Record 30 teams take aim at top honours in Travel Trade Sports Club Archery Championships

A record number of 30 teams, comprising 90 archers from 15 member firms, will participate in the third Travel Trade Sports Club Archery Championships 2017 sponsored by Yenesha Travels Ltd, to be held this Friday, 26 May at the Colombo Archery School at CR&FC at Longden Place, commencing from 5.00 p.m.

The teams: Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, Serendib Leisure Management ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, Emirates ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, Aitken Spence Aviation ‘A’ and ‘B’, Browns Group Air, Green Holidays ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, Jet Airways, Luxe Asia ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, Resplendent Holidays ‘A’ and ‘B’, SriLankan Airlines ‘A’ and ‘B’, TGL Travels, Travel Outlook, Viluxur Holidays ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ and Walkers Tours ’A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’.

All teams will have a sight adjusting round prior to the scoring round (three archers x three arrows); then the three archers will get 12 shots in the first round of a competition (four arrows each); scores will be calculated as a team (out of 120 points) as well as individually (out of 40 points) based on team scoring, the top scoring eight teams will advance to the final round.

In the previous tournament, held on 10 June 2016 at the same venue where only 16 teams participated, Aitken Spence Travels won gold, Serendib Leisure Management won silver and Emirates won bronze.