7 February 2007

PRESS RELEASE

The Bhutanese women’s archery team won a bronze medal in the Women’s Recurve Team event at the recently concluded 1 st Asian Grand Archery Tournament in Bangkok. The tournament was a World Ranking tournament organized by the National Archery Association of Thailand and was held from 1-6 February 2007. The women’s team consisted of Dorji Dema, Kipa and Sherab Zangmo.

The Bhutanese team (ranked 7 in the ranking round) defeated Singapore 184-140 in the 1/8 elimination round. In the quarterfinals, they met India (ranked 2 in the ranking round) who they beat 204-180. In the semi-finals, however, they lost to Malaysia 195-205 and failed to make it to the finals. In the bronze medal match, they met Iran who they beat 196-194 to claim the bronze medal. The gold was won by Japan and the silver went to Malaysia. The competition saw a total of 11 countries taking part in the Women’s Recurve event.

The Men’s team was knocked out by Indonesia 199-203 in the 1/8 Elimination round.

All about 15th Doha Asian Games 2006

The 15th Asian Games is going to be held from Dec 1 – Dec15, 2006 in Doha, Qatar. This is the first time, the country is going to organize Asian Games and for the second time Asian Games will be held in West Asia since Tehran, Iran in 1974 in the 7th Asian Games. Though this event is a regional event, it has a great attraction worldwide and is one of the mostly observed multi-sports events in the world. Asian Games are held in every four year traditionally.

Doha has gone through a hard competition to be elected as the host city. Other competitor cities were Hong Kong (PRC), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and New Delhi (India). Earlier, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur had the most probability to be elected but Doha, at the end, has been elected for hosting the 15th Asian Games. It is thought that all of the West Asian countries gave their vote for Doha as this is just the second Asian Games to be held in West Asia. Competitors from 45 countries will be participating in 39 sports and 46 disciplines. Read More
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Forward Message:- H.E the Hon'ble President of BAF, Lyonpo Dr. Kinzang Dorji
Archery is the national sport of Bhutan but to the Bhutanese, it is more than sport. It is a way of life and a celebration of the rich and unique traditions and culture of the Bhutanese people. Read More
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Forward Message:- H.E the Queen's Commissioner for the province of Zeeland
On the last day we finally get to see it. The National sport of Bhutan, archery. Over a distance of 120 meters bamboo arrows are shot at a target not much bigger than 50 by 30 centimeters.
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