Level Beninese coaches 1 international archery are now more seasoned with regard to the recycling and DIY of modern equipment used in the practice of this sporting discipline. This is thanks to a training session that took place in the annex room of the former- headquarters of the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Benin.
During this training, which had its epilogue last week, participants were equipped to use modern type equipment.. For National Technical Director Thomas Sodjinou, the bath is largely satisfactory. “It is a balance sheet of satisfaction, because from this moment, no coach will be able to complain and say, that there are bows in the store and they can no longer shoot” he declared before continuing “The terms that ''our arrows do not have feathers, bows have no string, etc.'' are now conjugated in the past tense. ». The spokesperson for the learners agrees and confirms that they have now received the basics necessary to make the accessories of modern and local materials.. "We are more than ever ready and available for work to meet the expectations of the federation", he said while thanking the Beninese Archery Federation and its president Paul Zinsou, for providing the leagues with equipment. “At the end of this training, our different leagues activated, are equipped for the happiness of our archers. We promise to make good use of these materials offered to us by the federation.”.
Taking the floor, Paul Zinsou, head of the archery management body in Benin, after having the Minister of Sports and the President of the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Benin for the support and accompaniment is delighted with the favorable outcome of this training. “We hope that the problems of adapting to the modern beginner's bow and that of modern arrows will be combined with the past with the provision to your respective clubs of the bows and arrows for training which you have assembled of your own. hands” he blurted out. He took the opportunity to lift a corner of the veil on the next activity of his federation. “The appointment is made for the training of competition managers, who will train a technician per department in order to create the visibility of our championships on the outside, thus allowing the World Archery Federation to follow the evolution of our archers at the national and sub-regional level,” he concluded..
Note that the edition 2021 of the national archery championship is scheduled for the last week of October.
Damien TOLOMISSI