AAN’s top archers set for Southern African Championships

AAN’s Target Archery Club recently hosted its Valentine Shoot in Swakopmund in preparation for the Southern African Regional Championships and World Game Trials, set to take place from 4 to 6 April at Marks Park Sports Club in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The competition saw archers put their marksmanship to the test in a Double World Archery (WA) 720 round, a World Archery (WA) Indoor round, and elimination rounds.

Target archery’s Babette Taljaard and Jacqueline Coetzee achieved the national qualifying scores, earning national colours and securing their places to represent the country at the regional championships.

Speaking about the latest shoot, Coetzee said: “We shot a double 720, meaning we had to shoot two by 72 arrows. This tested our endurance and prepared us for the competition that lies ahead in South Africa.”



The AAN archers who will represent the country at the Southern African Regional Championships and World Game Trials are:

Ilana Malan: Compound Women Over 50 (CW50 )

Louan Groenewald: Compound Men Over 50 (CM50 )

Lutz Wahlers: Barebow Men

Jacqueline Coetzee: Compound Women

Babette Taljaard: Compound Women

Jannie Meuwesen: Compound Men

Christiaan Louw: Compound Men

Mynhardt Beukes: Compound Men

JL du Toit: Compound Men Open Standing Para-archer (CMO ST)

DeVilliers Visser: Compound Men Open Standing Para-archer (CMO ST)

Janko du Plessis: Compound Under-15 Boys (Cu15B)

They will be joined by one physiotherapist and two para-archer officials, who will assist during the competition.

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