Guyana’s Devin Persaud-Permaul is heading to the Pan American Games later this year in Santiago, Chile following his qualification at the recently held Copa Merengue in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Persaud-Permaul and Wayne De Abreu represented Guyana at the qualification tournament but Persaud-Permaul shot a ranking score of 610 to qualify for the hemispheric games billed for October 20 to November 5, 2023 in Chile, South America.
The official practice began last month with qualification matches which commenced with 12 rounds of six arrows at 70 meters.
Persaud-Permaul shot a ranking score of 610 and DeAbreu a ranking score of 534.
Advancing into the Elimination Rounds Persaud-Permaul won against Andrees Icaza of Ecuador but lost to Andres Gallardo of Chile, while De Abreu lost to Daniel Velarde Gonzales of Peru.
The local archer finished with ranking of 22nd enough to earn qualification for the games which also serve as a Qualifier for the Olympic Games in Paris next year.
The Board of Directors of Archery Guyana congratulated Persaud-Permaul on his great achievement being the highest international ranking for Guyana for the first time.
Archery Guyana also extended appreciation to the Guyana Olympic Association for providing financial assistance which allowed the top two Archers to participate in the event.
Archery is a relatively new sport in Guyana having started just over nine years ago. The local body is affiliated to the World Archery since 2015.
Meanwhile, Massy Guyana will sponsor the Independence Open Competition set for next Saturday and Sunday at the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) ground at Woolford Avenue. The company presented the sponsorship cheque officials of Archery Guyana at its Massy Eccles location. Present at the ceremony were President of Archery Guyana, Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Secretary-General/Head Coach Nicholas Hing and Chairman of the Competitions Committee, Jeewanram Persaud while Massy Guyana was represented by Lata Devi Ori, Massy Guyana’s representative, Massy Gas Products CEO, Lekhnaraine Shivraj and Assistant Vice President, Finance and Administration Afzal Karim.
