Marks Park Archery Club hits the bulls-eye with Gauteng Target Championships
EMMARENTIA – Local archery club hosts an on-point Gauteng Target Championships.
Marks Park Archery Club gave it its best shot when it hosted the annual Gauteng Target Champions on 29 February and 1 March.
Nothing was left in the quiver when the best shots from across the province, and some from Europe, lined up to compete over the two days.
It was a special treat for organisers when a contingent of archers from Czech Republic and Slovakia entered to help prepare for the Tokyo Olympics in July and August.
The tournament also saw several people shoot from a wheelchair or with prosthetic limbs.
On the first day there was what archers call a 1 440 round. This involved each archer shooting 36 arrows at each of four distances, adding up to 144 arrows shot. Each arrow can yield up to 10 points, hence a maximum score of 1 440
The second day saw a 720 round with eliminations. Archers were also seeded early in the day and placed into groups so the best archers would not compete with each other in the group stages.
It was only in the final rounds that the best-performing archers took each other on.
“The championships have been a great success,” said Marks Park Archery Club secretary and event organiser, Charmaine Ho.
“We had no play lost to the rain on the weekend and a highlight was the visitors from overseas. It will be great that they can go back and say they had a nice event in Africa.”
The winners
Compound bow men:
Christian de Klerk – Gold
Altus Aucamp – Silver
Patrick Roux – Bronze
Compound bow men’s paraplegic division:
Justin Abrams – Gold
Philip Coates-Palgrave – Silver
Shaun Anderson – Bronze
Recurve Men:
Martin Hamor (Czech Republic) – Gold
Vivien de Klerk – Silver
Hannes Agenbag – Bronze
Recurve Women:
Marie Horackova (Czech Republic) – Gold
Alexandra Longova (Czech Republic) – Silver
Carien Whitehead – Bronze
Details: Marks Park Archery Club 082 389 1727.
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