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.
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.