BSS, Dhaka :
Teer 24th Asian Archery Championships will begin from Saturday (Nov 8) in the capital.
The week-long meet will be held at two separate venues– National Stadium and Bangladesh Army Stadium– from November 8-14.
A total of 209 archers– 109 of men and 90 of women– from 30 countries across Asia will compete in the championship, which will be held by the financial cooperation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) is going to organise the Asian Archery Championship for the third time after 2017 and 2021.
The championship, sponsored by City Group, includes recurve men’s team event, recurve men’s singles, recurve women’s team event, recurve women’s singles and mixed team event, compound men’s team event, compound men’s singles,compound women’s team event, compound women’s singles and compound mixed team event.
Hotel Intercontinental is the hospitality partner of the championship.
Addressing a press conference was held at the city’s local on Tuesday, BAF General Secretary Tanvir Ahmed said: “Though we are going to organise the championship but we’ve another part which is World Archery Asia Congress to be held on November 8 at Hotel Intercontinental.”
The general secretary said Kazi Razib Uddin Ahmed Chapol is going to contest for the first time for the post of presidency in the congress and if he is elected, he would be appointed as the president of World Archery Asia for the next four years.
Jafar Uddin Siddique, Executive Director of City Group, and Md Mahbubr Rahman, Managing Director of Hotel InterContinental Dhaka, were also spoke at the press conference.
