Archery Guyana’s holds successful virtual AGM

Nov 06, 2020 Sports

Directors of Archery Guyana Inc. who were present at the recently held AGM: (from left) Mrs. Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Mr. Mohamed Gamal Khan, Mr. Nicholas Hing.

Archery Guyana Inc. continues to be among those sporting entities that lead the way as they set a precedent last Saturday 31stOctober, 2020 as it hosted the first Virtual AGM via an online Platform. Members signed onto Microsoft Teams and were given an opportunity to discuss the activities and plans for the way forward to promote the sport of Archery in Guyana.
The Meeting commenced with President of Archery Guyana, Mr. Mohamed Gamal Khan delivering powerful Opening Remarks to the members present.
Thereafter, Minutes from the previous Meeting were adopted and then Secretary-General of Archery Guyana, Mrs. Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon delivered a comprehensive Report to the membership, giving a brief background from its establishment in August 2014 to the end of the reporting period of 30thOctober, 2020.
She reported on the status of the website, membership, the various Sub-Committees and the proposed National School programmes which had started just before the COVID-19 Pandemic, with the introduction to Isa Islamic Academy and Queen’s College.
International events were also reported on such as the World Archery Ranking Tournament, in Santiago City, Chile last year when Wayne Gerald DeAbreu, represented Guyana at this event which also served as a Second stage of qualifier for Pan-American Games, Lima 2019. The Caribbean Beginners and Developmental Championships was also reported on with Robert Singh’s participation in Santo Domingo. The Caledon Tournament in Ontario, Canada was highlighted when Devin Persaud created history as the first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score for Recurve Men with a 640 score resulting in Guyana being placed on an official List released by World Archery as one of the countries eligible to apply for the invitational place at the Olympics. Double 720 Qualification (Baltimore) was also mentioned where Wayne Gerald DeAbreu and Devin Persaud also participated. This World Archery approved tournament resulted in DeAbreu with a 626 score and Persaud with a 620.
Local competitions were also reported on including several tournaments and training seminars.
She also reported on upcoming events including Guyana’s participation at the prestigious World Archery Americas General Assembly in November by three (3) members: Mr. Mohamed Khan, Mrs. Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon and Mr. Robert Singh.
Gratitude was expressed to those who assisted in one way or the other for reporting period: The Ministry of Sport, The National Sports Commission, Mr. Ryan McKinnon, Infotrans Guyana Inc, Neutrino Inc., Mr. Julius Simon, Commissioner General Mr. Godfrey Statia, the Guyana Revenue Authority, Mr. Harryram Parmesar, Parmesar Accounting Firm, Members and the Board of Archery Guyana Inc., Guyana Beverages, Mr. Umasankar Madray, Mr. Robert Singh, Mr. Ray Beharry, Seven Seas, Massy Industries, Brand Manager of Guyana Beverages Inc, Raymond Govinda, General Manager of Guyana Beverages Inc, Samuel Arjoon, and to the general management of Guyana Beverages Inc., Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) and the media.
Treasurer of Archery Guyana, Mr. Nicholas Hing, then presented the Financial Statements up to end of October, 2020 to the membership. It was verified by the Internal Auditor, Mr. Ray Beharry and reported that Archery Guyana also goes the step further to have external auditors review the financials. In this regard, thanks were expressed to Mr. Harry Parmesar of Parmesar and Parmesar for his usual un-hesitating, professional services rendered to the sporting body.

Discover more from Kaieteur News

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Latest News