Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Honourable Charles Ramson Jr., on Thursday evening officially opened the 8th Caribbean Development Championships and the inaugural Caribbean Archery Championships at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
The championships are being hosted by Archery Guyana Inc. under the auspices of World Archery Americas.
Joining Minister Ramson for the historic event, was Secretary General of World Archery Americas, Sergio Fontn and President of Archery Guyana Inc., Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon.
Minister Ramson in feature address before officially opening the championships welcomed the athletes and officials to Guyana on behalf of the Government and people of Guyana.
“It is our privilege to host you here in Guyana in this historic event.
It’s very important also that you know that Archery has a very firm place in the future of Guyana’s sport trajectory and development.”
Minister also told World Archery Americas Secretary General, Mr. Sergio Font that Guyana stands ready, will and bale to host similar events at any time.“
Just know that Guyana is a friend to Archery and we are going to continue to invest and support the development of our athletes because we believe that amongst everyone here, amongst the participants today, we believe firmly that there is gold medals and silver medals, Olympic medals standing right here on this ground.”
Archery Guyana President, Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon in her remarks expressed gratitude to World Archey Americas for the confidence reposed in Guyana’s ability to host successful competitions including the inaugural Caribbean Archery Championships.
She noted that Archery teaches discipline, patience, resilience and the courage to try again when we fall short.
“And that is why these championships matter. The Caribbean Development Championships provides a pathway for our developing athletes to gain experience and gain confidence.”
Competitors from the host nation, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Honduras, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Arrows Archery Club, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and St. Vincent & The Grenadines are battling for the top podium spots from Thursday to Sunday.
