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Virgin Archers Shine at Tournaments on St. Croix and St. Thomas

Jessica Raffa is the range master at Virgin Islands Archery Tournament. (Submitted photo)

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.

Participating in the first tournament of the year on June 4 at Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, several young archers showed off their skills. (Submitted photo)

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.

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