THE students and teachers of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan were, on Monday, May 8, 2023 treated to an exciting introduction to the sport of archery, by Archery Guyana.

National head coach, Nicholas Hing and Chair of the Tech Committee, Saeed Karim, visited the school to give demonstrations and have the excited students (and teachers) try out the sport themselves.

Initial discussions had been held between the principal, Swami Aksharananda and Mr Hing on introducing archery to the school in its ongoing National Development Programme, in which Swamiji wholeheartedly agreed to have the sport introduced to the school.

At the gathering, the students were informed of the school forming the next school club for developing archers from the grassroot to be able to eventually compete locally, regionally or internationally, with the ultimate goal of representing Guyana on the Olympic stage.