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PANJIM: Rising Stars of Indian archery – Priya Gurjar, Bishal Changmai, Parneet Kaur and Kushal Dalal are amongst a host of talented young archers from across the country set to participate in the 42nd NTPC National Junior Archery Championship 2022 to be held from November 3-12 at SAG ground, Campal. Amateur Archery Association Goa (AAAG) is organising the national championship under the aegis of Archery Association of India (AAI) and with support of Sports Authority of Goa.
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In a press conference at a city hotel today, AAAG secretary Chetan Kavlekar announced the details of the national championship, which begins with Recurve event on Friday morning. After two days of Recurve action, the Compound event will be played on November 7 and 8. The Indian round will take the centre stage on November 10 and 11. A total of 800 archers across 32 teams from all over India, will be seen in action during the prestigious championship.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will be the chief guest for the inaugural ceremony while Director of Sports, Dr Ajay Gaude will be the guest of honour on the opening day to kick-off the Recurve round on November 4. Union Minister and AAI president Arjun Munda, and Union Minister and GOA president Shripad Naik will grace the inaugural of the Compound round on November 7. The Indian Round will be played from November 10 with Sports Minister Govind Gaude as the chief guest to declare the event open, while Margao MLA Digambar Kamat will be the guest of honour.
Organising secretary Kavlekar expressed confidence that the hosts team will put up their best effort. “The team has undergone a training camp at Ponda sports complex. The state archers are practising at the venue (Campal) from Tuesday. We expect a good show in Recurve and Indian round,” said Kavlekar, while picking out Mallika Varde for a special mention as one to watch out for labelling her as the next Snehal Divakar.
