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The National Indoor Championship 2026 hosted by Archery Guyana concluded efficaciously last Sunday at the iconic Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Archery competitions requires a minimum of two days, in which both days saw exciting and high-level competition, sportsmanship and camaraderie among archery athletes from across Guyana.

The championship brought together athletes from clubs including Pro Archers, Bow Nation, The Archery Guild and Golden League Archery and some independent archers. Competitors contested in Recurve, Compound and Barebow divisions across senior and youth categories. The event showcased the continued growth and development of the sport of archery in Guyana, quite notably the increased number of youth archers whose performances drew admiration from spectators and officials alike.

At the medal presentation ceremony, remarks were delivered by President of the Guyana Olympic Association, Godfrey Munroe, who commended Archery Guyana for its organisation, discipline and commitment to athlete development. He congratulated the athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers for contributing to another successful national championship.

Medals were presented by President of Archery Guyana, Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Assistant Director of Sport, Melissa Dow-Richardson, President of the Guyana Olympic Association Mr. Godfrey Munroe, Vice-Chair of the National Sports Commission and Vice-President of the Guyana Olympic Association, Cristy Campbell, along with special guests Cubie Seegobin and Jacqueline Seegobin.

During her remarks, Mrs. Persaud-McKinnon expressed gratitude to all stakeholders and volunteers whose efforts made the championship possible. She specially recognised National Judge and Director of Shooting, Ryan McKinnon, whose acknowledgment was met with resounding applause from the gathering in appreciation of his tireless dedication to the sport and leadership behind the scenes and throughout the competition.

Archery Guyana additionally expressed appreciation to the Judges, Ryan McKinnon,  Robert Singh and Afzal Karim who ensured the event was conducted in accordance with World Archery standards. Also the competition committee, volunteers, range officials, set-up team and all supporting personnel from the Competitions Committee whose collective efforts contributed to the professional execution of the event.

The federation applauded the efficiency of the results and technical team for their efficient use of the internationally recognised IANSEO Scoring software which facilitated accurate scoring and live result updates throughout the championship. Thanks were extended to Results Manager Mr. Saeed Karim and Results Verifier Ms. Anoopa Ramdial. 

Official signalling and timing was done automatically by Archery Guyana’s newly acquired TS archery timer and signalling equipment, which the Federation recently invested significantly in. This system was purchased to ensure that Guyanese archers attain experience and can compete at home with feedback from international level rated equipment which is approved by World Archery Americas. It is noted that while an international level Archery specific shooting facility is not yet operated by Archery Guyana, the board continues to equip the Federation with high quality assets for when that facility is made a reality. 

The Board of Directors of Archery Guyana extended sincere thanks to the Honourable Minister Charles Ramson, Honourable Minister within the Ministry Mr. Steven Jacobs, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Director of Sport Steve Ninvalle, the National Sports Commission, Facility Supervisor Roy MacArthur and the dedicated staff of the Sports Hall for their invaluable support and assistance in ensuring the smooth execution of the championship.

Special appreciation was also expressed to our longstanding sponsor, Guyana Beverages Inc. for providing Oasis Water and Altitude Energy Drinks to keep athletes, officials and volunteers hydrated throughout the event.

The federation thanked Dr. Ariane Mangar, Vanessa Wickham and Aretha Legall for their collaboration and support in providing physiotherapy services to athletes during the championship.

Mrs. Persaud-McKinnon also announced that Archery Guyana will soon commence vision screening and bloodwork initiatives for athletes and officials as part of the federation’s growing commitment to athlete welfare, health monitoring and high-performance development.

Photography coverage from both competition days was also completed successfully by Mr. Bidesh Dwarka, with images made available through the official Flickr links circulated by the federation for athletes, clubs and supporters to relive memorable moments from the championship.

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Archery Guyana noted that the successful hosting of the National Indoor Championship 2026 reflects the federation’s continued commitment to athlete development, organisational excellence and the advancement of archery throughout Guyana.


Archery Guyana shows major growth as National Indoor Championship 2026 is completed at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Archery Guyana officially declared open its 2026 Indoor National Championships today on May 16, 2026 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, marking what has been recorded as the largest indoor archery competition in the Federation’s history.

The Championships were formally opened by Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, President of Archery Guyana, who welcomed athletes, officials, and supporters gathered for the national event.

