Archery Guyana closes off with 2023 Year-End Indoor Open

Nov 26, 2023 Sports

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Kaieteur Sports – Archery Guyana closed off their competitions for the year with their 2023 Year-End Indoor Open at the National Gymnasium, which was held from November 7-11, 2023.

The tournament saw 36 archers; 13 women and 23 men, vying for the top spots in the ranking rounds over 4 days leading up to the elimination and medal matches on the final day.In the Men’s Barebow, Ryan Chichester topped the rankings with 421 followed by Jeewanram Persaud – 418 and Teemahall Lall – 396 as the top 3. For the Women’s Barebow rankings, Roshini Boodhoo topped with 397 as Julie-Ann Williams followed with 380 and Alexandra Gomes took 278.In the Under 18 Barebow Men Daniel Elliott took the top ranking spot with 353. Saifullah Gani followed up with 346 and Muhsin Wazidali with 276, and in the Under 18 Barebow Women Fatima Gani topped the ranking with 318, Arshia Naraine with 189 and Summayyah Karim with 172.In the Men’s Recurve Jeewanram Persaud dominated with 524, followed by Faraad Gani with 462 and MehandraChatargum with 440, and in the Women’s Recurve Julie-Ann Williams topped off the rankings with 408 followed by Roshini Boodhoo with 375 and Bibi Salim with 296.

As the elimination matches got going tensions were high as the archers shot their best to move up in the brackets towards the medal matches. In the Barebow Men Elimination Round Ryan Chichester, Jeewanram Persaud and Teemahall Lall were given BYEs to the Quarter Finals as Ricardo Lall beat Afzal Karim 6-0, Faraad Gani beat Gregory McKoy 6-0, MehandraChatargum beat Jaza Percival 7-3, Richard Dookie beat Kenrick Cheeks 6-0 and Courtlee Rodrigues beat Naresh Sukhu 6-0 to also advance to the Quarters. Chichester then beat R. Lall 6-0 to advance to the Semi against Chatargum who beat Gani 6-0, as Lall beat Dookie 6-2 to advance to the Semi against Persaud who also beat Rodrigues 6-2. In the Semi Finals Chatargum beat Chichester 6-0 and Persaud beat Lall 6-0 to come up against each other in the gold medal match, while Chichester and Lall battled it out for the bronze. After 5 sets Chichester emerged victorious with a 7-3 score to take the bronze medal. The gold medal was also hotly contested with Persaud claiming a 6-4 victory after a 5-set match against Chatargum who settled for the silver.

In the Barebow Women Roshini Boodhoo and Julie-Ann Williams were given BYEs to the Semi-Final. Bibi Salim beat Melesa Ramnairine 6-0 to take on Boodhoo in the Semi and Naudia Maraj beat Alexandra Gomes 6-5 to take on Williams in the Semi. Boodhoo beat Salim 6-0 and Williams beat Maraj 6-0 to advance to the Final as Salim took on Maraj for the Bronze which she won. The gold medal match was hotly contested by Williams and Boodhoo, but Williams emerged as the winner after a 1-arrow shoot-off as Boodhoo’s time ran out. Williams won 6-5 to take home the gold while Boodhoo took the silver.

The Barebow Under 18 men also saw some exciting matches with Daniel Elliott beating Mehran Hamid 6-0 and Daniel Cox beating Ismaeel Bacchus 6-0, with the winners moving to the semifinals where Elliott beat Cox 7-3 after 5 sets. Muhsin Wazidali beat Zico Teixeira 6-0 to advance against Saifullah Gani who beat Asif Rahaman in the Semifinals where Gani emerged with a 6-2 score to move into the Final against Elliott. In the bronze medal match Wazidali won 6-0 against Cox while Elliott and Gani fought for the gold. After another 5-set match Gani won 6-4 to take home the gold medal and Elliott took home the silver.

In the Barebow Under 18 Women Fatima Gani was given a BYE to the Semifinals while in the Quarter finals Ashana Naraine beat Alisha Sakoor 6-0, Summayyah Karim beat Nataliya Pollard 6-0 and Arshia Naraine beat Jaquiza Chase 6-0. In the Semifinals Gani beat Ashana Naraine 6-0 and Arshia Naraine beat Chase 6-0 to advance to the finals. In the medal matches Ashana Naraine beat Summayyah Karim 6-5 in a 1-arrow shoot-off for the bronze as Fatima Gani beat Arshia Naraine 6-0 to take the gold with Naraine settling for silver.

The last matches of the day were the Recurve Men and Women which were full of excitement as they battled for the top medal spots. As the men began Jeewanram Persaud got a BYE thru to the Semifinal, while the other 6 men competed. Naresh Sukhu beat Jaza Percival 6-0, MehandraChatargum beat Afzal Karim 6-0 and Faraad Gani beat Sean Duncan 6-2 to all advance to the Semifinals where Persaud beat Sukhu 7-1 in a 4-set match and Gani beat Chatargum 6-5 to move on to the gold medal match, while in the bronze medal match Chatargum beat Sukhu 7-1 to take the bronze. The Gold medal match was also a 5-set match as Persaud beat Gani 7-3 leaving Gani with the silver.

Only 3 women contested the Recurve Women, so Julie-Ann Williams went thru to the Finals with a BYE as Bibi Salim and Roshini Boodhoo shot it out. Boodhoo eventually beat Salim 6-2 to move to the finals against Williams in the gold medal match as Salim copped the bronze medal. The gold medal match saw Boodhoo and Williams battling it out for 5 sets where Boodhoo emerged with a 6-2 victory to take the gold and Williams the silver.

After the end of the medal matches, patrons and competitors alike were given a special treat. A demonstration of compound archery which is one of the other disciplines of target archery. Michael Chatargum and Zahir Zamaluddin put on the demonstration shooting at the 18-metre indoor distance, after which the medal ceremony was conducted. The medals were presented by Archery Guyana President Mrs Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Treasurer and Continental Judge Mr Robert Singh, Competition Committee Chairman MrJeewanram Persaud and Vice Chairman Mr Umasankar Madray. A special presentation was also made to the judges in the form of “The President’s Appreciation Award”.

The Board of Directors of Archery Guyana wishes to acknowledge and thank the Competitions Committee and Judges Committeefor their hard work and dedication to the sport, our affiliate clubs for their participationandfor the usual kind support of the National Sports Commission, Guyana Beverages Inc., Mr. Samuel Arjoon and the Management of Oasis Water. (Press Release: Archery Guyana)

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• Jeewanram Persaud, rankings, Roshini Boodhoo, Ryan Chichester, Teemahall Lall

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