archery Guyana’s number of competing archers increased.
Showing resilience and adaptation to the growing sport as showcased on 14th June, Guyana’s Robert Singh scored 539/720 to place seventh of 15 competitors in the 30 meters recurve bow category.
Newcomer Samira Duncan had a score of 379/720 which saw her placing second of two competitors in the 25 metre recurve category.
Winnette Lawrence, with a score of 642/720 placed ninth of 13 in the compound bow category. Singh reiterated that at this standard of the international competition he needs to improve his ability to have consistent high scores but nevertheless said that he enjoyed and continues to benefit from this level of competition.
Samira Duncan had this to say about her first time experience: “I participated in my first international competition online and I was not prepared for the level of those in other countries.
I know that I shoot well, but my skills were not as great as those who participated in the competition. It gave me a preview of how much I need to improve to compete at international levels, giving me the motivation to improve my skills way more for the next time and I will definitely do better in the next competition.”
As previously mentioned, registration is done online and athletes choose which session and division they would shoot. Scaled-down target faces are used to suit the specified distances for those shooting from home with limited space. Equipment inspection is done by taking a photo of bows and arrows, as well as target faces and sent online. A QR code is then sent for archers to log in and send scores after every session ends along with pictures of arrows in target for scoring.
