The fourth State Level Archery Championships was held at Quaid-e-Milleth College for Women for two days on November 24 and 25. Organised by Tamil Nadu Archery Association, the meet was inaugurated by senior bureaucrat Sudeep Jain. More than 126 archers in Indian, Recurve and Compound Categories participated in various events held as per norms stipulated by World Archery Federation and rules laid down by Archery Association of India. The Indian and Compound Bow Archers shot 72 arrows in two distances while the Recurve Archers shot 144 arrows in four distances. Archers right from the age of 10 took part in the meet. Veteran archers Urvashi Jain and Arushi Jain won the Indian Round competition for third time in a row. Para Archer Ranjeet who won gold medal in Para Archery Tournament this year won gold in Senior Recurve Archery Category.
Overall championship for Junior Category Recurve Archery went to C. Abhijit, who won the State Championship for the second time in a row. He set a Tamil Nadu Record with a score of 1010/1440 in Recurve Archery Category and Neela Krishna set a Tamil Nadu record score of 601/720 in compound senior category. Chennai District bagged the overall championship with maximum number of prizes and Tiruvallur District stood second for total medals bagged.
