ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA R E P O R T OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL for the period 1st July 2009 to 30th April, 2010 Dear Members of the Archery Family I am greatly honoured to welcome you all at the Annual General Council Meeting of Archery Association of India today, 22nd May 2010. It is my humble privilege and pleasure to present my report before the General body of Arch- ery Association of India highlighting the achievements and activities of the Association during the period from April 2009 to April, 2010. The numerous activities that were undertaken by the Association during the period are a clear testimony of the extent to which the plan objectives have been realized. The preceding year witnessed an intensification of AAI activities at all levels. I wish to place my special thanks and gratitude to SAHARA India Pariwar who came forward to join hands with Archery Association of India and gave away cash incentives of Rs.30 lakhs to achievers and promisers. This happens probably for the first time in the history of Indian Spors. While extending my good wishes for fruitful deliberations in the Annual General Meeting, I wish to put down the key achievement of Indian archery :- • India ranked 2nd as Nation in FITA ranking based on World Cup-2009 performance. • Indian Recurve Men team is still sustaining its 2nd position in overall world ranking. • Jayant Talukdar got 1st rank in World Cup-2009 and 4th position in world ranking. • Atanu Das and Seema Verma secured berth for Youth Olympic Games- Singapore. • Deepika Kumari emerges as a “World Champion” in Recurve Cadet Girls Category in Youth World Championship in USA. • Sanjay Boro won Bronze Medal in Cadet Individual Recurve Event in Youth World. • Compound Cadet Boys team won Team Bronze Medal in Youth World • Indian squad returned home with a rich haul of 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 Bronze medals in the 16th Asian Championship – Bali for the first time. • I.R. Sanam won Individual Compound Champions’ Title and his Team won Team Compound Champions’ title in the Asian Championship - Bali. • Compound Women Team and Recurve Men Team grabbed Silver Medals in Bali. • Indian archers gathered altogether 22 Gold, 9 Silver and 8 Bronze medals in five Asian GP Events. • India dominated the South Asian Games-Dhaka by putting total 6 medals in their quiver including all 4 Indv.and Team Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. :: 2 :: International Competitions :- a) Youth World Outdoor Target Archery Championship- 2009 A twenty-nine member Indian Archery Team participated the Youth World Outdoor Target Championships held at Ogden, Utah, USA from 12-19 July, 2009. The details of team members are as follows :- Junior Boys (Recurve) Junior Girls (Recurve) 1) Atanu Das 1) Seena Verma 2) Pawan Xalxo 2) Sumita Kumari 3) Hemanta Basumatary 3) Hansda Balemai Junior Boys (Compound) Junior Girls (Compound) 1) Sanjay Swansi 1) Ashrita Kerketta 2) Ksh. Nikon Singh 2) Priyanshu Kachhap 3) Arjun Rao 3) Kiran Majhi Cadet Boys (Recurve) Cadet Girls (Recurve) 1) Sanjay Boro 1) Deepika Kumari 2) Parashan Nath 2) Vemunoori Shardha 3) Mangal Ho 3) Padyawati Sardar Cadet Boys (Compound) Cadet Girls (Compound) 1) Srinet Abhyudaya 1) Prerna Bhagat 2) Sudhakar Kumar Paswan 2) Jayalakshmi Sarikankonda 3) Ritul Chatterjee 3) Neelam Kumari Coaches : 1. Shri Rajendra Guiya 3. Shri Manish Kumar Singh 2. Shri Raj Kumar Raju Singh 4. Mrs. Purnima Mahato Manager : Shri C.H.Lenin Our cadets – Deepika Kumar, Sanjay Boro, Atanu Das, S.Jayalakshimi, Harsha Bhardwaj, Ritul Chatterjee, Sudhakar Paswan, Seema Verma proved themselves right as an Assets for the Indian Archery. Archers showed tremendous mettle in their first international tournament bringing one Gold, one Bronze at home. Unluckily, two medals have been missed narrowly. The achievements conquered by Indian Archers during the events are given as under :- :: 3 :: • Cadet Girl Individual Recurve “Gold Medal” - Deepika Kumari Continuing her brilliant performance in the qualification round scoring 1345 (4th rank) out of 1440 possible points and after getting bye in 1/32 round, Deepika Kumari easily defeated Archers from Germany in 1/16, Australia in 1/8 and USA archer in ¼ match scoring 115 against 104. In the Semis, she had beaten Ms.Jeon H of Korea in a very exciting match (112/108). She overcame a stiff challenge from Russian’s Ms.Tsyrempilova S to claim the Caget Recurve individual Gold Medal. In the clash of top honour, she pipped the Russian and clinched “Gold Medal” by comfortable 6 points margin gathering 115 points Vs 109. She emerged truly as the World Champion. She was consistent throughout the championship. This was the second time that India won the World Youth title in archery. Palton Hansda won it for the first time in 2006 at Merida (Mexico) by annexing the Junior Compound Individual gold medal