ON Sunday, Archery Guyana in collaboration with the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) wrapped up its week-long Olympic Solidarity Level 1 Archery Coaching Course.

All 21 participants enthusiastically arrived at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue, to greet Coach Ludys Tejada.

The Olympic Round was introduced to Target Archery so that it could become more watchable as a competitive sport, the main focus of this being for the Olympics when televised.

The round was developed by the World Archery Federation and is used at the Olympic Games, the Archery World Cup and in many lower-profile or local tournaments worldwide.

With this being an Olympic year, just under 200 days are left until all eyes will be on the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Participants had an experience as to what is involved with the tournament and with coaching each other.

Sunday’s session followed up on the work they did on Friday with respect to anchoring and full draw form and expansion.
Coach Ludys Tejada also explained Para-Archery and participants were exposed to the various aides used in para-archery.

Participants had practical experience outdoors and worked on release and follow-through. They were also exposed to shooting on a wobble board as part of balance training.

The Board of Directors extends thanks again to the Executive Committee of the Guyana Olympic Association, Olympic Solidarity, the Unit of Allied Arts, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Director of Sport Mr. Steve Ninvalle, the National Sports Commission, World Archery, Secretary-General Sergio Font of World Archery Americas, Chief Executive Officer of the CJIA Int’l Airport, Mr. Ramesh Ghir and his Protocol Team, Mr. Alvin Wilson and his Team at Bermudez Operations, Massy Distribution (Guy) Inc., Mr. Samuel Arjoon and his team at the Guyana Beverages Inc., and the media.