AS it continues to develop the sport of archery locally, Archery Guyana conducted a three-day PVC bow-making seminar with students from School of the Nations. It concluded last weekend.
This was in keeping with an agreement to jump-start archery in the school, which formed the first archery club in the country, in August 2021.

The enthusiasm shown by the students and parents was overwhelming and heartening. They were excited to learn how a simple PVC pipe could be transformed into a bow capable of teaching the sport of Olympic recurve archery.

This is the same type of bow-building seminar that was conducted with Archery Guyana by World Archery Americas coach Diego Torres in 2015.

The seminar was conducted by Archery Guyana’s head coach, Nicholas Hing, with assistance of School of the Nations’ Physical Education teacher, Kenrick Cheeks, and Mathematics and Physics teacher, Stefan Farier, who also documented the event with video photography and interviews for the school.

At the end of the seminar, the students were introduced to the actual use of the bow as they were taught the basics of archery.

The school’s archery club will now organise practice days and times with its student members and Archery Guyana’s coaches will help with their development in the sport.