In her opening remarks, Mrs. Persaud-McKinnon expressed delight at seeing many new faces participating alongside returning archers, noting that this balance reflects the continued growth, development, and renewed energy within the sport of archery in Guyana. She highlighted that national championships remain a special occasion, bringing together athletes, coaches, officials, parents, and supporters united by a shared passion for archery and a commitment to excellence.

Special thanks were extended to the Competitions Committee of Archery Guyana for their extensive preparation and coordination. Following the playing of the Guyana National Anthem, the Championships were officially declared open, with the President encouraging archers to compete with confidence, discipline, and sportsmanship throughout the tournament.

A total of 56 participants from affiliated clubs and the Federation competed, making the 2026 edition the largest Indoor Nationals staged to date.



Athlete Welfare and Sports Science Support

Professional physiotherapist Reshonah Gordon was present during opening day and will continue throughout the Championships, providing essential medical and recovery support to athletes. This collaboration continues through the invaluable support of Vanessa Wickham, the National Sports Clinic, and Dr. Ariane Mangar of the Ministry of Health Guyana.

Archery Guyana reaffirmed its commitment to integrating sports science into its programmes, strengthening athlete care systems and supporting improved performance both locally and internationally.



Competition Officials and Technical Team

The tournament was officiated by National Archery Judges under the leadership of Ryan McKinnon, Director of Shooting, whose management ensured safe, smooth, and efficient competition operations. Line and Target judging duties were carried out by Judges Robert Singh and Afzal Karim, who upheld the rules, standards, and integrity of the sport.

Technical scoring operations were managed by Results Manager Saeed Karim, with verification support provided by Anoopa Ramdial, ensuring accurate scoring and timely publication of results throughout the Championship.

Official event photography was conducted by Bidesh Dwarka, and a link providing access to all photographs will be made available shortly via Archery Guyana’s website.

Archery Guyana extended special appreciation to the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Guyana, Director of Sport Steve Ninvalle, Roy MacArthur, Facility Supervisor of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, and the staff of CASH for their continued support in facilitating the Championships.

The Federation also conveyed sincere gratitude to Guyana Beverages Inc. for its generous sponsorship through the provision of Oasis Water and Altitude sports drinks, ensuring athletes remained hydrated and able to perform at their best throughout the competition.

Finals Continue Tomorrow

The 2026 Indoor National Championships will continue on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, with competition resuming at 9:00 a.m. and the Finals scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m., concluding at approximately 2:00 p.m.

Archery Guyana invites the public to attend and support the nation’s archers as they compete for national honours.


Archery Guyana Declares Open the 2026 Indoor National Championships



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Notice of Annual General Meeting of Archery Guyana Inc. 2026

Archery Guyana Continental Judge, Nicholas Hing joined 16other World Archery International Judges and World Archery Americas Continental Judges for the First Stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup in the city of Puebla, Mexico, which ran from April 7 to 12. 

The Archery World Cup is an Olympic qualifier which will be heldin 5 stages, with the first one being completed in Puebla, Mexico. The otherswill be held in Shanghai, China in May; Antalya, Turkiye in June; Madrid, Spain in July and finally in Saltillo, Mexico in September. 

This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the Hyundai Archery World Cup, which featured archers from over 30 countries.

Mr Hing was the first Guyanese to have judged at a World Cup Qualifier event, along with a few other judges, under the leadership of International Judge and WAA Secretary General Sergio Font Milian, and his Deputy Chair Shannon Russel-Cowan. 

Official practice started on Tuesday 7, which kept all the judges busy with field, equipment and uniform inspection. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were ranking and elimination rounds. Judges’ meetings were held every morning by the Chair and Deputy Chair before the start of the days’ events to delegate the various tasks to the team.

On Thursday evening all visiting and local teams and officials were invited to dinner and a cultural show hosted by the state of Puebla, and on Friday evening, the teams and officials were invited to the grand opening ceremony resplendent with a laser light show, fireworks, a contortionist archer who shot with her feet, and speeches by officials including the Governor of Puebla, President of World Archery and President of World Archery Mexico.

The Final matches culminated in historic downtown Puebla on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12, with its 450-year-old Cathedral De Puebla as the backdrop. The judges were divided into 2 teams. One team for the medal matches, where the international judges along with some of the continental judges were based at the shooting line and target area, and the second team of continental judges at the practice field. Judge Hing’s team, consisting of several Mexican continental judges, oversaw the coordination of the archers on the practice field before and after each medal match. 

World Archery President, Mr Greg Easton personally thanked each judge for a job well done at this first stage of the Hyundai Archery WorldCup. 

