Nam archers perform well in SA
Five Namibian archers attended the T.R.U.BALL 73rd South African National Archery Championships held in Johannesburg last weekend.According to Jacqueline Coetzee, vice president of Target Archery of the Archery Association of Namibia, these five are Namibia’s best archers in their respective classes.
“Jannie Meuwesen from Lüderitz Archery Club and Hofmeyr van Blerk competed against 14 other archers in the Compound Men Division; Jacqueline Coetzee from Swakopmund Archery Club (SAC) competed in the Compound Woman division against eight other ladies; Quinn Reddig from SAC competed against five other women in the Recurve Woman division; and Lutz Wahlers from SAC competed against nine other archers in the Recurve Barebow Men division,” she said.
She added that Jannie Meuwesen and Jacqueline Coetzee also competed in the International Mixed Compound team event against Team USA and Team RSA.
On 10 March, 117 archers registered for this event followed by official practice rounds. On 11 March, the archers shot 72 arrows in the ranking round which were followed by eliminations to determine who would go through to the medal matches that were held on 12 March.
Quinn Reddig improved her previous Namibian record for the 360 round from 296 to 300 and ranked first after the full 720 ranking round.
Final results
Lutz Wahlers - Gold
Quinn Reddig - Silver
Jannie Meuwesen - Silver
Jacqueline Coetzee & Jannie Meuwesen - Bronze International Mixed Compound team
Jacqueline Coetzee - Fourth