Participating in the first tournament of the year on June 4 at Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, several young archers showed offer their skills. The group has been practicing nearly every weekend since the beginning of year. This was their first opportunity to show what they have learned.
The USVI Homeschool Group was shooting recurve bows at 10 meters. For their first tournament, they were impressive. William Hayes was top scorer with 307, shooting 36 arrows. Right behind him was Morgan Raffa, who scored a 281. Seava Brin finished third with a score of 237 and Irene Hayes scored a 229. All archers shot 35 arrows.
The young men and women from the St. Thomas Archery Club were equally impressive last weekend. At 10 meters, Goddess George shot a very impressive 301 with her recurve bow. At 20 meters, the St. Thomas Archery Club had five competitors. Ford George led the youth with a score of 252. The other four competitors were in the adult division: Eloi George, Daiyaan Foster, Tyrone Reed and Randy Alonzo.
Eloi George was instrumental in helping put on this tournament on St. Thomas.
On St. Croix, St. Croix Archery announced a weekend of archery. It started Saturday, June 4, with a full schedule of events:
Starting at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, NASP warmups and competition.
Starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the 10-, 20-, 30- and 40-meter distances warmups and competition (6 ends of 6, 36 scoring arrows)
Saturday starting at 3:30 p.m. (a second chance to compete) 10-, 20-, 30-, 40-meter distances warmups and competition (6 ends of 6, 36 scoring arrows)
Sunday starting at 12:30 p.m. warmups and competition for the 50-meter compound and 70- meter recurve (12 ends of 6, 72 scoring arrows)
Sunday at 3:30 p.m. the Best Overall Archer of the VI warmup and competition begins (2 ends at each distance 20-, 30-, 40-, and 50 meters)
On St. Croix, Archery is run by the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is funded by United States of America Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with Sports Parks and Recreation and the St. Croix Archery Club.
Dr. William Coles of St. Croix, who has been instrumental and a driving force for archery in the Virgin Islands, put together the following list of participants and their scoring:
Name Club M/F Age Class Distance Bow Target Face Score
Morgan Raffa HSAC female Youth 10 Barebow Recurve 122 281
Seava Brin HSAC female Youth 10 Barebow Recurve 122 234
Irene Hayes HSAC female youth 10 Barebow Recurve 122 224
Isaias Coto STX Male Youth 10 Barebow Recurve 122 310
William Hayes HSAC Male Youth 10 Barebow Recurve 122 307
Ghadeer Taha STX Female Adult 20 Compound 80 305
Daphney Russ STX Female Adult 20/30/40/50 Compound 80 308
Dwydale Dariah STX Male Adult 20/30/40/50 Compound 80 368
Patrick George STX Male Adult 20/30/40/50 Compound 80 361
Michael Russ STX Male Adult 20/30/40/50 Compound 80 335
DeRay Wilson STX Male Adult 20/30/40/50 Compound 80 310
Dwydale Dariah STX Male Adult 40 Compound 80 278
Dwydale Dariah STX Male Adult 30 Compound 80 305
Dwydale Dariah STX Male Adult 20 Compound 80 328
Shenell Petersen STX Female Adult 20 Genesis 80 81
Chris Brooks STX Male Adult 20 Genesis 80 241
Eloi George STAC Male Adult 20 Recurve 122 264
Ford George STAC Female Youth 20 Recurve 122 252
Goddess George STAC Female Youth 10 Recurve 122 301
Isaias Coto STX Male Youth 20 Recurve 122 257
Daiyaan Foster STAC Male Adult 20 Traditional 122 207
Tyrone Reed STAC Male Adult 20 Traditional 122 198
Randy Alonzo STAC Male Adult 20 Traditional 122 184
All are encouraged to reach out to the St. Thomas Archery Club on its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sttarcheryclub/ The St. Thomas Home School Group can be reached on its Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/groups/stthomeschoolarchery/. And St. Croix Archery can be reached on its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stcroixarchery/. Many thanks to out to so many, but especially Dr. William Coles, Eloi George and Jessica Raffa.