“Since becoming a continental judge, I have had the good fortune of working with many wonderful judges from around the world, and this was no different, except this Archery World Cup Qualifier will be one of my most memorable experiences, especially working directly under Mr Sergio Font.”Hing said.


Archery Guyana’s Continental Judge officiates at Archery World Cup

Archery Guyana continues to demonstrate resilience and steady progress on the international stage, following a demanding day of qualification rounds held under intense heat conditions on April 15, 2026 in Panama City, Panama at the South American Youth Games.

In the compound division, Guyana’s Ravish Singh will face a strong opponent from Colombia in what promises to be a competitive matchup. Meanwhile, in the recurve category, Brandon Cummings will represent Guyana against Paraguay as he looks to secure progression to the next stage. Accompanying the Archers is Guyana's Head Coach Mr. Ryan McKinnon.

Competing on a sweltering range, athletes faced extreme temperatures that tested both physical endurance and mental focus. Despite these harsh conditions and reports of multiple cases of heat-related distress across the field, Guyana’s archers remained composed and delivered commendable performances.

Archery Guyana extends sincere appreciation to President Munroe and the Executive Committee of the Guyana Olympic Association for their continued leadership, support, and commitment to the development of the sport. 

As Archery Guyana continues its upward trajectory, these performances underscore the nation’s growing competitiveness and determination on the global stage.


Archery Guyana represented at the South American Youth Games, Panama 2026

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It was a fun-filled and energetic closing of the 5th Caribbean Development Competition which was hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Archery Federation under the auspices of World Archery Americas in September 2023.

The successful competition which saw 176 archers from 11 countries participating, was held over the weekend in capital Scarborough, Tobago at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago, following closely on the heels of the Continental Judges Seminar.

The Guyana team conducted themselves excellently with a lot of first-time overseas participants, of which the National Federation, its Continental Judges and National Coach are very proud. Although everyone didn’t medal in the respective categories and divisions, they all came away with much more than they would have expected experiencing for the first time how a World Archery international event is organized and executed.

The official practice day (Friday 28th) began with the coaches overseeing the athletes in preparation for the following day’s competition.

Saturday’s Ranking Rounds were shot off by all 11 countries’ teams with athletes vying for their highest possible ranking scores to move onto the elimination and finals matches. In the Recurve Beginner Senior Men Category the highest ranking score after 72 arrows went to the Guyana’s Jeewanram Persaud 608 with Naresh Sukhu placing 7th with 383.

In the Recurve Senior Women Category Roshini Boodhoo came in first place with a high score of 539, followed by 3rd place Julie Ann Williams’ 513, Theresa Deoroop’s 330 - 9th, Bibi Salim’s 244 - 10th and Karin Toppin’s 222 - 11th. 
In the Barebow Beginner Men, Teemahall Lall came in 2nd with a total score 629 to Barbadian Cole Gill’s 651. Scoring 4th was Richard Dookie with 586, 6th was Courtlee Rodrigues with 536 and 10th was Rasheed Alim with 487.

For the Recurve Beginner U21 Men, Saeed Karim came in 2nd to Jared Nichols of St Vincent and the Grenadines with scores of 570 to 577 respectively.

For the Barebow Beginner U18 Women, Nataliya Pollard placed 3rd with 205 in her category.

In the Exceptional Beginner Recurve Women Victoria Kum scored a total of 472 over her competition to gain the top spot in her category. An impressive personal best for her since she has been shooting.
In the Recurve Developmental Senior Men Umasankar Madray placed 9th while Samira Duncan in the Recurve Developmental Senior Women placed 4th.

For the Mixed Teams Guyana’s Roshini Boodhoo and Jeewanram Persaud teamed to place 1st, while the team of Barbados & Trinidad came in 2nd, British Virgin Islands & St Vincent & the Grenadines place 3rd, Curacao and Guyana’s Jair Davelaar and Julie Ann Williams 4th, St Vincent & the Grenadines 5th and lac
Guyana’s Barebow Beginner Mixed Team of Teemahall Lall & Nataliya Pollard placed 4th behind Trinidad & Tobago’s 1st, Barbados and Curacao’s 2nd and Jamaica and T&T’s 3rd. Our Mixed Recurve Developmental Team came in 4th behind T&T’s 1st place, Barbados’ 2nd and Jamaica’s 3rd, but over 4th place Curacao & Dominican Republic.

