{"id":282815,"date":"2019-11-01T10:09:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T08:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282815"},"modified":"2019-11-01T10:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T08:09:53","slug":"young-archers-compete-at-the-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=282815","title":{"rendered":"Young archers compete at the coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/p>\n

LEARNERS from 11 schools from all over Namibia participated at in the Namibian National Archery in Schools Programme (NASP) shooting event in Walvis Bay over the past weekend.<\/p>\n

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The event was hosted by the Walvis Bay Archery Schools Programme and a total of 74 young archers from 11 schools met on the field where they shot at targets at distances of ten and 15 metres.<\/p>\n

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Each archer shot three bull\u2019s eye rounds and two 3D animal rounds. Before each new round the archers are allowed a practice round.<\/p>\n

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The NASP is an in-school archery program open to learners from Grade 4 to Grade 12 which also has the aim to improve student motivation, attention, behaviour, attendance, and focus. It also accommodates students that aren\u2019t involved with other types of sport in school.<\/p>\n

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A shining example of the inclusivity of the archery in schools programme is the 13-year-old Katelynn Venter who participates in the Senior Girls Category. Katelynn is a young person who lives with disabilities but when she takes up her bow and arrows, she competes on equal terms with other archers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n