In partnership with the Cameroonian Shooting Federation (CSF), WAAf has recently organized a beginner archery training course for the benefit of a group of ambitious coaches from different parts of the country. For seven days (26 October to 1 November) 24 candidates attended the course in Yaoundé, CMR intending to be able to train younger […]
WAAf president, Mr. Tarik Amiry took part in the ANOCA / African Olympic Confederations meeting which took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 11 to 14 October. The meeting agenda was focusing mainly on the situation of the coming African Games that will be held in Cairo, Egypt in 2027 and probabilities of qualifying for the […]
After a relatively long period of inactivity both locally and internationally, the Royal Moroccan Archery Federation held its elective general assembly today under the supervision of the Ministry of National Education and Sports. The assembly was held in Casablanca in presence of representatives of local authorities, a NOC representative, and two judicial delegates appointed by a […]
After conducting a successful archery coaches course in Somalia, WAAf concluded the second part of the partnership with the Somali Archery Federation by sending 10 archery foam targets to Mogadishu last week. The Somali Archery Federation is one of many member associations which have been striving to develop archery in their countries. Organizing local archery […]
African para-archery was represented by two athletes in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Shaun ANDERSON, South Africa in the Men W1 category, and Aliou DRAME, Senegal in the Compound Men Open category. The ranking round results saw very good scores in almost all the categories with new Paralympic Records beaten like the one by the […]
Namibia’s para-archer Katelynn Venter passed away today, Tuesday 6 August 2024, at the age of 18, a few days after undergoing a brain surgery. She started archery in 2019 and was part of the Atlantis Archery Club in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The deceased shot for Namibia in the Compound Women Open (CWO) category. She was […]
As a part of its archery development plan in Africa for the year 2024, World Archery Africa (WAAf) organized its second Beginner Archery Coaches’ Course in partnership with the Somali Archery Federation (SAF) from 27 July to 1 August 2024. The course was held at Shimo Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia under the supervision of coach […]
The African participation in the Paris Games came to an end on August 1st as none of the participants went beyond the 1/32 elimination round. As was announced even before the start of the Games, the competition was tough, and total concentration and self-control were the key to keep progressing towards the podium. Unfortunately, the Olympic […]
Today saw the ranking round played at Invalides, Paris where six African Archers are currently taking part in the archery competition at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024. The morning session started with the Recurve Women event which saw a new World Record beaten by the top seeding South Korean archer LIM Sihyeon who scored a […]
In the context of its archery development plan in Africa for the year 2024, World Archery Africa (WAAf) organized a Beginner Archery Coaches’ Course in partnership with the Sierra Leone Archery Association (SLAA) from 22 to 26 June 2024. The course was held in the Olympafrica Centre in Goderich, Freetown under the supervision of coach […]
EN 
FR