The Recurve Beginner U21 Mixed Team of Guyana & Trinidad saw Saeed Karim of Guyana and Aria Batchasingh of Trinidad place 2nd over Jamaica’s 3rd as St Vincent & the Grenadines came in 1st place.

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The Elimination and Final matches were held on Sunday as the athletes gave their best performances for the medals. In the Gold Medal matches Persaud beat Jair Davelaar of Curacao 6-0, while Roshini Boodhoo beat Suzanne Sukram of Trinidad 7-3. Saeed Karim took Gold from Jared Nichols of St Vincent for 6-2. In her category, Victoria Kum got a bye thru to finals and beat Anandita Sameera Singh of Trinidad 6-2. In his category Teemahall Lall took silver as Barbadian Cole Gill took the gold 6-2. Nataliya Pollard took bronze in her U15 category, and in the teams Boodhoo and Persaud were given a bye thru to semi-final where they shot their way to the gold over Calida Charles & Adam Tryhane of Team Barbados & Trinidad 6-0. And in his U21 category Saeed Karim teamed up with Trinidadian Aria Batchasingh to win silver against St Vincent’s Divya Jiandani & Jared Nichols 6-4.

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Final results

Individual medals: Jeewanram Persaud-Gold, Roshini Boodhoo-Gold, Saeed Karim-Gold, Victoria Kum-Gold, Teemahall Lall-Silver, Nataliya Pollard-Bronze.

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Team Medals: Jeewanram Persaud-Gold, Roshini Boodhoo-Gold, Saeed Karim-Silver


Archery Guyana is very proud of our athletes and officials who represented the country and wishes to thank our sponsor Oasis Water, along with all other sponsors who would have made it possible for our team to travel and return with their respective medals. We would also like to thank USA Archery National Judge and NTS Coach Mr Phil Graves for taking the time to engage and pass on some of his knowledge and experiences to our athletes and coaches.

The Board of Directors of Archery Guyana wishes to acknowledge the usual kind support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, National Sports Commission, Guyana Beverages Inc., Mr. Samuel Arjoon and the Management of Oasis Water.

Guyana brings home 9 medals from the Caribbean Development Championships 2023

On March 5, 2024, Archery Guyana, the governing body of Archery in Guyana and the sole entity affiliated to World Archery, the international governing body for the Olympic sport of archery, granted affiliate status to “ISA Archers”. This is a part of Archery Guyana’s mandate as a national member association from World Archery to administer the sport at a local level.

Archery Guyana has been working to introduce the sport of archery into schools for some time now and have since facilitated the creation of and development of school clubs. President of Archery Guyana, Mrs. Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon noted that Archery Guyana from its inception envisioned developing the sport within the school environment with the aim of discovering and encouraging athletes from the primary levels all the way to the university levels. Thereby ensuring the widest possible participation in its effort to find the best Archer to represent Guyana internationally and specifically in the Olympic games. Archery Guyana commits to providing the necessary training for instructors and certified coaches, both junior and senior. With this in mind, Archery Guyana sees archery as an additional event at school sports; Inter-house, Inter-schools and Nationals, thereby fostering a competitive spirit among students and the camaraderie that archery is internationally known for.

Principal of ISA Academy located on East Street, Mr. Akram Hussain expressed his delight in having Archery in his school and welcomed the introduction of this Club.


Archery Guyana affiliates new school club: ISA Archers


Archery Guyana is proud to announce that we have officially accepted the position allocated to Guyana by the Confederación Panamericana de Tiro con Arco (World Archery Americas) for participation in the Recurve Men Category at the Pan American Junior Games to be held in Asuncion, Paraguay.


This exciting opportunity marks Guyana's first-ever participation in the Junior Pan American Games for archery, a historic milestone for our Federation and country.


Our young athlete Lucas Chung, together with Assistant National Coach Mr. Jeewanram Persaud, continues dedicated training in preparation for this prestigious event.


On behalf of the Federation, President Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon expressed: “This is an incredible moment for Archery Guyana. To be represented on such a significant international stage for the first time at the Junior Pan American level is a testament to the hard work and vision of our entire team over the years. We are immensely proud of Lucas and Coach Jeewanram and stand in full support of their journey to Asuncion. We’ve come a long way.... and this is only the beginning!


We extend our sincere appreciation to World Archery Americas and the Executive Committee of the Guyana Olympic Association for their support in making this possible. Let us rally behind our athlete as he proudly carries our flag to Paraguay!


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