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Open invitation to “Try Archery”
PERSONS INTERESTED IN ARCHERY are invited to get an insight into the sport, as the Archery Association of SVG hosts a “Try Archery” event this Saturday, July 22.
The event is set to shoot off at 1pm at the Dolphin Gymnastics Facility on the ET Joshua Tarmac, Arnos Vale.
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The Association’s President- Sanjay Jiandani, outlined the aim of the event.
“This event is open to the general public and everyone from age eight and up is welcome to come and “Try Archery” …Each participant will be given the opportunity to learn the basic skill needed to shoot an Olympic bow and arrow with our trained instructors,” he shared.
Additionally, Jiandani noted that event will be used as a fund raiser, and therefore is inviting the public to support.
“This event is also set as a fundraiser to help the Association raise funds to assist our competition archers attend the upcoming World Archery Caribbean Development Championships in September 2023, in Tobago…. This will be the first time ever that a team from SVG will attend an international Archery event, and our archers are confident their training will lead them to capture medals in the various categories,” Jiandani related.
Six persons will represent St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the historic outing.
“We have a team of six archers registered to compete at the championships in four different categories, from as young as fourteen years old… The six are financing their trip, so that shows the magnitude of their commitment to the sport,” Jiandani said.
Apart from the country’s debut at an Archery championship, Jiandani is excited about the
Association breaking new ground.
“We are really, really excited about something locally that will advance the sport and indeed attract new archers… I don’t want to say much, but soon the public will know,” the President quipped.
The sport of Archery is the newest sporting discipline here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, having been inducted to World Archery in 2021.
President of the Archery Association of SVG- Sanjay Jiandani.
