Participants of the archery clinic at Taman Subang Perdana
5 November 2016 : On the 5-6 November 2016 the Alpha Brothers Archery Club (ABAC) organised an archery clinic participated by 50 students from schools within the Petaling district located at the Padang Rakyat Taman Subang Perdana U3, Shah Alam. The ‘Sports for All’ programme is part of Perangsang Selangor’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives for the community in Selangor.
The sports programme will be expanded to all 9 districts in the state, namely Petaling, Kuala Selangor, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Langat, Hulu Langat, Klang, Gombak, Sabak Bernam and Sepang. The next archery clinic tour will be held in Kuala Selangor on 19th and 20th November 2016 at the Padang Memanah at the Kuala Selangor Stadium.
The objective of this programme is to provide exposure, instilling interest and opportunities to all the people of various races and ages in addition to unearth new talents, develop future athletes and to foster a sports culture among the students and community.
Apart from archery clinic for youths, there was also a demonstration of archery such as Recurve, Barebow and Compund bows on the first day by coach and ABAC members where visitors were also given the opportunity to participate. On the 2nd day of the programme, a mini archery competition was held among the participants and visitors where the winners took home prizes and certificates.
Overall the 2-days archery clinic programme went well and received an overwhelming response from students, parents and visitors.