Ten members of the Uttarakhand Archery team will represent Uttarakhand in the National Archery Championship in men and women compound group and in men’s recub group slated from October 13 to October 18 in Kailash Prakash Stadium in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.
Uttarakhand Archery Association general secretary Jaspal Singh Negi told The Pioneer that the team representing Uttarakhand has been selected. The training camp for those selected will be held from September 27 to October 10 in Garhwal Rifles complex at lansdowne in Pauri Garhwal district. Negi further said that Mohan Bhardwaj (Pauri), Umesh Singh (Bageshwar), Arvind Singh (Beerokhal, Pauri), and Chatrapal Singh (Bageshwar) will represent the state in men’s compound category, while Preetam Rana (Kotdwar, Pauri), Devendra Bisht (Pauri), Narendra Kumar (Ranikhet) and Rajendra Kumar(Ranikhet) will represent in men’s recub category of the archery competition.
Maj Aarti Joshi (Haldwani, Nainital) and Bharti Rai (Dehradun) will represent in women’s compound category. Ramesh Prasad will accompany the team as the coach and KK Seema as the team manager. Negi stated State archery team had won two medals in championship last year. “We hope that the state team will do better in the upcoming national championship,” he added.