{"id":214365,"date":"2019-08-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214365\/top-archers-draw-closer-to-a-spot-in-the-national-team\/"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:37:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:37:46","slug":"top-archers-draw-closer-to-a-spot-in-the-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/08\/14\/top-archers-draw-closer-to-a-spot-in-the-national-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Top archers draw closer to a spot in the national team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archers in the National Archery in the Schools Programme (NASP) South Africa competed in their respective provincial championships, across the country, last Saturday.<\/p>\n

NASP Gauteng was divided into two groups in the early stages of the programme introduced 11 years ago.<\/p>

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NASP Ekurhuleni hosted 281 archers at Laerskool Elspark in the provincial championships.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>

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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.<\/p>\n

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

AAG was formed last year to give parents of children in NASP an opportunity to learn more about the sport.<\/p>\n

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Chan\u00e9 van Niekerk from Ho\u00ebrskool Dr EG Jansen (left) and Sabreen Alli from Mkulu Archery were highly focused as they aimed for the bullseye, which was 10m away, in the National Archery in the Schools Programme (NASP) South Africa provincial championships held at Laerkool Elspark last Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Dr Malan A grabbed first place with a score of 3 259, closely followed by Ho\u00ebrskool Oosterlig with 3 174 points and Ho\u00ebrskool Dr Malan B with 3 042 points in third place in the junior high category.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Other results were:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Primary School boys:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First: Eugene Visser with a score of 282<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second: Joshil Maran with a score of 277<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third: Anrieg Small with a score of 277<\/p>\n

Primary School girls:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First: Kayleigh van Helden with a score of 284<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second: Pari Patel with a score of 280<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third: Anrika Small with a score of 274<\/p>\n

\u2022 The best primary school performer was Eugene Visser<\/p>\n

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Thinus Jacobs from Purfecto Archery Club (left) and Lubna Mohamed (from Mkulu Archery) released arrows to hopefully find the 5m target at the National Archery in the Schools Programme (NASP) South Africa provincial championships at Laerskool Elspark last Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Junior High School boys:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First: Trevan Naidoo with a score of 292<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second: Fanie Becker with a score of 286<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third: Brandon Botha with a score of 285<\/p>\n

Junior High School girls:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First: Kristen Becker with a score of 286<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second: Carmen Wiehahn with a score of 281<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third: Michelle van der Walt with a score of 280<\/p>\n

\u2022 Trevan Naidoo was named the best overall performer in the Junior High School division.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Some of the results were:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AAG Men:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First: Jurgens Becker with a score of 293<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second: Kean Botha with a score of 285<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third: Johan du Plessis with a score of 285<\/p>\n

AAG Women:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First: Michelle Botha with a score of 281<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second: Maria Becker with a score of 280<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third: Nazeera Kahn with a score of 279<\/p>\n

\u2022 The best AAG overall performer was Jurgens Becker.<\/p>\n

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