National Archery Results

On Saturday, 13 May 2017, 23 archers participated in Luderitz at the Luderitz Archery Club shoot.
The archers were challenged by the weather – strong winds made it impossible for them to shoot outside.
Luckily everything was well thought out, and plan b could very quickly be implemented.
We moved the event indoors, where the competition commenced.
Yet, seeing the end results, the archers managed it brilliantly. Early morning the archers and parents could enjoy coffee, hot chocolate and tea with boerewors rolls, jaffels and some nice cupcakes for those with a sweet tooth.
Comfortably seated out off the wind, parents and spectators could enjoy the sight of flying arrows as the archers put their practice to the test.
Everyone shot 3 bulls eye rounds and, for the first time in Namibian history, we were the first school/organization to have 3D animals as part of our score system which we included with one rotational round on the various 3D targets.
Archers were participating in different categories. Junior Boys and Junior Girls, as well as Senior Boys and Senior Girls shot in the category of Bulls-Eye target archery.
The 3D Animal Target round consisted of all the archers participating together, and the top 3 boys, as well as the top 3 girls received medals and cash prizes.
We then also had prizes for the Overall winners of the day.
Prize giving commenced and the top archers received their well earned medals. Thanks to all the sponsors, we could give these archers, who travelled from far, not only medals, but also cash prizes to congratulate them.
All 1st place archers each walked away with N$ 300.00, 2nd place archers each received N$150.00 and 3rd place archers each got N$ 100.00

The top three places in the Bulls Eye round, went to:
Senior Boys
1st place – Rassie van Zyl – Windoek Gymnasuim
2nd place – Hannes Theron – Carpé Diem Home School
3rd Place – Lukas Els – Carpé Diem Home School
Senior Girls
1st Place – Melany Erasmus – Berg-Op Okahanja
2nd place – Penny Campbell – Elnatan
3rd Place – Bianca Erasmus – Berg-Op
Junior Boys
1st place – MJ van Der Westhuizen – Berg-Op
2nd place – Matthew Jose – Berg-Op
3rd place – Keanu Klose – KPS

Junior Girls
1st place – Ursula Roberts- KPS
2nd place – Jomari Campbell – Elnatan
3rd place – Melissa Jose – Berg-Op

The following archers received medals in the 3D category:

Girls
1st Place – Mellany Erasmus,
2nd place – Penny Campbell and
3rd place – Bianca Erasmus

Boys
1st place – Lukas Els,
2nd place – Rassie van Zyl &
3rd place – Renier Els

This 3 D ranking was the first ever in Namibia and counted for total scores, where we could make out an Overall Winner category, and they are as follow: Girls Overall Winner with highest score for the day – Mellany Erasmus from Berg-Op with a total of 1117, 2nd highest score went to Penny Campbell with a score of 1056 and 3rd highest score went to Bianca Erasmus who scored 1048.
Boys Overall Winner with highest score of the day went to Lukas Els with a total of 1110, very closely followed by second place winner, Rassie Van Zyl with a total of 1109, and 3rd place went to Hannes Theron totalling 1096.
All archers who took part were presented with a Certificate of Participation, which we were very proud to present them with.
We would like to Congratulate all the archers, you are all winners, whether you received a medal or not.
Luderitz Archery Club would like to thank the parents who drove many kilometers to have their children participate.
Thank you to the helpers and officials who made everything ran smoothly. We would also like to thank our sponsors: Udo’s Auto Centre, West Coast Tavern, LMR Construction, SR Refrigeration and last, but certainly not least, our biggest sponsor for the event ,Luderitz Spar for your big cash sponsor, if it weren’t for them the kids would not have receive their cash prizes.
We’d also like to whole-heartedly thank the Woortman family for all the support and patience.
The next Shoot will be the Private Schools Sport Weekend on the 31st of May and the highlight of this year will be the NASP African All Stars Championship from the 6th until 10th of July. On the 16th of June our teams that will represent Namibia at the All Star Championship will have an intensive training camp at SKW. On the 16th of June at 10h00 we will have a press conference.