Participants in the weekend’s national indoor archery championship are from the left, front: Katelyn Muller and Guillaume Pelser; back: Dewald Arpin, Sunnette Smal, Altus Aucamp and Wallie Waldeck.Photos: Lientjie Mentz
Three Free State archers took top honours in a national indoor archery championship, which was the first of its kind.
Emile Botha, a national judge in Bloemfontein, said archers from across the country competed at different venues.
No national championship was held in 2021, due to Covid-19, so this was a chance for all the indoor archers from accross the country to test their skills against each other’s.
After the provincial championship had taken place on the weekend of 8 and 9 January, the Bloemfontein leg of this national South African National Archery Association (Sanaa) event was held on Saturday (15/01) and Sunday at the indoor archery hall at Musgrave.
Some of the top results are:
- Katelynn Muller won gold in the girls’ U10 compound division;
- Kobus Barnard received gold in the master’s compound division (men 50+);
- Dewald (Wallie) Arpin won gold in the cadet men’s U18 recurve division;
- Guillaume Pelser received silver in the men’s compound division;
- Sunette Smal received bronze in the master’s recurve division (women 50+);
- Altus Aucamp received bronze in the men’s compound division; and
- Wally Waldeck came fourth in the masters’ compound division (men 50+).
