Top archers draw closer to a spot in the national team

Archers in the National Archery in the Schools Programme (NASP) South Africa competed in their respective provincial championships, across the country, last Saturday.

NASP Gauteng was divided into two groups in the early stages of the programme introduced 11 years ago.

NASP Ekurhuleni hosted 281 archers at Laerskool Elspark in the provincial championships.

When the programme started, it only had 16 participants, now over a decade later, it saw 1 310 archers participate in the provincial championships in their respective provinces.

The top 16 archers from each province will score a place in the upcoming archery inter-provincial competition to be held in Emalahleni from September 24 to 26, where they will compete for a spot in the national team.

The 281 archers, respectively, competed in various categories in the morning, namely primary teams, junior high teams and Adult Archery Group (AAG).

AAG was formed last year to give parents of children in NASP an opportunity to learn more about the sport.

In the primary teams, Laerskool Elspark A took gold with 3 013 points, followed by Laerskool Randfontein with 2 881 points and Laerskool Elspark B, who took third place with 2 780 points.

Hoërskool Dr Malan A grabbed first place with a score of 3 259, closely followed by Hoërskool Oosterlig with 3 174 points and Hoërskool Dr Malan B with 3 042 points in third place in the junior high category.

In the newly skilled AGG teams, Inyathi Steers was in first place with 3 250 points, second place went to Dok-Kulu with 3 176 points and Purfecto Archery Club bagged third place with 3 144 points.

Other results were:

Primary School boys:

• First: Eugene Visser with a score of 282

• Second: Joshil Maran with a score of 277

• Third: Anrieg Small with a score of 277

Primary School girls:

• First: Kayleigh van Helden with a score of 284

• Second: Pari Patel with a score of 280

• Third: Anrika Small with a score of 274

• The best primary school performer was Eugene Visser

Junior High School boys:

• First: Trevan Naidoo with a score of 292

• Second: Fanie Becker with a score of 286

• Third: Brandon Botha with a score of 285

Junior High School girls:

• First: Kristen Becker with a score of 286

• Second: Carmen Wiehahn with a score of 281

• Third: Michelle van der Walt with a score of 280

• Trevan Naidoo was named the best overall performer in the Junior High School division.

Once the juniors were done at noon, the adults assembled in their shooting positions with bow and arrows in hand, for their part in the competition.

Some of the results were:

AAG Men:

• First: Jurgens Becker with a score of 293

• Second: Kean Botha with a score of 285

• Third: Johan du Plessis with a score of 285

AAG Women:

• First: Michelle Botha with a score of 281

• Second: Maria Becker with a score of 280

• Third: Nazeera Kahn with a score of 279

• The best AAG overall performer was Jurgens Becker.

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