- 2024 National Archery Ranking Tournament
The Archery Association of St. Vincent & the Grenadines (AASVG) kicked off the 2024 archery season with their first ranking tournament this past weekend. The first of several events carded, this competition saw the biggest participation level yet, with a total of 19 archers all vying for the top spot in their respective categories.
The two day event included a qualification round on Saturday Feb. 24th, and the elimination round on Sunday Feb. 25th. Tournament officials included Sanjay Jiandani, Director of Shooting; Chief Judge Brian Gibbs assisted by Judge Sorenya Miller. The event took place at the Dolphin Gymnastics Center in Arnos Vale.
The qualification round consisted of a total of 72 arrows with a maximum possible score of 720pts. This round will set up the ranking order for the elimination round (knock out brackets) for the final day. The event saw a total of three (3) categories: Recurve 20M Open (7 Archers), Recurve 30M Open (8 Archers), and Recurve 50M Open (4 Archers), basically separating the archers by their experience.
Saturday’s qualifying round was accompanied by high winds, which kept all archers focused on setting the best ranking scores possible. At the end of the days shooting, the final ranking scores for each category were:
20M
Teneka Baptiste – 491
Naga Devendra – 488
Tristan Ballah – 474
Hakeem Hunte – 470
Joel Bascombe – 450
Arush Ballapali – 442
Dana McLean – 440
30M
Rayon Clarke – 535
Quincy Primus – 514
Nicholas Deane – 490
Karen Palmer – 412
Marese Burgin – 394
Vanburn Harry – 349
Virad Peters – 217
Mariel Burgin – DNF
50M
Divya Jiandani – 538
Jared Nichols – 491
Richol Richards – 481
Ian Gibson – 390
This round set the stage for what would be an exciting final day of eliminations. Several close matches throughout the day saw the talent of the archers put on display. In the end, we had confirmed winners in each category:
20M
Gold – Joel Bascombe
Silver – Naga Devendra
Bronze – Teneka Baptiste
30M
Gold – Rayon Clarke
Silver – Quincy Primus
Bronze – Marese Burgin
50M
Gold – Divya Jiandani
Silver – Jared Nichols
Bronze – Richol Richards
The AASVG wishes to congratulate the winners and all our archers, officials and supporters for a successful hosting of the first National Ranking Tournament. Special thanks to the Dolphin Gymastics Center, National Lotteries Authority, Frank B Armstrong, Randys Supermarket Diamond, & Digicel for their kind contributions toward our event.
Preparations now begin for selection of the National Team to represent SVG at the upcoming Caribbean Development Championships to be held in Jamaica this summer. We look forward to your continued support.
