World Cup Stage 3: El Salvador! Archery is the number one sport in El Salvador.

World Cup Stage 3: El Salvador!

Archery is the number one sport in El Salvador.

El Salvador - May 23, 2006. Since the year 2000, El Salvador has been host of many international events, including Central American Archery Championships, Pan American Archery Championships, the XIX Central American and Caribbean Games and World Ranking events.

In recent important events like the Pan American Games, Archery got the majority of medals of all sports among the Salvadoran participants. It seems that the gift of good shooting is in the blood of Salvadoran archers.

In spite of not receiving a big financial support for their preparation and participation in important events like other countries, archers from El Salvador are doing well. For example, Jorge Jimenez, the best compound archer in the country, has reached the second position in the FITA World Ranking list at the top of his career.

This 2006 World Cup event is the biggest event that El Salvador has been able to organize. Already around 200 archers had enrolled until May 1st and registrations were still open until May 21th.

While the qualifications will be held on the green field of the Polideportivo de Merliot, the Finals day will take place in the football stadium Magico Gonzalez. It will follow an Olympic race (running). This will be a spectacular Finals day with a lot of fans!

A hard work is being made to give a big welcome to all participants and make their experience a very enjoyable stay under the sun of San Salvador! 

Program
June 20th : Official Practice, Captains Meeting
June 21st : Qualifications, FITA Round long distances
June 22nd : Qualifications, FITA Round short distances
June 23rd : Individual Elimination Matches
June 24th : Individual Elimination Matches (ctd) / Team Elimination Round
June 25th : Individual and Team Finals at Stadium Magico Gonzalez

El Salvador Archery World Cup website is: www.archeryesa.org


Monica de Hernandez
Salvadoran Archery Federation