VI Archery Association Caribbean Development Championships & CAC Games Qualifier
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Winnette Lawrence and Ritseeniyah Georges both competed in the Compound Women division, shooting at 50 meters at the CAC Qualifiers in Santo Domingo. Having departed the territory on September 2, 2022.
19 Countries competed at the CAC Qualifiers comprising of Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, USVI, USA and Venezuela.
Due to financial constraints, the Association was not able to send their Coach, however, the ladies did the best they could. Winnettte said that it was very hard on them both since they did not have a coach like the other countries. However, the other Coaches for the other teams recognized and started to assist where they could for our BVI athletes, especially a coach from Santo Domingo.
Winnette said that her match came down to shootout (meaning the score was tied and with one single highest placed arrow determining the victor) between an archer from Chile. Winnette said, “I rushed my shot and lost the shootout”.
However, Winnette finished in 5th place and was able to secure a spot for the British Virgin Islands at the CAC Games.
Caribbean Development Championships
The Caribbean Development Championships tournament consisted of 157 registered archers from 10 countries being held in Santo Domingo. The entire team was left stranded at the Terrance B Lettsome Airport on Sunday, September 4, 2022, as Inter Caribbean did not depart that day or any of the subsequent days that would allow the team to compete on September 6 through 8, 2022, due to the inclement weather. This was the largest team fielded to date, consisting of 10 archers. Despite the best efforts of the Association, we were unable to get our team to Santo Domingo to compete at the Championships and our hopes and dreams for 10 to 15 medals were crushed.
World Ranking at the CAC Qualifiers starts on September 9th and will continue until September 11, 2022.