GUYANESE Shereeda Yusuf was crowned winner of the World Archery Americas’ Gender Equity Committee logo competition.
The competition commemorated International Women’s Day 2021 and received a large number of entries from across the Americas.
The panel commended the participants for their creativity and beautiful submissions and as Mrs Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, the Chair of the WAA’s Gender Equity Committee,, noted they considered several criteria for the successful Logo. It must have encompassed promoting Archery as a sport for everyone; men and women in the Americas.
Further, the Logo design must express equity, archery, inclusion, the Americas all together under one depiction.
In this regard, the panel unanimously decided upon the winner of what will be the International entity’s future Logo which uses similar colours of WAA to show the linkage.

The winning logo easily met the criteria. It is composed of a map of the Americas overlaid by a circular design of four arrows and bow depicting the diversity but oneness in the Americas.
There is a tiny hand-print in multi colours as a dot on the “i” to not just add artistic flair but to demonstrate that everyone is entitled and treated the same regardless of origin, race, creed ethnicity or personal circumstance – reiterating the theme that we are one:
Yusuf from Guyana who was thereby awarded bragging rights in addition to a presentation from World Archery Americas of a US$100 000 monetary prize.
Yusuf indicated she was “shocked and happy” that her humble effort was so well received.
President of Archery Guyana, Mr Mohamed Khan, expressed delight at this news, stating that he is enthused at the women putting Guyana on the world stage and extended congratulations to Ms Yusuf.