in the ninth edition of the world championship. • Cadet Boy Individual Recurve “Bronze Medal” - Sanjay Boro Sanjay Boro was eliminated in Semi Final rolling three triumph to win 1/32, 1/16, and 1/8. He eliminated Osman Eskici of Turkey in quarterfinal match securing 112 against 101 but went down to Min T (Korean) in Semi Final (117 Vs 106). Finally, he fought with Mr.Smith Ha of Mexicio in Bronze Medal match. He crushed Maxican and grabbed Bronze medal by 4 points. • Cadet Girls’ Compound Team“Bronze Medal”–Jayalakshmi, Prerna, Nilam In a tie-breaking Bronze Medal match, Indian Cadet Girls team comprising of Prerna Bhagat, Jayalakshmi Sarikonda and Nilam Kumari gave a Bronze Medal to India on the penultimate day of the 11th Youth World Championsihp. They defeated comparatively strong Russian Team (211 Vs 211) in tie breaker. They eliminated Australia scoring 217 Vs 215 but lost to USA with huge margin of 11 points (230 Vs 219). Other commendable performances are as follows :- • Cadet Boys’ Compound Team got 4th position lost their Bronze Medal match against USA. • Cadet Boy’s Recurve Team of Sanjay Boro, Parashan Nath and Mangal Ho ranked 4th loosing Bronze Medal from Italy. They registered two wins against Finland and Mexico. • Junior Girls’ Compound Team consisting of Ashrita Kerketta, Priyanshu Kashhap and Kiran Majhi got 5th position in the event. • Atanu Das and Pawan Xalxo also successed to play quarterfinals Performance details of Indian Archers are attached as Annexure (B-I) :: 4 :: b) 4th FITA Meteksan Archery World Cup - 2009 Tournament Details of Indian team members and their results thereto in the 4th FITA Mateksan Archery World Cup-2009 held at Shanghai, China from 4-9 August, 2009 are as follow :- Men (Recurve) Women (Recurve) 1) Rahul Banerjee 1) Pramita Boro 2) Jayanta Ttalukdar 2) Rimil Buriuly 3) Mangal Singh Champia 3) Reena Kumari 4) Dola Banerjee Kapil was selected in the team but could not attend the event due to training schedule at Korea under the Mittal Champion’s Trust. Shri Limba Ram, Shri Lalrem Sanga and Shri Lokesh Chand accompanied the team as Coaches and Shri Shashi Prakash Sharaf attended the event as Sports Analyst. It is worth mentioning that our Recurve Men Team of Jayanta Talukder, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia displayed their vigorous feat, great tuning and eagerness to win two Gold Medals and one Silver Medal in three world Cups but unfortunately they returned home with empty hands from 4th World Cup-2009 for the first time. They started with win against Ukrain (217 Vs 207) in Pre-quarter final but failed to eliminate Mexico (210 Vs 218) in quarter final. They attained 5th position. Similarly, Recurve Women team demonstrated good determination in Pre-quarter final against Kazakhastant team. They shot 213 as compared to 200. In quarter final, they went down to Italy by 4 points (215 Vs 219). Indian team stood at 5th. Performance details of Indian Archers are attached as Annexure (B-II) c) 45th World Outdoor Archery Championship 3 men & 3 women Archers in Recurve and 3 men and 3 women Archers in Compound division were selected to represent the country in the 45th World Outdoor Target Archery Championship held at Ulsan(Korea) from 1st to 9th September, 2009 :- Recurve Men Recurve Women 1) Rahul Banerjee 1) Dola Banerjee 2) Jayanta Talukdar 2) Pratima Boro 3) Mangal Singh Champia 3) Rimil Buruily :: 5 :: Compound Men Compound Women 1) Chinna Raju Srither 1) Jhanu Hansdah 2) Khuraijam Ratan Singh 2) S. Jayalakshmi 3) Chungda Sherpa 3) Manjudha Soy Coaches : 1) Shri. Limba Ram 2) Shri Richal Singh Salaria 3) Shri. Lalram Sanga Changte 4) Shri Dharmender Tiwary Physiotherapist : Ms. Kavuluri Nita Sports Analyst : Shri. Shashi Prakash Saraf The performance of both Recurve and Compound Archers in the World Championship was very miserable. It was looked very disgraceful that none of our team except Recurve Men could qualify for the elimination round even. Only one team win in opposition to Malaysian (217 Vs 207) was registered by Recurve Men team in pre-quarter final. They did not maintain the spirit fighting against China in quarter final and lost. They ranked 7th in the World Championship. Performance details of Indian Archers are attached as Annexure (B-III) d) 4th Asian Archery Grand Prix Championship-2009 If we thought 2008 was big in terms of Indian team participation in international competitions then 2009 was huge with respect to the International Competition that AAI hosted. We hosted two international championships during the intervening period. It is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that Archery Association of India had conducted 4th Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship at Kolkata from 16th to 19th September, 2009. Eye- catching fireworks lit up the evening sky after Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, President, AAI declared the meet open.