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We had a great turn-out on Sunday 6th October at the Archers of Zoolake Club Championships that were held at Action Archery in Kempton Park. Thank you to all archers and supporters that competed and spectated on the day, and made it such a successful event!
Well done to all archers on a great day of shooting and congratulations to all of those archers that won medals.
Read moreArchers wanting to achieve significant growth in the sport must take on a supplementary discipline that covers these areas and focuses on maintaining and developing muscle and skeletal balance, proprioception. There are many movements and disciplines that develop the body in the holistic manner required to maintain and develop a healthy functioning body. However, no discipline that we have come across even comes close to the benefits we see from Pilates. Pilates by nature is all about core stability. Good Pilates equals Good Archery!
Read moreWe are looking for archers (or even prospective archers) of any level who are interested in becoming archery coaches.
Read moreThe results of the Kempton Park IFAA Indoor Championships that took place at Action Archery on 14-15 June 2019 have been published on the SANAA website.
Read moreThe IFAA World Indoor Archery Championships (WIAC) was held in Wellington, New Zealand on 10-12 April 2019. We had two club members representing Archers of Zoolake and South Africa at the competition.
Moosa Kajee (11) and Maseeha Kajee (12) achieved South African National Colours in the previous year’s cycle. By competing in World’s for South Africa, the two were awarded Protea Colours – the highest honour you can achieve as a South African athlete. The two youngsters competed in the three-day event successfully and won Gold in their respective categories.
It was their first time shooting outside of the country and visiting New Zealand. Moosa and Maseeha recall the venue as very different to any they have competed in within South Africa, as the Wellington venue was much bigger and grander – and music played in the background while they shot. They had the pleasure of meeting competitors from all over the world and found them to be very friendly. The two talented youngsters go on to explain that the awards ceremony was like a little show, with a dance routine performance by the locals.
They came back as World Champions – the first two World Champs for the Archers of Zoolake Club. We’re immensely proud of Moosa and Maseeha and congratulate them on their incredible achievement – their disciplined training and determination shows!
Maseeha says, “The best part about the competition was winning, of course, and the scariest part of the competition was ‘calling arrows’, [i.e. the positioning of arrows for score] as you cannot quite see if your arrow was cutting the line or not at 10 yards. The key to performing well in the competition, for me, was concentration”.
The final IFAA World Indoor Archery Championships results can be viewed on the IFAA website by clicking the button below:
Images courtesy of Mocking Ishaaq Kajee
The North Gauteng IFAA Provincial Indoor Championships took place at Ultimate Aim Archery, 6-7 April 2019.
We’d like to thank all archers that participated in the competition and congratulate those that won medals. These are the archers from our club that shot in the competition and placed in the rankings as follows:
The final North Gauteng IFAA Provincial Indoor Champs Records can be viewed on the SANAA website by clicking the button below:
The South African National IFAA Indoor Championships were held at Ultimate Aim archery range on 26-28 April 2019. A group of the Archers of Zoolake club members took part and some managed to achieve South African National Colours and Provincial Colours.
Thank you to all of those that participated and congratulations to those archers that were successful in getting medals and Colours.
A bit about how Provincial’s and National’s work:
In a year’s cycle, from one National’s event to the next National’s event, you have to get four National Colours scores or three Provincial Colours scores in that year cycle in order to achieve Colours – and then you have to compete in the National or Provincial Championships.
Archers of Zoolake had six archers achieving Provincial Colours and nine archers achieving National Colours. Here’s who achieved,
National Colours certificates awarded to:
Alistair Gordon
Alessio Tommasi
Moosa Kajee
Maseeha Kajee
Thomas Endrody
Alexandra Polly
Provincial Colours certificates awarded to :
Charni Battams
Dirk Brynse
Maseeha Kajee
Matthew Bosenger
Moosa Kajee
Dean McHendry
Alessio Tommasi
Femi Oyeka
Alistair Gordon
Herewith a list of Archers of Zoolake members and their placement in the 2-day competition.
NOTE: SANAA have yet to publish combined scores. Visit the SANAA website for day scores by clicking on the button below:
The Gauteng Provincial IFAA Indoor Championships took place at Action Archery, 15-17 March 2019, in Kempton Park.
We’d like to thank all archers that participated in the competition and congratulate those that won medals. These are the archers from our club that shot in the competition and placed in the rankings as follows:
The final Gauteng Provincial IFAA Indoor Champs Records can be viewed on the SANAA website by clicking the button below:
The Johannesburg IFAA Flint Indoor Championships took place at Action Archery in Kempton Park, on 9-10 March 2019.
Thank you to those archers that participated in the competition and well done to those that took home medals! Herewith a list of our archers that shot in the competition and placed in the rankings as follows:
The final Johannesburg IFAA Flint Indoor Champs Records can be viewed on the SANAA website by clicking the button below:
Above: Olufemi Oyeka takes aim at a target while coach Alistair observes and Sarah Koning takes photographs at the Archers of Zoolake archery range.
The Rosebank Killarney Gazette were at the Archers of Zoolake (AZL) archery range in March to do a feature piece on our very own AZL member Olufemi “Femi” Oyeka and his ambitious goal to raise funds for the Zoo Lake Park.
Above: Olufemi Oyeka being interviewed by Rosebank Killarney Gazette’s Sarah Koning.
In short, Femi is raising funds through his archery achievements by taking pledges for his scores at archery competitions.
The article goes on to elaborate that community members can pledge an amount of money which will be donated to upliftment projects at Zoo Lake if Olufemi achieves either a top three finish; a gold, silver or bronze medal, any number of bullseyes or a total competition score of more than 230 in these events.
The proceeds go to the Zoo Lake Users Committee to put towards projects, such as cleaning up the park, which is close to Femi’s heart.
Above: an image of the newspaper article published in the Rosebank Killarney Gazette.
This is a wonderful initiative for the Zoo Lake Park and we are proud of Femi for his ambitious. Read the full article online by clicking the link below,
Dean McHendry |office@freedomarchery.co.za| 083-300-7572
Dean McHendry| dean@sentientarchery.co.za | 071-478-0990
Grant Smith | grant@archersofboskruin.co.za | 082-570-8215
Dean McHendry | dean@sentientarchery.co.za | 083-300-7572