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 […]
The South African National Archery Association organized an Ianseo course from May 31 to June 2, 2024, in Marks Park, Johannesburg. The course was partly sponsored by World Archery through bearing some of the costs of the expert Matteo Pisani, Head of Technology at World Archery. The objectives of the course were:• to train tournament […]
Guinea Recurve Women’s (RW) archer Fatoumata Sylla scored her season’s best yesterday, realizing 646 points out of possible 720 in Lausanne during the 48th edition of the Lausanne Challenge. Actually at the World Archery Excellence Center, Lausanne on an Olympic Solidarity scholarship, Sylla has been working hard to improve her shooting technique and achieve the […]
On behalf of the 13th African Archery Championships LOC, WAAf is pleased to announce that Nabeul is ready to welcome all African delegations to the African Championships and CQT. The 13th African Archery Championships and Continental Qualifier for Paris 2024 will be held in Nabeul, Tunisia during 8-12 November 2023 with confirmed participation of (96) […]
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